Exhibitions

“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. The course was supervised by

The exhibition is open on December 20 from 5 to 9 pm.

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!

On Friday, January 3rd 2025 at 17:00 the group exhibition “Abundance” opens on the second floor of T1 shopping center (next to the central atrium).

The exhibition includes works by Emily Greenwood, Ulvi Haagensen, Cecile Hübner, Heleliis Hõim, Erki Kasemets, Sandra Kosorotova, Gary Markle and Sigrid Viir.

“Abundance” delves into the themes of invisible systems in the age of consumerism. By organizing an exhibition in a shopping center, a question of dealing with the existing surrounding arises. How do we work both with and against the overwhelming presence of consumerism and capitalism? The exhibition acts as a space to take time, observe and briefly escape from the sea of information. It aims to slow down visitors and make them reflect on their surroundings.

The exhibition is curated by Piret Arukaevu, Sylvia Burgess, Maia Hellman, Kaur Järve, Marite Kuus and Mariam Mestvirishvili as part of the Curatorial Studies Seminar, led by Brigit Arop, at Estonian Academy of Arts.

Exhibition is open from 03.01–17.01.2025.

Open hours:
Tue–Fri 16:00–20:00,
Sat–Sun 12:00–20:00

Finissage event on Friday, January 17th at 17:00, programming will begin at 17:30.

Information about public programming during the exhibition will be announced on the Facebook event – https://www.facebook.com/events/2404807066531874

Graphic design by Andrew Hill.

The exhibition is supported by the Estonian Academy of Arts, department of Art History and Visual Culture and Craft Studies.

Special thanks to T1 Mall of Tallinn and SUHE bar.

EKA Design Showcase will take place on January 23, 2025.

For the eighth year, we are celebrating the best collaboration projects of Estonian Academy of Arts students with companies and public sector organizations. All EKA cooperation partners and future design enthusiasts are welcome.

Register for the event here

The presentation will feature innovative product and service concepts, prototypes and ready-made solutions created by EKA Faculty of Design students over the past year for companies and organizations such as Bank of Estonia, Ministry of Finance, Granitop, City of Tallinn, etc.

The projects to be presented have grown out of the EKA Faculty of Design’s entrepreneurial collaboration program LAETUS, which brings together fresh ideas from a new generation of designers and challenges from companies and public organizations.

The most impactful and innovative projects will also be awarded.

You are welcome to the Design Showcase and gain new knowledge and inspiration on how to take your organization’s products or services to the next level in cooperation with EKA through new generation design and open innovation.

PROGRAM
(The exact program will be announced soon)

The approximate schedule is as follows:

14:00 EKA house tour (pre-registration)

15:00 Exhibition opening in the lobby (photo wall, media, interviews)

16:00 Presentations of collaboration projects

19:00 Approximate end of the event

The presentations will be in Estonian and English, without translation.

It is possible to participate both on site at EKA (room A101) and watch the broadcast at EKA TV.

Video reminder from last year’s Design Sowcase gala

Students of the Estonian Academy of Arts will open the exhibition of experimental printed fabrics “Viridis (T)exitus / Green (T)exit” at the Tallinn Botanical Garden Visitor Center on December 16 at 5:00 PM.

17.12.2024–30.01.2025

Kassandra Laur, Eleonor Tingas and Nikolai Keller, 3rd year students of the EKA Textile Design department, will present experimental textile works inspired by processes, rhythms and textures occurring in nature. 

The three artists, having different life experiences and approaches, experiment with nature-inspired processes, rhythms, and textures, telling stories of myths, life traces, and future urban biodiversity. The works on display reflect dialogues between natural forms, urban space, and human creativity. The young artists use experimental techniques to offer their personal interpretation of natural processes. These works offer an opportunity for stillness, opening a door for the discovery of three artistic visions. We welcome you to discover nature along with the authors. 

The experimental printed textiles were created in the course Printed Textile Design 2, supervised by Lylian Lainoja and Piret Valk. Digital printing was done by Kiustuudio. We would like to thank Maria Erikson, head of the EKA graphics workshop, and Taavi Teevet, head of the metal workshop. Graphic design by Diana Tammets

The textile design specialty, which celebrates its 110th anniversary this year, is part of the EKA BA curriculum Fashion, Textile and Accessory Design.

https://www.artun.ee/en/curricula/textile-design/

Kassandra Laur‘s lithography print “Ubinapuud” (Apple Trees) is inspired by an old, wild apple garden where century-old trees still bear fruit despite their great age. Their trunks bear scars from the clotheslines and swings once tied to them. Despite the marks left by people and the passage of time, these trees continue to grow. Sometimes it is the weight of their own heavy load of apples that breaks their branches and boughs. These trees contain a deep vitality, and even if their trunks are sawed halfway through, it may not be the end—they can heal themselves and keep bearing fruit.

