MAARJA MÄEMETS
  • EXHIBITION
    • _saboteur
    • colours of corals
    • under the water on the moon II
    • under the water on the moon I
    • I WALK THROUGH WALLS
    • i was here
    • there's time
  • OBJECT
    • good night, sleep tight
    • coral series
    • SADNESS FACTORY
    • UNDER W series
    • UNDERWATER LOVE
    • case series
    • TWIST series
    • GLITCH series
    • I have a thousand ideas but I never finish any one of them
    • Anxiety landscapes
  • PHOTO
  • CURATORIAL
    • Colour - red 2.0
    • Colour – RED
  • ARTIST
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Maarja Mäemets (born 4 Dec 1991 in Estonia) is a glass artist, photographer, and yogini. She reflects on her own fragility and constantly transforming feelings, thoughts, and circumstances in her work. She believes there are no standstills, only constant motion in which there is a high chance to lose oneself. Her work is poetic, driven by narratives and symbols that create multilayered stories, which is why she finds working across mediums most natural.

Mäemets has a BA (2015) and MA degree (2018) in glass art from the Estonian Academy of Arts. In 2017 she studied for a semester at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in Heimo Zobernig’s class, where her more multidisciplinary approach as an artist started to unfold. She creates mostly site-specific installations and seeks unusual exhibiting environments – such as the depths underwater. The beauty of words and writing plays a vital role in the concepts and spaces created along her journey.

Maarja Mäemets has taken part in international exhibitions in Russia, Ukraine, Austria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, and China. She has also exhibited her work at exhibitions in Estonia both as a glass artist and a photographer. In 2017 she received first place at the Bild-Werk Frauenau Student Prize 2017 competition (Frauenau, Germany) with her work Underwater Love, where a glass object was bedded and photographed underwater. With her diploma work titled Sadness Factory, she was one of the finalists for the Stanislav Libensky Award 2018 (Prague, Czech Republic). 

Mäemets is a member of the Estonian Glass Artists’ Union and the Estonian Artists’ Association. Since 2018 she works as a freelance artist, photographer, and art teacher. 


photo: Rait Lõhmus



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Please find the artist's CV below:
artist / yogini
                   
Born on December 4, 1991 in Tartu, Estonia
​Works mostly in Tallinn, Estonia

maarja.maemets@gmail.com
instagram.com/liivaloss
               

EDUCATION           
                   

2017-2019     The Olustvere Service and Rural Economy School, assistant glassblower studies
2015-2018     The Estonian Academy of Arts, Faculty of Design, Department of Glass Art, MA in Glass Art
2016–2017     Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Faculty of Contextual Sculpture, exchange studies in prof Heimo Zobernig ́s class 
2012-2015     The Estonian Academy of Arts, Faculty of Design, Department of Glass Art, BA in Glass Art
                  
                  
SCHOLARSHIPS / GRANTS
                   
2018          Erasmus+ Scholarship for professional practice at the GlassPoint studio in Riga, Latvia
2017          Ene Silla ́s Scholarship for glass art MA studies, Estonian Students Fund in USA
2017          Maks Roosma ́s creative scholarship for an outstanding glass art student, Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia
2016          Erasmus+ scholarship for exchange studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
2016          Private entrepreneur ‘s Ott Kikkas‘ scholarship for an outstanding glass art student, EKA, Estonia
2014          Ene Silla’s Scholarship for glass art BA studies, Estonian Students Fund in USA


COMPETITIONS

2018          Stanislav Libensky Award 2018 finalist, Prague, Czech Republic
2017          First prize at the Bild-Werk Frauenau Student Prize 2017 competition, Frauenau, Germany


RESIDENCIES / PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

2022          Mazzano Romano artist residency at Mazzano Romano in Italy, hosted by Väino Tanner foundation,
 Finland
2021          Copper Leg Art Residency at Vaskjala, Estonia
2018          GlassEST residency at The Glass Factory Boda, Sweden
2018          Professional practice at the GlassPoint studio in Riga, Latvia


PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Since 2019    Art teacher at Sally's studio – digital portfolio, photo manipulation, vector graphics
Since 2018    Freelance artist, designer, studio owner at ARS Art Factory, Tallinn


INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS / COLLABORATIONS

2020          GlassJazz – International Glass Art Symposium at glass art studio Glasremis, Panevezys, Lithuania
2019          Torsten Rötzsch's and Eili Soon's workshop on handblown glass design at Olustvere's glassblowing studio, Estonia
2017          James Labold's and John Moran’s experimental hot glass workshop: “Interdisciplinary Special: Hot Glass: Form and Freeform: From        
              Concept to Completion”, Bild-Werk Frauenau, Germany
2017          Collaborative project titled “New Archaeology” with artist Kazushi Nakada, Tallinn, Estonia
2016          Estonian poetry in the old SUVA Sock Factory, collaborative work with artist Kazushi Nakada, Estonia
2016          10th International Blown Glass Symposium in Lviv, Ukraine
2016          International art project “Things of water” held by Vilnius Art Academy, Nida, Lithuania


