Depicting the Future. V a r i a
29.03–31.08.2025
Ostpreußisches Landesmuseum mit Deutschbaltischer Abteilung
Heiligengeiststr. 38
21335 Lüneburg
Kuratorinnen: prof Aet Ollisaar and prof Heli Tuksam
Projektmanagement: Dr. Joachim Mähnert
Realisierung: Ursula Blancke-Dau, Ulrike Hennecke
Ausstellungsbüro: Dr. Eike Eckert
Ausstellungsdesign: Madis Liplap
Satz und Gestaltung: Kadi Pajupuu
Museumspädagogisches Programm: Fabian Lenczewski M.A.
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit & Marketing: Raja Nicolaisen M.A., Lucia Rohmann
Installation der Ausstellung, Licht und Hängung: Thorsten Althoff und Museumsteam
Das Begleitprogramm zur Ausstellung wird gefördert vom Kulturreferat für Ostpreußen und das Baltikum und der Deutsch-Estnischen Gesellschaft Lüneburg e.V.
Das Ostpreußische Landesmuseum mit seiner Deutschbaltischen Abteilung wird gefördert durch die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM) und das Land Niedersachsen.
The curators of the Exhibition: prof Aet Ollisaar and prof Heli Tuksam
Project Management: Dr. Joachim Mähnert
Realization: Ursula Blancke-Dau, Ulrike Hennecke
Exhibition office: Dr. Eike Eckert
Exhibition Design: Madis Liplap
Typesetting and design: Kadi Pajupuu
Educational Program: Fabian Lenczewski M.A.
Public Relations and Marketing: Raja Nicolaisen M.A., Lucia Rohmann
Installation: Thorsten Althoff und Museumsteam
The accompanying program for the exhibition is supported by the Cultural Department for East Prussia and the Baltic States and the German-Estonian Society Lüneburg e.V.
The East Prussian State Museum with its Baltic German Department is supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) and the State of Lower Saxony.
Exhibition is supported by Pallas University of Applied Sciences
Photos: Andrus Kannel and authors
Depicting the Future.
Variations –
Neue Kunst aus Estland
Eine Sonderausstellung von estnischen Künstlerinnen und Künstlern der Kunsthochschule Pallas aus Tartu: Mit Jaanus Eensalu, Andrus Kannel, Margus Meinart, Aet Ollisaar, Kadi Pajupuu, Sirje Petersen, Tuuli Puhvel, Anne Rudanovski und Heli Tuksam.
Wie kann man all die Dinge visuell interpretieren, an die wir nur vage denken können? Die Zukunft beginnt mit der Vergangenheit – ein solides Fundament gibt den Mut, weiter zu schauen, als das Auge sehen kann. Diese Metapher regt auch zum Nachdenken über den zeitlichen Horizont des eigenen Lebens an, der sich wie etwas Begrenztes anfühlt, obwohl viele glauben, dass es über den Horizont hinaus noch mehr gibt. Es gibt immer etwas mehr. Ist das beängstigend oder tröstlich? Der Horizont ist ein Versprechen von Weite und Offenheit, die horizontale Unendlichkeit umarmt den ganzen Globus. Können oder sollen wir vorhersagen können, was hinter dem Horizont liegt?
Die Künstler und zugleich Lehrenden an der Kunsthochschule Pallas zeigen ihre Interpretationen. Ausgestellt werden ihre neuesten Werke. Damit möchten sie eine Diskussion über die Bedeutung und Relevanz der Kunst für die Zukunft anregen. Die Ausstellung zeigt zum Teil auch widersprüchliche Ansätze, die das Thema durch die persönlichen Zugänge der Künstler erweitern.
In der Ausstellung wird eine Vielzahl von Medien der Bildenden Kunst präsentiert – Malerei, Skulptur, Fotografie, Textilkunst, Objekte. Kuratiert wurde sie von Aet Ollisaar und Heli Tuksam. Das Ausstellungsdesign stammt von Madis Liplap. Unterstützt wird die Ausstellung von der Pallas University of Applied Sciences in Tartu.
„Depicting the Future. Variations“ ist die Fortsetzung des langjährigen Austauschs zwischen Künstlerinnen und Künstlern aus den zwei Partnerstädten Tartu und Lüneburg. Im Jahr 2016 fand eine Ausstellung von Pallas-Künstlern in Lüneburg statt (Kuratorin Reet Pulk-Piatkowska), gefolgt von Ausstellungen von Lüneburger Künstlern in der Tartuer Pallas-Galerie in den Jahren 2017 und 2024. Darüber hinaus haben im Laufe der Jahre mehrere gegenseitige Besuche, Ausstellungen und Meisterkurse stattgefunden.