For this artwork, old worn sheets have been used, which, like the ancient apple trees, have also seen their share of days. At some point, the sheets and the trees even crossed paths outdoors, when laundry dried on lines strung between the apple trees.

Nikolai Keller’s fictional archaeological rust print “Andalusia Behemoth” describes how archaeological excavations leading up to the construction of the new EKA building were interrupted by a spectacular find – the long-lost and sought-after shroud of the Andalusian Behemoth.

The fossils of the mythical creature found wrapped in cloth shed light on many, yet-unsolved myths and stories in Biblical history. The workers who discovered the remains fell into a state of unexplained and paralyzing nightmares the night after the discovery.

The find raises questions of how it got there. It is believed that a Reval merchant acquired the rare piece of cloth during the time of the Hanseatic League. It is known that valuable goods and treasures arrived here via the League’s trade routes. The cloth has sparked enormous interest, and the Estonian archaeological community and international researchers continue to investigate the case.

The work was exhibited at the opening of the new academic building on EKA Day https://www.artun.ee/en/eka-textile-celebrates-its-birthday-with-the-fictional-archaeological-textile-behemoth/

Eleonor Tingas’s digital print technique “Rhythms and Forms of Life” explores the interplay between nature and urban space, expressing it in a richly detailed and sensitively balanced visual language. The grey and rectilinear forms of the industrial urban landscape gradually merge with the varied and dynamic patterns of wildlife. The restrained geometry of buildings and streets reveal flowing and organic lines that seem to suggest the growth of plants and flowers, evoking the harmony of nature’s invasion and rebirth. The work invites the viewer to experience the contradictions and possibilities, and the rhythms and forms, of the coexistence of nature and man, creating a visually and emotionally affecting whole.

The exhibition is open until the 30th of January 2025.

Opening hours the Visitor Centre of Tallinn Botanical Garden https://botaanikaaed.ee/en/opening-hours/

3rd year BA photography students of EKA will open their exhibition “Fragile. Handle with Care” at 18:00 on Monday, December 9th, 2024 in UUS RADA Gallery, Raja tn. 11, Tallinn. 

The exhibition is part of the Assessment Marathon of the Fine Arts faculty of the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Exhibition will be open until December 14th, every day from 14:00-18:00.

Time drips steadily, like water to an ancient well, marking moments we might otherwise overlook. A window becomes a portal, framing the quiet passage of days as shadows stretch and retreat. Faint echoes rise unfolding a symphony of sounds that feel both strange and familiar. Memories emerge from forgotten corners, shapes form where none were expected.

In the exhibition “Fragile. Handle with Care” the ordinary transforms into something profound. It asks you to pause, to feel the weight of what is delicate and temporary. Each work is a reminder: the act of seeing, of remembering, of being present, requires care. These moments are fragile. Handle them gently.

The exhibition is a final outcome of the course “Art Project 4”, supervised by Margo Monko and Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo.

Participating artists:

Alina Birjuk
Elias Kuulmann
Karlotta Lainväe
Katerina Rothberg
Irma Holm
Servane Gis
Kristjan Glück
Snizhana Yehorova 

Graphic Design:

Snizhana Yehorova

You are invited to the opening of Andra Jõgis’ exhibition “Seven Years of Watermelon Sugar” at the Okapi Gallery on December 10th at 6 PM.

The theme of the works in Andra Jõgis’ “Seven Years of Watermelon Sugar” exhibition is time, and how life can only be lived one day at a time. There are no shortcuts or cheat codes, no skipping over Mondays or slowing down Fridays. Every day must be lived one by one, and perhaps therein lies the value of the ordinary. The series on display includes seven works, each composed of approximately 365 individually crafted cubes, meaning each piece contains a year’s worth of glass sugar cubes. 

The title of the exhibition, inspired by Richard Brautigan’s book In Watermelon Sugar, also alludes to Jõgis’ contemplation of repetition and how we fill our days. Is filling one’s life with similar activities or materials — like endless reruns of the same show — a form of dedication or a kind of madness? How much time is reasonable to give away?

Andra Jõgis is a glass artist who has been working in the Glass Department of the Estonian Academy of Arts since 2020, currently as an associate professor and head of the department. She also completed her Master’s degree there in 2014. She regularly participates in exhibitions with her independent works, both in Estonia and abroad. Jõgis’ art is mostly narrative, addressing themes of the everyday and the fragile nature of life. In addition, she is one of the three designers of the brand MSK Glass, which creates functional glass forms.

Thanks: Okapi Gallery, Estonian Academy of Arts, EKA Glass, the Jõgises, Alyona Movko-Mägi, MSK Glass  

The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia

You are warmly invited in the exhibition “Respiratory Rate” by Chloé Geinoz and Eleftheria Irene Kofidou opening on the 12th of December at 19.00 in Vent Space.

