EKA Gallery
03.02.2025 — 30.03.2025
“Dancing with the Stars!” at EKA Billboard Gallery 3.02.–30.03.2025
DANCING WITH THE STARS!
EKA Billboard Gallery 3.02.–30.03.2025
Open 24/7, free
Opening: 3.02.25 at 5 pm
Dancing with the Stars! exhibition showcases the designed letters and the process of the class Typography I. During 14 weeks several exercises and experimentations were carried out, drawing was done both by hand and on the computer, using toilet paper, towels, foam and even a metal engraver.
While the first seven weeks were dedicated to experimentation and playing, the last seven focused on creating an entire alphabet and going through the letter design process. Vectorised letters were created, several of which were also made into working font files.
Students:
Simon Janson, Ryan Kaabel, Anni Kangur, Riste Sofie Käär, Jan-Markus Maasepp, Alina Maškina, Elisabeth Mägi, Berit Raun, Mattias Erik Tiik, Rasmus Tikerpe, Katariina Tõnismäe, Mark Albert Villand, Artjom Ševtšenko, Kätriin Reinart, Eline Cremers, Mira Keygnaert, Dennis Vugts
Supervisor:
Agnes Isabelle Veevo
Visual:
Berit Raun
The fonts can be downloaded for free from the SUVA Type Foundry website: suvatypefoundry.ee
“Dancing with the Stars!” at EKA Billboard Gallery 3.02.–30.03.2025
Monday 03 February, 2025 — Sunday 30 March, 2025
DANCING WITH THE STARS!
EKA Billboard Gallery 3.02.–30.03.2025
Open 24/7, free
Opening: 3.02.25 at 5 pm
Dancing with the Stars! exhibition showcases the designed letters and the process of the class Typography I. During 14 weeks several exercises and experimentations were carried out, drawing was done both by hand and on the computer, using toilet paper, towels, foam and even a metal engraver.
While the first seven weeks were dedicated to experimentation and playing, the last seven focused on creating an entire alphabet and going through the letter design process. Vectorised letters were created, several of which were also made into working font files.
Students:
Simon Janson, Ryan Kaabel, Anni Kangur, Riste Sofie Käär, Jan-Markus Maasepp, Alina Maškina, Elisabeth Mägi, Berit Raun, Mattias Erik Tiik, Rasmus Tikerpe, Katariina Tõnismäe, Mark Albert Villand, Artjom Ševtšenko, Kätriin Reinart, Eline Cremers, Mira Keygnaert, Dennis Vugts
Supervisor:
Agnes Isabelle Veevo
Visual:
Berit Raun
The fonts can be downloaded for free from the SUVA Type Foundry website: suvatypefoundry.ee
05.02.2025 — 07.02.2025
“(anti-)career days” at EKA Gallery 5.–7.02.2025
(ANTI-)CAREER DAYS
EKA Gallery 5.–7.02.2025
See schedule below, participation is free
The three-day event series “(anti-)career days” invites all those active in the field of art and culture to participate in workshops, reading groups, discussions and exercises that seek to explore what it means to be an artist today. The event focuses on the personal, collective and institutional touchpoints on a creative journey, initiating discussions on themes of precarity, solidarity and social and political responsibility. Academic education asks us who we are in order to shape us into prescribed frameworks and prepare us for a professional career. What if, instead, we focused on who we would like to be and the kind of world we would like to live and create in? The aim of the “(anti-)career days” project is to abandon the individualistic idea of surviving as an artist in order to discuss how we can collectively flourish. Realizing collectivity can, in turn, be a liberating and unifying force to critically rethink the role and function of institutions and intervene in the broader social context to which art is inevitably connected. The event is an open platform for several collectives, networks and creative individuals who will explore the topics from different perspectives.
Initiated by: Laura Konsand
Participants: Community in EKA for Palestine, Daylight Project, ENKKL (Estonian Young Contemporary Art Union), Frederik Klanberg, Kolkaplikad, Laura Konsand, Performing Arts Curator, Queer Association of EKA Students, Ulvi Haagensen, Yvette Bathgate & Jake Shepherd
Graphic design: Fatima-Ezzahra Khammas
Technical support: Mattias Veller
Drinks for the communal dinner from Põhjala Brewery.
SCHEDULE
DAY 1, February 5th – BITE THE HANDS THAT HOLD US (IN COMPLICITY)
3 – 5 pm collage workshop “What Could Make EKA Safer for LGBTQIA+ People?” organised by EKA Students’ Queer Association (in Estonian and English) Please sign up here.
One of the missions of EKA Students’ Queer Association is to stand up for the well-being of students and to facilitate dialogue between the school and the community. This collage workshop is the first step in mapping students’ concerns, joys, needs and expectations for the school environment. What’s good? What could be improved? During the workshop these questions will be approached playfully and visually using the collage technique. The purpose is to get to know each other first, in order to plant the first seeds of collaboration that can grow into something lasting and solid.
6 – 7.30 pm roundtable talk “A Political University” hosted by Community in EKA for Palestine (in English)
Since the onset of the genocide in Gaza, the arts and culture sector has witnessed an ‘apolitical’ discourse that has impacted artists, art organizations, and art schools in various ways.
The notion of institutional neutrality diminishes political engagement and suppresses scholarly debate. It conceals the inherently political nature of nearly every university activity, from decisions about admissions and research funding to policies on hosting events and putting up posters. Each choice made by university administrators, whether small or large, reflects political considerations.
By asserting an apolitical stance, universities effectively absolve themselves of the responsibility to support scholars’ freedom to document, discuss, and educate about political violence. Student activism, which has historically been a cornerstone of social progress and solidarity, is itself a critical form of education. In light of this, how can an art university that is inherently political claim to be apolitical?
DAY 2, February 6th – A LITTLE SOLIDARITY CAN GO A LONG WAY
2 – 5 pm workshop “Solidarity in Artistic Biotope” facilitated by Laura Konsand. Please sign up here.
In the cultural field our private and working lives are often interwoven, making it more difficult to pinpoint the elements that cause precarity. What causes our shared precarious predicament? What do we need for our creativity and collaboration to flourish? How can this knowledge help us practice more solidarity across and beyond our field?
During the workshop participants answer a set of questions to gain a better understanding of the conditions necessary to do their work. In a group of three, participants will take turns and share their answers. This is followed by a group discussion in which all the answers will be placed in a designated field of the artistic biotope to illustrate our collective position.
The artistic biotope is a framework developed by Belgian sociologist Pascal Gielen. The biotope is an abstraction of the artist’s life divided into four different sub-domains: domestic, peers, market and civic domain. A sustainable artistic path requires a healthy balance between the four domains.
(This workshop was originally developed by Sepp Eckenhausen and Koen Bartijn from Platform Beeldende Kunst, a member-based organisation in the Netherlands that investigates the role of art in society and campaigns for a better art policy.)
6 – 7.30 pm discussion “Appropriated Rest: Critical Examining of Anti-work Narratives” led by Veriko Dundua, organised with Daylight Project. Please sign up here.
In today’s individualistic society, rest has lost its radical roots, transforming into a personal choice, often defined by privilege. In this discussion, we will focus on the origins of anti-work and rest as a resistance movement in POC and indigenous traditions. How have more privileged members of society appropriated rest and diluted its anti-capitalist legacy? How can we reclaim rest and dismantle the systems that deprived us of it in the first place?
We will unpack the existing hierarchies in the labour market and explore how we can better support and implement intersectional work refusal tactics. The discussion seeks to understand work refusal as a means to confront systemic inequalities and to imagine a future where work is shared collectively and embodies liberation.
DAY 3, February 7th – ONE DOESN’T LEARN TO SWIM BY READING THE MANUAL
2 – 5 pm workshop “Beyond Professional: Rehearsing for the Future” led by Frederik Klanberg (in English). Please sign up here.
We are often asked to be professional, but when striving for this, don’t we end up reproducing the professions as they currently exist? Could there be something beyond professionalism that might help us reimagine our practices as rehearsals for a better world–one with more favourable social and political arrangements? How can we create worlds and build movements?
This workshop offers two proposals for participants to read and discuss together. First one is from Stefano Harney and Fred Moten’s book “The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study”, which explores the concept of becoming “more than professional”. Second proposal introduces the principles of Kingian Nonviolence from Kazu Haga’s book “Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm.” These texts serve as lenses for reimagining the world, guiding us toward understanding how we might prepare for the future.