Passend zu der diesjährigen Sonderausstellung der estnischen Künstler im Ostpreußischen Landesmuseum eröffnet am Samstag, den 5. April 2025, um 17.00 Uhr im Heinrich-Heine-Haus eine Parallelausstellung Lüneburger Künstler, die unter dem Titel „Depicting the Future“ bereits vor einem Jahr in Tartu gezeigt wurde.
Eine Sonderausstellung des Ostpreußischen Landesmuseums mit der Deutschbaltischer Abteilung in Kooperation mit der Pallas University of Applied Sciences
V a r i a t i o n s
Depicting the Future. Variations
New Art from Estonia
Estonian artists from Pallas UAS Jaanus Eensalu, Andrus Kannel, Margus Meinart, Aet Ollisaar, Kadi Pajupuu, Sirje Petersen, Tuuli Puhvel, Anne Rudanovski and Heli Tuksam show their fresh artworks at the joint exhibition aiming to initiate discussion about the meaning of art in the future.
How to visually interpret all the things that we can only vaguely think of? The future begins with the past, a solid foundation gives the courage to look farther than the eyes can reach. This metaphor also makes one think about the temporal horizon of a person’s life, and it feels like something limited, although we know there is more beyond it. There is always something more. Is this frightening or comforting? The horizon is a promise of spaciousness and openness, the horizontal infinity embraces the entire globe in its arms.
In this joint exhibition, authors exhibit their newest creations and discuss the meaning and relevance of art for the future during the events linked to the exhibition. Can we, or should we, be able to predict what lies beyond the horizon? The exhibition presents a variety of visual art media – painting, sculpture, photography, textile art, objects – and sometimes contradictory approaches open the theme through the artists’ personal stories.
The exhibition is a continuation of the ongoing collaboration and exchange of exhibitions between artists from two twin cities over the years. In 2016, an exhibition of Pallas artists took place in Lüneburg (curator Reet Pulk-Piatkowska), followed by exhibitions of Lüneburg artists in the Pallas gallery in 2017 and 2024. Additionally, several reciprocal visits, exhibitions, and masterclasses have taken place over the years.
In keeping with this year’s special exhibition of Estonian artists at the East Prussian State Museum, a parallel exhibition of Lüneburg artists, titled “Depicting the Future,” opens at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in the Heinrich Heine House.
This exhibition, which was shown in Tartu a year ago under the title “Depicting the Future,” is a special exhibition of the East Prussian State Museum with the Baltic German Department in cooperation with the Pallas University of Applied Sciences.
Jaanus Eensalu
jaanus.eensalu@gmail.com
Jaanus Eensalu, painter, graphic designer and lecturer, has completed his creative education at the University of Tartu (Religious Studies, Master of Theology 2023) and Pallas University of Applied Sciences (2005, BA). He is the Head of Department and Associate Professor of the Pallas UAS Department of Media Design. For years he has been leading and developing the department, being passionate about solving challenges in the field. Eensalu is a member of the Estonian Association of Graphic Designers and the Tartu Artists’ Association.
