Eva Mustonen
Eva Mustonen (born in 1986) studied textile design and semiotics in Tartu and Gothenburg and sculpture in Tallinn. She is currently living and working in Tallinn.
Today, Mustonen works mainly as an installation artist. In her projects personal narratives dominate that speak of being different, living somewhere in the margins of society and becoming invisible in the public sphere. In her work, she combines both the techniques of the textile design and the products of everyday acts and doings. Mustonen’s works stand out because of her usage of tightly crafted and recognisable materials and unexpectedly beautiful mystical objects. The artist seems to be inspired by everyday simplicity, the marvellous abundance of second-hand shops and the history of woman artists. Mustonen could be seen and thought about as feminist, in which the private can often have a political dimension.
In 2014, Mustonen won the Young Textile Artist Award and, in 2017, the Eduard Wiiralt Scholarship.
Exhibitions at Kogo
Press and Publications
Publications
Do Come in, the Door Is Open! Edith Karlson, Mary Reid Kelley and Eva Mustonen
Triin Tulgiste (ed.), Art Museum of Estonia – Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn 2020
Murmurs In Strange Woods
Peeter Talvistu (ed.), Tartmus, Tartu Art Museum, Tartu. 2016.
Eva Mustonen. Päevik
Katkendid magistritööst „Plaksumaisi vulkaani jalamil”. Värske Rõhk, 56, 12/2018, p 24-35.
Bibliography
In English
Demons are a Girl’s Best Friend
Merilin Talumaa, Echo Gone Wrong, 10.01.2020.
Photo reportage from the exhibition ‘Do Come in, the Door is Open!’ by Edith Karlson, Mary Reid Kelley and Eva Mustonen at Kumu Art Museum
Echo Gone Wrong, 10.01.2020.
Eva Mustonen at Kogo Gallery
Artmirror. 10.01.2019.
Eva Mustonen’s solo exhibition ‘Spider-Woman’ at Kogo gallery
Echo Gone Wrong. 7.01.2019.
In Estonian
Koletis on alati meiega
Anders Härm. Postimees 9.01.2020.
Provokatiivne, kuid lõdvavõitu
Gregor Taul, Sirp 29.11.2019.
Kohtumine Ämbliknaisega
Helen Adamson, Sirp, 25.01.2019.
Kunstnik koob ämbliknaisena Aparaaditehases vaipa
Janno Zõbin, Tartu Postimees, 7.01.2019.
Hüvastijätt metamorfeeruva majaga
Ann Vaida, Müürileht, 12.07.2018.
Tase väljendus ka ruumitunnetuses
Liis Pajuväli, Madli Ehasalu, Sirp, 06.07.2018.
Väljapeetud kohmakusest
Indrek Grigor, Sirp, 06.05.2016.
Elīna Vītola