In the second half of the workshop, we will pool our references and aspirations into one shared carrier bag that will become our guide for moving beyond professionalism and exceeding the limitations of current professions.
6 – 8 pm Digesting / Food for Thought communal dinner hosted by Yvette Bathgate & Jake Shepherd. Please sign up here.
To conclude the (anti-)career days program, we invite you to share a meal together as a moment to reflect and digest what we learned, discussed and questioned over the days. There is a saying that too many cooks spoil the broth, we actively disagree and challenge this perception, believing that the more hands, ideas, and backgrounds only further enrich a stew (or anything else). By sharing the weight and workload of the tasks among participants, we all become equally involved in the communal meal, including the often invisible labour of hosting.
As a duo Yvette and Jake are interested in the intimate space around a dinner table and how spaces of tenderness and kinship can also hold space for collective action, activism and learning. While working together on the tasks that come together in the process of meal sharing – cooking, cleaning, serving, etc., we will discuss the events throughout the programme, thinking through the politics of togetherness and how to resist the roles that the infrastructures of creative industries place upon us.
Participation is free, but pre-registration is required. When registering, please choose how you can contribute to the dinner. We start with chopping and preparation from 10am. Setting the table and serving is from 6pm, and cleaning up starts at 8pm. You can sign up for multiple roles. If you aren’t able to lend a hand you can simply sign up for the dinner itself.
The food will be vegan and gluten free. Please get in touch if you have any questions or want to share any access needs and how we can accommodate.
7.30 – 8 pm Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt
In 2020 kolkaplika and artist liina pääsuke founded the musical group Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt that features song lyrics based on kolkaplika and artist Kadi Estland’s poems. The group will perform on the last day of “(anti-)career days”.
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Throughout the event visitors can try their hand in meme art at a temporary meme production house founded by the Performing Arts Curator (@performingartscurator). Ulvi Haagensen has contributed a video lecture “In Praise of Unprofessionalism” based on a conversation between her three imaginary friends: Thea Koristaja, Olive Puuvill and Artist Researcher. In addition, a selection of artworks from ENKKL and Kolkaplikad collective are displayed that illustrate and reflect the event’s themes.
Performing Arts Curator’s Meme Workshop
Performing Arts Curator (@performingartscurator)
In the digital age, memes have evolved into critical gestures that encourage engagement and dialogue. As a medium combining image and text, – and the dissonance that often occurs between them – memes provide an insight into the collective consciousness to which we all contribute in one way or another. At their core, memes are like tricksters, appearing out of nowhere and embarking on an unpredictable journey through digital spaces where their intertextual paths often intersect.
Welcome to the meme production unit! You don’t need a degree in postmodern art or institutional critique to initiate dialogue and imagine alternatives to the status quo. Memes leave room for a multiplicity of knowledge and viewpoints, serving as a tool for our imagination in a world without grand narratives. Browse the printed images, grab scissors and cut out the ones you like. Imagine a situation or condition, trust that it’s relatable, and just cut, copy and paste. Feel free to use pens and don’t feel limited by what you think you know about memes.
Ulvi Haagensen’s video lecture „In Praise of Unprofessionalism”
The video lecture, “In Praise of Unprofessionalism”, is based on a conversation between three imaginary artist friends that meet one afternoon to chat about amateurs and professionals. Olive Puuvill is a bricoleuse artist, Thea Koristaja is an artist cleaner and AR is an artist researcher.
Olive expresses her frustration with the demands that the title of a professional artist places upon her. It diverts attention from what actually interests her in the creative process – ideas and artworks. The three friends reach a conclusion that to liken oneself to an “intellectual amateur” (Edward Said) – who loves what they do, and are more knowledgeable in their passion, interests and devotion than any professional – is far more helpful in making sense of one’s practice. Professionalism is the opposite of creativity, because it stifles creative confusion, natural rhythm and resourcefulness in problem solving. As Olive says, being an unprofessional artist is much more fun.
BIOGRAPHIES
Community in EKA for Palestine is a group of students, staff and alumni from the Estonian Academy of Arts standing in solidarity with Palestine.
Daylight Project is a feminist, anarchist, queer and DIY art project to disrupt and subvert the institutional status quo.
Veriko Dundua are interested in self-organised communities and the sustainability of collective organising. They are passionate about questions on how communities can foster inclusive spaces and challenge systemic inequalities through culturally conscious collaboration. They hold an MA in Anthropology from Tallinn University.
Estonian Young Contemporary Art Union (ENKKL) is a non-institutional community of active young artists that strives to be flexible and ever-changing, in tune with what is happening in the world, and resilient in turbulent times.
EKA Students’ Queer Association unites the academy’s LGBTQIA+ community. They initiate safe and fun gatherings where everyone can feel welcome. Their mission is to foster dialogue between the school and the community to ensure a supportive environment for all.
Ulvi Haagensen is an artist whose practice combines installation, sculpture and performance to explore the blurred edges between art and everyday life. She recently defended her PhD in Artistic Research at the Estonian Academy of Arts.
Frederik Klanberg is an artist and educator committed to collaborative, critical and inclusive modes of learning together. He believes that, in its truest form, arts education can be a process of collective self development. He holds an MA in Education from the Piet Zwart Institute in the Netherlands.
Kolkaplika is a collective that creates independent content in peripheries around the world. In 2020 kolkaplika and artist liina pääsuke founded the musical group Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt that features song lyrics based on kolkaplika and artist Kadi Estland’s poems. The group will perform on the last day of “(anti-)career days”.
Laura Konsand is a freelance writer and cultural worker based in Rotterdam and Tallinn. She is interested in art’s relationship to infrastructures that shape our present in visible and invisible ways, seeking to understand and question them. She is the organiser of (anti-)career days.
Performing Arts Curator (@performingartscurator) is the fight or flight response of a freelance curator working under neoliberal conditions. It’s an internet persona dedicated to making sense, failing completely, and then laughing about it. @performingartscurator holds a degree of 37,2 Celsius.
Jake Shepherd & Yvette Bathgate are an artist duo based between Estonia and Scotland. Together, their practice is rooted in collaboration, centering co-creation, agency, and tenderness as integral threads that bind their creative practices. They are enrolled in MA Contemporary Art program at Estonian Academy of Arts.
“(anti-)career days” at EKA Gallery 5.–7.02.2025
Wednesday 05 February, 2025 — Friday 07 February, 2025
(ANTI-)CAREER DAYS
EKA Gallery 5.–7.02.2025
See schedule below, participation is free
The three-day event series “(anti-)career days” invites all those active in the field of art and culture to participate in workshops, reading groups, discussions and exercises that seek to explore what it means to be an artist today. The event focuses on the personal, collective and institutional touchpoints on a creative journey, initiating discussions on themes of precarity, solidarity and social and political responsibility. Academic education asks us who we are in order to shape us into prescribed frameworks and prepare us for a professional career. What if, instead, we focused on who we would like to be and the kind of world we would like to live and create in? The aim of the “(anti-)career days” project is to abandon the individualistic idea of surviving as an artist in order to discuss how we can collectively flourish. Realizing collectivity can, in turn, be a liberating and unifying force to critically rethink the role and function of institutions and intervene in the broader social context to which art is inevitably connected. The event is an open platform for several collectives, networks and creative individuals who will explore the topics from different perspectives.
Initiated by: Laura Konsand
Participants: Community in EKA for Palestine, Daylight Project, ENKKL (Estonian Young Contemporary Art Union), Frederik Klanberg, Kolkaplikad, Laura Konsand, Performing Arts Curator, Queer Association of EKA Students, Ulvi Haagensen, Yvette Bathgate & Jake Shepherd
Graphic design: Fatima-Ezzahra Khammas
Technical support: Mattias Veller
Drinks for the communal dinner from Põhjala Brewery.
SCHEDULE
DAY 1, February 5th – BITE THE HANDS THAT HOLD US (IN COMPLICITY)
3 – 5 pm collage workshop “What Could Make EKA Safer for LGBTQIA+ People?” organised by EKA Students’ Queer Association (in Estonian and English) Please sign up here.
One of the missions of EKA Students’ Queer Association is to stand up for the well-being of students and to facilitate dialogue between the school and the community. This collage workshop is the first step in mapping students’ concerns, joys, needs and expectations for the school environment. What’s good? What could be improved? During the workshop these questions will be approached playfully and visually using the collage technique. The purpose is to get to know each other first, in order to plant the first seeds of collaboration that can grow into something lasting and solid.
