EDUCATION:
2013 – 2016 Estonian Academy of Arts / Fine Arts, Photography MA
2016 Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam / Fine Arts MA /exchange studies
2009 – 2013 Estonian Academy of Arts / Photography BA
2012 Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee / Visual communication BA/ exchange studies
2008 – 2009 Estonian Academy of Arts/ foundation course in Photography
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RESIDENCY:
2019 Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2017 Snehta Residency, Athens, Greece
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
current:
26.01–04.08.2024 duoshow cyanoceans with Tuomas A. Laitinen,
curated by Karin Laansoo and Anna Mustonen. Kai Art Center, Tallinn
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2023 Waters of Hypoxic & Once Tropic at Tütar gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2023 Waters of Hypoxic Slime & Tropic Lime at Kogo gallery, Tartu, Estonia
2022 Filtering With Cyanobacteria, Double Binds & Other Blooms, ISSP gallery, Riga, Latvia
2021 Solo show at A Tale of A Tub, curated by Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk, Rotterdam
2020 Filter feeders, double binds and other silicones, Draakoni gallery, Tallinn
2017 You Know You've Become Part of the View, together with Kert Viiart, Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn
2017 EXHIBIT_ONSCROLL with Kert Viiart, @exhibit_onscroll
2016 WHEN YOU HAVE THE OBJECT ITSELF IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES /konstanet.com. Konstanet, www.konstanet.com
2016 WHEN YOU HAVE THE OBJECT ITSELF IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES / Piet Zwart Institute, One-night show at Piet Zwart Institute project space, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2014 Rundum showcase: Manifesta, Kristina Õllek, part of parallel programme of Manifesta 10, Rundum artist-run space at Taiga, Moshkov pereulok 2, St.Petersburg
2014 Micro, co-exhibited with Mari-Leen Kiipli, Kulla Laas, Aap Tepper, Mari Volens, Draakoni gallery, Tallinn
2013 I have put the picture on the wall so as to forget there was a wall, but forgetting the wall I forget the picture, too. EKA G, Tallinn
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
upcoming:
2024 Ghosts of Impossible Present, curated by Solvita Krese. State of Concept, Athens, Greece
2024 Missing, curated by Sara Bédard-Goulet, Tartu Art House, Estonia
2024 Dryads of Cosquer, curated by Merilin Talumaa and Justė Kostikovaitė.
La Traverse gallery, Marseille, France
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2023 Breathing Through the Eyes, curated by Merilin Talumaa. L’Atlas gallery, Paris
2023 Emotional Landscapes, curated by Šelda Pukite, Arka gallery, Vilnius
2023 The Art of Adapting, curated by Triin Metsla and Madli Ehasalu, Kadrioru Kunstimuuseum, Tallinn
2023 Into the Deep. Mines of the Future. Curated by Ina Neddermeyer, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany
2023 New Visions —The Henie Onstad Triennial for Photography and New Media, curated by Susanne Østby Sæther, Inga Lāce and Reem Shadid. Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
2022 Lugemik 100 Books, curated by Indrek Sirkel, Page Not Found, The Hague, The Netherlands
2022 Growing Out? Growing Up? Contemporary Art Collecting in the Baltics, curated by Olga Temnikova, Zuzeum, Riga, Latvia
2022 Art-o-rama, represented by Foku, Marseille, France
2022 My Bitter Sweet Frankenstein Body, curated by Šelda Pukite at Titanik gallery, Turku, Finland
2022 Visage(s) d'Europe, curated by Collectif Fetart, Paris
2021 Foto Tallinn 2021, contemporary art fair, Kai Art Center, Tallinn
2021 Biotoopia, curated by Peeter Laurits, Viinistu Art Museum, Estonia
2021 Our Seas Are What We Make of Them, curated by Angeliki Tzortzakaki, Laurel Project Space, Amsterdam
2020 Ourobouros, online screening program, curated by Vanina Saracino, Finnish Institute in Estonia
2020 Tiger in Space, curated by Vanina Saracino, Lea Vene & Marten Esko, EKKM, Tallinn, Estonia
2020 Screen Age II: Landscape, curated by Inga Bruvere in collaboration with Marie Sjøvold & Aiga Dzalbe, Riga Photography Biennial, Riga Art Space, Latvia
2020 Vello Vinn. Interreflections, curated by Elnara Taidre, KUMU, Tallinn
