"Jääkolek"

GÜ Gallery 20.–30.05.2025

Mon-Fri 12–18

Exhibition preview: Monday, 19 May 2025 at 17:00

The exhibition Jääkolek consists of works by the second-year graphic art students at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

The word jääkolek in Estonian refers to what is left behind. The exhibition looks at how memory settles into ordinary things: the spaces we move through, the tools we use, the images we make. These traces live not only in the work itself, but also in the studio we share; a space that holds the rhythms of our daily making, quiet moments, and collective conversations. Over time, it has become both a place of creation and reflection, marked by what has happened within its walls.

The works of Jääkolek explore a range of topics, from personal introspection and identity to tradition, collective memory, and the nature of artistic labour. Some pieces are shaped by family histories or past events, while others focus on internal experiences and questions of the self.

There is a shared interest in traces: the marks left by repeated gestures, the sounds that linger, the material presence of things. Together, these works form a collection of imprints, fragments of thoughts, feelings, and memory that refuse to disappear.

Participating artists: Aliisa Ahtiainen, Alona Chuprina, Olga Dubrovskaja, Merit Himmelreich, Jacqueline-Desirée Rosenthal, Robin August Vöörmann

Thank you: Eve Kask and Viktor Gurov for supervising, EKA Graafika for support and Art Lovers of Estonia for sponsoring the opening event