Artist statement

I work primarily in painting and installation medium, exploring traces of memory and discontinuity through surfaces and materials. I am interested in how material layers carry marks of lived life, choices and how working with these traces creates new narratives.
My practice is influenced by my work as a conservator, where the study of wall paintings and historical spaces has taught me to observe and read even the smallest details. I often work from photographs and sketches, using them as a basis for creating new surfaces through processes of layering, removal, and reworking.
As an artist, I am able to add emotion and speculation to documentation, allowing traces of the past to become more personal. As part of the process of discovery, these findings become intertwined with my own memories, bringing with them new ways of attentiveness.

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Photo: Laura Ruuder

Education

Estonian Academy of Arts

2023 – 2025

Contemporary art, MA

Brno University of Technology

2018 – 2019

Faculty of Fine Arts, Contemporary painting studio, Erasmus

Pallas University of Applied Siences

2015 – 2019

Painting department, BA

Selected exhibitions

Kõpu biennial, Kõpu community centre, Hiiumaa

2026

„Dolce far niente“ Lauda Gallery, Southern Estonia, Tammuri art farm

2025

TASE '25 EKA graduation festival in Tallinn, Rävala 8 building

2025

“Derangement“ Curatorial project of EKA Contemporary art masters students in Krulli quarter

2024

“With love and fortitude“ ARS project space, Tallinn

2024

„Downwind Upwind“ exhibition of women artists in Viljandi, bar Konservatoorium

2024

“I’ll keep painting anyway“, Keskpuur, Central market in Tallinn, with Tea Lemberpuu

2024

“Intermediate chaos“, Gallery Cafe, Tallinn, with Maris Paal

2023

Internships and training

2025

Nordplus/KUNO course “Interaction between Culture and Nature III”, Kuldīga

2024

Open air exhibition “Wild bits“, intern in Maajaam

2023 – 2024

Member of the team at Vent Space project space

Work experience

OÜ Virk

2021-present

Wall painting restoration and conservation. Digital reconstructions.

Viimsi Gymnasium

2024-2026

Supervisor in Viimsi Gymnasium. Contemporary art for high school students.