Maret Sarapu has completed her monumental work Carbon and Kevlar for the Kilingi-Nõmme Emergency Services building.

Info and photos: https://rkas.ee/et/uudised/kilingi-nomme-uhishoonet-ehib-maret-sarapu-klaaspannoo

Sigrid Maria Luitsaluäs work “Gender is Doing” has been selected for the European Prize for Applied Arts. Exhibition of works is open 23.11.2024 – 16.2.2025, in Belgium, Mons Anciens Abbatoirs’.

Info: https://www.becraft.org/event/maestria
Catalogue of works:
https://www.becraft.org/…/eyJfcmFpbHMiOns…/Catalogue.pdf

IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE
Glass installation, sound, ligh, movement
VANA-VÕROMAA KULTUURIKODA
6.12.2024 – 2.02.2025

Artists: Sofi Aršas, Kairi Orgusaar, Kati Kerstna
Guest: Erki Kannus

Several members of the EGAU participated at solo and group shows at the Tartu Festival of Light:

Birgit Pählapuu with her solo exhibition “Rebellion of the Flies” at the Botanical Garden

Group exhibition “Flying” at the Botanical Garden-  Kati Kerstna, Kairi Orgusaar, Sofi Aršas

Group exhibition “Inherited Light” at the Pallas Gallery – Rait Prääts

Eili Soon and Elo Sein
TRIACA
Design and Architecture Gallery, Tallinn
11 – 23.11.2024

TRIACA – the force of glassblowing. A mental and emotional antidote to daily pressures and challenges. Glass is more than amaterial; it is a medium to express human dreams, collisions and amendments. Each object becomes a symbol to a journey, a quest for balance. We invite the audience to find their own activities and moments which purify the soul, bring you back to your essence. This exhibition reminds us that everyone is capable of creating their personal antidote.

At the 110th anniversary of the Estonian Academy of Arts, EVe Koha presented her newly printed book “Glass Painting – Painting with Light.”

Eve Koha’s book presents an overview of the history of glass painting and its methods. Glass painting methods and materials have undergone great development over time. Eve Koha’s book is primarily intended as educational material, but it is also suitable for anyone who wants to get to know the glass painting more closely.

Author and compiler: Eve Koha
Editor and illustrator: Kai Kiudsoo-Värv
Design: Anneliis Aunapuu
Language editor: Triin Truuvert
Technical editor: Heige Peets
Print: GRANO

152 pages, in Estonian
Glass Department of the Estonian Academy of Arts, 2024

Rait Prääts
FOSSILS
Okapi Gallery, 15.10- 8.11 2024

The sculptural series of fossils evoked geological processes and the evolution of life. The artist strives for creating new fossils, both durable in time and timeless. In Prääts’ works, constructive features of layers, deposits, erosion, processes, people’s characters, social paradoxes and the passing of time can be seen.

On Thursday, October 3, 2024, at 5 PM, Tiina Sarapu’s exhibition Dark Ground will open at HOP Gallery. The curator of the exhibition is Maarja Mäemets. Dark Ground will be open until October 29, 2024.

Through furrows, layers, ditches, and veins the Dark ground runs across the horizon like an empty field. It is a transitional space, holding within it all possibilities. A realm that extends deeper than three-dimensionality. The exhibition Dark Ground is the materialization of a year-long conversation between artist Tiina Sarapu and curator Maarja Mäemets. Their shared discussions, sparked by an interest in the possibilities and significance of physical space in artistic practices, led to a search for deeper roots. The Earth is the foundation, the unnoticed bearer whose limits are constantly tested by human hands. It is the fertile ground for rooting possibilities and hope. With Sarapu’s characteristic precision and boldness, she peers with an X-ray gaze through this multi-layered complexity, trusting her creations to carry herself into unknown places.

Tiina Sarapu (b. 1971) is an Estonian conceptual glass artist whose work is characterised by minimalist form language and refined execution. In recent years, she has primarily focused on installations, creating pieces that explore the possibilities of space and expand the viewer’s perception. Sarapu obtained her master’s degree in glass art from the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1996 and has worked for many years as a lecturer and associate professor. Her works have received international recognition and are included in the collections of several museums and private collectors. Sarapu has been awarded the Kristjan Raud Prize (2007, 2023) and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia Annual Prize (2019). From 2021 to 2023, Tiina Sarapu was a recipient of the Artist laureate salary.

Maarja Mäemets (b. 1991) is an Estonian artist and curator whose work reflects themes of strength and hope. She graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a degree in glass art (BA 2015, MA 2018) and is currently pursuing a second master’s degree in the Craft Studies program. Mäemets focuses primarily on site-specific installations, where material choices are made intuitively and carry dense narratives and symbols. The artist has received several significant awards and has been participating in international exhibitions since 2015. She made her curatorial debut in 2020 as the main organiser of the Estonian Glass Artists Association’s annual exhibition “Colour – Red.”

The exhibition Dark Ground is part of the Tallinn Applied Art Triennial satellite program.
Special thanks to: Cultural Endowment of Estonia, MUSHEEZ, MIRON Violetglass, Klaasissepa OÜ, ECCOM OÜ
Graphic design: Meelis Mikker
Exhibitions in HOP gallery are supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Ministry of Culture and Liviko Ltd.
Additional information:
Maria Valdma-Härm
+372 511 2350
HOP Gallery
Hobusepea 2, 10133 Tallinn
Wed–Thu 11:00–18:00

On Tuesday, September 17th at 18:00, exhibition “Biological Idiosyncrasies” by Kati Kerstna and Kairi Orgusaar will be opened at the Okapi Gallery as part of Design Night.

Botanical forms and structures display infinite variation. On one hand, there is the admirable, architectural orderliness, while elsewhere, one finds zany, inspiring chaos. Yet, neither is without purpose – even unknown to us, every detail, every biome has a reason for being the way it is.
In our new light objects, we hope to achieve something similar – to set predefined patterns of light, build glass structures and supportive framework that the light can play off of, then enliven them with wacky, quasi-biological constructs whose inner logic remains undeciphered.