6 – 7.30 pm roundtable talk “A Political University” hosted by Community in EKA for Palestine (in English)
Since the onset of the genocide in Gaza, the arts and culture sector has witnessed an ‘apolitical’ discourse that has impacted artists, art organizations, and art schools in various ways.
The notion of institutional neutrality diminishes political engagement and suppresses scholarly debate. It conceals the inherently political nature of nearly every university activity, from decisions about admissions and research funding to policies on hosting events and putting up posters. Each choice made by university administrators, whether small or large, reflects political considerations.
By asserting an apolitical stance, universities effectively absolve themselves of the responsibility to support scholars’ freedom to document, discuss, and educate about political violence. Student activism, which has historically been a cornerstone of social progress and solidarity, is itself a critical form of education. In light of this, how can an art university that is inherently political claim to be apolitical?
DAY 2, February 6th – A LITTLE SOLIDARITY CAN GO A LONG WAY
2 – 5 pm workshop “Solidarity in Artistic Biotope” facilitated by Laura Konsand. Please sign up here.
In the cultural field our private and working lives are often interwoven, making it more difficult to pinpoint the elements that cause precarity. What causes our shared precarious predicament? What do we need for our creativity and collaboration to flourish? How can this knowledge help us practice more solidarity across and beyond our field?
During the workshop participants answer a set of questions to gain a better understanding of the conditions necessary to do their work. In a group of three, participants will take turns and share their answers. This is followed by a group discussion in which all the answers will be placed in a designated field of the artistic biotope to illustrate our collective position.
The artistic biotope is a framework developed by Belgian sociologist Pascal Gielen. The biotope is an abstraction of the artist’s life divided into four different sub-domains: domestic, peers, market and civic domain. A sustainable artistic path requires a healthy balance between the four domains.
(This workshop was originally developed by Sepp Eckenhausen and Koen Bartijn from Platform Beeldende Kunst, a member-based organisation in the Netherlands that investigates the role of art in society and campaigns for a better art policy.)
6 – 7.30 pm discussion “Appropriated Rest: Critical Examining of Anti-work Narratives” led by Veriko Dundua, organised with Daylight Project. Please sign up here.
In today’s individualistic society, rest has lost its radical roots, transforming into a personal choice, often defined by privilege. In this discussion, we will focus on the origins of anti-work and rest as a resistance movement in POC and indigenous traditions. How have more privileged members of society appropriated rest and diluted its anti-capitalist legacy? How can we reclaim rest and dismantle the systems that deprived us of it in the first place?
We will unpack the existing hierarchies in the labour market and explore how we can better support and implement intersectional work refusal tactics. The discussion seeks to understand work refusal as a means to confront systemic inequalities and to imagine a future where work is shared collectively and embodies liberation.
DAY 3, February 7th – ONE DOESN’T LEARN TO SWIM BY READING THE MANUAL
2 – 5 pm workshop “Beyond Professional: Rehearsing for the Future” led by Frederik Klanberg (in English). Please sign up here.
We are often asked to be professional, but when striving for this, don’t we end up reproducing the professions as they currently exist? Could there be something beyond professionalism that might help us reimagine our practices as rehearsals for a better world–one with more favourable social and political arrangements? How can we create worlds and build movements?
This workshop offers two proposals for participants to read and discuss together. First one is from Stefano Harney and Fred Moten’s book “The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study”, which explores the concept of becoming “more than professional”. Second proposal introduces the principles of Kingian Nonviolence from Kazu Haga’s book “Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm.” These texts serve as lenses for reimagining the world, guiding us toward understanding how we might prepare for the future.
In the second half of the workshop, we will pool our references and aspirations into one shared carrier bag that will become our guide for moving beyond professionalism and exceeding the limitations of current professions.
6 – 8 pm Digesting / Food for Thought communal dinner hosted by Yvette Bathgate & Jake Shepherd. Please sign up here.
To conclude the (anti-)career days program, we invite you to share a meal together as a moment to reflect and digest what we learned, discussed and questioned over the days. There is a saying that too many cooks spoil the broth, we actively disagree and challenge this perception, believing that the more hands, ideas, and backgrounds only further enrich a stew (or anything else). By sharing the weight and workload of the tasks among participants, we all become equally involved in the communal meal, including the often invisible labour of hosting.
As a duo Yvette and Jake are interested in the intimate space around a dinner table and how spaces of tenderness and kinship can also hold space for collective action, activism and learning. While working together on the tasks that come together in the process of meal sharing – cooking, cleaning, serving, etc., we will discuss the events throughout the programme, thinking through the politics of togetherness and how to resist the roles that the infrastructures of creative industries place upon us.
Participation is free, but pre-registration is required. When registering, please choose how you can contribute to the dinner. We start with chopping and preparation from 10am. Setting the table and serving is from 6pm, and cleaning up starts at 8pm. You can sign up for multiple roles. If you aren’t able to lend a hand you can simply sign up for the dinner itself.
The food will be vegan and gluten free. Please get in touch if you have any questions or want to share any access needs and how we can accommodate.
7.30 – 8 pm Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt
In 2020 kolkaplika and artist liina pääsuke founded the musical group Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt that features song lyrics based on kolkaplika and artist Kadi Estland’s poems. The group will perform on the last day of “(anti-)career days”.
_______________________________________________
Throughout the event visitors can try their hand in meme art at a temporary meme production house founded by the Performing Arts Curator (@performingartscurator). Ulvi Haagensen has contributed a video lecture “In Praise of Unprofessionalism” based on a conversation between her three imaginary friends: Thea Koristaja, Olive Puuvill and Artist Researcher. In addition, a selection of artworks from ENKKL and Kolkaplikad collective are displayed that illustrate and reflect the event’s themes.
Performing Arts Curator’s Meme Workshop
Performing Arts Curator (@performingartscurator)
In the digital age, memes have evolved into critical gestures that encourage engagement and dialogue. As a medium combining image and text, – and the dissonance that often occurs between them – memes provide an insight into the collective consciousness to which we all contribute in one way or another. At their core, memes are like tricksters, appearing out of nowhere and embarking on an unpredictable journey through digital spaces where their intertextual paths often intersect.
Welcome to the meme production unit! You don’t need a degree in postmodern art or institutional critique to initiate dialogue and imagine alternatives to the status quo. Memes leave room for a multiplicity of knowledge and viewpoints, serving as a tool for our imagination in a world without grand narratives. Browse the printed images, grab scissors and cut out the ones you like. Imagine a situation or condition, trust that it’s relatable, and just cut, copy and paste. Feel free to use pens and don’t feel limited by what you think you know about memes.
Ulvi Haagensen’s video lecture „In Praise of Unprofessionalism”
The video lecture, “In Praise of Unprofessionalism”, is based on a conversation between three imaginary artist friends that meet one afternoon to chat about amateurs and professionals. Olive Puuvill is a bricoleuse artist, Thea Koristaja is an artist cleaner and AR is an artist researcher.
Olive expresses her frustration with the demands that the title of a professional artist places upon her. It diverts attention from what actually interests her in the creative process – ideas and artworks. The three friends reach a conclusion that to liken oneself to an “intellectual amateur” (Edward Said) – who loves what they do, and are more knowledgeable in their passion, interests and devotion than any professional – is far more helpful in making sense of one’s practice. Professionalism is the opposite of creativity, because it stifles creative confusion, natural rhythm and resourcefulness in problem solving. As Olive says, being an unprofessional artist is much more fun.
BIOGRAPHIES
Community in EKA for Palestine is a group of students, staff and alumni from the Estonian Academy of Arts standing in solidarity with Palestine.
Daylight Project is a feminist, anarchist, queer and DIY art project to disrupt and subvert the institutional status quo.
Veriko Dundua are interested in self-organised communities and the sustainability of collective organising. They are passionate about questions on how communities can foster inclusive spaces and challenge systemic inequalities through culturally conscious collaboration. They hold an MA in Anthropology from Tallinn University.
Estonian Young Contemporary Art Union (ENKKL) is a non-institutional community of active young artists that strives to be flexible and ever-changing, in tune with what is happening in the world, and resilient in turbulent times.
