MAARJA MÄEMETS
  • SITE-SPECIFIC
    • under the water on the moon
    • I WALK THROUGH WALLS
    • UNDERWATER LOVE
    • SADNESS FACTORY
    • i was here
  • INSTALLATION
    • colours of corals
    • pillows - blankets
    • good night, sleep tight
    • under the water on the moon
    • there's time
    • I have a thousand ideas but I never finish any one of them
  • OBJECT
    • clarity and obscurity
    • coral series
    • UNDER W series
    • case series
    • TWIST series
    • GLITCH series
    • Anxiety landscapes
  • CURATORAL
    • Colour - red 2.0
    • Colour – RED
  • artist
  • cv


artist / freediver / 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 
2012-2015     The Estonian Academy of Arts, Faculty of Design, Department of Glass Art, BA in Glass Art
                  
                   
2016–2017     Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Faculty of Contextual Sculpture, exchange studies in prof Heimo Zobernig ́s class
               

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

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


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


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)

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 / ART RESIDENCIES

2023          Second solo
 exhibition at ARS Factory in Tallinn, Estonia
2022          Mazzano Romano Residency at Mazzano Romano, Italy


PUBLICATIONS

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          Stanislav Libensky Award 2018 catalogue, published by DOX – Center for Contemporary Art, pages 48-49
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          Catalogue “Interpretation“, published by glass artist Mare Saare, pages 62-64
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

       







           
   
  • SITE-SPECIFIC
    • under the water on the moon
    • I WALK THROUGH WALLS
    • UNDERWATER LOVE
    • SADNESS FACTORY
    • i was here
  • INSTALLATION
    • colours of corals
    • pillows - blankets
    • good night, sleep tight
    • under the water on the moon
    • there's time
    • I have a thousand ideas but I never finish any one of them
  • OBJECT
    • clarity and obscurity
    • coral series
    • UNDER W series
    • case series
    • TWIST series
    • GLITCH series
    • Anxiety landscapes
  • CURATORAL
    • Colour - red 2.0
    • Colour – RED
  • artist
  • cv