Merike Estna
Born in Estonia, 1980
Lives and works in Tallinn
merike@estna.com
http://genialmythcraft.com/
Exhibitions 2019:
- 26.10.2019 – 26.01.2020 solo show ‘Ghost of the future, flilled with memories of past’ curated by Andreas Nilsson. Moderna Museet Malmö, Sweden
- 04.07.2019 -10.11.2019 "Avatud kollektsioonid. Sõna saab kunstnik" curated by Eha Komissarov, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
- 13.06.2019 - 18.08.2019 "A Situation" group show curated by Andreas Nilsson, , Tallinna Linnagalerii, Tallinn, Estonia
- 16.05.2019 - 05.07.2019 ‘Mother of Pearls’ solo show, curated by Alberto Rios de la Rosa, Galeria Karen Huber, Mexico city, Mexico
Performances and Exhibitions 2018:
- 29.06.2018 – 02.09.2018 13 Baltic Triennial, curated by Vincent Honore, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
- 27.07.2018 – 02.09.2018 solo show, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
- 20.09.2018 – 11.11.2018 solo show, Bosse & Baum, London, UK
- 21.06.2018 – 29.07.2018 Flaming Creatures, curated by Juste Jonetyte, Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 24.02.2018 Virgin Red Herring, participatory performance, Kiasma Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Selected projects 2014 - 2017:
2017
- 17.11.2017 – 13.01.2018 Soft Scurb, Hard Body, Liquid Presence, Merike Estna and Maria Metsalu, curated by Maria Arusoo (Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia) Art in General, New York, US
- 08.12.2017 – 21.01.2018 Groundhog Day, curated by Andreas Nilsson, SIC, Helsinki, Finland
- 17.11.2017 Red Herring, participatory performance, Performa 17, New York, US
- 29-09.2017 - 25.11.2017 Fragments from the shattered toe, solo exhibition, curated by Thomas Cuckle, Kunstraum, London, UK
- 03.09.2017 Red Herring, participatory performance, CHART, Copenhagen, Denmark
- The seed can be initialized randomly II, duo exhibition in collaboration with Ana Cardoso (US/ Portugal), Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Doublethink: Double vision, group show, Pera Museum, curated by Alistair Hicks, Istanbul, Turkey
- Red Herring, performance, gallery Karen Huber, curated by Paula Lopez Zambrano, Mexico City, Mexico
- On Becoming Fluid, duo exhibition in collaboration with Keef Winter (UK), Hardwick gallery, University of Gloucestershire, UK
- (In)visible dreams and streams, curated by Maija Rudovska, CAC Vilnius, Lithuania and Ars project space Tallinn, Estonia
2016
- WINTER IS COMING(Homage to the Future), curated by Maria Arusoo,Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
- (In)visible dreams and streams, curated by Maija Rudovska, CAC Vilnius, Lithuania
- Ghostbiker, solo, Wot No, London Centre for Book Arts, London, UK
- Nomadic Images, curated by Linas Liandzbergis, XVI Vilnius Painting Triennial (Vilnius, Lithuania
- Memorial, solo, Estonian Embassy. London, UK
- The seed can be initialized randomly, duo with Ana Cardoso, Murias Centeno, Porto, Portugal
- (Not) Every Thread Ties Down / Your Split Ends Are Showing, curated by Leo Cohen and Lucy Rollins, DKUK, London, UK
- Freundschafsspiel, curated by Didem Yazici, Museum für Neue Kunst Freiburg, Germany
- DOMESTICMINDCRAFT, solo, Karen Huber Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
- part of series of events El Cuarto de los Ojos Sucios, performative talk, Biquini Wax, Mexico City, Mexico
2015
- Corporate Jungle, solo, Temnikova & Kasala gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Genialmythcraft, solo, Palermo Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
- Better become blowing backbeat blanket,installation, XMarks the Bokship, Matts Gallery, London, UK
2014
- Blue Lagoon, solo, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
- So Soft/+ Pure, solo, SmallProjects gallery, Tromso, Norway
- V/P: Video and Painting in a relationship,group ,Solyanka State Gallery, Moscow, Russia