And beauty is born. In the midst of brown mud, slush and mire: a hum, a tremor, germination, multiplication, flourishing. This is the force of nature, lower than the grass, taking root in dark depths, reaching toward the tender warmth of light to bloom. And it cannot be held back, and spring awakens, and summer bends in abundance… once, and always, and forever.
The NATURE’S UPRISING exhibition can be visited from March 20 in the A-Gallery showroom and will remain open until June 30, 2026.
Participating artists:
Anneli Tammik, Ene Valter, Erle Nemvalts, Ester Faiman, Guntis Lauders, Harry Tensing, Henry Mardisalu, Hyrv, Katrin Kosenkranius, Keesi Kapsta, Keiu Koppel, Kertu Tuberg, Krista Laos, Krista Lehari, Liisbeth Kirss, Lisa Kröber, Margit Paulin, Mari Pärtelpoeg, Merike Balod, Michael Schoorl, Robert Idvani, Riin Somelar, Tanel Veenre, Urve Küttner, Viktorija Lillemets, Ülle Voosalu
Chomp-chomp, crk and BOOP! Well what do we have here? A SURPRISE!
As a continuation of last year’s “Surprise Egg Exhibition”, A-Gallery is once again hosting an Easter-themed pop-up exhibition: BUNNIES, EGGS, AND OTHER CUTIES. For this occasion, we invite you to wake up from winter’s slumber – it’s time to rise and hop on over to us! At the exhibition, you can acquire your very own “MARCH HARE”, “EASTER BUNNY,” or “BRAVE RABBIT.” Each cutie that finds a new owner will help bring spring faster!
Participating artists: Anne Reinberg, Caius Kull, Edgar Volkov, Ene Valter, Erle Nemvalts, Henry Mardisalu, Kadi Kübarsepp, Katariina Kriipsalu, Katrin Kosenkranius, Keesi Kapsta, Kertu Vellerind, Krista Lehari, Liina Lelov, Liisu Saar, Mari Pärtelpoeg, Merike Balod, Viktorija Lillemets, Ülle Mesikäpp, Pilvi Tammoja, Ülle Voosalu
Poster design by Rasmus Lukas Curated by Sille Luiga
The bunny exhibition can be visited from March 17th in the A-Galerii showroom and will remain open until April 30th, 2025. We are grateful for your help in spreading the word!
The bunnies and other new jewellery are easiest to find in our e-shop under the NEW JEWELLERY category.
A flash SURPRISE EGG EXHIBITION is taking place at A-Galerii. We kindly ask you not to lay around at home but to come immediately here to see the spherical creations of our artists. From the exhibition, you can purchase both an IRON EGG, a SILVER EGG, and a GOLDEN EGG. Some of the artworks guarantee a first-place finish in an home egg-knocking competition, while others serve as talismans, bestowing the tranquility of inner peace upon life.
Participating artists:
Adolfas Šaulys, Ane Raunam, Caius Kull, Edgar Volkov, Ene Valter, Henry Mardisalu, Ivar Kaasik, Ive Maria Köögard, Kadi Kübarsepp, Kalle Kotselainen, Katrin Kosenkranius, Katrin Veegen, Keesi Kapsta, Krista Laos, Liina Lelov, Mari Pärtelpoeg, Merike Balod, Raili Vinn, Sille Luiga, Sven Tali, Ülle Mesikäpp, Ülle Voosalu, Vello Lillemets ja Viktorija Lillemets.
Curated by Sille Luiga
The SURPRISE EGG EXHIBITION can be visited from March 11 in the showroom of A-Galerii and the exhibition will remain open until April 30, 2024. We are grateful for spreading the word!
Eggs can also be found in our e-shop under the EGG category.
Since 2007, the A-Gallery has been selecting the best Vault exhibition every year. The aim of the competition is to appreciate the masterful achievements of jewellery artists in their work. The winner will be determined by the shareholders of A-Gallery.
For some time it was a challenge for me, now it has become my profession. I simply wanted to make these objects. It is the thing I do best, it still has not become boring, it still challenges me. These knives have been made in the past year.
Tõnu Arrak (1964) is a knifemaker and a metal artist. Between 1985–1990 Arrak studied metal arts at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Before settling into his current practice of professional knifemaking, Arrak was a jewellery artist, blacksmith and a bladesmith. Knives made by Arrak – bearing the name Tuuts – are highly valued by many distinguished chefs in Estonia and abroad.