EKA Students’ Queer Association unites the academy’s LGBTQIA+ community. They initiate safe and fun gatherings where everyone can feel welcome. Their mission is to foster dialogue between the school and the community to ensure a supportive environment for all.
Ulvi Haagensen is an artist whose practice combines installation, sculpture and performance to explore the blurred edges between art and everyday life. She recently defended her PhD in Artistic Research at the Estonian Academy of Arts.
Frederik Klanberg is an artist and educator committed to collaborative, critical and inclusive modes of learning together. He believes that, in its truest form, arts education can be a process of collective self development. He holds an MA in Education from the Piet Zwart Institute in the Netherlands.
Kolkaplika is a collective that creates independent content in peripheries around the world. In 2020 kolkaplika and artist liina pääsuke founded the musical group Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt that features song lyrics based on kolkaplika and artist Kadi Estland’s poems. The group will perform on the last day of “(anti-)career days”.
Laura Konsand is a freelance writer and cultural worker based in Rotterdam and Tallinn. She is interested in art’s relationship to infrastructures that shape our present in visible and invisible ways, seeking to understand and question them. She is the organiser of (anti-)career days.
Performing Arts Curator (@performingartscurator) is the fight or flight response of a freelance curator working under neoliberal conditions. It’s an internet persona dedicated to making sense, failing completely, and then laughing about it. @performingartscurator holds a degree of 37,2 Celsius.
Jake Shepherd & Yvette Bathgate are an artist duo based between Estonia and Scotland. Together, their practice is rooted in collaboration, centering co-creation, agency, and tenderness as integral threads that bind their creative practices. They are enrolled in MA Contemporary Art program at Estonian Academy of Arts.
09.01.2025 — 02.02.2025
“Whispering with Eyes Closed” at EKA Gallery 10.01.–02.02.2025
WHISPERING WITH EYES CLOSED
EKA Gallery 10.01.–02.02.2025
Opening: 9.01.2025 at 6pm
Open Tue–Sat 12–6 pm Sun 12–4 pm, free entry
Artists: Victor Flavell (FR), Minni Havas (FI), Kadri Joala (EE), Tõnis Jürgens (EE), Ats Kruusing (EE), Sanna Nissinen (FI), Marc Sauvageot (EE)
The international group exhibition “Whispering with Eyes Closed” deals with being asleep and dreaming, and the unlimited possibilities experienced during this time. The main characters depicted in the works have suddenly fallen asleep or are already dreaming, embarking on journeys into the unknown. The viewer experiences a foreign world through someone else’s hazy gaze, letting go, giving up control. The boundaries between the imaginary and the real blur and a leap into the void is made, creating sometimes conscious, sometimes unconscious images.
Curator: Kaisa Maasik
Exhibition design: Kaisa Maasik
Graphic design: Fatima-Ezzahra Khammas
Technical support: Ats Kruusing
Exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Sadolin Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.
There will be two curatorial tours part of the exhibition:
– on Thursday, January 9 at 5pm, with the artists, in English
– on Wednesday, January 15 at 2pm, in Estonian
“Whispering with Eyes Closed” at EKA Gallery 10.01.–02.02.2025
Thursday 09 January, 2025 — Sunday 02 February, 2025
WHISPERING WITH EYES CLOSED
EKA Gallery 10.01.–02.02.2025
Opening: 9.01.2025 at 6pm
Open Tue–Sat 12–6 pm Sun 12–4 pm, free entry
Artists: Victor Flavell (FR), Minni Havas (FI), Kadri Joala (EE), Tõnis Jürgens (EE), Ats Kruusing (EE), Sanna Nissinen (FI), Marc Sauvageot (EE)
The international group exhibition “Whispering with Eyes Closed” deals with being asleep and dreaming, and the unlimited possibilities experienced during this time. The main characters depicted in the works have suddenly fallen asleep or are already dreaming, embarking on journeys into the unknown. The viewer experiences a foreign world through someone else’s hazy gaze, letting go, giving up control. The boundaries between the imaginary and the real blur and a leap into the void is made, creating sometimes conscious, sometimes unconscious images.
Curator: Kaisa Maasik
Exhibition design: Kaisa Maasik
Graphic design: Fatima-Ezzahra Khammas
Technical support: Ats Kruusing
Exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Sadolin Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.
There will be two curatorial tours part of the exhibition:
– on Thursday, January 9 at 5pm, with the artists, in English
– on Wednesday, January 15 at 2pm, in Estonian
20.12.2024
“Throw Ratio” at EKA Gallery 20.12.2024
“Throw Ratio”
EKA Gallery 20.12.2024 from 5 to 9 pm, free entry
We warmly invite you to the final exhibition of the course “Moving Image in Space” by EKA Visual Communication students.
During the semester, the students have delved into the technical and creative aspects of projection art, creating three stylistically different works that expand the boundaries of projection art.
Participants: Paula Hõbe, Marie Kanger, Marianne Lapin, Kristi Markov, Kadri Raudmägi, Greta Ruga, Inna Rõžihh, Siim-Aoum Villido, Kert Väljak, Karolina Kapinus
Supervisor: Alyona Movko-Mägi
Discover visual music techniques in abstract visuals, experience animations inspired by historical patterns, and immerse yourself in an installation inspired by the world of video games.
Each work offers a unique perspective and invites visitors to think along and discover new worlds created by moving images in space.
See you at the gallery, where art and technology meet in an exciting way!
“Throw Ratio” at EKA Gallery 20.12.2024
Friday 20 December, 2024
“Throw Ratio”
EKA Gallery 20.12.2024 from 5 to 9 pm, free entry
We warmly invite you to the final exhibition of the course “Moving Image in Space” by EKA Visual Communication students.
During the semester, the students have delved into the technical and creative aspects of projection art, creating three stylistically different works that expand the boundaries of projection art.
Participants: Paula Hõbe, Marie Kanger, Marianne Lapin, Kristi Markov, Kadri Raudmägi, Greta Ruga, Inna Rõžihh, Siim-Aoum Villido, Kert Väljak, Karolina Kapinus
Supervisor: Alyona Movko-Mägi
Discover visual music techniques in abstract visuals, experience animations inspired by historical patterns, and immerse yourself in an installation inspired by the world of video games.
Each work offers a unique perspective and invites visitors to think along and discover new worlds created by moving images in space.
See you at the gallery, where art and technology meet in an exciting way!
02.12.2024 — 19.12.2024
Fine Arts Assessment Marathon 2.–19.12.2024
December brings an opportunity to experience, in an exhibition format, works produced by students in the Faculty of Fine Arts as their term projects: every day there will be a fresh crop of university students’ works on display in the gallery.
Works in animation, contemporary art, installation and sculpture, painting, photography, graphic art, scenography curricula will be on display. On each evening of the marathon, a new exhibition will be installed and in the following evening the exhibit will give way to the next one. Hopefully, viewers will be able to keep up with the pace of the young artists.
The assessments will take place in the main building of EKA (2nd & 3rd floor general areas, 2nd floor drawing classes A-205 and A-206, EKA Gallery; Kotzebue 1), in the new EKA building (Kotzebue 10) and at Uus Rada gallery (Raja 11A).
On the assessment day, the exhibitions at EKA gallery and the new EKA building (Kotzebue 10) are open from 3 pm to 6 pm, on Sundays the exhibitions are open from 12 pm to 6 pm.
SCHEDULE
Mon 2.12. Photography, supervisor Krista Mölder (EKA Gallery)
Mon 2.12. Drawing, supervisor Tõnis Saadoja (2nd & 3rd floor general areas)
Tue 3.12. Drawing, supervisor Eero Alev (EKA Gallery)
Wed 4.12. Drawing, supervisor Ulvi Haagensen (EKA Gallery)
Thu 5.12. Anatomical drawing, supervisors Maiu Rõõmus, Matti Pärk (EKA Gallery)
Fri 6.12. Scenography, supervisor Ene-Liis Semper (EKA Gallery)
Sat 7.12. – Sun 8.12. Scenography, supervisor Mark Raidpere (EKA Gallery)
Mon 8.12. New Media, supervisor Sten Saarits (EKA Gallery)
Mon 8.12. Photography, supervisors Marge Monko, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo NB! Uus Rada Gallery, the exhibition will remain open until 15.12.
