liina pääsuke was born
⁰
in 1990 on the day of shameless crying
¹
in
Rapla,
Estonia. Tema
²
grew up in
Väätsa, Estonia and
T
a
l
l
i
nn, Estonia and currently lives and works in
Vienna, Austria.
No. In
Viljandi. Back in Estonia.
Education
2014—2021 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, department of Installation and Sclupture, class of Prof. Judith Huemer
2011—2013 Estonian Academy of Arts, department of Photography, Prof. Marco Laimre
2008—2011 Collegium Educationis Revaliae, department of Fine Arts
2007—2008 Ås videregående skole, department of Design
Solo Exhibitions
2013 A Corner for Waiting for the Moment of Enlightenment.
Www, Online
2014 Exhibition. Nancy Nakamura Ideederiiul, Tallinn, Estonia
2014 An Exhibition for the Girls from Kopli. (curator)
Nancy Nakamura Ideederiiul, Tallinn, Estonia
2015 Happy Happy Hard Times! Jubilee exhibition. Lõõla, Järva County, Estonia
2016 Intervention. Väätsa, Järva County, Estonia
2016
Here We Are! #fomo. (curator) EKA galerii, Tallinn, Estonia
2017 Bother me! Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria
2019 EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE!!! Apartment exhibition, Vienna, Austria
2021
Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt. KB8, Vienna, Austria.
2022 OKKAAND, outdoor installation, Väätsa, Järva County, Estonia
Satisfied with
A job 2007, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021;
Alcohol consumption 2013, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024;
A place 2000, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2023;
Being shy 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022;
Being fat 2006, 2016;
Body hair removal 2019;
Bras 2013, 2021;
Hair coloring 2013, 2021;
Journaling 2015;
Making exhibition art 2021;
Smoking 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021;
Using make-up 2009, 2012, 2020;
Wearing contact lenses 2020;
Group Exhibitions
2012 Art or Life. Katarsis Project Space, Tallinn, Estonia
2013 Veiled - half-veiled - unveiled. Okasroosikese loss, Tallinn, Estonia (with
Liisa Jugapuu,
Helena Keskküla and
Kati Saarits)
2013 I, Oskar, hereby confess that I won’t become and artist tomorrow. EKA G, Tallinn, Estonia (as NYT with
Keiu Maasik, Hanna Parman and Inga Ulena)
2014 Olohuonenäyttely. Apartment exhibition, Helsinki, Finland. Curated by Rebecca Hirneise (with
Pille-Riin Jaik)
2014 Ruumi lahusus. ISFAG, Tallinn, Estonia. Curated by Marten Esko and Sten Ojavee
2015 Space/Time/Experiment. Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria
2015 Pussy Envy. Hobusepea galerii, Tallinn, Estonia. Curated by Stacey Koosel and
Anna-Stina Treumund
2015 Lack of Art. Kanuti Gildi Saal, Tallinn, Estonia. Curated by Hanna Parman
2015 Gartenschau. Sonnenhaus, Vienna, Austria
2015 DOings&kNOTs. Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia. Curated by
Margit Säde-Lehni (catalogue)
2016 I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself. Vaal galerii, Tallinn, Estonia. Curated by
Rebeka Põldsam
2017 Nein, sicher nicht! Some say I so I say utopia. Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria
2017 Headache of Truth. Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria. Curated by Pille-Riin Jaik and Michael Sell
2017 Nordiale. Urania, Vienna, Austria
2018 tête-à-tête. Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria
2018
I didn’t die, I just stopped going out.
Fluc, Vienna, Austria;
AU, Vienna, Austria;
Tanz durch das Tarab, Creau, Vienna, Austria;
Äquidistanz Festival, Republik Kugelmugel, Vienna, Austria (with Pille-Riin Jaik and Gregor Anreiter);
2018 tête-à-tête. Praterstern train station, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
2018 CARAMBA - Move your Body, No Troubles in Mind.
Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory, Vienna, Austria. Curated by
Ursula Maria Probst
2019 The Art of Being Good. Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia. Curated by Siim Preiman (with Mari Kuuse and
Lee Taul)
2020 Voice and Something More. NU Performance Festival, Tallinn, Estonia. Curated by Margit Säde-Lehni (catalogue) (as Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt with
Kadi Estland, IRMELI,
MAAKAS and Ookean)
2024 We Don’t Do This. Intimacy, Norms and Fantasies in Baltic Art. MO Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania. Curated by Inga Lāce, Adomas Narkevičius, Rebeka Põldsam
Work Experience
2020—
mtü Kolkaplika is a non-profit organization that promotes everyday creativity, work in community; supports artistic endeavours, the free flow of knowledge. Co-founded by two sisters in a garage for brooms and tractors on the day of wisdom and now consists of: (among others)
Mari Kuuse, Helena Keskküla,
Diana Lõhmus, Kadi Estland,
Ookean and others. liina pääsuke is the co-founder and Artistic Director.
