Kristina Õllek

KRISTINA ÕLLEK (b. 1989, Tallinn, Estonia)

kristina.ollek@artun.ee
www.kristinaollek.com
+37256631727
www.kristinaollek.com 

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 / Fine Arts, Photography BA
2012 Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee / Visual communication BA / exchange studies
2008 - 2009 Estonian Academy of Arts / foundation course in Photography

RESIDENCY:
2018-2019 Het Wilde Weten residency (December-February), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2017 Snehta residency (May-June), Athens, Greece

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
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

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
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 Athens Photo Festival, Random Access Images, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
2018 Contemporary Art from Estonia, curated by Britta von Campenhausen. European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
2018 A Brief Introduction to Physiological Anthropology, curated by Maxime Souvent, Coherent, Brussels, Belgium
2018 Screen Age I : Self-Portrait, curated by Inga Bruvere in cooperation with Marie Sj.vold and Aiga Dzalbe, Riga Photography Biennial, Riga, Latvia
2017 Fold by Fold the Widowed Stone Unrobes Itself, curated by Stefanie Hessler, Estonian Contemporary Art Museum, Tallinn
2017 Estonian Photographic Art Fair, Tallinn
2017 Image Drain, curated by Anthea Buys, Tallinna Art Hall, Tallinn
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 Grad Show, SUVA, Tallinn
2016 Place Oddity, curated by Francisco Martinez and Lilli-Krõõt Repnau, EKA gallery, Tallinn
2015 Prosu(u)mer, (with Rundum) curated by David Raymond Conroy, Estonian Contemporary Art Museum, 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 and Eda Tuulberg, 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 Vosa-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
2010 Vabandused/Excuses. Kultuuritolm Festival in abandoned prison “Patarei”, Tallinn
201016-18, 18.05.2010, supervised by Laura Kuusk. Moving exhibition in Tallinn
2010 WHAT A FOTO?! Estonian Academy of Arts

AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS:
2018 Artist grant, Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2017 WHEN YOU HAVE THE OBJECT ITSELF IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES/ Poppositions was selected for the Outset Estonia - Estonian Photographic Art Fair Acquisition Fund.
2016 Young Artist’s Prize. Faculty of MA Fine Arts of Estonian Academy of Arts
2015 Adamson-Eric Young Artist Prize, with Rundum collective
2015 Culture Scholarship, Estonian Ministry of Culture
2013 Young Artist’s Prize. Faculty of BA Fine Arts of Estonian Academy of Arts
2013 DAAD Scholarship for Summer School

WORKS IN COLLECTION:
Winterthur Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Private collection

MEMBERSHIPS:
Estonian Union of Photography Artists, since 2017
Estonian Artists’ Association, since 2014
Co-founder and member of artist-run space RUNDUM, since 2013

TALKS:
2018 Tri(dia)logue, artist talk at Estonian Academy of Arts Fine Arts Department
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

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES:
2017 Assistant for Katja Novitskova, Estonian Pavillion at 57th Veice Biennale
2016 – ... Guest tutor in Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
2013 – ... RUNDUM artist-run space
2016 Curatorial selection for the Estonian Photographic Art Fair, co-curated with Kulla Laas
2015 Artist Jaanus Samma photographer and assistant for the Estonian Pavilion at 56th Venice Biennale
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
2013 Artist Camille Laurelli assistant for Side Effects exhibition at EKKM
2013 Artist Paul Kuimet assistant for K.ler Prize nominees exhibition at EKKM
2013 Gif workshop with artists Camille Laurelli (FRA)
2012 Bewegtes Bild workshop with artist Beat Brogle (CH)
2011 Doings or not circumstance-specific workshop, supervised by Laura Kuusk and Laura Toots, Muhu island, Estonia.
2010 Artist Marge Monko assistant for the work “Shaken Not Stirred”

BOOKS:
2018 Mida teha koos? What to do together?,edited by Rundum, design by Kert Viiart
2017 WHEN YOU HAVE THE OBJECT ITSELF IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES / Poppositions, design by Kert Viiart
2016 WHEN YOU HAVE THE OBJECT ITSELF IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES / on paper, design by Kert Viiart
2014 Almost a Centimeter, Artist’s book

CATALOGUE:
2018 Asceding from the Liuquid Horizon, edited 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
2018 Riga Photography Biennial
2014 Side effects, Le Syndrome Stenhal
2013 Lost in space, edited by Gregor Taul

SELECTED PUBLISHED WORKS:
2018 How We See: Photobooks by Women, edited by Russet Lederman, Olga Yatskevich, and Michael Lang, published by 10Å~10 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 and Annika Toots, design by Jaan Evart
2014 Uus Materjal, art project/magazine
2014 ARTGUIDE, Manifesta 10.Special Issue
2013 Kaamos. Eesti mood t.na, edited by Tanel Veenre
2012 MAJA, Estonian architectural magazine, 1/2012
2011 MOOD, Fashion Design department magazine, Estonian Academy of Arts
2011 WORK IN PROCESS, Photography department of the Estonian Academy of Arts
2011 ABC of making an exhibition, Photography department of the Estonian Academy of Arts