Tue 10.12. Studio photography, supervisor Tanja Muravskaja (EKA Gallery)
Tue 10.12. Drawing (animation and scenography), supervisor Britta Benno (2nd & 3rd floor general areas, 2nd floor drawing classes A-205 and A-206)
Wed 11.12. Painting, supervisors Tõnis Saadoja, Mihkel Maripuu, Holger Loodus (EKA Gallery)
Thu 12.12. Animation, supervisors Lilli-Krõõt Repnau, Ülo Pikkov, Anu-Laura Tuttelberg (EKA Gallery)
Thu 12.12. Anatomical drawing, supervisors Maiu Rõõmus, Matti Pärk (2nd & 3rd floor general areas, 2nd floor drawing classes A-205 and A-206)
Fri 13.12. Painting, supervisors Karl-Kristjan Nagel, Tõnis Saadoja (EKA Gallery)
Sat 14.12. – Sun 15.12. Painting, supervisors Sirja-Liisa Eelma, Alice Kask, Mart Vainre (EKA Gallery)
Mon 16.12. Graphic Art, supervisors Liisi Grünberg, Viktor Gurov, Liina Siib, Britta Benno, Eve Kask, Eve Kaaret (EKA Gallery)
Mon 16.12. Photography, supervisors Triin Kerge, Annika Haas (Kotzebue 10)
Tue 17.12. Graphic Art, supervisors Lembe Ruben, Mark Antonius Puhkan, Maria Izabella Lehtsaar, Paul Rannik (EKA Gallery)
Wed 18.12. Sculpture, supervisors Taavi Talve, Laura Põld (EKA Gallery)
Wed 18.12. Contemporary Art, supervisors Marge Monko, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo, Liina Siib, Taavi Talve, Anu Vahtra, Maris Karjatse, Laura Põld, Holger Loodus, Kristi Kongi, Sten Saarits, Camille Laurelli, Eve Kask (2nd & 3rd floor general areas of the main building of EKA and the new building, Kotzebue 10)
Thu 19.12. Contemporary Art, supervisors Maris Karjatse, Eve Kask, Kristi Kongi, Camille Laurelli, Holger Loodus, Marge Monko, Laura Põld, Sten Saarits, Liina Siib, Taavi Talve, Anu Vahtra, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo (EKA Gallery & Kotzebue 10)
Fine Arts Assessment Marathon 2.–19.12.2024
Monday 02 December, 2024 — Thursday 19 December, 2024
December brings an opportunity to experience, in an exhibition format, works produced by students in the Faculty of Fine Arts as their term projects: every day there will be a fresh crop of university students’ works on display in the gallery.
Works in animation, contemporary art, installation and sculpture, painting, photography, graphic art, scenography curricula will be on display. On each evening of the marathon, a new exhibition will be installed and in the following evening the exhibit will give way to the next one. Hopefully, viewers will be able to keep up with the pace of the young artists.
The assessments will take place in the main building of EKA (2nd & 3rd floor general areas, 2nd floor drawing classes A-205 and A-206, EKA Gallery; Kotzebue 1), in the new EKA building (Kotzebue 10) and at Uus Rada gallery (Raja 11A).
On the assessment day, the exhibitions at EKA gallery and the new EKA building (Kotzebue 10) are open from 3 pm to 6 pm, on Sundays the exhibitions are open from 12 pm to 6 pm.
SCHEDULE
Mon 2.12. Photography, supervisor Krista Mölder (EKA Gallery)
Mon 2.12. Drawing, supervisor Tõnis Saadoja (2nd & 3rd floor general areas)
Tue 3.12. Drawing, supervisor Eero Alev (EKA Gallery)
Wed 4.12. Drawing, supervisor Ulvi Haagensen (EKA Gallery)
Thu 5.12. Anatomical drawing, supervisors Maiu Rõõmus, Matti Pärk (EKA Gallery)
Fri 6.12. Scenography, supervisor Ene-Liis Semper (EKA Gallery)
Sat 7.12. – Sun 8.12. Scenography, supervisor Mark Raidpere (EKA Gallery)
Mon 8.12. New Media, supervisor Sten Saarits (EKA Gallery)
Mon 8.12. Photography, supervisors Marge Monko, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo NB! Uus Rada Gallery, the exhibition will remain open until 15.12.
Tue 10.12. Studio photography, supervisor Tanja Muravskaja (EKA Gallery)
Tue 10.12. Drawing (animation and scenography), supervisor Britta Benno (2nd & 3rd floor general areas, 2nd floor drawing classes A-205 and A-206)
Wed 11.12. Painting, supervisors Tõnis Saadoja, Mihkel Maripuu, Holger Loodus (EKA Gallery)
Thu 12.12. Animation, supervisors Lilli-Krõõt Repnau, Ülo Pikkov, Anu-Laura Tuttelberg (EKA Gallery)
Thu 12.12. Anatomical drawing, supervisors Maiu Rõõmus, Matti Pärk (2nd & 3rd floor general areas, 2nd floor drawing classes A-205 and A-206)
Fri 13.12. Painting, supervisors Karl-Kristjan Nagel, Tõnis Saadoja (EKA Gallery)
Sat 14.12. – Sun 15.12. Painting, supervisors Sirja-Liisa Eelma, Alice Kask, Mart Vainre (EKA Gallery)
Mon 16.12. Graphic Art, supervisors Liisi Grünberg, Viktor Gurov, Liina Siib, Britta Benno, Eve Kask, Eve Kaaret (EKA Gallery)
Mon 16.12. Photography, supervisors Triin Kerge, Annika Haas (Kotzebue 10)
Tue 17.12. Graphic Art, supervisors Lembe Ruben, Mark Antonius Puhkan, Maria Izabella Lehtsaar, Paul Rannik (EKA Gallery)
Wed 18.12. Sculpture, supervisors Taavi Talve, Laura Põld (EKA Gallery)
Wed 18.12. Contemporary Art, supervisors Marge Monko, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo, Liina Siib, Taavi Talve, Anu Vahtra, Maris Karjatse, Laura Põld, Holger Loodus, Kristi Kongi, Sten Saarits, Camille Laurelli, Eve Kask (2nd & 3rd floor general areas of the main building of EKA and the new building, Kotzebue 10)
Thu 19.12. Contemporary Art, supervisors Maris Karjatse, Eve Kask, Kristi Kongi, Camille Laurelli, Holger Loodus, Marge Monko, Laura Põld, Sten Saarits, Liina Siib, Taavi Talve, Anu Vahtra, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo (EKA Gallery & Kotzebue 10)
18.10.2024 — 29.11.2024
EKA Museum “Clothed and Nude. 110 Years of Figure Study at the Estonian Academy of Arts” at EKA Gallery 19.10.–29.11.2024
EKA Museum exhibition “Clothed and Nude. 110 Years of Figure Study at the Estonian Academy of Arts”
19.10.–29.11.2024
Open Tue–Sun 12–6pm, free entry
Opening: 18.10.2024 at 5pm
In celebration of the 110th anniversary of the Estonian Academy of Arts, a significant retrospective exhibition has been organised, highlighting a theme that resonates with all who have studied here or are currently students. The depiction of the human figure – through drawing, painting and modelling from live models – has always been a cornerstone of art education, and the Estonian Academy of Arts, along with its predecessors, exemplifies this tradition.
The exhibition of the EKA Museum, titled “Clothed and Nude. 110 Years of Figure Study at the Estonian Academy of Arts”, showcases works created in the school’s studios and stored in its archives. This collection includes standing, sitting and reclining nudes, clothed models and figure groups, as well as drawings of hands and feet and other anatomical details. The selection highlights the diverse and varied ways in which the human figure can be depicted, emphasising different approaches and techniques. Academically polished images with intricate backgrounds are presented alongside monumental human representations that challenged the traditional canons at the turn of the millennium. The exhibition features both black-and-white and colour works, where classifying them as drawings or paintings based on technique or medium is no longer significant in this context.
The exhibition primarily draws from the EKA Museum’s collection, although only a small fraction of the works accumulated over the decades could be included. To represent the early decades of the school’s history, additional pieces were sourced from the Art Museum of Estonia and private collections. Figure study has also been a central theme in sculpture. However, since the original collection of the sculpture department has been lost, curatorial efforts were necessary to locate works representing three-dimensional art. Despite being in the minority, sculpture is still represented in the exhibition. Additional works were requested from artists engaged in figure study during the early 21st century to cover the period between the conclusion of the methodological collection of works at the turn of the century and the establishment of the EKA Museum in 2019. As figure drawing has been an integral part of the curriculum across all disciplines at the academy, the selection process aimed to reflect this diversity.
