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

 

Facebook
Instagram

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

EKAgraafika_Hoitud_hetked_HD_1920x1080px copy

Group Exhibition “Moments Held” at GÜ Gallery

“Moments Held” is a group exhibition by second-year students from the Department of Graphic Art at the Estonian Academy of Arts. The title refers to nostalgic or meaningful fragments of time that each artist preserves through their work in their own unique way. The exhibition explores human memory and its fragility, the act of holding onto memories, and the attempt to capture moments that ...
1_75_Hindamismaraton 2026_Joonistamine_Kunst BA II_Foto Heldur Lassi

Fine Arts Assessment Marathon at EKA Gallery 28.04.–17.05.2026

Locations: EKA Gallery (Kotzebue 1) and the EKA Monumental Studio (Kotzebue 10)28.04.–17.05.2026Open Mon–Sat 2–6 pm Sun 12–4 pm (NB! Closed on May 1st!) Fine Arts Assessment Marathon The spring assessment marathon is here! For three weeks, visitors can once again visit the Assessment Marathon of the Faculty of Fine Arts and view the student projects finalized for the end of semester: almost ...
eka_design_1920x1080_2026-03-10T08-00-58_ENG

Estonian Academy of Arts Graphic Art Department Exhibition: “Artists’ Books”

3rd-year Graphic Art students are showcasing the artists’ book as an independent medium of visual art and an original artwork. The authors draw from personal experiences and memories, exploring themes of physicality, history, and ethical boundaries: Aliisa Ahtiainen presents a grandfather's life story in risography and a “breathing” book inspired by her grandmother's experience in a ...
02_opening of Print Muscle_photo by Kaisa Maasik

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 Friday, 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 ...
Woodtype - Photo Mana Kaasik

New Found Type Project. New Type from Old. An Estonian Perspective

The Newfound Type project will explore relief type and print form making from an Estonian perspective, by identifying the techniques and characteristics specific to its historical context and applying these in an innovative way. The research will begin with the investigation into the physical collection of type and print forms at TYPA, as well as its library collection, which has been little ...
Noore kunstniku preemia laureaat Tea Lemberpuu, dekaan, rektor ja kultuuriminister_foto Martin Buschmann

The laureates of the Young Artist, Young Designer and Young Applied Artist Award 2023 have been announced!

On May 31, 2023, the Young Artist, Young Designer, and Young Applied Artist awards were distributed as part of the opening of the TASE '23 Grad Show of the Estonian Academy of Arts. The awards were presented by Heidy Purga, the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Estonia, Mart Kalm, Rector of the Estonian Academy of Arts, Pire Sova, the organizer of the TASE ’23 Grad Show, deans of the ...
Sf22rid_kutse_31mai

opening of part 2 of the 17th Tallinn Print Triennial youth exhibition

Since 1998, the Tallinn Print Triennial has been accompanied by young artists’ exhibitions. Spheres is the youth exhibition of the 17th Tallinn Print Triennial. Its aim is to study the contemporary human condition through the conceptual metaphor of a sphere. Philosopher and cultural theorist Peter Sloterdijk claims that spheres are hybrid and symbolic realities created by humans from whatever ...

More info

Contact
Põhja puiestee 7, 10412 Tallinn

Facebook
Instagram