{"id":42875,"date":"2022-06-28T11:06:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T08:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/kunstnikuvestlus-katja-toporski\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T14:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:12:11","slug":"kunstnikuvestlus-katja-toporski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agalerii.ee\/en\/kunstnikuvestlus-katja-toporski\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist talk: Katja Toporski"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A-Galerii kunstnikuvestlus Katja Toporskiga\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AqVD_Mg3sl8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In June 2022, Katja Toporski\u2019s solo exhibition <a href=\"\/en?p=42533\">WELL BEING<\/a> was shown in A-Gallery\u2019s VAULT.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Katja Toporski is a jewellery maker, professor and writer with an MFA from Towson University, living just outside of Washington DC. She also holds a medical degree and had been a practising anesthesiologist prior to her career in jewellery.<\/p>\n<p>The artist talk was conducted by journalist and culture editor of M\u00fc\u00fcrileht Sanna Kartau. <br \/>Filmed and edited by Liina L\u00f5\u00f5bas.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, we started artist talks with Estonian jewellery artists and artists who come from abroad to show their work in our gallery  in order to bring this extraordinary field and the people working in it to a wider audience.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/en?page_id=33751\">ARTIST TALKS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2022, Katja Toporski\u2019s solo exhibition WELL BEING was shown in A-Gallery\u2019s VAULT. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Katja Toporski is a jewellery maker, professor and writer with an MFA from Towson University, living just outside of Washington DC. 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