The exhibition features 138 artists showcasing a total of 187 works. The chance to glimpse into the formative years of well-known artists and designers is undoubtedly intriguing, while the masterpieces of lesser-known or unknown creators offer their own delightful surprises. The arrangement of the exhibit enhances this excitement by juxtaposing works not along a traditional chronological timeline, but instead focusing on the harmony and interplay between the pieces.
The artists participating in the exhibition:
Eero Alev, Jüri Arrak, Raivo Behrsin, Britta Benno, Teddy Böckler, Rem Dementjev, Olga Dubrovskaja, Herald Eelma, Jaan Elken, Herlet Elvisto, Merike Estna, Margarita Feofanova, Nikolai Guli, Heikki Halla, Gerda Hansen, Inga Heamägi, Hugo Hiibus, Aleksander Igonin, Ants Jaanimägi, Andrus Johani, Aivar Juhanson, Iris Jurma-Kangur, Sandra Jõgeva, Pille Jänes, Villu Järmut, Heli Jürissaar (Kase), Jüri Kaarma, Katrin Kaev, Catlin Kaljuste, Maria Kallau, Anu Kalm (Anderson), Elin Kard, Gleb Karlsen, Saskia Kasemaa, Alice Kask, Eve Kask, Jüri Kask, Maret Kernumees, Ando Keskküla, Kaalu Kirme, Tiiu Kirsipuu, Raoul Koik, Epp Maria Kokamägi, Ellen Kolk, Luule Kormašova, Nikolai Kormašov, Orest Kormašov, Aimar Kristerson, Mart Krull, Epp Kubu, Viive Kuks, Leili Kuldkepp, Laura Kõiv, Andrus Kõresaar, Tõnis Kärema, Annika Künnap, Allex Kütt, Vello Laanemaa, Heldur Lassi, Pille-Riin Lass, Tõnu Lauk, Emil Lausmäe, Malle Leis, Tea Lemberpuu, Ly Lestberg, Mihkel Liinat, Silvi Liiva, Bruno Lillemets, Ivika Luisk (Kivik-Luisk), Anu Maarand, Aet Maasik, Viktor Madison, Ülle Marks, Vladimir Matiiko, Aarne Mesikäpp, Rein Mets, Gregorio Migliaccio, Peeter Mudist, Maarit Murka, Tõnu Mäsak, Arseni Mölder, Reigo Nahksepp, Mall Nukke, Liisa Nurklik, Lydia Nüüd, Evald Okas, Kaido Ole, Jaan Paris, Ede Peebo, Imbi Ploompuu (Karu), Urmas Ploomipuu, Mari Prekup, Mark Antonius Puhkan, Aapo Pukk, Kaie Pungas, Brenda Purtsak, Laura Põld, Matti Pärk, Katrin Pärt, Liisi Pääsuke, Tiit Pääsuke, Tiit Rammul, Tiina Reinsalu, Uno Roosvalt, Eesi Rosenberg, Peeter Rudaš, Sirje Runge (Lapin), Tõnis Saadoja, Hugo Sepp, Kati Simpson, Piret Smagar, Jaak Soans, Tõnu Soo, Aleksander Suuman, Silja Šergalin, Juri Šestakov, Vladimir Taiger, Mari-Liis Tammi-Kelder, Endel Taniloo, Anne Tapper, Olga Terri, Evi Tihemets, Tiina Tiitus, Ilmar Torn, Margus Tõnnov, Maria-Kristiina Ulas, Peeter Ulas, Anne Vaher, Katrin Vaher, Valentin Vaher, Silver Vahtre, Mall Valk (Sooster), Janika Vesberg, Heldur Viires, Hanna Vinter, Ekke Väli, Eduard Wiiralt, Elisa Margot Winters
Curated by: Reeli Kõiv
Exhibition design and co-curation by: Britta Benno
Graphic design by: Pärtel Eelmere
Assistant:Anna Birgitta Erikson
The exhibition is accompanied by an eponymous catalogue featuring large reproductions of all the displayed works. In addition to a historical overview relevant to the theme, the book is enriched with interviews from drawing instructors Tiit Pääsuke, Matti Pärk, Maiu Rõõmus, Maria-Kristiina Ulas, Ülle Marks and Tõnis Saadoja, discussing the significance and meanings of learning to depict the human figure. These interviews are complemented by an essayistic reflection on figure drawing at the academy by printmaker and drawing instructor Britta Benno. Additionally, recollections of their student years from Peeter Ulas and Herald Eelma, gathered by Jüri Hain, are also republished.
The catalogue is authored and compiled by Reeli Kõiv, the head of the EKA Museum, and includes a foreword by Rector Mart Kalm.
The publication is a bilingual edition that combines both Estonian and English in a single volume, with language editing by Elo Rohult and translation by Epp Aareleid. The 288-page catalogue was designed by Stuudio Stuudio and printed at Tallinn Book Printers.
The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Sadolin Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.
EKA Museum “Clothed and Nude. 110 Years of Figure Study at the Estonian Academy of Arts” at EKA Gallery 19.10.–29.11.2024
Friday 18 October, 2024 — Friday 29 November, 2024
EKA Museum exhibition “Clothed and Nude. 110 Years of Figure Study at the Estonian Academy of Arts”
19.10.–29.11.2024
Open Tue–Sun 12–6pm, free entry
Opening: 18.10.2024 at 5pm
In celebration of the 110th anniversary of the Estonian Academy of Arts, a significant retrospective exhibition has been organised, highlighting a theme that resonates with all who have studied here or are currently students. The depiction of the human figure – through drawing, painting and modelling from live models – has always been a cornerstone of art education, and the Estonian Academy of Arts, along with its predecessors, exemplifies this tradition.
The exhibition of the EKA Museum, titled “Clothed and Nude. 110 Years of Figure Study at the Estonian Academy of Arts”, showcases works created in the school’s studios and stored in its archives. This collection includes standing, sitting and reclining nudes, clothed models and figure groups, as well as drawings of hands and feet and other anatomical details. The selection highlights the diverse and varied ways in which the human figure can be depicted, emphasising different approaches and techniques. Academically polished images with intricate backgrounds are presented alongside monumental human representations that challenged the traditional canons at the turn of the millennium. The exhibition features both black-and-white and colour works, where classifying them as drawings or paintings based on technique or medium is no longer significant in this context.
The exhibition primarily draws from the EKA Museum’s collection, although only a small fraction of the works accumulated over the decades could be included. To represent the early decades of the school’s history, additional pieces were sourced from the Art Museum of Estonia and private collections. Figure study has also been a central theme in sculpture. However, since the original collection of the sculpture department has been lost, curatorial efforts were necessary to locate works representing three-dimensional art. Despite being in the minority, sculpture is still represented in the exhibition. Additional works were requested from artists engaged in figure study during the early 21st century to cover the period between the conclusion of the methodological collection of works at the turn of the century and the establishment of the EKA Museum in 2019. As figure drawing has been an integral part of the curriculum across all disciplines at the academy, the selection process aimed to reflect this diversity.
The exhibition features 138 artists showcasing a total of 187 works. The chance to glimpse into the formative years of well-known artists and designers is undoubtedly intriguing, while the masterpieces of lesser-known or unknown creators offer their own delightful surprises. The arrangement of the exhibit enhances this excitement by juxtaposing works not along a traditional chronological timeline, but instead focusing on the harmony and interplay between the pieces.
