Jaan Toomik "Oleg", 2010. Still from video.
Jaan Toomik's solo show "Oleg" at Kunsthaus Dresden. Opening on 14 June.
The exhibition is open until 22 July, 2018.
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Mikko Hintz and Inga Meldere are taking part of the exhibition "Portable Landscapes" at the Latvian National Art Museum's Great Exhibition Hall. Opening on Saturday, 28 April 2018 10 AM to 5 PM.
Photo: Edith Karlson
Kris Lemsalu's solo show "Mysteriously Conceived and Deeply Felt" will open on Wednesday, April 25 7pm
at MAVRA, with a performance in collaboration with Roman Lemberg.
The exhibition is open April 25–June 3.
Jaan Toomik, "Father and Son", 1998. Still from video.
Jaan Toomik's video work "Father and Son" as part of the group exhibition "Freedom is Recognized Necessity" at Stedelijk Museum. A collection presentation featuring art from the former Soviet Republics and satellite states acquired by the Stedelijk after the Cold War. The exhibition is on view until 12 August 2018.
Sigrid Viir, "Awful Pretty Pipe Neck", 2016, pigment print on aluminium, glazed tile stand, 45 x 30 cm.
Sigrid Viir is taking part of the exhibition "Adventitious Encounters", curated by Huma Kabakci and Anna Skladmann, located in Whiteleys Shopping Centre, Queensway, W2 4YN, London.
The exhibition is on view from 9 to 22 March 2018, opening reception: 8 March at 6.30pm.
Organised by Open Space Contemporary
Jaan Toomik, "Communion", 2007. Still from video.
Jaan Toomik's video works will be part of the exhibition at Kohta, together with Astrid Svangren. The exhibition is on view from 8 March to 29 April 2018.
Opening on Wednesday 7 March, at 5–7 pm, Kohta, Työpajankatu 2 B, building 7, 3rd fl., 00580 Helsinki.
Kris Lemsalu's work "Threads Leading to Desire" as part of the group exhibition "Toy Bitches Fuck You" at Galerie Kai Erdmann, Hamburg.
Opening on March 3, 7pm.
The exhibition is on view until March 17, 2018
Sigrid Viir "Hans_55 (Marquee)", 2016
Anneli Porri's curatorial exhibition "Tell me. Contemporary Portraits in Photography" introducing Estonian contemporary photographic artists opens tonight at Fuga in Budapest, Sigrid Viir participating among other artists.
The exhibition was first presented in Narva during Tallinn Photomonth last year. Find out more: Mondd el. Portrék a kortárs fotográfiából !
Cristina Lucas, "Vexillology, Italians" (detail), 2017. 211 photographs, each 18x24 cm. Courtesy the artist and Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
Flo Kasearu and Jaanus Samma take part in the group exhibition "The State is not a Work of Art", curated by Katerina Gregos. Opening reception on Friday, 16 February at 6pm in Tallinn Art Hall!
Jaan Tomik, "Landscape with Chimneys", 2017, acrylic, canvas, 110 x 265 cm
On February 14th, Jaan Toomik will open his solo exhibition "Gesture Theater" at Mūkusala Art Salon, Riga, Latvia.
Jaan Toomik's paintings and videos continue the artist’s interest in investigating the human body and its limitations and boundaries. Toomik takes the subject in both a physical sense as well as treating the metaphysical, spiritual aspects of our entity. To what extent are these limitations and boundaries subject to the environments in which we find ourselves and how far can they be pushed when confronted with extraordinary situations? The results may range from the tragic to the bizarre and comic.
The exhibition is curated by Andris Brinkmanis and will stay on view from 15 February to 12 April in the Grand Hall of the Mukusalas Art Salon.
Flo Kasearu "Uprising", 2015, Photo credit: Finnish National Gallery/Pirje Mykkänen
"There and Back Again, Contemporary Art from the Baltic Sea Region" will be open in Kiasma next week! Among others, Kris Lemsalu, Jaanus Samma, Flo Kasearu, Inga Meldere and Jaan Toomik are taking part of the exhibition.
The exhibition is on view until 24.03.2019.
Still from "Oracles, Owls... Some Animals Never Sleep by Ann Lislegaard", 2012–2014
Flo Kasearu is taking part of the group exhibition "Soon enough: art in action", at Tensta Konsthall, Sweden, from February 7–April 29, 2018.
Soon enough: art in action is an exhibition about futures. It is inspired by the urgencies of our time, and a conviction that artistic practice can communicate complex problems and coordinate resistance. Some art works in the exhibition address the future directly, others point to phenomena, topics, skills or attitudes which will be more important in days to come. Self-organisation, craft and manual skills, play a certain role in the exhibition. So do collaborative methods, research-based practices, the rural, and cosmos. Media such as painting, sculpture, video, photography, performance and installation will be featured.
From February 21 to February 25, UUE – Estonian Contemporary (performance) Art Festival will take place in Kiasma, Helsinki.