CURATED EXHIBITIONS

2021          Estonian Glass Artists' Union's annual exhibition ¨Colour–red 2.0¨ at University of Tartu Narva College in Narva, Estonia
2020          
Estonian Glass Artists' Union's annual exhibition ¨Colour–RED¨ at ARS Project Space in Tallinn, Estonia


PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2017          “there’s time / aega on küll” – first solo exhibition uniting glass art and photography in Positiiv gallery, Tallinn, Estonia


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL)


2022          “sabotöör / saboteur” at Jakobi galerii in Tartu, Estonia
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2021          “Colours of Corals¨ exhibition with artist Liisa Kruusmägi at HOP Gallery in Tallinn, Estonia
2021          “pillows–blankets“ exhibition with glass artist Andra Jõgis at Hiiumaa Art gallery in Kärdla, Hiiumaa
2021          
“Current Realities“ international contemporary glass art exhibition at Levant Art Gallery in Shanghai, China         
2021          “The Voice of Glass Collaborative“ international glass art exhibition at Art Museum Riga Bourse, Riga, Latvia

2020          “Colour – RED“ Estonian Glass Artists' Union's annual exhibition at ARS Project Space, Tallinn, Estonia
2020          “under the water on the moon II¨ at Okapy Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2020          “under the water on the moon¨ experimental underwater exhibition in the waters of Rummu quarry, Rummu, Harjumaa, Estonia

2019          “Resonants” Estonian Glass Artists’ Union's annual exhibition at Vana-Võromaa Museum in Võru, Estonia 
2019          “Give a new life” 7th Recycling Art Exhibition at The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia

2018          “ARS Concept – Estonian Art” at T1 Mall of Tallinn, Estonia
2018          “Stanislav Libensky Award 2018” at DOX - Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic 
2018          “Estonian glass design @ Estonian Design Festival“ at Okapy Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2018          “Glass @ The Forge” at Craft Central, London, United Kingdom
2018          “I SPY with my little eye vol 2” at EKA Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2017          “I SPY with my little eye” – one night experimental exhibition show at Polymer A-korpus, Tallinn 
2017          “Kooskõla. Ongoing / Going on” at Haus Gallery, Tallinn
2017          “Rundgang 2017” Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
2016          “10th International Blown Glass Symposium” Lviv, Ukraine
2016          “HÜPE/HYPE - a jump into Estonian’s fresh accessory design” in Tali design shop, Tallinn, Estonia 
2016          “Ongoing / going on - Estonian young glass art” Jelagin’s Glass Museum, St Petersburg, Russia 
2016          “Abandoned House Project - transformation, poetry of space” Suva Sock Factory, Tallinn, Estonia 
2015          “Interpretation” Mentzentorffs’ House, Riga, Latvia
2014          “A(nne)linnad” at Y-gallery, Tartu, Estonia



FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS


2023          “liivaloss / sand castle” at ARS Project Space in Tallinn, Estonia (personal exhibition)
2023          “save as / salvesta kui¨ at Pärnu City Gallery in Pärnu, Estonia (duo exhibition with glass artist Andra Jõgis)


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


2022          Estonian Photography magazine POSITIIV, nr 49/2022, pages 54-59
2021          Värske Rõhk nr 71/2021, poetry, pages 26-31    
2019          Värske Rõhk nr 60/2019, poetry, pages 52-57       
2019          Estonian Photography magazine POSITIIV, nr 37/2019, pages 60-67
2018          New Glass Review 39/2018, published by Corning Museum of Glass, page 59
2018          Värske Rõhk nr 54/2018, poetry, pages 1-5
2018          MÜÜRILEHT 73/2018, poetry, page 3
2018          Estonian Photography magazine POSITIIV, nr 32/2017, pages 34-39
2017          GLASSHOUSE 3/2017, international magazine for studioglass, page 30 
2017          Estonian Photography magazine POSITIIV, nr 30/2017, pages 50-51
2017          Estonian Photography magazine POSITIIV, nr 28/2017, pages 26-29 
2015          Estonian Photography magazine POSITIIV, nr 22/2015, pages 36-41
2015          Estonian Architecture magazine MAJA, nr 1/2015, pages 76-77


UNIONS
                 
Since 2018    Estonian Glass Artists’ Union
Since 2019    The Estonian Artists' Association


       







            
  • EXHIBITION
    • _saboteur
    • colours of corals
    • under the water on the moon II
    • under the water on the moon I
    • I WALK THROUGH WALLS
    • i was here
    • there's time
  • OBJECT
    • good night, sleep tight
    • coral series
    • SADNESS FACTORY
    • UNDER W series
    • UNDERWATER LOVE
    • case series
    • TWIST series
    • GLITCH series
    • I have a thousand ideas but I never finish any one of them
    • Anxiety landscapes
  • PHOTO
  • CURATORIAL
    • Colour - red 2.0
    • Colour – RED
  • ARTIST