2019 Screen City Biennial, Ecologies – Lost, found and continued, curated by Vanina Saracino & Daniela Arriado, Stavanger, Norway
2019 Foto Tallinn, contemporary art fair, Kai Art Center, Tallinn
2019 The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel. Screening curated by Vanina Saracino, organized by Center for Contemporary Arts Estonia, Artis, Tallinn
2018 25 YEARS! SHARED HISTORIES, SHARED STORIES, Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
2018 Ascending from the Liquid Horizon, curated by Kati Ilves, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France
2018 [障子] SHŌJI Artists' Moving Image screening, selected by Duncan Herd, ArtnShelter, Tokyo
2018 Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens
2018 Contemporary Art from Estonia, curated by Britta von Campenhausen, European Central Bank, Frankfurt
2018 A Brief Introduction to Physiological Anthropology, curated by Maxime Souvent, Coherent, Brussels
2018 Screen Age I : Self-Portrait, curated by Inga Brūvere in cooperation with Marie Sjøvold and Aiga Dzalbe, Riga Photography Biennial, Riga
2017 Fold by Fold the Widowed Stone Unrobes Itself, curated by Stefanie Hessler, EKKM, Tallinn
2017 IMAGE DRAIN, curated by Anthea Buys, Tallinna Art Hall
2017 For General Background See Section “What to See and Do”, p. 24, curated by Danai Giannoglou, Snehta residency, Athens
2017 POPPOSITIONS, When you have the object itself in front of your eyes /Poppositions, represented by Rundum, curated by Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk, ING ART Center, Brussels
2016 TASE'16, Estonian Academy of Arts MA Grad Show, SUVA Sukavabrik, Tallinn
2016 Place Oddity, curated by Francisco Martínez and Lilli-Krõõt Repnau, EKA gallery, Tallinn
2015 Prosu(u)mer, (with Rundum) curated by David Raymond Conroy, EKKM, Tallinn
2015 Youth as Lifestyle, curated by Marika Agu, Nele Ambos, Hanna-Liis Kont, Julia Polujanenkova. Tartu Art Museum
2015 Las ma räägin sulle iseendast, curated by Siim Preiman, Nooruse galerii, Tartu
2015 Rundum Tartus, Loading..100%, curated by Andres Tali, Tartu Monumentaalgalerii, Tartu
2014 ava(tud) piirid, curated by Tiiu Parbus, Merilin Talumaa & Eda Tuulberg, (new) EKA G, Tallinn
2014 Näitus Kopli tüdrukutele, curated by Liina Pääsuke, Nancy Nakamura Ideaself, Tallinn
2014 Books!, curated by Marko Mäetamm, Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn
2014 Side-effects II, curated by Laura Kuusk and Pascale Riou, Grenoble old museum-library, Grenoble, France
2014 Man can turn in a circle and in doing so turn towards any point at will, Raja gallery, Tallinn
2013 Lost in space, curated by Gregor Taul, Konstfack, Stockholm
2013 Rundum starting, Rundum Artist-Run Space, Tallinn
2013 Approaches, curated Anu Vahtra and Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo, Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn
2013 .GIF IT SPACE, supervised by Camille Laurelli, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn
2013 From the window all that could be seen was a receding gray, curated by Laura Toots, Katarsis project space, Tallinn
2012 Image and sound, space and sound /Tage der offenen Tür at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee, Berlin
2012 Ladyfest: Tartu eri, curated by Kaisa Eiche, Y-gallery, Tartu, Estonia
2012 Kopp on ees. Tampere Maja, Tartu
2011 Tallinn-Turku. Turku Arts Academy gallery, Finland
2011 Tase2011. Estonian Academy of Arts
2011 Hybridis. Gallery Metropol, Tallinn
2010 Vabandused/Excuses. Kultuuritolm Festival in abandoned prison "Patarei", Tallinn
2010 16-18, 18.05.2010, supervised by Laura Kuusk. Moving exhibition in Tallinn
2010 YOUTH. Cafe Noorus, Tallinn
2010 WHAT A FOTO?! Estonian Academy of Arts
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AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS:
2023 – 2025 3–year artist grant, Estonian Artist’s Union & Estonian Ministry of Culture
2022 Futures Photography nominee
2019 ArtProof production grant
2018 Artist grant, Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2017 WHEN YOU HAVE THE OBJECT ITSELF IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES/ Poppositions was selected at Estonian Photographic Art Fair by the international jury in collaboration with Outset Estonia for acquisition to public collection.
