Anna Mari Liivrand
Anna Mari Liivrand (b. 1993, Keila, Estonia) is an Estonian artist living and working in Tallinn. Her formal education includes a Master’s degree from the Contemporary Art Department (2022) and a Bachelor’s degree from the Sculpture and Installation Department (2016) at the Estonian Academy of Arts. She also studied fine arts at the Iceland University of the Arts (2015). She has been a recipient of the Estonian Cultural Endowment’s annual award (2021), the Eduard Wiiralt Prize (2020) and the Young Sculptor Prize (2014).
Liivrand’s recent exhibitions include Between Borders, Between Materials at the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia (2025); White Dwarfs and All Those Beautiful Nebulas at Kim. Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia (2024–25); Emotional Landscapes at Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania; In the Shadows of Crumbling Silhouettes at Tütar Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia (2023); Still Lifes on National Motifs at the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia; Prick of a Daisy at ARS Project Space, Tallinn, Estonia (2021); and Artishok Biennale Copy at Kai Art Center and public spaces in Tallinn, Estonia (2020). Kogo Gallery has presented Liivrand’s works at the Liste Art Fair Basel (2023) and Esther, New York (2024).
Liivrand’s works are part of the collections of the Art Museum of Estonia and private collections around Europe and the USA.
Exhibitions at Kogo
Press and Publications
In English:
Learning the science of sensitive knowing. An interview with Anna Mari Liivrand. Brigita Reinert, Echo Gone Wrong, 12,12.2023.
Anna Mari Liivrand and the alternative patterns of rituality. Elnara Taidre examines the work of Anna Mari Liivrand. Magazine of Art and Visual Culture KUNST.EE, 2/2022.
Prick of a Daisy. Anna Mari Liivrand. Ofluxo, 18.10.2021
Anna Mari Liivrand. PRICK OF A DAISY. Kuba Paris, 14.10.2021
Photo reportage from the exhibition Prick of a Daisy by Anna Mari Liivrand at ARS Factory, Tallinn EchoGoneWrong. 13.10.2021
Beige Magic. Stacey Koosel.Arterritory, 27.08.2018.
CV
Anna Mari Liivrand, born in 1993 in Keila, lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia.
Education
| 2020-2022 | Estonian Academy of the Arts, Contemporary Art (MA); |
| 2015 | Iceland Academy of the Arts, Visual arts (exchange studies); |
| 2012-2016 | Estonian Academy of the Arts, Installation and sculpture (BA); |
Upcoming Exhibitions
| 2023 | Atletika, Vilnius. Curator Kaisa Maasik |
| 2023 | Arka gallery, Vilnius. Curator Šelda Puķīte |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2021 | Prick of a Daisy. ARS Project Space, Tallinn |
| 2019 | Beds and Ripples. Draakon gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2018 | Monument valley (may contain artifacts). Showcase gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2017 | Amber. Haapsalu city gallery, Haapsalu, Estonia, with Kati Saarits |
| 2017 | Unshatterable. Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2016 | Fool’s gold. Draakoni gallery’s basement gallery, Tallinn, Estonia with Kati Saarits |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2022 | Tour Sculpture. Curators Mara Ljutjuk and Bianka Soe, Telliskivi Creative City Green hall, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2022 | Still Lifes on National Motifs.Curator Jaanus Samma. Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2021 | Wet Hearts of Everyday Thoughts. Curator Brigit Arop. Gallery Mihhail, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2020 | Home of Good Thoughts. Curator Rael Artel. Kogo Gallery, Tartu, Estonia. |
| 2020 | Artishok Biennale Copy. Curators Laura Llinsi and Roland Reemaa.
Kai Art Center and public space, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2019 | Post Winter Mixtape. Curators Alina Astrova and Lilian Hiob. Temnikova and Kasela gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2018 | One-on-one. On skills. Curators Laura Põld and Kati Saarits. EKKM, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2018 | Everyday Witchcraft, Curator Merilin Talumaa. Kogo gallery, Tartu, Estonia. |
| 2018 | The State is not a Work of Art. Curator Katerina Gregos. Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2017 | Failure / Afterlife. Tallinn Photomonth. Curators Annika Toots and Merilin Talumaa. Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2017 | Sewage system observatory in baroque purple. Curator Madli Ehasalu. Mihhail gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2016 | Kate / Coating. Curator Agnese Lūcija Pundiņa. Kastellaanimaja gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2014 | Damage Assesement. Contemporary Art Museum Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2014 | Young Sculptor Prize Show Portrait of Unseen. Curator Kirke Kangro.
ISFAG gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. |
Prizes
| 2022 | Estonian Cultural Endowment’s annual award |
| 2021 | Newcomer in Graphics |
| 2020 | Eduard Wiiralt Scolarship |
| 2014 | Young Sculptor Prize Grand Prix |
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