9th Tallinn Print Triennial will take place at the Lasnamäe pavilion of Tallinn Art Hall from June 21st to August 31st 2025.

The 19th edition of the Tallinn Print Triennial, one of the longest-running art events in Estonia, is devoted to reinterpreting the tradition of graphic art, while reflecting our contemporary time and space. Drawing on the architecture of this year’s main venue, which can be seen as an endless loop, the triennial invites us to imagine the life cycle of a graphic figure: what it is born from, where it dies, and everything that happens in between. The works of 14 artists displayed in the Tallinn Art Hall’s pavilion offer multiple approaches to addressing the unprecedented information glut all around us.

Due to information overload, the reactive nature of methods of communication and the acceleration in the pace of life it has caused, we’ve come to recognize that the digital was designed for forgetting and the analogue exists for remembering. In such a context, the illegible title of the exhibition serves as a form of resistance. Interpreting it requires a little too much attention and concentration, which appear to be in short supply in today’s context of flickering screens and massive burden of filtering information.

Curator: Marika Agu (CCA)

Artist: Siim-Tanel Annus (EE), Zuza Banasińska (PL), Mirtha Dermisache (AR), John Grzinich (EE/US), Maria Erikson (EE), Doris Hallmägi (EE), Semjon Hanin (LV), Lauri Koppel (EE), Maija Kurševa (LV), Lauri Lest (EE), Maria Mayland (DE), Dzelde Mierkalne (LV), Anna Niskanen (FI), Algirdas Jakas (LT), Tõnis Jürgens (EE), Anne Rudanovski (EE), Ülo Sooster (EE), Anastasia Sosunova (LT), Viktor Timofeev (LV), Gintautas Trimakas (LT), Taavi Villak (EE)

Marika Agu (1989) is a curator based in Tallinn. Since 2017, she has worked as a curator and archive project manager at the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), organising exhibitions and screenings based on the archive’s publications and videos. She was a member of the curatorial team of the Icelandic art festival Sequences 2023. She has studied semiotics, cultural theory and art history, and has also studied librarianship. Marika has been curating exhibitions since 2012 and has also published articles in Estonian and international media. She is a member of the board of A Shade Colder, a magazine dedicated to contemporary art, established in 2021.

https://www.triennial.ee/en/

Kvadraat is graphic art based young artist collective.

Their work reflects their collective curiosity about the role of graphic art in contemporary visual culture. They experiment with processes, materiality and concepts to open up new ways of thinking about printmaking, viewing it not only as a technique, but also as a means of expression and critical engagement. Through this lens, they explore questions relating to materiality, repetition, reproduction and the shifting boundaries between disciplines.

The exhibition by Lilli-Krõõt Repnau Border Area invites the viewer to enter a space inspired by the landscapes of recent history.

Through playful forms and shapes, both hidden and visible boundaries are explored.