Jaanus Eensalu:
It is in human nature to desire happiness and to dedicate oneself to a beloved activity. Work that we respect, love, and excel at— and through which we can create both spiritual and material value—gives us the opportunity to be an active participant in the process: an artist, a creator.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 God Is Near You, Gallery Pallas, Estonia
2024–2023 Dedication Pictures in Poses, St. Andrew’s Church; St. Jacob’s Church, Viimsi; St. Laurentius Church, Laatre, Estonia
2023 Art Exhibition, Võru City Gallery, Estonia
2022 Jaanus Eensalu, Tartu Health Care College, Estonia
2022 Cherry Jam and Explosive TNT, Gallery No1, Äksi, Estonia
2022 Man of the Blue Flag, Tõrva ChurchChamber Hall, Estonia
2022 St. Clement’s Surface Spread, Stair Gallery, University of Tartu, Estonia
2021 Behind the Corner and in the Yard, Jacob’s Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
2020 Cave Drum and Lollipop, Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia
2020 Permanent Exhibition: Jaanus Eensalu, Tartu Health Care College, Tartu, Estonia
Group Exhibitions
2025 Threshold, group exhibition by the Media Design Department, Pallas University of Applied Sciences, Estonia
2025 Poetry, by the teachers of Tartu Children’s Art School, University of Tartu Library, Estonia
2024 Code 418, Screen Media Design exhibition by the Media Design Department, Pallas University of Applied Sciences
2023 Bracciano Lake? No, It Is Not!, Estonian Painters’ Association curatorial exhibition, Gallery No1, Äksi, Estonia
2023 Tartu Artists’ End-of-Year Exhibition, joint exhibition, Art House, Estonia
2023 “20 × 20”, joint exhibition of Tartu Children’s Art School teachers, Jakobi Gallery, Estonia
2022 We Support Ukraine, Pallas University of Applied Sciences, Department of Media Design; Haapsalu City Gallery; Haapsalu Cultural Center, Estonia
2022 Tartu Artists’ End-of-Year Exhibition, joint exhibition, Tartu Art House, Estonia
2022 On the Other Side of Võru, Cultural Center of Old Võromaa, Estonia
2021 Intrusive Quiet Life, exhibition by Tartu Children’s Art School staff, Jakobi Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
2020 Men from Pallas, TLÜ Academic Library Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2020 Pause, Old Võromaa Culture House, Võru, Estonia
2020 Men from Pallas, Viljandi City Gallery, Viljandi, Estonia
2020 KAST/BOX, Gallery Pallas, Tartu, Estonia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Designer since 1984;
Graphic design and printing technology experience since 1994;
Lecturer at the Pallas University of Applied Sciences since 2001;
Head of Department of Media Design since 2008;
Tartu Artists’ Association, Estonian Association of Graphic Designers.
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia; Matti Milius Collection, Tartu, Estonia; Private collections: Võru, Pärnu, Tartu, Tallinn, Estonia;
Jamie Jacobs-May Collection, California, United States of America.
TAL ist autorisiert zu berichten
TAL is Authorized to Report
2017
Ölgemälde
Oil painting
110x150 cm
Aus den Tiefen emporsteigend
Rising From the Depths
2019
Ölgemälde
Oil painting
110x150 cm
andrus.kannel@gmail.com www.andruskannel.planet.ee
Andrus Kannel
1970
Andrus Kannel is Estonian photographer and photography educator. Since 2001 he has been a lecturer and technical assistant at Pallas University of Applied Sciences, Department of Photography. Kannel graduated from Pallas in 2001 (BA) and did his master’s degree in Semiotics in University of Tartu (2021). Kannel has been the designer and technician for a few large-scale exhibitions (‘Man of Light: Peeter Tooming 80‘, ‘Martin Parr. Back then 1990s: The Baltic and Russia in Transition‘, etc).
Andrus Kannel:
The painter Imat Suumann told me that I am a chronist. And I agree with his definition. What I do as a photographer is chronism (the word comes from the Greek word chronos). While materialists study material, trying to paint it as realistically as possible, and impressionists use light as their material, the chronist’s material is time. What I do is direct my camera towards the horizon of time.
For the Lüneburg exhibition, I offer fragments from the city of Tartu. These are from the series “Tartu Landscapes” and two winter coastal landscapes, which are part of the series “Man-Made Natural Landscapes.” The first ones are from the city where I live today, and the others are from my seaside childhood land.
Exhibitions
2025 Our Houses, group exhibition, Gallery Pallas, Estonia
2023 Group exhibition ‘Prima Vista’ in Tartu, Estonia
2023 Paigahääl, solo exhibition, Pärnu Concert Hall Gallery, Estonia
2018 Abstraction, group exhibition, Tartu, Estonia
2017 Old Time House, Somewhere in the North, group exhibition, gallery Noorus (Pallas), Tartu, Estonia
2003 Arte Factum, Group exhibition, Tartu, Estonia
2001 Shift, Sebra Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
Auf der Plattform To the Platform
2023
Analoge Fotografie, gedruckt mit Pigmenttinten
Analog photo printed with pigment inks
48x53 cm
Auf der Plattform On the Platform
2024
Analoge Fotografie, gedruckt mit Pigmenttinten Analog photo printed with pigment inks
48x53 cm
Wilder Apfelbaum und Winterpfad
Wild Apple Tree and Winter Path
2022
Digitale Fotografie
Digital photo printed with pigment inks
53x66,2 cm
Strichcode von Supilinn
Supilinn Barcode
2021
Analoge Fotografie
Analog Photo
53x62,5 cm
Pfützenschaber Puddle Scraper
2020
Analoge Fotografie
Analog Photo
53x62,5 cm
2018
Digital photo printed with pigment inks
53x66,2 cm
Wilder Apfelbaum und Pferde
Wild Apple Tree and Horses
Digitale Fotografie
meinartm@hot.ee
www.meinart.ee
Margus Meinart
1969
Margus Meinart is an Estonian painter and currently holds the position of lecturer and Head of the Department of Painting at Pallas University of Applied Sciences, Tartu. Meinart has graduated from the Estonian Institute of Humanities in 1993, studied at Konrad Mägi Studio 1991-1996 and Nansenskolen (Norsk Humanistisk Akademi, art) 1994-1995. He has studied Furniture Design and Restoration at Pallas UAS 1993-2004 (BA) and did his Master´s degree in Educational Sciences in University of Tartu (2020). Margus Meinart is a member of the Tartu Artists’ Association, the Estonian Painters’ Association and Konrad Mägi Studio.