The artists participating in the exhibition:
Eero Alev, Jüri Arrak, Raivo Behrsin, Britta Benno, Teddy Böckler, Rem Dementjev, Olga Dubrovskaja, Herald Eelma, Jaan Elken, Herlet Elvisto, Merike Estna, Margarita Feofanova, Nikolai Guli, Heikki Halla, Gerda Hansen, Inga Heamägi, Hugo Hiibus, Aleksander Igonin, Ants Jaanimägi, Andrus Johani, Aivar Juhanson, Iris Jurma-Kangur, Sandra Jõgeva, Pille Jänes, Villu Järmut, Heli Jürissaar (Kase), Jüri Kaarma, Katrin Kaev, Catlin Kaljuste, Maria Kallau, Anu Kalm (Anderson), Elin Kard, Gleb Karlsen, Saskia Kasemaa, Alice Kask, Eve Kask, Jüri Kask, Maret Kernumees, Ando Keskküla, Kaalu Kirme, Tiiu Kirsipuu, Raoul Koik, Epp Maria Kokamägi, Ellen Kolk, Luule Kormašova, Nikolai Kormašov, Orest Kormašov, Aimar Kristerson, Mart Krull, Epp Kubu, Viive Kuks, Leili Kuldkepp, Laura Kõiv, Andrus Kõresaar, Tõnis Kärema, Annika Künnap, Allex Kütt, Vello Laanemaa, Heldur Lassi, Pille-Riin Lass, Tõnu Lauk, Emil Lausmäe, Malle Leis, Tea Lemberpuu, Ly Lestberg, Mihkel Liinat, Silvi Liiva, Bruno Lillemets, Ivika Luisk (Kivik-Luisk), Anu Maarand, Aet Maasik, Viktor Madison, Ülle Marks, Vladimir Matiiko, Aarne Mesikäpp, Rein Mets, Gregorio Migliaccio, Peeter Mudist, Maarit Murka, Tõnu Mäsak, Arseni Mölder, Reigo Nahksepp, Mall Nukke, Liisa Nurklik, Lydia Nüüd, Evald Okas, Kaido Ole, Jaan Paris, Ede Peebo, Imbi Ploompuu (Karu), Urmas Ploomipuu, Mari Prekup, Mark Antonius Puhkan, Aapo Pukk, Kaie Pungas, Brenda Purtsak, Laura Põld, Matti Pärk, Katrin Pärt, Liisi Pääsuke, Tiit Pääsuke, Tiit Rammul, Tiina Reinsalu, Uno Roosvalt, Eesi Rosenberg, Peeter Rudaš, Sirje Runge (Lapin), Tõnis Saadoja, Hugo Sepp, Kati Simpson, Piret Smagar, Jaak Soans, Tõnu Soo, Aleksander Suuman, Silja Šergalin, Juri Šestakov, Vladimir Taiger, Mari-Liis Tammi-Kelder, Endel Taniloo, Anne Tapper, Olga Terri, Evi Tihemets, Tiina Tiitus, Ilmar Torn, Margus Tõnnov, Maria-Kristiina Ulas, Peeter Ulas, Anne Vaher, Katrin Vaher, Valentin Vaher, Silver Vahtre, Mall Valk (Sooster), Janika Vesberg, Heldur Viires, Hanna Vinter, Ekke Väli, Eduard Wiiralt, Elisa Margot Winters
Curated by: Reeli Kõiv
Exhibition design and co-curation by: Britta Benno
Graphic design by: Pärtel Eelmere
Assistant:Anna Birgitta Erikson
The exhibition is accompanied by an eponymous catalogue featuring large reproductions of all the displayed works. In addition to a historical overview relevant to the theme, the book is enriched with interviews from drawing instructors Tiit Pääsuke, Matti Pärk, Maiu Rõõmus, Maria-Kristiina Ulas, Ülle Marks and Tõnis Saadoja, discussing the significance and meanings of learning to depict the human figure. These interviews are complemented by an essayistic reflection on figure drawing at the academy by printmaker and drawing instructor Britta Benno. Additionally, recollections of their student years from Peeter Ulas and Herald Eelma, gathered by Jüri Hain, are also republished.
The catalogue is authored and compiled by Reeli Kõiv, the head of the EKA Museum, and includes a foreword by Rector Mart Kalm.
The publication is a bilingual edition that combines both Estonian and English in a single volume, with language editing by Elo Rohult and translation by Epp Aareleid. The 288-page catalogue was designed by Stuudio Stuudio and printed at Tallinn Book Printers.
The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Sadolin Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.
12.09.2024 — 13.10.2024
“Amphibian State (of Mind)” at EKA Gallery 13.09.–13.10.2024
AMPHIBIAN STATE (OF MIND)
13.09.–13.10.2024
Opening: 12.09.2024 at 6pm
Artists: Ida Montgomery Emblemsvåg (NO), Othelie Farstad (NO), Birk André Fredhjem (NO), Dan Grönlund (SE/NO), Sara Marie Hødnebø (NO), Oskar Jensen (NO), Maria Izabella Lehtsaar (EE), Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard (NO), Vilma Lundholm (SE/NO), Rajat Mondal (IN/NO), Triin Mänd (EE), Marten Prei (EE), Sandra Puusepp (EE), Paul Rannik (EE/DE), Elise Marie Skaug (NO), Mathilda Skoglund (SE/NO), Kristian Trana (NO), Nora Hultén Törnerud (SE/NO)
Curator: Maria Erikson
Exhibition design: Maria Erikson, Paul Rannik
Graphic design: Mirjam Varik
Translation, editing: Maria Erikson, Liina Siib
The international exhibition “Amphibian State (of Mind)” explores the relationships between artworks and the discourses they produce. The idea is rooted in Per Nilssons philosophical essay “The Amphibian Stand”. Navigating themes such as relationships between bodies, nature, animism, the exhibition explores artistic practices where a form of material knowledge is applied to an object (lashing belt, copper plate, piece of fabric, lump of clay etc) in order to change the discourse of that object, and gain new knowledge. Working methods represented in the exhibition – printmaking, drawing, textile, ceramics etc – are based on the sensitivity of a touch and its ability to read surface texture. Artists activate the thing-power of the materials through gestures and care they provide.
Artists involved with the exhibition share a posthumanist multidisciplinary approach, as they apply the logic of one medium to another medium. This can also be discussed as intra-acting. It is a term Karen Barad uses instead of interaction. According to Barad, interaction takes place between pre-established bodies that then participate in action with each other while intra-action enhances entanglement. The exhibition “Amphibian State (of Mind)” looks at the sets of relationships between the bodies of the maker and the body of the art object that are inherently intertwined through the discourse they create through intra-acting.
The exhibition is a collaboration between the Department of Graphic Art at the Estonian Academy of Arts and Print and Drawing study area at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. The exhibition aims to enhance the Baltic and Nordic scene of contemporary printmaking in the expanded field, including collaboration and an exchange between the participating artists. Six artists from KHiO are involved in the installation process and at the opening event of the exhibition.
Exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, KUNO and Sadolin Estonia
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.
Special thanks: Estonian Academy of Arts, Department of Graphic Art at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Print and Drawing study area at the Oslo National Academy of Arts, Liina Siib, Aleksandra Janik, Kjerstin Jensen, Victoria Browne, Kirke Kangro, Mart Saarepuu.
“Amphibian State (of Mind)” at EKA Gallery 13.09.–13.10.2024
Thursday 12 September, 2024 — Sunday 13 October, 2024
AMPHIBIAN STATE (OF MIND)
13.09.–13.10.2024
Opening: 12.09.2024 at 6pm
Artists: Ida Montgomery Emblemsvåg (NO), Othelie Farstad (NO), Birk André Fredhjem (NO), Dan Grönlund (SE/NO), Sara Marie Hødnebø (NO), Oskar Jensen (NO), Maria Izabella Lehtsaar (EE), Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard (NO), Vilma Lundholm (SE/NO), Rajat Mondal (IN/NO), Triin Mänd (EE), Marten Prei (EE), Sandra Puusepp (EE), Paul Rannik (EE/DE), Elise Marie Skaug (NO), Mathilda Skoglund (SE/NO), Kristian Trana (NO), Nora Hultén Törnerud (SE/NO)
Curator: Maria Erikson
Exhibition design: Maria Erikson, Paul Rannik
Graphic design: Mirjam Varik
Translation, editing: Maria Erikson, Liina Siib
The international exhibition “Amphibian State (of Mind)” explores the relationships between artworks and the discourses they produce. The idea is rooted in Per Nilssons philosophical essay “The Amphibian Stand”. Navigating themes such as relationships between bodies, nature, animism, the exhibition explores artistic practices where a form of material knowledge is applied to an object (lashing belt, copper plate, piece of fabric, lump of clay etc) in order to change the discourse of that object, and gain new knowledge. Working methods represented in the exhibition – printmaking, drawing, textile, ceramics etc – are based on the sensitivity of a touch and its ability to read surface texture. Artists activate the thing-power of the materials through gestures and care they provide.