2016 Young Artist's Prize of Faculty of Fine Arts of Estonian Academy of Arts (MA)
2015 Adamson-Eric Young Artist Prize, with Rundum collective
2015 Culture Scholarship, Estonian Ministry of Culture
2013 Young Artist's Prize of Faculty of Fine Arts of Estonian Academy of Arts (BA)
2013 DAAD Scholarship for Summer School
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WORKS IN COLLECTION:
Kumu, Art Museum of Estonia, Estonia
Winterthur Fotomuseum, Switzerland
European Central Bank Collection, Frankfurt, Germany
New York Public Library, New York, US
Private collections
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MEMBERSHIPS:
Estonian Union of Photography Artists, since 2017
Estonian Artists' Association, since 2014
Co-founder and member of artist-run space RUNDUM, since 2013
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PRESENTATIONS / TALKS (needs an update):
2019 Artist talk with Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk, Foto Tallinn, Kai Art Center
2019 Het Wilde Weten Open Studios, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2018 Tri(dia)logue, artist talk at Estonian Academy of Arts Fine Arts Department open lecture series
2017 @exhibit_onscroll artist talk and instalment finissage with Kert Viiart, moderated by Aap Tepper, Rundum artist-run space
2016 Contemporary photography – the limits and materiality of the medium, moderated by Paul Kuimet. Estonian Photographic Art Fair
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ADDITIONAL / CURATORIAL :
2016–... Visiting lecturer and tutor at Estonian Academy of Arts
2017 Assistant for Katja Novitskova, Estonian Pavillion at 57th Venice Biennale
2013 – ... RUNDUM artist-run space
2016 Curatorial selection for the Estonian Photograpic Art Fair, co-curated with Kulla Laas.
2015 Artist Jaanus Samma photographer assistant for the Estonian Pavilion at 56th Venice Biennale
2013 Artist Camille Laurelli assistant for Side Effects exhibition at EKKM
2013 Artist Paul Kuimet assistant for Köler Prize nominees exhibition at EKKM
2010 Artist Marge Monko assistant in Shaken Not Stirred
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WORKSHOPS:
2014 Make your own press workshop with Anu Vahtra, Laura Toots, Indrek Sirkel, Brett Bloom, Brandon LaBell. Bergen Academy of Art and Design/Estonian Academy of Arts/Jutland Art Academy
2013 Lost in space workshop with Gregor Taul, Konstfack, Stockholm
2011 Doings or not circumstance-specific workshop, supervised by Laura Kuusk & Laura Toots, Muhu island, Estonia.
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BOOKS/BOOKLET:
2022 Filter Feeders, Double Binds and Other Silicones, published by Lugemik. Graphic design by Kert Viiart. Texts by Angeliki Tzortzakaki, Jeff Diamanti
2017 WHAT TO DO TOGETHER? Rundum artist-run space
2017 WHEN YOU HAVE THE OBJECT ITSELF IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES / Poppositions
2016 WHEN YOU HAVE THE OBJECT ITSELF IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES / on paper
2014 Almost a Centimeter
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CATALOGUE:
2018 Asceding from the Liuquid Horizon, eidted by Kati Ilves, Estonian Art Museum and Le Lieu Unique, published by CURA
2018 25 Years of Shared Histories, Winterthur Fotomuseum
2018 Contemporary Art From Estonia, European Central Bank
2014 Side effects, Le Syndrome Stenhal
2013 Lost in space, edited by Gregor Taul
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PUBLISHED WORKS:
2018 How We See: Photobooks by Women, edited by Russet Lederman, Olga Yatskevich,
and Michael Lang, published by 10x10 Photobooks
2017 Too good to be photographed, Paul Paper, published by Lugemik
2017 Visual essay @exhibit_onscroll. Estonian Art, 1/2017
2017 Artists' Spaces, edited by Merilin Talumaa & Annika Toots
2014 Uus Materjal, art project/magazine
2014 ARTGUIDE, Manifesta 10.Special Issue
2013 Kaamos. Eesti mood täna, edited by Tanel Veenre
2012 MAJA, Estonian architectural magazine, 1/2012
2012 16, magazine
2011 MOOD, Fashion Design department magazine, Estonian Academy of Arts /pages 60-65 : http://issuu.com/artun/docs/mood
2011 WORK IN PROCESS, Photography department of the Estonian Academy of Arts
2011 ABC of making an exhibition, Photography department of the Estonian Aademy of Arts
2011 ERKI FASHIONSHOW 2011 catalogue
2011 DESIGN EXCELLENCE ESTONIA
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BIBLIOGRAPHY (needs an update)
Articles/features:
2020 Vanem, Mari-Liis. Võimalikkuse Ruum - Kristina Õllek. Vikerkaar. 03/2020
2020 Krull, Hasso. Päikese hullus ja neetud tsivilisatsioon. Postimees. 30.09.2020
2020 Photo reportage from the exhibition 'Tiger in Space' at EKKM, Echo Gone Wrong.
2020 Santa Hirša, Image as a substance enveloping space and place. On Riga Photography Biennial 2020. Blok Magazine, 23.10.2020
2020 Launch of the main event of the Riga Photography Biennial 2020 – two exhibitions ‘Screen Age II: Landscape’ and ‘6x6/36’, Echo Gone Wrong
2020 Photo reportage from the exhibition 'Filter Feeders, Double Binds & Other Silicones' by Kristina Õllek at Draakoni gallery, Echo Gone Wrong.