Margus Meinart:
The future is a continuation of the past. Remembering the past and finding the future constitutes the present. If the past tends to disappear and the future is unknown, then what is the present?
Selected solo exhibitions
2024 Betrayal, E-Kunstisalong, Tartu, Estonia
2023 Insights, Tõrva Church Concert-Hall, Estonia
2023 City Extra, Kultuuritunnel, Tartu, Estonia
2022 Paintings, the Tartu Ambulance Foundation Gallery, Estonia
2022 Orse Prima Vista, Tartu, Estonia
2021 City and Around, E-Kunstisalong, Tartu, Estonia
2021 Estonian Embassy in Rome, Italy
2021 Non-Existent City, café Pööriöö, ERM, Tartu, Estonia
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Between Body and Metaphor, Gallery Kadriorg, Tallinn, Estonia
2024 Tartu-Pärnu-Tartu Art Express, Ugala Theatre, Pärnu, Estonia 2023 International Women´s Day, ArtDepoo Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2022 Summerwork, Omicum Gallery, Tartu Estonia
2020 Minimaalia, Mikkeli Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
2020 Artists Paint Artists, Tallinn, Estonia
2020 Quality, Gallery Pallas, Tartu, Estonia
2018 Cultural Portraits, Tartu University Library, Tartu, Estonia
2018 Over the Top Summer, Kannel Centre, Võru, Estonia
Works in collections
Tartu Art Museum, Helsinki University, private collections in Estonia, USA, Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Poland, South-African Republic
Ruinen Ruins
Ruins
There are many ruins. Much lies in ruins. Many more ruins await us. Abandoned houses become ruins. I brought these beautiful pieces from the ruins home with me. Who was once here, and why...?
Ruinen
Ruinen der Zukunft
Ruinen der Vergangenheit
Ruins 2024
Installation
Installation
200x80x80 cm
Ewiger Volkstanz in Tartu
Eternal Folk Dance in Tartu
2024
Öl auf Leinwand
Oil on canvas
95x75 cm
Tartu had a large Russian military airfield. It was said that even atomic bombs were stored there. Because of this, Tartu was a closed city. In mychildhood, when we played war outdoors with the Russian kids, they were the Russians, and we, Estonians, were the Germans. Our role models came from Soviet war films— endless streams of them on TV. Why didn’t we play Estonians? Estonia didn’t exist. Let alone an Estonian army or soldiers. But there were young maidens in Estonian folk costumes.
Eternal Folk Dance in Tartu
Krieg
Verbrannte Schönheit
Kamin War 2024
Installation 136x72x21 cm
Fireplace
“Our colonial past,“ my wife laughed ironically as I arranged the porcelain elephants on the mantelpiece by size. The elephants were a gift from her grandmother. All that’s missing now is a tiger’s head above the fireplace, I thought to myself.
Aet Ollisaar
1966
aollisaar@gmail.com
www.aetollisaar.com
@aetollisaar
Aet Ollisaar is an artist and lecturer who lives and works in Tartu. She obtained her degree from the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1991 and has been working as a Professor and Head of the Department of Textile at the Pallas University of Applied Sciences since 2000.
In her work, the author interprets the possibilities of weaving techniques and explores various found objects and their stories. She uses contrasts of colors and materials, mainly for pointing out themes about relationships between people; nature and heritage are also often connected to her ideas. She has a studio Stuudio 100 in Tartu Aparaaditehas, where all her latest creations have been made. In 2024, she received the prestigious Estonian art prize Kristjan Raud Art Award and has twice been named Estonian Textile Artist of the Year (2023, 2007). Aet Ollisaar has organized numerous solo exhibitions and participates in many exhibitions both in Estonia and abroad. Her works can be found in private and museum collections. Aet Ollisaar is a member of the Estonian Artists’ Association, Estonian Textile Artists’ Association and the Nordic Textile Art organization NTA. She has long been involved in organizing the activities of the Estonian Textile Artists’ Association as a board member and chairperson.
