Curator Maria Arusoo
Edith Karlson (b. 1983) is an Estonian artist based in Tallinn. Her typically large-scale, immersive sculptural installations feature animals, people and creatures that escape clear definitions. The artist’s works speak of the states that plague contemporary men, the absurdity of a world that has lost its mystery, and the innermost impulses of the senses and imagination.
Her recent exhibitions include Hora Lupi for the Estonian Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennial (2024); Return to Innocence, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn (2021); Roots and Ruins, Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn (2020); Sisters, with Mall Paris, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery (2019–2020); Do Come in, the Door is Open!, with Mary Reid Kelley and Eva Mustonen, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn (2019–2020); The End, with Dan Mitchell, Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn (2019); Drama is in Your Head V, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig (2018); Hudnoi, with Jass Kaselaan, Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn (2017–2018); Vox Populi, Tallinn City Gallery (2016); Beaten Up By A Thug, Saved By Kindness, with Kris Lemsalu, Michèle Pagel, Ben Washington, Amatorska, London (2015); and Drama Is In Your Head IV: Don’t Look Down, Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn (2014).
Partner: Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art