Artist Talk: Angela Maasalu

The Estonian artist, who has been living and working in London since 2013, will introduce her work and creative processes.

Angela Maasalu (1990) is a painter who deals with personal and intimate themes in her work. She is interested in the contradictory human experience, which simultaneously acknowledges happiness and unhappiness, the drama and comedy of life. Maasalu came to deal with personal and everyday themes during her master’s studies, and after graduating she has touched on the everyday problems of her generation. In her work she deals with sociality, relationships, personal space and a sense of home.

Angela Maasalu has studied painting and art history at the University of Tartu (BA 2012), painting at the Estonian Academy of Arts (MA 2015) and furthered her studies at UAL Central Saint Martins in England (2013–2014). In 2017 and 2019 she was nominated for the AkzoNobel Art Prize (formerly the Sadolin Art Prize). She has had solo exhibitions in Tallinn, London, Heraklion, Greece and Shanghai.