Aet Ollisaar:
The future begins in the past. I feel a sense of security when I can sense what lies behind me and the ground beneath my feet. It gives me the courage to glance toward unknown paths, beyond what the eye can see.
To let my imagination run free and my thoughts wander. To lose myself in dreams and travel through time and space.
Most recent selected exhibitions
2025 When There is Time, Türi, Estonia (with Heli Tuksam)
2024 Color of the Year is Diverse, Pärnu Museum of New Art, Estonia (curator, author)
2024 The River Still Keeps on Flowing, solo exhibition, Hopner House, Tallinn, Estonia
2023 Still the Same Moon, solo exhibition, Latvian Society, Riga, Latvia
2023 Voyage, Jyväskylä, Finland
2023 A Place to Come To, Gallery Made in Aparaaditehas, Tartu, Estonia (with Madis Liplap)
2023 House with a Sea View, Hop gallery, Tallinn, Estonia (with Madis Liplap)
2025, 2023, 2022, 2021 Spring Exhibition of Estonian Artists’ Association, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 Estonian Textile Artists´ Association Annual Exhibitions, Estonia
2022 CONTEXTILE, Guimaraes, Portugal
2022 Waiting You Home, solo exhibition, Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia
Works in collections
Estonian National Museum
Estonian Museum of Applied Arts and Design Museum of New Art, Estonia
Tampere Art Museum
Stiftung der Sparkasse zur Förderung der Kunst, Kunstarchiv; Lüneburg
Rette mich vor den schweren Gefühlen
Save Me from the Hard Feelings
2023
Eigene Technik; Kokosfaser, Metall, Seide
Authors technique; coconut fibre, metal, silk
250x180 cm
Haus mit Meerblick
House with a Sea View
2023
Wandteppich; Wolle, Seide, Leinen
Tapestry; wool, silk, linen
165x122 cm
Es gibt Zeit
There is Time 2021
Wandteppich; Wolle, Seide, Leinen
Tapestry; wool, silk, linen
115x134 cm
Hinter dem Meer ist ein Meer
There is a Sea Behind the Sea
2023
Wandteppich; Wolle, Leinen, Seide Tapestry; wool, linen, silk
98x91 cm
Kadi Pajupuu
Kadi Pajupuu is an inventor, textile artist, and a Professor at Pallas University of Applied Sciences. She obtained her degree from the Estonian Academy of Arts (1986, Textile Art). The author is involved in organizing art projects, developing and promoting textile tools together with Marilyn Piirsalu at Kadipuu Ltd. She also designs books for the publisher SE&JS.
Inspiration from old written language from 17th-18th century Bible translations plays an important role in the author’s work. Kadi Pajupuu is a member of Estonian Artists’ Association and Estonian Textile Artists’ Association.
Kadi Pajupuu:
A human’s field of vision is wider horizontally than it is vertically— we write from left to right.
“Peripheral vision allows us to navigate space, detect movement, and see in low light.” Heights may be forgotten when we live on a dim, disc-shaped land filled with restless creatures.
The horizon is a promise of vastness and openness. Eye contact with the horizon is essential for life. The future lies beyond the horizon. All those lies, all those lies!