Among others, you can see performances by Flo Kasearu on February 21, and Merike Estna's performance on February 24!
Kris Lemsalu is taking part in Condo London 2018 !
13 January – 10 February 2018
Koppe Astner hosted by Sadie Coles HQ
Viewing room, 62 Kingly Street
London, W1B 5QN, United Kingdom
Wen–Sat 12pm–6pm
Jaanus Samma, "Kodavere's Outhouse", wood, 2017.
Jaanus Samma's solo exhibition "Messages" will open at Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland on 11 January at 6pm !
The exhibition will be on view from 12 January to 15 April 2018.
Olga Chernysheva, from series Platform, charcoal, paper, 60 x 84 cm, 2017.
Olga Chernysheva's solo exhibition "Ordered Equivocations" will open in Kohta, Helsinki, on Wednesday, January 10 at 6pm.
The exhibition is on view 11 January – 25 February 2018.
Kris Lemsalu will open her solo show "The Wild Ones" at Koppe Astner gallery on December 16, 6PM !
Kris Lemsalu is taking part of the group exhibition "ESTER KRUMBACHOVÁ Yeti – Wear the Amulet – Tangle Up the Archive" at Tranzitdisplay.
Opening December 13, 6PM.
As part of the Estonian pavilion Without Walls at Performa 17 Biennial, an hour-long short film program spans over two decades of works showing the presence of performance in Estonian contemporary art, as seen through the camera. The program touches on questions of identity, while demonstrating the inherent fragility in today’s social constructs and relationships. The program features works by Jaan Toomik, Ene-Liis Semper, Mark Raidpere, Marko Mäetamm, Marge Monko, and Taavi Talve among others.
Tue, Nov. 7, 5:00pm — 6:00pm
Performa 17 Hub
Maria Metsalu, Mademoiselle X performance view, with carpet by Merike Estna, 2017. Produced by Kanuti Gildi SAAL. Photo by Alan Proosa.
As part of the Performa Consortium and the Pavilion Without Walls, Art in General will present an exhibition by Estonian artists Merike Estna and Maria Metsalu, curated by Maria Arusoo. Merike Estna’s new performance ‘Red Herring’ and Maria Metsalu’s ‘Mademoiselle X’ are part of ‘Soft Scrub, Hard Body, Liquid Presence’ exhibition. The exhibition posits if our over-consumption of virtual space has provoked a deep mutation in the psychosphere and explores the zombified body as a response to today’s evolving societal structures.
Merike Estna, Red Herring
Friday, November 17, 5–8pm
Photographed (from left): Flo Kasearu, Anu Vahtra, Kris Lemsalu. Photo: Kristina Õllek
New York – Performa, the internationally acclaimed organization dedicated to live performance across disciplines, announces the Estonian Pavilion Without Walls for Performa 17, the seventh edition of the Performa Biennial, to take place November 1-19, 2017, at locations throughout New York City.
The Estonian Pavilion Without Walls features newly commissioned performances by Flo Kasearu, Anu Vahtra, and Kris Lemsalu who will collaborate with New York-based musician and artist Kyp Malone, Vahtra’s project is based on the legacy of the legendary artist Gordon Matta-Clark and his group Anarchitecture; Kasearu presents a site-specific performance in the Estonian House New York, exploring the past and future stories of this members-only club; and Lemsalu and Malone will conceive a durational performance with ceramic costumes, music, and video projections.
Find the schedule for Estonian Pavilion Without Walls at Performa 17 Biennial here.
Photographed (from left): Flo Kasearu, Anu Vahtra, Kris Lemsalu. Photo: Kristina Õllek
Estonian Pavilion Without Walls presents artists Flo Kasearu, Anu Vahtra, and Kris Lemsalu with a Performa Commission during Performa 17, the New York city wide biennial for contemporary performance taking place from November 1st through 19th. Curators/producers Esa Nickle and Maaike Gouwenberg along with the director of the biennial RoseLee Goldberg, have chosen the artists from a pool of 9 finalists.
Pavilion Without Walls: Estonia at the Performa Biennial is supported by the Estonian Ministry of Culture, Outset Estonia, and the Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center (ECADC).
Inga Meldere is taking part of the group exhibition "I was told there would be cake", at Exhibition Laboratory, Merimiehenkatu 36 C, Helsinki, running from November 3 to November 19, 2017.
Photo credit: Dimitri Gerassimov
On Septeber 29 at 6.30 PM, Merike Estna will open her solo exhibition "fragments from the shattered toe" at Kunstraum, London.
Merike Estna's solo-exhibition at Kunstraum incorporates an intricately painted stage/floor painting which, over the course of the exhibition, hosts a series of performance events from international dancers, musicians and artist, against a backdrop of Estna’s large-scale curtain painting and other new works.
On October 3, Kris Lemsalu's performance "In Heaven Everything Is Fine" featuring Glasser and four archangels will take place at KOKO, as part of DRAF's evening of performances and 10th anniversary party.