Anna-Liisa Kilk (1987) is a freelance painter-illustrator who lives and works in her hometown Rakvere, Estonia. She holds a BA in painting from the University of Tartu (2016). As an artist with a diverse portfolio of creative work, she is fascinated by different mediums from classical oil painting to digital art and developing a dialogue between those seemingly incompatible forms. Constantly looking to further develop her skillset, Kilk has worked on a variety of commissions from portraits to book covers to wall murals and is capable of executing paintings in various formats and styles. She is, however, most drawn to large-scale figurative oil paintings, created to be noticed. The colour language of her work is striking yet delicate. In her most recent work, she has become to manipulate the human figure by attributing the dimension of poetic human emotion to the figurative. Kilk‘s work is represented in private collections in Estonia, Finland, Spain and the Netherlands.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF TARTU, ESTONIA
Painting
English and Literature
EXHIBITIONS | AUCTIONS
2024 Lääne-Virumaa Artists’ Fall Exhibition “ Mu ümber ja mu sees” at Rakvere Gallery, Estonia; curator Riho Hütt
2024 Fall Auction “Osta noort kunsti” at Fotografiska Tallinn, Estonia
2024 Lääne-Virumaa Artists’ Spring Exhibition “Akt” at Rakvere Gallery, Estonia; curator Riho Hütt
2024 Spring Auction “Osta noort kunsti” at Fotografiska Tallinn, Estonia
2024 Annual Exhibition of the Estonian Painters’ Association “Somewhere, Over the Rainbow“ (“Kusagil – üle vikerkaare”) at Pärnu Museum of New Art; curator Jaan Elken
2023 Annual Exhibition of Tartu Art at Tartu Art House, Estonia; curator Evelin Zolotko
2023 Fall Auction “Osta noort kunsti” at Fotografiska Tallinn, Estonia
2023 Lääne-Virumaa Artists’ Fall Exhibition “Kull või kiri” at Rakvere Gallery, Estonia; curator Riho Hütt
2023 D31 Art Gallery Summer Exhibition “Our Changing World. Power”
2023 International Nude Art Exhibition “Man & Woman: The Rape of Europa Today” (“Mees ja naine: Euroopa röövimine, täna”) at Pärnu Museum of New Art; curator Mark Soosaar
2023 Doncaster Art Fair exhibition “Art as a Response to Mental Health”
2023 Lääne-Virumaa Artists’ Spring Exhibition “Parem õng kui kala” at Rakvere Gallery, Estonia; curator Riho Hütt
2023 D31 Art Gallery Spring Exhibition “The Magic of Transformation”
2023 D31 Art Gallery exhibition “D31 Art Prize 2023”
2023 Spring Auction “Osta noort kunsti” at Fotografiska Tallinn, Estonia
2023 Chinwe Russell Art Gallery “Artists on the Rise”
2018 Annual Exhibition of Tartu Art “Differently” (“Teistmoodi”) at Tartu Art House, Estonia; curator Margus Meinart
2018 Project-based exhibition at Rakvere Karmel Church, Estonia
2016 Exhibition “Langus vs. tõus” at Tartu Old Anatomical Theatre, Estonia
2016 Exhibition “Tallinn teeb Tartut” at Tartu Jakob Gallery, Estonia; curator Mauri Gross
2016 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Estonian Painting “Changing and Unchangeable” (“Muutuv ja muutumatu”) at Pärnu Museum of New Art, Estonia; curators Jaan Elken ja Mari Roosvalt
2015 Exhibition at Tartu Looming Hostel, Estonia
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
2024 Honorable Mention Award of the CFA Artist of the Year
2023 Effetto Arte Foundation Artistic Career Award
2023 2nd Place Award of the 3rd issue of Art IDEAL Magazine by Circle Foundation
OTHER CREATIVE PROJECTS
2020–2021 DIY blog author in Sõbralt Sõbrale social enterprise
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