Verloren in der Übersetzung
Lost in Translation
2023
Wandteppich, Kupfer
Tapestry, copper
100x66 cm
Selected group exhibitions
2024/2025 9th Tallinn Applied Art Triennial The Fine Lines of Constructiveness
2023 ETTE/VAATLIK (Annual exhibition of Estonian Textile Artists’ Association), ARS Art Factory, Tallinn, Estonia
2022 Grown, Gallery Pallas, Tartu, Estonia
2019 Garden of Eden. Group exhibition at Neuhaus Castle, Austria
2018 Identity. The 6th Riga International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial “Tradition and Innovation”, ARSENĀLS Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga, Latvia
2017 Treadways, Växjö Konsthall, Sweden
2015 Everyday’s Beauty - Drei positionen, Trofejas, Berlin, Germany
2015 100. Estonian textile art 1915–2015, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
Selected solo exhibitions
2023 Turning into the text and back (with Marilyn Piirsalu), Gallery Pallas, Tartu, Estonia
2023 MultiWeave (with Marilyn Piirsalu), Galleri Artifex, Vilnius, Lithuania
2022 Variables (with Marilyn Piirsalu), NART. Narva, Estonia
2021 MindMatter (with Marilyn Piirsalu), Võru, Estonia
2020 Knight’s Tour (with Marilyn Piirsalu), HOP gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2016 Hacked Tradition (with Marilyn Piirsalu), Gallery Artifex, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 Mõterjal/Matterthought (with Marilyn Piirsalu). Pärnu Museum, Estonia
All das Kupfer aus den Spiegeln jener Frauen (Exo 38:8)
All the Copper from the Mirrors of those Women (Exo 38:8)
2023
Wandteppich, Kupfer Tapestry, copper
150x200 cm
Sirje Petersen 1959
Sirje Petersen is a painter and Associate Professor of the Department of Painting at Pallas University of Applied Sciences. She started her artist career with figurative and abstract paintings in the 1980-s.
Petersen has held more than 60 solo exhibitions in Estonia and abroad. Her works belong to the collections of the Tartu Art Museum, Museum of University of Tartu, Estonian Art Fund, Supreme Court of Estonia, The Museum of New Art in Pärnu, Lüneburg City Art Collection, Germany, IBL State Art gallery, Port-Louis, Mauritius etc. Private collections in Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Lichtenstein, Germany, Italy, Republic of Kazakhstan, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Philippines and many other collections around the world.
Petersen is a member of the Estonian Artists’ Association, the Estonian Painters’ Association and the Tartu Artists’ Union.
Sirje Petersen:
sirjepetersen@gmail.com
www.sirje.com
I deal with topics that speak to the deepest layers of human nature. These paintings are metaphors for time, history and personal emotional experience.
How do we decide to shape the lives of ourselves and future generations, whether greedy and manipulative for ego purposes, or towards a society based on higher ethics, mutual respect and love?
Selected solo exhibitions
2022 Gallery Dragon, Tallinn, Estonia
2021 Gallery Haus, Tallinn, Estonia
2020 Toompea Castle Art Hall, Parliament of the Republic of Estonia
2019 Pärnu City Gallery in Artists’ House, Estonia
2018 Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia
2017 Gallery Noorus (Pallas), Tartu, Estonia
2011 The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Brussels, Belgium
2010 Estonian Embassy in Belgium and Luxembourg, Brussels
2009, 2003 Dragon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Tartu Art House, Estonia
1995 Gallery Becker, Jyväskyla, Finland
Durch Feuer und Wasser II Through Fire and Water II
2021 Öl auf Leinwand Oil on Canvas 90x90 cm
Durch Feuer und Wasser I Through Fire and Water I
2021
Öl auf Leinwand Oil on Canvas
90x90 cm
Ins Unbekannte
Into the Unknown 2019
Öl auf Leinwand Oil on Canvas 110x160 cm
Kraftlinien Lines of Force 2021
Öl auf Leinwand Oil on canvas 68x84
tuuli.puhvel@pallasart.ee
https://www.estws.ee/tuuli-puhvel/
Tuuli Puhvel
1966
Tuuli Puhvel is an artist and lecturer in Pallas UAS. She has studied art in 1981-1985 at Tartu Art College and 1981-1986 painting in the Estonian Academy of Arts. The author´s main working areas are techniques and media such as watercolor and ink painting, stained glass, mosaic, assemblage and installation. She has participated in many group and solo exhibitions.
Tuuli Puhvel:
My work speaks of the longing for a life connected to nature, of the utopian desire to be a wanderer embedded in the landscape, someone who needs little—a roof overhead, good socks and boots, and a cocoon in which to rest safely for a while, in order to emerge again with renewed strength and a clear mind.
I have used the technique of botanical printing on both fabric and paper. I am fascinated by the lightness, flexibility, and layered texture of linden bast. My work incorporates recycled materials and found objects.
