born in 2003
Her practice explores material memory through painting, leather and archival photographs. References to personal and cultural archives, including her grandmother’s photographic materials and Estonian ethnographic motifs, are used
with restraint and transformed through material processes.
kertuliisas@gmail.com
Instagram: @kes.kls @kertuliisa
2026
(Upcoming) Performance at Estonian Pavilion, Venice Biennale
2026
(Upcoming) Exhibiton at Kuva, Finland
2026
A Breath at Green Gallery, Narva
2026
Whitsun at Estonian Open Air Museum
2026
Spring Exhibition 2026, HOP Gallery
2026
Spring Exhibition 2026, Tallinn Art Hall
2026
Young Painter Prize Exhibition, Tartu Kunstimaja, Tartu
2025—2026
Young Painter Prize Exhibition, Stasys Museum, Lithuania
2025
Young Painter Prize Exhibition, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga
2025
EKA Grad show TASE ‘25, Designers’ House, Rävala pst 8
2025
Spring Auction, Vaal Gallery
2024
Put your pants on, this is an exhibition, EKA Gallery, group show
2024-2025
Belong - Europa Gallery, Dublin, group show
2024
I lár báire - Common Ground, A4 Sounds, Dublin, group show
2023
Installation, New Mountains, Põhjala Factory
2023
Installation, Gaze like candles, ArtDepoo, solo show
2022
Viimsi Art School Alumni Exhibition, Artium, group show
2021
Solo Exhibition, Käpik, ArtDepoo, solo show
ART EDUCATION
2026
Royal Institute of Art, MA Fine Art, Stockholm
2025—
Estonian Academy of Arts, MA Contemporary Art
2022 - 2025
Estonian Academy of Arts, BA Fine Arts, Painting
2024
National College of Art and Design
2011—2021
Viimsi Art School
RESIDENCY
2024
Residency at Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (RHA)
- Performance No. 1
Recycled oil paintings, vegetable-tanned leatherwork, readymade objects
2025The installation is entirely composed of reused and repurposed materials, forming a slightly surreal representation of performance. Performance is familiar to everyone as a moment that demands effort or concentration. The state of anticipation, focus, and striving follows us across all areas of life. Most of our time is spent preparing for it, while the performance itself lasts only briefly. Then comes the next one, someone else's performance, which may overwrite or reinterpret the previous one, repeat it, or place it in a different context.
Bachelor’s Thesis in Fine Arts, Painting
EKA Grad show TASE ‘25
Archival photographs of athletes are painted onto oil paintings sourced from an antique store, where their original performative value had seemingly been discarded. Worn sports equipment, which might otherwise gather dust in a basement, becomes a suggestive element in the exhibition. The leather relief, crafted using traditional techniques, takes the viewer back to a time when the relationship between art and intricate craftsmanship was a part of everyday life. Everything repeats, but always a little differently.
Photos: Silver Mikiver