Marten Prei

Marten Prei (born in 2000 in Kuressaare) is a second-year undergraduate student in graphic arts and printmaking at the Estonian Academy of Arts. His work explores human development, the aura of the world, and the beauty and positivity within it all. Often, this occurs through colourful, surreal, and ironic illustrations, depicting objects, environments, or individuals as characters who convey a specific spirit and aura in their situation. Prei primarily employs screen printing or intaglio for printing, and besides graphic art, he uses acrylic paint and markers. Previously, he has participated in exhibitions such as “RED WAVE, 2023” at the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, which addressed the materials about an attempt to create a video game in Soviet-era Estonia. He has also participated in Ready-Made-themed exhibitions in Keila, Hiiumaa, and Saaremaa in 2023. Marten is currently a master at the EAA Graphic Arts Print Workshop, focusing on hand press and intaglio. He is a member of the art group “Kvadraat,” focusing on graphic art, which is currently working on a major project to create an exhibition in a Soviet-era canning factory building in Kuressaare next summer.