Selected solo exhibitions
2022 The Laces and Totems II, objects, paintings, Türi Town Gallery (with E. Ijavoinen)
2022 The Light Cocktail, objects, Voronja gallery (with E. Ijavoinen)
2021 Tibetan Dream, watercolor collages, Library of University of Tartu (with S. Kuuse)
2021 The Things and Beings, stained glass, Theatre Cinema in Rakvere
2021 The Laces and Totems, glass objects and installations, tARTu Pood gallery
2020 Everyday Archaeology, stained glass, Estonian National Museum
2020 Moments, oil paintings, Koch barns, Tallinn
2018 Two Views to Tibet, watercolor paintings, Tartu Town Library
2018 Closer to the Bright Days in Tibet, solo exhibition
2018 International Watercolor Biennial Baltic Bridges, Kaunas
Selected group exhibitions
2023 Secret Garden, Tartu Artists House gallery
2021 Estonian watercolor Society, annual exhibition in Türi Town gallery
2018 Stability, Gallery Noorus (Pallas), Tartu
2018 Sea Unites, Jurmala, Latvia
2019 The Other Tempo, Kärdla Town gallery
2019 The Women of Pallas, Gallery Noorus (Pallas), Tartu
2020 Baltic Bridges, Watercolor Biennial Fabula, Kaunas
2020 Track, HAAgallery in Suomenlinna, Finland
Tuuli
Schreib mir, wenn du angekommen bist Write to Me When You Get There
Tuuli Puhvel
Anne Rudanovski:
rudanovski@gmail.com
www.rudanovski.com
Origami is my language—through folding, I create letter-like objects that form meaningful sentences. My works feature symmetrical patterns from carefully folded paper that embody mandala structures which, as C.G. Jung noted, emerge during confusion. These mandalas reveal both meditative peace and dynamic movement, organizing chaos into meaning. I use Japanese Masa and Elephant Hide papers whose fibrous qualities enable intricate details and precise forms. Folding becomes a tool to encode spatial symbols waiting for interpretation. In my work, the circle (psyche) and square (earthly matter) harmoniously unite. My art bridges past and present, visible and hidden meaning, science, and spirituality—reconnecting the psyche with physical experience. Each fold is a decision, each crease a thought, manifesting internal order amidst external chaos.
Anne Rudanovski
1964
Anne Rudanovski is a sculptor and art educator whose work merges paper art, origami philosophy, and contemporary sculpture. Her works are not simply paper objects - they are meditations on the essence of time, space, and material, reflecting the artist’s deep interest in the human inner world and holistic development.
Rudanovski’s relationship with her material is deeply personal and exploratory. In 2019, she embarked on a six-month journey around the world to learn about ancient techniques of papermaking and usage in traditional “paper countries” such as China, Japan, and Korea, among others. The artist’s creative work is characterized by the integration of Eastern philosophy with contemporary artistic language. Her origamibased installations and sculptures have found their way to international exhibitions in Finland, Shanghai, Israel, Germany, Brazil, and elsewhere in the world. Particular attention has been given to the installation “Circular Pleats/Time Folds,” which has been included in several international publications on paper art and exhibitions. As a professor in the Sculpture Department at Pallas University of Applied Sciences, Rudanovski combines traditional craftsmanship with contemporary artistic thought and technology in her teaching. Her dedicated approach to art education earned her both the Estonian Vocational Teacher of the Year and Tartu Teacher of the Year awards in 2024.
Rudanovski is the founder of the Paper Museum (now TYPA) and the Estonian Origami Center, thus creating a platform for the development and popularization of paper art. Currently, Rudanovski is focused on integrating art therapy with origami practices, seeking opportunities for how the art of folding can support mental health.