The knives of Tõnu Arrak have received multiple awards in France, Belgium, Germany and Finland. His solo exhibition “Striped Iron” was a collaboration with Estonian History Museum (2004). His latest exhibition “40 knives. Tõnu Arrak and Friends” took place at the National Library of Estonia (2014).
WHEN TIME STOPS / the world rushes on Mari Pärtelpoeg
When the flow of my time stops: I see grass growing high, seeds ripening, a river finding the way between stones, clouds slowly changing shape.
Knitting silver wire is an old and slow technique of Indian and Tibetan origin, demanding patience – though thoroughly enjoyable. The details added to chain are either casted or pressed.
Mari Pärtelpoeg (1956) studied at the Estonian State Art Institute specializing in metal art (1974–1979). She has exhibited since 1978. In addition to participating at applied art exhibitions and quadriennials in Germany, Denmark and Sweden, her works have been shown at the Contemporary Swedish Silver Gallery in Stockholm (1992) and at the Scandinavian and Baltics applied arts exhibition “FROM DREAMS TO REALITY” in Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Copenhagen, Göteborg and Helsinki (1993/94). She has participated at the Tallinn Applied Art Triennial multiple times. She is one of the founders of ON-grupp but also works as an independent artist. Pärtelpoeg’s works are in the collections of the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design. Mari Pärtelpoeg has shown her works at a duo exhibition at Tallinn Art Salon together with Anu Paal (1986) and at solo exhibitions at A-gallery. Her latest exhibition “Garten”, collaboration with Katrin Veegen, was exhibited at Trofejas, Berlin (2017).
LONGINGS Anu Paal
On display are brooches inspired by the motives of traditional sõlg and prees chest adornments. The brooches are made of wood and bark, conveying the idea of deep interconnectedness of indigenous heritage and the natural environment.
Anu Paal (1951) graduated from the department of jewellery and metalwork at ERKI (State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR) in 1979. She has participated in exhibitions in Estonia and abroad since 1978. In addition to applied art exhibitions in Estonia and the Baltics, Paal has participated at numerous exhibitions in Scandinavia, Germany, UK and Moscow since the end of the 1980s. Among others, she has had solo and collaborative exhibitions at Tallinn Art Salon (1986), the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design (1990, 1995, 2002), Kristjan Raud Museum (1995), Tallinn Art Hall (1996, 2011, 2016), Adamson-Eric Museum (2001) and at A-gallery (2016). Her works are in the collections of the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design. Paal was the recipient of the Kristjan Raud Art Award in 1991.
SOMEWHERE ELSE Ülle Voosalu
That which is here is somewhere else. A thought occurs, rushing past at great speed, and is realized somewhere else. You only need to begin with an action and it will start reiterating itself, going its own way. The end result is unpredictable or too simple to predict. It is decided somewhere else. A game that cannot be captured here and now. A game that is played somewhere else.
Ülle Voosalu (1954) graduated from ERKI as a jewellery artist. Since 1980, she has been had solo and joint exhibitions in Estonia,former Czechoslovakia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania, Latvia and Gemany. Voosalu is a member of the Estonian Artists’ Association. She worked as an artist in Tartu Ars and as a lecturer in Pallas University of Applied Sciences. Currently she is working as a freelance jewellery artist.
Current exhibition will partly continue the themes the artists introduced at their previous exhibition GARTEN (=garden, a piece of ground for growing plants) held in Berlin in 2016. The art project unites two jewellery artists from different generations whose work also seem to differ at first glance. However, the works exhibited have all something in common.
“We grow and we change while being always thirsty for something. As human beings, do we differ from plants that much after all and in what way?”
Katrin Veegen (b. 1978)
“Apples of the Paradise, beans left in the field, mouth of gold.”
“In the autumn of 2011, the Schleswig-Holstein Association of Applied Artists invited 5 Estonian applied artists, me among them, to participate in their annual exhibition in Lübeck. In the A-Gallery you can see the further developments of the jewellery made for this exhibition. The necklaces are “woven” of silver wire and added some cast seeds and leaves, “says Mari Pärtelpoeg.
“Mari’s jewellery is crisp in the Nordic way, simple in size, full of inner freedom, and correctly prepared. Everything is very logical, but there is something unexpected in each composition, something new, sometimes with a little trick. ” – jewellery artist Virve Pedari in the spring of 2014.
