PRESS RELEASE
KRISTIN REIMAN (1992) will open her personal exhibition Wearing Out and Weathering in Hobusepea gallery at 6pm on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. The exhibition is part of the gallery programme of Tallinn Photomonthꞌ17 contemporary art biennial.
Kristin Reiman obtained a BA degree in the department of installation and sculpture at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2016. As an exchange student she has studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerpen as well as been a trainee in Estonian Pavilion at Venice 56th International Art Exhibition, in Joseph Tang Gallery and Daiga Grantina Gallery in Paris, France. Since 2012, Kristin Reiman has actively participated in exhibitions both in Estonia and abroad. In 2016, the artist was awarded The Young Artist's Prize and the 3rd Prize of the Young Sculptor 's Award. In his artwork Kristin Reiman studies the feeling of discomfort, agitation and disorders of human activity. Wearing Out and Weathering is the artist's fourth personal exhibition.
Kristin Reiman:
“The perfect neutrals are
overcast sky
skin tone
lukewarm water
and maybes.
The neutral is the constant becoming of an in-between value. It is the
dry-on-damp
smooth-on-sharp
shiny-on-matte
the grey-on-grey as the overcast atmosphere becomes an unescapable projection from a bright-dull lightbox that hurts to look at;
the green-concealer-on-red-skin to smooth out the blushing imperfections on the facade of a face; and
the motion of sandpaper wearing out the characteristic peaks of a texture too rough for touch.
Neither bland nor savoury, neither tight nor diluted, the luminous grey is in limbo of indecisiveness becoming an intensity.”
Exhibition will be open until September 18, 2017.
Supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Exhibitions in Hobusepea gallery are supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Estonian Ministry of Culture.
Kristin Reiman
1992 Tallinn, Estonia
http://reiman.tk
Education
2017–... Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main (DE) Fine Arts
2012–2016 Estonian Academy of Arts (EE) BA Fine Arts, (Installation and Sculpture)
2014–2015 Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (BE) Fine Arts, In Situ3 (Erasmus+ exchange)
Solo shows
2017 Wearing Out and Weathering Hobusepea gallery,(Tallinn, EE)
2017 Claritin Haapsalu Gallery (Haapsalu, EE)
2016 Marble Balance EKA Gallery (Tallinn, EE)
2016 Idle Time Disquiet Rundum artist-run space(Tallinn, EE)
2014 Take Care (with Gina Hendry) LIIIM3 (Antwerpen, BE)
Selected group shows
2017 Kilometre of Sculpture @ Tallinn Art Week Freedom Square (Tallinn, EE)
2017 INTOTO 3 Le Molière (Paris, FR)
2016 Rob a Robe DOC (Paris, FR)
2016 False Evidence Appearing Real EKKM (Tallinn, EE)
2015 Spring Exhibition Tallinn Art Hall (Tallinn, EE)
2015 Sensitive Nature of Becoming Kanuti Guild (Tallinn, EE)
2015 Pussy Envy (Ladyfest 2015) Hobusepea gallery (Tallinn, EE)
2014 Näitus Kopli tüdrukutele / Nancy Nakamura Ideederiiul
Jaik, Keedus, Keskküla, Maasik, Nirgi, Reiman, Õllek (Tallinn, EE)
2014 Feeling Queezy?! EKKM (Tallinn, EE)
2014 Patarei Kultuuritolm 2014 Tallinn Prison (Tallinn, EE)
2014 Kilometre of Sculpture Rakvere, EE
2014 Audio Walk to the North (BiteVilnius) Dailininkø sàjungos galerija (Vilnius, LT)
2014 Portrait of Unseen (Young Sculptor Prize Show) ISFAG@EKKM (Tallinn, EE)
2013 Escape Landscape Tartu Art House (Tartu, EE)
2013 Dimensions Variable (Young Sculptor Prize Show) Vaal Gallery (Tallinn, EE)
2013 Palmi snäksid / Palm Snacks Raja Gallery (Tallinn, EE)
2013 FC Young Talents 2002 Raja Gallery (Tallinn, EE)
Work
2016–2017 Galerie Joseph Tang. Internship. Paris FR
2016–2017 Studio Daiga Grantina. Traineeship. Paris, FR
2015 Estonian Pavilion, 56th Biennale di Venezia . Traineeship. Venice, IT
Recognition
2016 Young Artist’s Prize
2016 Young Sculptor’s Prize III prize
2013 Young Sculptor’s Prize II prize
Bibliography
Photo reportage from the exhibition ‘Claritin’. Echo Gone Wrong, 12.05.2017 (http://echogonewrong.com/kristin-reiman-haapsalu-linnagalerii-estonia/)
Ingrid Ruudi. 17.9° The Three Lives of a Site-specific Artwork. Lugemik, Tallinn, 2016
Brigita Reinert. Frigofoobia ja teised hirmud. Sirp, 05.02.2016
SPRING EXHIBITION. Catalogue of the 15th annual exhibition of Estonian Artists’ Association. Tallinn, 2015
Elina Kasesalu. i: Young Estonian Illustrators. Tallinn, 2014
Piret Karro. Ma olen tüdruk, ma olen olemas. Sirp, 10.09.2014
Hanno Soans. Pööritustunne aistinguturul. Sirp, 22.08.2014
“Feeling Queezy?!” reader-guide. Lugemik, Tallinn, 2014
Maarin Mürk. Kilometre of Sculpture, opening day. Artishok, 30.06.2014 (http://artishok.blogspot.com.
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Kleer Keret Tali. Stains. Tallinn, 2014