Edith Karlson

Born 1983
Lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia

EDUCATION

2006–2008 Estonian Academy of Arts (MA, Installation and sculpture) 2003–2006 Estonian Academy of Arts (BA, Installation and sculpture) 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018
Drama is in Your Head V, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany 2017–2018
Hudnoi, together with Jass Kaselaan, Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn
2016
Everyone is Quilty, Tallinn City Gallery, Tallinn
2015
Drama is in Your Head: Don’t Look Down, Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn
2013
Drama is in Your Head, Tartu Art House, Tartu
Drama is in Your Head III, Gallery Hobusepea, Tallinn
Drama is in Your Head II, Tallinn City Gallery, Tallinn
2012
Karma Friends, with Kris Lemsalu and Maria Ader, Notting Hill Arts Club, London
Being Together, with Kris Lemsalu, Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn
Drama is in Your Head, Gallery Sur la Montangne, Berlin
2011
Dog Show, Gallery Draakon, Tallinn
2010
Circus, Gallery Hobusepea, Tallinn
2006
Photo staging of sculptures in co-operation with Virgo Haan in Budapest (café GODO) 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2015
Köler prize 2015, nominees exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum Estonia, Tallinn
Edith Karlson, Kris Lemsalu, Michele Pagel, Ben Washington “Beaten Up by a Thug, Saved by Kindness”, Amatorska, London
2010
Berliner Liste Art Fair, Mindpirates Vereinsheim, Berlin
Smallplastics, Tartu Arthouse
2008
Standard’08, KUMU, Tallinn
Passage European Forum for Young Artists, Brussels and Mechelen
2007
Gull, Cultural Center Lindakivi
Power and Spirit, Estonian Sculptor's Union's annual exhibition, Museum of New Art, Pärnu
Sculpture speaks: Power and Freedom, Tallinn Art Hall
Made in, Noore Linna Galerii, Viljandi
Disgusting but Necessary, Galleria Vanha Savu, Merikarvia, Finland
Pressioon, sitespecific exhibition in Pärnu mnt 27, Tallinn
Sculptures, Amandus Adamson Studio Museum, Paldiski
2006
Prompter, Vaal gallery, Tallinn
Art Factory, Polümer, Tallinn
The Summer of Art, The Mud Baths of Pärnu, Estonia
Sculpture project of Estonian Arts Academy, Paide Vallitorn, Estonia
Exhibition of the nominees for the Young Artist Award of the Estonian Academy of Arts, ArtDepoo gallery, Tallinn
Linda 2006, Estonian Academy of Arts' gallery, Tallinn
Space in Between, spatial sculptures, Hirve park, Tallinn
Environmental art, Viru Tunnel, Tallinn
Plurality, Tallinn Art Hall gallery, Tallinn
2005
Carnation, Estonian Academy of Arts' gallery, Tallinn

AWARDS AND MENTIONS 

2015
Köler Prize 2015 Public's Choice Award
2007
Edith Karlson named an honorable mention in the 2007 international Sculpture center Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Scuplture Award
2006
The Young Artist Award of the Estonian Academy of Arts