The artists are interested in the poetical connotations that draw inspiration from the space’s prior use as the ventilation room of the Tallinn Art Hall Gallery (Tallinna Kunstihoone). A week long residency period creates the possiblity to work on site and bind together the room’s history with the artists’ personal experiences and memories. The goal is to build a sound installation that reflects their thoughts regarding controlled airstream, breathing as a right and its violation. The installation consists of a collage of previously recorded sounds and site specific recordings, as well as sculptural pieces intertwined with ready made objects. The artists wish to create a space that enables and encourages interactive relations between the viewers and the installation.

Exhibition is open 12-23.12 and 27-30.12
12-15

Chloé Geinoz (b. 1998) is a Tallinn-based interdisciplinary artist from Switzerland, Fribourg. Her main areas of interest are video-performance, video installation, photography and performance.
The subjects that particularly attract her attention revolve around the occult, spirituality, nature, witchcraft and mystery.

Her work is based on a series of investigations and reflections combining art, literature and science, prior to the production of her video work.

In 2022 she graduated with a BA in Visual Arts in Ecal (Lausanne, Switzerland) and since 2023 she is currently studying Contemporary Art MA at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Eleftheria Irene Kofidou (b. 1995) is a Greek artist based in Tallinn, who is mostly working with installations, performance art and text. Her art practice is often interconnected with poetry and focuses around processes of layering meanings, sociopolitical connotations related mostly to her background and exploring ways that language triggers movement.

Eleftheria obtained an MFA in Visual and Applied Arts from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) in 2021 and she is currently studying Contemporary Art MA in the Estonian Academy of Arts (2023 – ).

Join us for a day in Paljassaare to dive into the  dreams and actualities tied to the plenteous lands of the peninsula. DREAM | LAND | FILL is a collage of 13 individual projects by Estonian Academy of Arts Urban studies master students, sharing stories, insights and imaginaries from Paljassaare.

As the sea is filled to be ready for use and development, a pressing question remains: ready to build on it, but for whom? What kind of dreams are projected onto this “dreamland” and whose dreams are they? Which dreams are being put aside? We will shed light on investors and explorers, land-fillings and floodings and both human and non-human actors changing the peninsula. 

Through our diverse projects and approaches, we aim to grasp the complexities of experimentation and speculation, of gambling and playing, of desire and urbanising and ruralising.

What might possible futures look like for both communities and ecosystems, humans and more-than-humans?

Be ready for an exciting pilgrimage of seven hours and eight kilometres on varied terrain! Please bring along headphones and power banks, snacks and warm beverages, and dress warm! 

Paula Schüler | land_fill_wastescape | audio walk on Kopli hill 

Anna Dzebliuk | Hope(less/full) place | audio-installation Garage town

Ləman Məmmədli | Retracing Legacy | tour of Paljassaare Recycling Centre 

Paula Fischer | How to build a community? | presentation at Hundipea 

Annabel Pops | Wolf-leap | presentation at Hundipea 

Melissa Lee | Breathing in Density | audio ride to Special Conservation Area 

Timmo Mahlke | Seaside desires | self-guided walking tour on Paljassaare board walk 

Antónia Stretavská | Cattle Trails | exploration between Saartevahe wetlands       

Yiğithan Akçay | Ruin Park | Immersive installation in a ruin

Verdha Anjum | Urban Development Meets Nature | VR display at Väike Haak beach meadow

Paulina Gilsbach | Water(’s) Pressure | audio walk on the grounds of Tallinna Vesi

Adeolu Afolabi | Green Trails on Steel Rails: Adaptive Reuse in Motion | placemaking on the railroad

Anna Böhmová | Paljassaare attracts dreamers | video installation on Liivamadala street

Studio is supervised by Andra Aaloe and Keiti Kljavin.

On December 6th from 6 pm A-Galerii will open its annual exhibition of Estonian contemporary jewellery, abstract objects and applied art that leaves plenty of room for interpretation. The materials used in the pieces range from various metals, textiles, and glass to organic materials. The exhibition concept embeds people and social practices addressing what kind of role and meanings given to objects play in curating our own personal reality.

A piece of jewellery and an art object is a valuable and layered conveyor of culture. It has symbolised belonging to a social, religious or political group functioning as a bind in between and a force guiding people to behave in a certain way. Therefore, assigning meaning to a physical object can be very efficacious on a personal and group level. There is a possibility to give meanings to an object that it originally did not have without the viewer.

Through objects, one can propose a hypothesis about the creation of the future. This activity enables us to break away from habitual meanings in relation to items and to consciously play around with them. This is proof that the future has not been fixed even though it might seem this way sometimes. The exhibition encourages the viewer to think about realistic and fictional scenarios about the future through dreaming and interpretation. With this practice new ideas and important meanings are being created.

The exhibition is open from December 6, 2024, to January 11, 2025.