Recently decorated Appreciated Glass Artist 2022-2023, Sofi Aršas opens her solo exhibition “See through the Fog” Feb 8, 2025, at.l 16.00.
Recently decorated Appreciated Glass Artist 2022-2023, Sofi Aršas opens her solo exhibition “See through the Fog” Feb 8, 2025, at.l 16.00.
MATTI TAPIO VAINIO’s solo exhibition „Playground“
Opening March 8, 2025 atl 11.30.
Open 09.03. – 30.03. 2025,
Tue – Fri 15.00 – 18.00, Sat-Sun 12.00 – 15.00
Tallinna mnt. 3b, Rapla
This exhibition is part of the NÖFF-i Women’s Nights Film Festival programme.
Anna Steinhäusler www.annasteinhaeusler.com
Helena Tuudelepp www.helenatuudelepp.com
Margit Terasmees
25.10. – 17.11 2024
Curators Riin Pallon and Triinu Soikmets have invited 9 painters to participate in an exhibition that sees painting as a journey through soulscapes; diving into the deep waters of the subconscious, wandering the fields of emotion. Shadows grow darker, while bright light makes you feel like the Sun.
Participants: Miina Barrera Pinochet, Manfred Dubov, Eleriin Ello, Jenny Grönholm, Kalli Kalde, Riin Pallon, Leho Rubis, Marta Stratskas, Maria-Kristiina Ulas.
Kirikuju, an exhibition at Rapla Contemporary Arts Centre, Estonia, opening September 20th, 2024.
A collaborative exhibition by Mathura and SJ Fowler, from Estonia and the UK, respectively, is treading the borderland of the visual and the poetic, figurative and verbal. Employing asemic writing as well as other novel forms of artistic expression, it calls to examine the presence of meaning even in an unexplained world. Can the visual form of a word change its meaning? Is poetry an art of senses rather than words? What do cave paintings tell us in a digitalizing world? These are some of the questions posed by the exhibition.
A short film by British visual artist David Spittle, displayed at the exhibition, documents the work in process and explores its starting points.
Open at the Rapla County Centre for Contemporary Art (Tallinna mnt 3b, Rapla, 3rd floor) from Sept 21 to Oct 13. Tue-Fri 15-18, Sat-Sun 12-15.
Artist talk: Oct 12. at 14.00.
Thanks to: Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Rapla Commune.
CONFLATIONS
Simone Fezer,/ Kati Kerstna / Kai Koppel
Open March 8-31, 2024
A Conflation is defined as the process of uniting or blending separate objects, texts or ideas.
The world is made up of various opinions, viewpoints, cultures, races, religions, all mixing with each other, and it can sometimes look like there’s not enough space for them all. In tight situations, we perceive that our own point of view might not be the only valid one. To keep existing, one has a choice to encapsulate in one’s own bubble, or to react with violence, or, perhaps, to accept diversity.
Differences can enrich and enliven our world. An attempt at understanding can leave us perplexed, curious, or pleasantly surprised. It is a freeing sensation when we realize that the world is not a monoculture.
In this exhibition, we display the differing layers, analyze their past and future, interactions and fusions.
Part of the programme of the 6th Women’s Nights Film Festival in Rapla.
Opening March 7th at 19.00, with a performance by Simone Fezer.
Simone Fezer https://simonefezer.com/
Kai Koppel http://kaikoppel.ee/
Kati Kerstna http://katikerstna.ee/
Feb. 3-25, 2024 at the RCCCA
Erki Kannus (1958) celebrates his 66th jubilee with this exhibition, displaying both very recent and very early paintings, drawings and objects.
I’m also a lifelong fan of Surrealism and the DADA movement. I’ve tried to understand the state of mind behind the creation of these works, to see what feeds the imagination. I’ve tried to find my own surreal visions, since I find this world relatable, attractive, and safe. Sometimes, I can make it work.
Scenes from That Marriage
Anne-Mai Heimola, Karmo Mende
Nov 18- Dec 10, 2023
A duo of scenographers, Anne-Mai Heimola and Karmo Mende, have set up an emotional, language-defying installation with which they seek to guess each other’s experiences. To create the whole, they utilise ready-made objects, large-scale paintings and custom lighting.
How do real-life experiences and communication build mental spaces? Whispers. Doubts. Misgivings. Suspicion. A corner of shame…
Karmo Mende (b. 1971) graduated from Tartu Arts School in 1991 and scenography at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1995. Worked at various theatres and TV channels as art director. Since 2000 has been living and working in Finland, where he’s served as head of the Finnish Scenographers’ and Costumers’ Union, plus artist at Seinäjoki and Jyväskylä theatres. Participated as a freelancer in numerous projects by other Finnish theatres. Recently returning to his native country, he’s also head of the Estonian Scenographers’ Union.
Anne-Mai Heimola ( b. 1960) is a painter and scenographer. She graduated from scenography at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1995, worked as set designer at the National Drama Theatre 1980-1986, as set painter at the National Opera and Ballet Theatre Estonia in 1995-2007, as artist, decorator, prop manager and costumer at the Von Krahl Theatre 2000-2012, and participated in numerous theatre and film projects as a freelancer. Member of the Esonian Artists’ Association and the Estonian Painters’ Union, she’s been participating in exhibitions since 1995. Her creative work also includes large-scale interior paintings. She experiments with a number of techniques from classic oil and tempera painting to her own inventions with earth pigments.
Graphic design: Kati Kerstna. Photos: Tiina Kõrtsini
Thanks to: Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Rapla County Municipalities Development Foundation.