Graphic art


Print studio. Photo: Liina Siib

 

The Department of Graphic Art deals with graphic arts on a broad scale from classical printmaking techniques and contemporary digital technologies to visual communication and contextual approach – from art books to artistic research.

The Department of Graphic Art at EKA is the only academic department in Estonia where graphic art is taught at a degree level. What makes the speciality unique is the print workshop for practising classical printmaking techniques in contemporary art.

The concept of “graphics” has several meanings: tight connections to the development of information technologies, reproduction, distribution, copy culture, visual storytelling, information and data visualisation, topics of art books, graphic narrative, and illustration. The range of interests encompasses everything relevant to contemporary visual art and culture from field work and archival materials to contemporary concepts in visual art and society. Graphic art is like a bridge between image and text.


Exhibition “Things and Unthings”, Haapsalu City Gallery, 3rd year BA students,  2021. Photo: Liina Siib

 

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Selected student works


Liisa Tammert “Secret Weapon” 2020

 


Liis-Marleen Verilaskja “Cielle” 2019. Photo: Diana Tamane

 


Maria-Izabella Lehtsaar “The Devil Is In thr Details (Letters to Myself”)2020. Photo: Diana Tamane

 


“Expedited Procedure”, EKA Gallery 2020. Photo: Paul Klooren

 


“This is not a labyrinth”, EKA Gallery 2020. Photo: Liina Siib

 

Ella-Mai Matsina “Vunts” 2020

Collaboration with TYPA Printing and Paper Art Centre


Summer studies at TYPA, 2019. Photos: Liina Siib

News and events

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Gallery: opening of the group exhibition “Print Muscle” at EKA Gallery

The Tallinn Print Triennial’s youth exhibition “Print Muscle” was opened at EKA Gallery on Thursday, July 4. The exhibition will remain open until July 27. NB! The exhibition can only be accessed through EKA Gallery’s Kotzebue Street door. Curators: Anita Kodanik & Maria Izabella Lehtsaar Participating artists: Mindaugas Aniūnas, Loora Kaubi, Elise Marie Olesk, Paul Rannik, Nils Joonatan ...
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Tallinn Print Triennial’s youth exhibition “Print Muscle” EKA Gallery 5.–27.07.2025

Tallinn Print Triennial's youth exhibition “Print Muscle” EKA Gallery 5.–27.07.2025 Open Tue–Sat 12–6 pm Sun 12–4 pm Opening: Friday, July 4 at 6 pm Curatorial tour: Thursday, July 10 at 6 pm (in Estonian) NB! The exhibition can only be accessed through EKA Gallery's Kotzebue Street door. On July 9 and 10, between 12 and 3.30 pm, there may be power outages due to the maintenance of electrical ...
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Graphic Art Students’ Exhibition “Jääkolek”

The exhibition Jääkolek consists of works by the second-year graphic art students at the Estonian Academy of Arts. The word jääkolek in Estonian refers to what is left behind. The exhibition looks at how memory settles into ordinary things: the spaces we move through, the tools we use, the images we make. These traces live not only in the work itself, but also in the studio we share; a space ...
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Fine Arts Assessment Marathon 30.04.–20.05.2025

Fine Arts Assessment Marathon 30.04.–20.05.2025 The spring assessment marathon is here! For three weeks, you can once again experience works produced by students in the Faculty of Fine Arts as their term projects are presented: every day there will be a fresh showcase of university students’ works on display. Works in animation, contemporary art, installation and sculpture, painting, ...
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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 ...
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EKA Graphic Art Print Studio Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Exhibition of small-edition books dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the EKA graphic art print studio.    In 1924, a printing workshop  was opened at the Tallinn Industrial Art School, where Leopold Triumph took up his post as master. Two years earlier (1922), a printmaking department had been established, under the direction of Günther Reindorff until 1943.   For half a century, the face ...
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“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 ...

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