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Liisa Jugapuu | |
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| Born | 22 December 1990 |
| Education | Estonian Academy of Arts |
| Known for | Abstract painting |
| Website | https://liisajugapuu.com/ |
Liisa Jugapuu (born 22 December 1990) is an Estonian painter whose work focuses on abstract painting.
Education
[edit]Jugapuu studied painting at the Estonian Academy of Arts, completing her bachelor's degree in 2015 and her master's degree in 2017.
She has been a member of the Estonian Painters' Association since 2016 and the Estonian Artists Association since 2017.
Work and reception
[edit]Jugapuu`s work is centred on abstract painting, with colour, gestural brushwork and the relationship between abstract and recognisable forms recurring in critical descriptions of her work.[1]
In a 2015 review of her first solo exhibition, Almost Honest, Merilin Mets described Jugapuu`s painting style as vigorous and noted its strong sense of colour. Mets described the paintings as ambiguous, observing that their forms transform without becoming fully recognisable.[1]
Writing about the 2022 exhibition Mother as a Feeling, Kaie Ilves described Jugapuu`s work as colourful, vigorous and spontaneous, and placed it within abstract expressionism. Ilves also noted Jugapuu`s forceful brushwork and the exhibition`s contrasts of scale, with small and miniature paintings displayed alongside large canvases and spatial elements.[2]
In a 2024 review of Jugapuu`s joint exhibition Dialogue in Colour, Liisi Kõuhkna compared Jugapuu`s paintings to blurred photographs and identified suggestions of human figures in some of the works. Discussing Someone in Tights, Kõuhkna also considered the relationship between Jugapuu`s paintings and their titles, interpreting elements of her imagery as references to intuition and the subconscious.[3]
Jugapuu has described her abstract paintings as emerging through a combination of chance and deliberate choice. In a 2025 profile accompanying her exhibition Study of Balance, she contrasted her spontaneous approach to large canvases with the longer and more considered process she uses for smaller works.[4]
Solo exhibitions
[edit]- 2025 – Study of Balance, Galerii Truus, Tallinn
- 2025 – Someone in Tights, Kuressaare Cultural Centre, Kuressaare
- 2022 – Mother as a Feeling, Haapsalu City Gallery, Haapsalu
- 2016 – Almost Honest, Toompea Castle Art Hall, Tallinn
- 2015 – Almost Honest, Haapsalu City Gallery, Haapsalu
- 2015 – Almost Honest, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
Group and joint exhibitions
[edit]- 2026 – From the Artist's Position, Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2026 – SMS. WI-FI. OK. Baltic New Painting, Viscosa Gallery, Hiiumaa, Estonia
- 2026 – Spring Exhibition 2026, Vabaduse Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2026 – Estonian Painters' Association annual exhibition Ideal Landscapes, Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
- 2024 – Joint exhibition with Vano Allsalu, Dialogue in Colour, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2024 – Estonian Painters' Association annual exhibition Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
- 2021 – Estonian Painters' Association exhibition, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2021 – Spring Exhibition 2021, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2018 – ARS Concept, T1 Mall of Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2017 – TASE 2017, Noblessner Foundry, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2016 – Young Painter Prize 2016, TSEKH Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2016 – The Edge of the Unknown, SUVA Sock Factory, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2015 – PIND, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2015 – Spring Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2015 – Continuity and Novelty, Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
- 2015 – Exhibition project with Helena Keskküla and Pille-Riin Jaik, EKA Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2013 – TUTTUUS, ARS Art Factory, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2013 – Kaasaütlev. Ilmaütlev, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2013 – MUUTUUM, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2013 – LOORITATUD LOORITAMATA POOLLOORITATUD, Okasroosikese Castle, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2013 – MUUTTUUM, Artists' House, Pärnu, Estonia
- 2013 – Do it, EKA Pseudogallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2012 – 1st Cut, Von Krahl, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2012 – Muster, Von Krahl, Tallinn, Estonia
Recognition
[edit]“Future Stars of Estonian Art” competition – third place
[edit]In 2016, Liisa Jugapuu was awarded third place in a competition for young artists organised in collaboration between NOAR, the Estonian Academy of Arts and Tallinn Music Week's Arts & Tastes programme.[5]
Young Painter Prize 2016 – finalist
[edit]Liisa Jugapuu was selected as a finalist in the 2016 Young Painter Prize, a competition for young painters from the Baltic states. The final exhibition was held at TSEKH Gallery in Vilnius.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Mets, Merilin (10 April 2015). "Abstraktselt maalitud ausus. Värvikirevus". Äripäev. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
- ↑ Kaie, Ilves (13 August 2022). "Haapsalust pärit kunstnik valas emaduse värvidesse". Lääne Elu. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
- ↑ Kõuhkna, Liisi (9 October 2024). "ARVUSTUS | Loomulikkusest kunstis ja elus. Kahe põlvkonna kunstnikud astuvad Vaal Galeriis dialoogi". Delfi Kultuur. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
- ↑ Kolk, Tiina (17 December 2025). "Liisa Jugapuu näitusel kohtub juhus teadliku valikuga". Postimees. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
- ↑ "Postimees Culture. "Selgusid Eesti kunsti tulevikutähed" ["Estonia's future art stars announced"]. Postimees, 2016". Kultuur (in Estonian). Retrieved 2026-09-27.
- ↑ "TSEKH Gallery, Vilnius. "Young Painter Prize 2016". 2016". tsekh.com.ua. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
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