Selected exhibitions
2024 Hands That Mold History, Paper Places, solo exhibition, Bodo, Norway
2024 On a Day When the Wind is Perfect, solo exhibition, Tuuletorn, Käina, Hiiumaa, Estonia
2024 Installation. Global Paper 6, International Paper Art Triennale, Deggendorf, Germany
2024 ReBloom, IAPMA Paper Art Biennale 24, Burg zu Hagen im Bremischen e.V. Germany
2024 Cryptograms of Self, International exhibition of origami and paper art “Hands on Origami”, Museum For Papirkunst, Blokhus, Denmark
2024 Installation NINNA NANNA, Shanghai International Paper Art Biennale, China
2023 COSMOLOGY OF ORIGAMI, solo exhibition, Nelja Nurga Galerii, Kärdla, Estonia
2023 Secret Garden, group exhibition at the large gallery of the Tartu Art House, Estonia
2022 Mandala objects as cryptograms of the Self, Group exhibition at Bridges Exhibition of Mathematical Art, Bridges Aalto 2022: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Culture. Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Mummicat and Other Feelings, group exhibition, Estonian Sculptors´ Union Annual Exhibition, Viinistu, Estonia
2022 Telliskivi Creative City sculpture festival “MESA sculpture” nahtamatu.maeisaaaru.ee/ annerudanovski/
2022 Boy of Forselius. He still reads; Installation, Prima Vista exhibition at University of Tartu Library, Estonia
2022 Postal Artist Books Exhibition, Q Galeria, Ecuador
2021 ‘Unidentified’, group exhibition “Flows into Being”, Gallery Pallas, Tartu, Estonia
2021 Time Folds, Installation at Shanghai
International Paper Art Biennale, Fengxian Museum, Shanghai, China
Ohne Titel #10
untitled #10
2024
Gefaltete geometrische Papierobjekte
Folded paper geometric objects
50x50 cm
Ohne Titel #11
untitled #11
2024
Gefaltete geometrische Papierobjekte
Folded paper geometric objects
50x50 cm
Ohne Titel #12-1
untitled #12-1
2024
Digitale Fotografie, gefaltete geometrische Papierobjekte
Digital photo, folded paper geometric objects
60x60 cm
Ohne Titel #1-2
untitled #1-2
2024
Digitale Fotografie, gefaltete geometrische Papierobjekte
Digital photo, folded paper geometric objects
60x60 cm
Heli Tuksam
1956
Heli Tuksam is an Estonian stained-glass artist, painter and restorer. Her working area is fine art where she experiments with different mediums and has participated in exhibitions since 1982. Tuksam also works with restoration of murals and interior decoration. She has studied in the Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, (2005-2007 Master of Humanities) and the Estonian Academy of Arts (1979-1985; painting, art pedagogy).
She has been working in Tartu, Pallas University of Applied Sciences since 1990 as a teacher and the Head of Department, 2013-2018 Professor and Head of Department of Painting. Since 2018 she has worked as a Restoration professor in Pallas UAS, Department of Painting.
Morgen in der goldenen Sonne Morning in the Golden Sun
2024
Acryl auf Leinwand, Mixed Media
Acrylic on canvas, mixed media
120x40 cm, 40x40 cm
Selected exhibitions
2024 Between Body and Metaphor, Kadrioru Gallery, Tallinn
2024 Man and Woman, Pärnu Museum of New Art
2024 Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Annual Exhibition of Estonian Painters Association, Pärnu Museum of New Art
2023 Memories, solo exhibition Cultural Center in Koeru
2023 Trees were…, solo exhibition The Betti Alver Museum, Jõgeva
2023 White Ship, Exhibition in Gallery Kadriorg, Tallinn
2023 Reality and Imagination, Annual exhibition of Estonian Painters Association; Pärnu Museum of New Art
2022 Poetic principle, Summer exhibition in Gallery Kadriorg, Tallinn
2022 Love story, Annual exhibition of Estonian Painters Association, Pärnu Museum of New Art
2021 Sighs, solo exhibition, Cultural Center in Koeru
2021 Tartu artists annual exhibition, Tartu Artists House
2021 Temporary surface, Annual exhibition of Estonian Painters Association, Pärnu Museum of New Art
2020 Waiting for Christmas, solo exhibition, Tartu Salemi Church
2020 Group exhibition in HHK Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2020 Global/Local, Annual exhibition of Estonian Painters Association Pärnu Museum of New Art
Irgendwo anders
rauschen die Wälder I
The Forests Rustle
Somewhere Else I
2024
Acryl auf Leinwand, Mixed Media
Acrylic on canvas, mixed media
120x40 cm, 40x40 cm
Irgendwo anders
rauschen die Wälder II
The Forests Rustle
Somewhere Else II
2024
Acryl auf Leinwand, Mixed Media
Acrylic on canvas, mixed media
120x40 cm, 40x40 cm
Gold wert
Worth its Weight in Gold
2024
Holz, Blattgold Wood, gold leaf
40x40 cm
Heli Tuksam:
The Estonians are considered to be forest people. The preservation of virgin forests is important to us as a nation. The reduction and change of habitats throw nature out of balance. What happens in nature is transmitted to our psyche and makes a person unbalanced. I know what it feels like to lean your back against a tree trunk and feel the power of the earth rising up.
Childhood landscapes remain in our memories, how can we forget them? They accompany us in dreams and memories. Are there any boundaries between the past and the future? And in the end, only reconciliation has meaning. Everything that is pure. “I want to take two handfuls of white snow.” (Jaan Kaplinski)
Tränenreicher Wald
Tearful Forest
2024
Acryl auf Leinwand, Mixed Media
Acrylic on canvas, mixed media
40x120 cm, 40x40 cm