2024 Rüki Residency, residency coordinator
2019—2022 MEYER*KAINER, assisting personnel
2020—2022 City Games Vienna, office management
2013—2014 Nancy Nakamura Ideederiiul was an artist-run-space, led by poet and artist Kadi Estland, that operated from 2013 until 2015 in the (then “ghetto”) district of Kopli, Tallinn. It engaged itself with equality politics, more specifically with women’s and minorities rights, and questions of urban peripheries in its immediate locality. liina pääsuke was the 1st Assistant.
2012—2013 Estonian Academy of Arts, students’ representative in the Council of EAA
2012—2013 Estonian Academy of Arts, students’ representative
2010—2011
Navitrolla Galerii, gallery assistant
2012— Contemporary Artist, self-employed
Cleaning Career
HS Beauty Salon, Viru Hotell, Tallinn, Estonia
UNI1 Office of a pharma supplier, World Trade Center Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia
GAP YEAR AirBnB Apartment in Kalamaja, Tallinn, Estonia
UNI2a WG room of an Eschenbach str. gallery assistant, Vienna, Austria
UNI2b Apartment of an Eschenbach str. gallery assistant, Vienna, Austria
UNI2c Gallery at Eschenbach str., Vienna, Austria
UNI2d Ciy Apartment of Eschenbach str. gallerists, Vienna, Austria
UNI2e Suburb villa of Eschenbach str. gallerists, Baden, Austria
Publications
Liina Pääsuke, ma lähen viini, et & 2. juuni 2015, kolkaplika.kuukiri 4.2, Online, 2023 •
Liina Pääsuke,
Väätsa Leinav Ema, kolkaplika.newsletter 2.1, Online, 2021 •
Liina Pääsuke, Kokkuvõtted, self-published, Väätsa, Järvamaa, 2015 •
Liina Pääsuke ja Taive Saar,
Mom interviews her artist daughter about being an artist , DOings&kNOTs exhibition catalogue, Tallinn, 2015 •
Bibliography
Kadri Karro, Väätsalt Viini jõudnud kunstnik Liina Pääsuke:
“Elu on lill, bitch”*, Areen, 15. juuni, 2021
(MTÜ Kolkaplika) Kaarin Kivirähk, Sel nädalal: Kolkaplika uudiskiri pakub kunsti uues formaadis (Estonian), KKEK ajakiri, April 5, 2021;
(Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt) KIWA, Hääl ei läinud ära (Estonian), Sirp, December 12, 2020;
(Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt) Kaja Kann, Sassis toad ja segased mõtted (Estonian), Areen, November 24, 2020;
Judith Huemer, Judith Huemer: Selected Works 2008-2018, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, 2019;
Madis Vasser, Maailmaparandaja pihtimused kunstinäitusel, Kunst.ee, 3/2019;
Urmas Lüüs, Miks te ei nimeta kakaod või kohvi immigrandiks? (Estonian), Sirp, August 16, 2019;
Sandra Jõgeva, Kas näitus Tallinna Kunstihoones on moraalne? (Estonian), Postimees, July 11, 2019;
Reet Weidepaum, Kunstnikud uurivad hea olemise võimalust hukule..., ERR Kultuur, June 26, 2019;
Indrek Spungin, Arvustus. Harjutame end ka mõttelt ilusaks (Estonian), ERR Kultuur, April 28, 2015;
Anne Vetik, Ole ilus, ole edukas, ole äge! (Estonian), Eesti Ekspress, Aprill 20, 2015;
Eeva-Erle Lilleaed, Naised teevad katse võtta tagasi õigus oma välimusele (Estonian), April 13, 2015;
Rebeka Põldsam, Ära tee, tee! (Estonian), Kunst.ee, 1/2016;
Liisi Aibel, Lihvitud elamuskunst (Estonian), Sirp, December 18, 2015;
Anne Vetik, Ole tegija, mitte pealtvaataja! (Estonian), Postimees, December 15, 2015;
Giulia Oro, About “Lack of Art”: An Interdisciplinary Festival of Performing Arts (English), culture.ee, April 13, 2015;
Hanna Linda Korp, Valgustusliku hetke ootaja Liina Pääsuke (Estonian), Areen, January 28, 2015;
Piret Karro,
Ma olen tüdruk, ma olen olemas
(Estonian), Sirp, September 12, 2014;
Oliver Laas, Noorte näitused lahustavas ruumis (Estonian), Eesti Päevaleht, May 22, 2014;
Mari Kartau, GALERIITUUR: Tammelaan, Kadarik ja ISFAG (Estonian), ERR Kultuur, May 13, 2014;
“Ruumi Lahusus” videokataloog (Estonian), Tallinn, 2014;
Eva Kübar, Kust saab kunstnik inspiratsiooni? (Estonian), Sirp, April 30, 2014 (as T.B.C.);
Kadi Estland, Reet Varblane, Pildi sisse minek (Estonian), Sirp, April 10, 2014;
Accompanying interview for the “Exhibition” “püüab vastuseid välja küsida” (Estonian), Tallinn, March 2014
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