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ONE TO MANY: A-Galerii Annual Jewellery Exhibition 2025
This year, the largest annual group exhibition of Estonian jewellery art turns its focus to values. At a time when value is so often reduced to numbers, the artists highlight other forms of worth – those shaped by collaboration, community, and the relationships that emerge in shared space. The exhibition brings together works by A-Galerii’s community alongside artists who have recently engaged with jewellery from new angles, creating a meeting point across generations and backgrounds.
The exhibition design by artist Karl Joonas Alamaa features soft figurative objects made from leftover garment textiles, combined with organic wooden and metal structures. It intertwines jewellery with sculptural forms and invites reflection on the role of jewellery amid the complexities of being human and living through sharply contrasting crises.
The title “One to Many” points to the tension between valuing uniqueness and universality, carrying an ironic undertone: whatever, just one among many. Each artwork becomes a small world of its own, a question and a possible answer. In a large group exhibition, seemingly similar parts multiply and individuality may blur, yet something distinctly original still emerges, offering new perspectives and unexpected shifts.
The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Curator: Sille Luiga
Exhibition design: Karl Joonas Alamaa
Graphic design: Villem Sarapuu
64 artists: Mirjam Aun, Andrei Balašov, Merike Balod, Jens Andreas Clausen, Margus Elizarov, Rita-Livia Erikson, Kati Erme, Elize Hiiop, Tatiana Iakovleva, Hedi Jaansoo, Ivar Kaasik, Keesi Kapsta, Mari Käbin, Liisi Kõuhkna, Keiu Koppel, Ülle Kõuts, Kalle Kotselainen, Olga Tea Krek, Kadi Kübarsepp, Triin Kukk, Valdek Laur, Kristiina Laurits, Krista Lehari, Claudia Lepik, Viktorija Lillemets, Elis Liivo, Urmas Lüüs, Keiu Maasik, Tõnis Malkov, Henry Mardisalu, Ülle Mesikäpp, Juulia Aleksandra Mikson, Paul Aadam Mikson, Maarja Niinemägi, Erle Nemvalts, Ulrika Paemurru, Õnne Paulus, Margit Paulin, Mari Pärtelpoeg, Darja Popolitova, Ane Raunam, Anne Reinberg, Mari Relo-Šaulys, Liisa-Chrislin Saleh, Tamara Sergijenko, Kairi Sirendi, Birgit Skolimowski, Riin Somelar, Kärt Summatavet, Hansel Tai, Sven Tali, Harry Tensing, Margus Tänav, Bianca Triinu Toots, Kertu Tuberg, Maria Valdma-Härm, Ene Valter, Katrin Veegen, Kadi Veesaar, Kertu Vellerind, Tea Vellerind, Raili Vinn, Ülle Voosalu
ANNUAL EXHIBITION DREAMS ABOUT MEANINGS
On December 6th from 6 pm A-Galerii will open its annual exhibition where there shall be on display contemporary Estonian jewellery, abstract objects and applied art that leaves plenty of room for interpretation. The materials used in the pieces range from various metals, textiles, and glass to organic materials. The exhibition concept embeds people and social practices addressing what kind of role and meanings given to objects play in curating our own personal reality.
A piece of jewellery and an art object is a valuable and layered conveyor of culture. It has symbolised belonging to a social, religious or political group functioning as a bind in between and a force guiding people to behave in a certain way. Therefore, assigning meaning to a physical object can be very efficacious on a personal and group level. There is a possibility to give meanings to an object that it originally did not have without the viewer.
Through objects, one can propose a hypothesis about the creation of the future. This activity enables us to break away from habitual meanings in relation to items and to consciously play around with them. This is proof that the future has not been fixed even though it might seem this way sometimes. The exhibition encourages the viewer to think about realistic and fictional scenarios about the future through dreaming and interpretation. With this practice new ideas and important meanings are being created.
The artists
Agnes Veski, Ane Raunam, Anneli Oppar, Anneli Tammik, Anne Reinberg, Bruno Lillemets, Claudia Lepik, Darja Popolitova, Edgar Volkov, Elize Hiiop, Ene Valter, Erle Nemvalts, Eve Margus, Harry Tensing, Hans-Otto Ojaste, Hansel Tai, Henry Mardisalu, Ive-Maria Köögard, Juulia Aleksandra Mikson, Julia Maria Künnap, Kadi Kübarsepp, Kadi Veesaar, Kati Erme, Keiu Koppel, Keesi Kapsta, Kertu Vellerind, Krista Lehari, Kristiina Laurits, Liina Lelov, Liisbeth Kirss, Mari Pärtelpoeg, Maria Valdma-Härm, Mart Talvar, Nils Hint, Piret Hirv, Raili Vinn, Riin Somelar, Sille Luiga, Taavi Teevet, Tatiana Iakovleva, Tõnis Malkov, Ulvi Haagensen, Urmas Lüüs, Urve Küttner, Valdek Laur, Viktorija Lillemets, Ülle Mesikäpp, Ülle Voosalu
Exhibition team
Curator: Liisi Kõuhkna
Set design: Anna Shkodenko
Graphic design: Cristopher Siniväli
Coordinator: Sille Luiga
Support: Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Academy of Arts
A-Gallery’s annual art jewellery exhibition KIREVANE
Local jewellery artists will conclude the year with an annual exhibition, which this year is called KIREVANE. The exhibition will be open in the VAULT of A-Gallery 𝟎𝟐.𝟏𝟐.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐–𝟎𝟗.𝟎𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑.
The name KIREVANE comes from an Estonian word meaning colourful and diverse. As a proverb it also holds meaning as something ominous and devilish. Thus this word characterizes the passing year, which in the beginning was continuing to flow in the rythm of the blue masks that had become the symbols for covid. Soon yellow from the Ukrainain flad was added on. The summer turned blue, black and white from the Estonian flag, with the controversy surrounding the tank monument in Narva. In the fall everybody saw red as inflation increased. What other colours and moods does 2022 hold?
The exhibition design is created by painter Kristi Kongi, who creates a colorful and exciting installation on the surface of the gallery, which gives each exhibition work a place with its own color and also brings temporary newness to the gallery.
The exhibition assembles exciting artworks made in the last year by 40 Estonian jewellery artists and is a festive conclusion to the year. The unique artworks of the KIREVANE exhibition are for sale for the whole duration of the exhibition.
Participating artists: Ene Valter, Ive-Maria Köögard, Kertu Vellerind, Tea Vellerind, Krista Laos, Merike Balod, Ülle Kõuts, Ülle Voosalu, Ulvi Haagensen, Urve Küttner, Viktorija Lillemets, Kätrin Beljaev, Ülle Mesikäpp, Krista Lehari, Keiu Koppel, Tõnis Malkov, Ivar Kaasik, Raili Vinn, Mari Pärtelpoeg, Harry Tensing, Mari Relo-Šaulys, Adolfas Šaulys, Kadi Kübarsepp, Marita Lumi, Tamara Sergijenko, Margit Paulin, Katrin Veegen, Ane Raunam, Keesi Kapsta, Aino Kapsta, Henry Mardisalu, Ester Faiman, Kadi Veesaar, Elize Hiiop, Liina Lelov, Valdek Laur, Kristiina Laurits, Sven Tali, Tiina Käesel, Kati Erme, Anneli Tammik, Hans-Otto Ojaste.
The opening event is sponsored by Nautimus drinks.
The exhibition is sponsored by Cultural Endowment of Estonia.