Artists involved with the exhibition share a posthumanist multidisciplinary approach, as they apply the logic of one medium to another medium. This can also be discussed as intra-acting. It is a term Karen Barad uses instead of interaction. According to Barad, interaction takes place between pre-established bodies that then participate in action with each other while intra-action enhances entanglement. The exhibition “Amphibian State (of Mind)” looks at the sets of relationships between the bodies of the maker and the body of the art object that are inherently intertwined through the discourse they create through intra-acting.
The exhibition is a collaboration between the Department of Graphic Art at the Estonian Academy of Arts and Print and Drawing study area at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. The exhibition aims to enhance the Baltic and Nordic scene of contemporary printmaking in the expanded field, including collaboration and an exchange between the participating artists. Six artists from KHiO are involved in the installation process and at the opening event of the exhibition.
Exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, KUNO and Sadolin Estonia
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.
Special thanks: Estonian Academy of Arts, Department of Graphic Art at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Print and Drawing study area at the Oslo National Academy of Arts, Liina Siib, Aleksandra Janik, Kjerstin Jensen, Victoria Browne, Kirke Kangro, Mart Saarepuu.
29.08.2024 — 08.12.2024
ENKKL’s “Last Award” at EKA Billboard Gallery 29.08.–08.12.2024
ENKKL’s “Last Award”
EKA Billboard Gallery 29.08.–08.12.2024
Open 24/7, free
Opening: 29.08.24 at 6 pm
The legendary Weekly Award of the Estonian Young Contemporary Art Union (ENKKL) will have its symbolic end at the EKA Billboard Gallery. The group work was made during ENKKL’s summer school at Muhu. We invite all visitors and other passers-by to put their hands on it. Now you too have the opportunity to be a part of the Estonian art scene. You could be the next star artist! It’s warmer together. Together is better.
Participating artists: Kärt Heinvere, Irma Holm, Erik Hõim, Kadri Joala, Liisa-Lota Jõeleht, Saara Liis Jõerand, Loora Kaubi, Kärt Koppel, Nele Kurvits, Katariin Mudist, Marto Mägi, Eke Ao Nettan, Sandra Puusepp, Kertu Rannula, Johanna Reinvald, Mia Maria Rohumaa, Raahel Rüütel, Inessa Saarits, Lisette Sivard, Sonja Sutt, Rebeca Žukovitš, Aimur Takk, Annabel Tanila, Margaret Tilk, Elo Vahtrik, Mattias Veller
The project is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.
ENKKL’s “Last Award” at EKA Billboard Gallery 29.08.–08.12.2024
Thursday 29 August, 2024 — Sunday 08 December, 2024
ENKKL’s “Last Award”
EKA Billboard Gallery 29.08.–08.12.2024
Open 24/7, free
Opening: 29.08.24 at 6 pm
The legendary Weekly Award of the Estonian Young Contemporary Art Union (ENKKL) will have its symbolic end at the EKA Billboard Gallery. The group work was made during ENKKL’s summer school at Muhu. We invite all visitors and other passers-by to put their hands on it. Now you too have the opportunity to be a part of the Estonian art scene. You could be the next star artist! It’s warmer together. Together is better.
Participating artists: Kärt Heinvere, Irma Holm, Erik Hõim, Kadri Joala, Liisa-Lota Jõeleht, Saara Liis Jõerand, Loora Kaubi, Kärt Koppel, Nele Kurvits, Katariin Mudist, Marto Mägi, Eke Ao Nettan, Sandra Puusepp, Kertu Rannula, Johanna Reinvald, Mia Maria Rohumaa, Raahel Rüütel, Inessa Saarits, Lisette Sivard, Sonja Sutt, Rebeca Žukovitš, Aimur Takk, Annabel Tanila, Margaret Tilk, Elo Vahtrik, Mattias Veller
The project is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.
08.08.2024 — 08.09.2024
“Translucent Dreams” at EKA Gallery 8.08.–08.09.2024
“Translucent Dreams”
EKA Gallery 8.08.–08.09.2024
Open Tue–Sun 12–6 pm, free entry
Opening: 15.08.2024 at 6 pm
Participating artists: Chloé Geinoz, Rose Magee, Vitor Pascale, KitKit Para, Syed Sachal Rizvi
In today’s interconnected world, the notion of identity has progressively become more
complex and multifaceted. Gender, geography, and social/political beliefs, to name but a few shape the ways individuals perceive and express themselves.
This exhibition brings together five artists from diverse corners of the globe, each accentuating themes of intersecting identities through the lenses of chimerism, duality, hybridity, queer identity, and the construction and deconstruction of self. Using various visual strategies, these artists delve into the intricate layers of identity formation and expression, inviting you to journey through contemporary identity’s dynamic and ever-changing landscape.
The exhibition is supported by Sadolin Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.
“Translucent Dreams” at EKA Gallery 8.08.–08.09.2024
Thursday 08 August, 2024 — Sunday 08 September, 2024
“Translucent Dreams”
EKA Gallery 8.08.–08.09.2024
Open Tue–Sun 12–6 pm, free entry
Opening: 15.08.2024 at 6 pm
Participating artists: Chloé Geinoz, Rose Magee, Vitor Pascale, KitKit Para, Syed Sachal Rizvi
In today’s interconnected world, the notion of identity has progressively become more
complex and multifaceted. Gender, geography, and social/political beliefs, to name but a few shape the ways individuals perceive and express themselves.
This exhibition brings together five artists from diverse corners of the globe, each accentuating themes of intersecting identities through the lenses of chimerism, duality, hybridity, queer identity, and the construction and deconstruction of self. Using various visual strategies, these artists delve into the intricate layers of identity formation and expression, inviting you to journey through contemporary identity’s dynamic and ever-changing landscape.
The exhibition is supported by Sadolin Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.
05.07.2024 — 04.08.2024
Marleen Suvi “We’ve Never Lived in a House” at EKA Gallery 6.07.–4.08.2024
Marleen Suvi
WE’VE NEVER LIVED IN A HOUSE
6.07.–4.08.2024
Opening: 5.07. at 6 pm
Marleen Suvi’s personal exhibition “We’ve Never Lived in a House” brings together 16 large-scale canvases to form a major installation, which concerns itself with the topics of memory and family.
The paintings are based on the artist’s family photo albums, and according to the curator Aleksander Metsamärt, the exhibition reveals two main themes: firstly, the relationship between memory and memory carriers arising from the paintings created on the basis of photographs, secondly, the theme of the private house arising from the form of the installation and the period-specific context associated with it. At the crossroads of the two themes, we find the artist herself, offering an insight into her own memories with an intimately personal and a paradoxical universality.
For the artist these times are past, her past which she herself cannot [retreat/crawl] back to. A past from which forms and figures emerge, that are almost familiar, but not quite just. Not like they are here, in this picture, in this apartment, in this year – somewhere in the mid-nineties, when everyone wore clothes made out of those materials, the feel of which, to this day, the nerve endings of your synapses can still sense somewhere at the back of your mind; clothes, that in their quaintness and slight old-fashionedness still manage to warm your heart.
Curated by Aleksander Metsamärt
Graphic design by Rainer Kasekivi
The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.
Marleen Suvi “We’ve Never Lived in a House” at EKA Gallery 6.07.–4.08.2024
Friday 05 July, 2024 — Sunday 04 August, 2024
Marleen Suvi
WE’VE NEVER LIVED IN A HOUSE
6.07.–4.08.2024
Opening: 5.07. at 6 pm
Marleen Suvi’s personal exhibition “We’ve Never Lived in a House” brings together 16 large-scale canvases to form a major installation, which concerns itself with the topics of memory and family.
The paintings are based on the artist’s family photo albums, and according to the curator Aleksander Metsamärt, the exhibition reveals two main themes: firstly, the relationship between memory and memory carriers arising from the paintings created on the basis of photographs, secondly, the theme of the private house arising from the form of the installation and the period-specific context associated with it. At the crossroads of the two themes, we find the artist herself, offering an insight into her own memories with an intimately personal and a paradoxical universality.
For the artist these times are past, her past which she herself cannot [retreat/crawl] back to. A past from which forms and figures emerge, that are almost familiar, but not quite just. Not like they are here, in this picture, in this apartment, in this year – somewhere in the mid-nineties, when everyone wore clothes made out of those materials, the feel of which, to this day, the nerve endings of your synapses can still sense somewhere at the back of your mind; clothes, that in their quaintness and slight old-fashionedness still manage to warm your heart.
Curated by Aleksander Metsamärt
Graphic design by Rainer Kasekivi
The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.