Eve Kask (Estonia)

Eve Kask (1958) graduated from the graphic design department of ERKI with a diploma in book design (1984). International success came in the late 1980s with colourful linocuts featuring mythological and feminist allusions (solo exhibitions in 1989 in Helsinki, and 1990 in Hamburg). However, Kask’s art has been in constant evolution over four decades. From the mid-90s, Kask experimented with organic materials (29 ½ at City Gallery in 1998) and became fascinated with artist books. In this century, she has moved towards anthropological documentary (“How to Speak of a Secret Palce Without Betraying It” at Shipyard in 2020) and the borderlands of socio-political art (“2+2=…” at Tartmus in 2018). Long-term art projects culminated in the publication of books such as “People and Houses of Käsmu” I and II (2003, 2019/20), “A Nearly Complete Guide to Estonian Bus Stops” (with Signe Kivi in 2008), “101” (the eyes of members of parliament in 2010), and “EE Estonia Success Story” (2018). Several art projects have been born from collaboration or employing interview methods, as in the ongoing series of twenty-three works from 2023 titled “Solitude and Solidarity”. Over the past couple of decades, Kask’s focus has been on individuals society, or community. She has had a total of 37 solo exhibitions both at home and abroad, in addition to participating in over a hundred group exhibitions and curating about 10 exhibitions both in Estonia and abroad.