2020 Kangro, Ragne. Vello Vinn ja tema vastupeegeldused, 27.03.2020. Sirp
2019 Scheder, Beate. Empathie mit den Lachsen, taz, 22.10.2019
2019 Majevski, Mirja.Review : Ecologies – Lost, found and continued, Contemporary Art Stavanger Journal, 08.11.2019
2019 Juan Jose Santos Mateo, La ciudad como pantalla. La Panera, december 2019.
2018 Art Viewer, Ascending from the Liquid Horizon at Le Lieu Unique
2018 Tzvetnik, ‘A Brief Introduction to Physiological Anthropology’, a Group Show at Coherent, Brussels
2017 Aqnb, Observing museology: Kristina Õllek + Kert Viiart’s You Know You’ve Become Part of the View at Tallinn’s Hobusepea, 13.11.2017
2017 Kivirähk, Kaarin. Jalutuskäik galeriides –Pimedusaja kunst. Sirp, 27.10.2017
2017 Kuusk, Laura. Moonutatult ja vahendatult nüüdiskunstist. Positiiv, 27/2016 Talv
2016 Varblane, Reet. Talendikas, atraktiivne, suhestuv essents ehk Kuidas eksponeerida noort kunsti vanas majas? Sirp, 10.06.2016
2016 Aqnb. Kristina Õllek @ konstanet.com, 29.03.2016
2015 Karro, Piret. Tühjus ja tarbimine. Sirp, 02.10.2015;
2015 Karro, Piret. Nooruse joovastusest kainenemine. Müürileht, 02.04.2015;
2015 Vangonen, Joonas. Noorusest, emotsioonideta. Sirp, 17.04.2015
2014 Kaljo, Hanna Laura. The Elusive Form of Rundum Artist-Run Space, Estonian Art Magazine nr 2/2014
2014 Taul, Gregor. EKA galerii metamorfoos. Sirp, 12.12.2014
2014 Karro, Piret. Tööstusestakaadi tõlgendamine. Sirp, 31.10.2014
2014 Karro, Piret. Ma olen tüdruk, ma olen olemas, Sirp, 10.09.2014
2014 Toots, Annika. Kohalolek Raja galeriis, Sirp 24.01.2014
2014 Varblane, Reet. Taas üks uus toimekas kunstipaik, Sirp, 07.11.2013
2014 Luiga, Martin. Pisteline kontroll pealinna galeriides, ZA/UM’i blogi, 08.05.2014,
http://www.zaum.ee/2014/05/pisteline-kontroll-pealinna-galeriides.html ;
2014 Adermann, Tõnn. Näitus “Mikro” ning ettearvamatust ja petlikust fotorepresentatsioonist, Delta, Klassikaraadio, 08.05.2014;
2013 Laul, Mario. Enesepeegeldused ja tulevik , Sirp, 25.04.2013
2013 Hobusepea galeriis saab näha EKA fotograafiatudengite töid, ERR uudised,
http://uudised.err.ee/v/vr/kultuur/6f83b602-1a48-4358-9a56-93951420fd3b,18.04.2013;
2013 Mürk, Maarin. Aknast ei näinud muud kui taanduvat halli. Artishok,
http://www.artishok.blogspot.com/ 2013/04/aknast-ei-nainud-muud-kui-taanduvat.html, 16.04.2013
2012 Nukk, Ragne. Noored, ent mitte eriti vihased naised kunstisaalis, Äripäev 16.03.2012
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Interviews:
2020 Agu, Marika. "Kunst sinu ümber. Kaasaegse kunsti alkeemik Kristina Õllek: «Atlantised on juba meie ümber.»", Postimees, 10.10.2020
2019 Ilves, Kati. Navigating the Uncharted Waters. Curator Kati Ilves in conversation with artist Kristina Õllek, Screen City Biennial Journal
2019 Ilves, Kati. Navigating the Uncharted Waters. Curator Kati Ilves in conversation with artist Kristina Õllek, Echo Gone Wrong, 09.10.2019
2017 Rünk, Martin. EXHIBIT_ONSCROLL, Interview with Kristina Õllek & Kert Viiart, Estonian Art Magazine 1/2017
2014 Kaljo, Hanna Laura. The Elusive Form of Rundum Artist-Run Space, Estonian Art Magazine nr 2/2014
2014 Mürk, Maarin. Kunstiministeerium, Klassikaraadio, 13.10.2014
2014 Preiman, Siim. Ainulaadne ja asendamatu Rundum, Sirp, 26.09.2014
2014 Põldsam, Rebeka. EKKM Teooriaklubi, Klassikaraadio, 26.09.2014
2013 Taul, Gregor. Lost in Space kataloog.
2014 Kiis, Kristiina. Näitus "Aknast ei näinud muud kui taanduvad halli" , Delta. Klassikaraadio,
07.01.2013 .