Anneliis Beadnell (1983, Ohio, US) is an independent curator and artist currently residing in Brooklyn where she has been active in the gallery scene, collaborating with various galleries and artist organizations through exhibitions and events. In 2008 she completed her MA at Sotheby’s Institute of Art where she wrote her thesis, Troubles and Triumphs of the Estonian Graafika Artist.
Since then she has worked as the interim director for Jack the Pelican Presents Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and for iCI (Independent Curators International) as grants manager. Currently she is running Latatara.org, with artists Jaanika Peerna and Leevi Ernits, which is an open online platform where everyday spoken words become triggers for artistic interpretation of the Estonian language.
Maria-Kristiina
Soomre (1978, Tallinn, Estonia) is Curator of Contemporary
Art at Kumu Art Museum (Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn). She has
been active as an art critic and columnist in Estonian cultural
press since 2000, collaborating mainly with the only local cultural
weekly Sirp,
magazines kunst.ee and Estonian Art as
well as the National Television (2005 art program "Aku" -
producer, editor and co-author). In addition to curating exhibitions
at Kumu, Maria-Kristiina Soomre organizes also electronic music
festival "Kumu ÖÖ", seminars and conferences;
she is also lecturer at Estonian Academy of Arts. Her curatorial
projects at the Kumu Art Museum include both original exhibitions
of Estonian and international contemporary art as well as producing
and administrating collaborative projects with different curators
and institutions around the world. The contemporary art program
of Kumu Art Museum is based on exhibiting both the current tendencies
in the local and international art scene, as well as introducing
the classics of modern and contemporary art to the Estonian public
who, due to the past behind the Iron Curtain, has little knowledge
of post-WWII developments. |