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born in 1997
lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia
education
2024–…
Estonian Academy of Arts, craft studies, MA
2025-2026
LUCA School of Arts, Gent, exchange studies
2023
Kawashima Textile School, Kyoto, weaving and dyeing, kasuri (ikat) technique
2022–2023
Olustvere School of Service and Rural Economics, weaving, vocational education
2016–2022
Estonian Academy of Arts, fashion/jewellery and blacksmithing, BA
2018–2019
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, fashion and jewellery, exchange studies
2013–2016
Collegium Educationis Revaliae, secondary education, class of fine arts
training, workshops, residencies
2025
3-week internship at Kohila Symposium international wood-fired ceramics event, Tohisoo Manor, Estonia
2025
red clay workshop with local Zapotec community; harvesting wild clay, making pots, traditional pit-firing, San Marcos Tlapazola, Mexico (with EKA craft studies)
2025
silk spinning and backstrap weaving workshops with local Zapotec community in Santuario del gusano de seda, Mexico (with EKA craft studies)
2024
a week-long workshop How do we sit in the forest? led by Mauro Sargiani and Alice Benessia at Pianpicollo Selvatico, Italy (with EKA craft studies)
2024
2-day private workshop with indigo master Takayuki Ishii of studio Awonoyoh, learning about sukumo indigo, shibori and katazome, Fujino, Japan
2023
An Ecology of Photography 3-day workshop focusing on photographic practices with low environmental impact, organised by Show&Tell Milano and The Sustainable Darkroom, Varese, Italy
solo exhibitions
2023
The force that through the green fuse drives the flower with Sofia Fattahhova, Vana-Võromaa Kultuurikoda gallery, Võru, Estonia
group exhibitions
ongoing & upcoming
2025
The Politics of Slowness, curated by Brigita Reinert and Karin Vicente, Adamson-Eric Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2025
The Estonian Young Contemporary Art Union (ENKKL) space takeover at Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Tallinn, Estonia
past
2025
Claytopia, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark
2025
always is everywhere, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), curated by Margit Säde, Tallinn, Estonia
2025
Terra to Form, Mondovì Museum of Ceramics, Italy
2025
Objects or things, with EKA craft studies, curated by Juss Heinsalu and Kärt Ojavee, Krulli studio, Tallinn, Estonia
2025
Young Sculptors Award exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Tallinn, Estonia
2024
SISU time capsule project ...And nothing is forever curated by Aet Ader, Karin Tõugu, Gregor Taul and Pavle Stamenovic at the National Archives film archive, Tallinn, Estonia
2024
graduation show with students from Kawashima Textile School, Kyoto City Museum of Art, Annex, Japan
2018
Eesti oma sinine with EKA fashion department at Pärnu Museum, Estonia
2017
PULSS with EKA fashion department at KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
other creative activity
2022–…
working for artist Laura Põld as a studio assistant, Tallinn, Estonia
2023
collaboration with Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), hand-dyeing fabrics with plant matter for the exhibition design of Sequences XI: Can’t See art biennial, curated by CCA, exhibition design by Maria Luiga, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022
collection 66 days at ERKI fashion show, Tallinn, Estonia
2021
internship with artist Laura Põld in Vienna, Austria
2018
collection hand-in-love in collaboration with Külli-Triin Laanet, ERKI fashion show, special prize, Tallinn, Estonia
2017
ethnography practice with textile artist Anu Raud at Heimtali, Estonia
awards and scholarships
2025
Mini-Köler prize, Young Sculptors Award Exhibition, EKKM
2025
Eduard Wiiralt scholarship
bibliography
2023
Johanna Jolen Kuzmenko,
”Sõpruskondlik näituseloomine", KUNST.EE 2023/4
cv
born in 1997
lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia
education
2024–…
Estonian Academy of Arts, craft studies, MA
2023
Kawashima Textile School, Kyoto, weaving and dyeing, kasuri (ikat) technique
2022–2023
Olustvere School of Service and Rural Economics, weaving, vocational education
2016–2022
Estonian Academy of Arts, fashion/jewellery and blacksmithing, BA
2018–2019
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, fashion and jewellery, exchange studies
2013–2016
Collegium Educationis Revaliae, secondary education, class of fine arts
training, workshops, residencies
2025
3-week internship at Kohila Symposium international wood-fired ceramics event, Tohisoo Manor, Estonia
2025
red clay workshop with local Zapotec community; harvesting wild clay, making pots, traditional pit-firing, San Marcos Tlapazola, Mexico (with EKA craft studies)
2025
silk spinning and backstrap weaving workshops with local Zapotec community in Santuario del gusano de seda, Mexico (with EKA craft studies)
2024
a week-long workshop How do we sit in the forest? led by Mauro Sargiani and Alice Benessia at Pianpicollo Selvatico, Italy (with EKA craft studies)
2024
2-day private workshop with indigo master Takayuki Ishii of studio Awonoyoh, learning about sukumo indigo, shibori and katazome, Fujino, Japan
2023
An Ecology of Photography 3-day workshop focusing on photographic practices with low environmental impact, organised by Show&Tell Milano and The Sustainable Darkroom, Varese, Italy
solo exhibitions
2023
The force that through the green fuse drives the flower with Sofia Fattahhova, Vana-Võromaa Kultuurikoda gallery, Võru, Estonia
group exhibitions
ongoing & upcoming
2025
Objects or things, with EKA craft studies, curated by Juss Heinsalu and Kärt Ojavee, Krulli studio, Tallinn, Estonia
2025
Terra to Form, Mondovì Museum of Ceramics, Italy
2025
always is everywhere, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), curated by Margit Säde, Tallinn, Estonia
2025
The Politics of Slowness, curated by Brigita Reinert and Karin Vicente, Adamson-Eric Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2025
The Estonian Young Contemporary Art Union (ENKKL) space takeover at Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Tallinn, Estonia
past
2025
Young Sculptors Award exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Tallinn, Estonia
2024
SISU time capsule project ...And nothing is forever curated by Aet Ader, Karin Tõugu, Gregor Taul and Pavle Stamenovic at the National Archives film archive, Tallinn, Estonia
2024
graduation show with students from Kawashima Textile School, Kyoto City Museum of Art, Annex, Japan
2018
Eesti oma sinine with EKA fashion department at Pärnu Museum, Estonia
2017
PULSS with EKA fashion department at KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
other creative activity
2022–…
working for artist Laura Põld as a studio assistant, Tallinn, Estonia
2023
collaboration with Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), hand-dyeing fabrics with plant matter for the exhibition design of Sequences XI: Can’t See art biennial, curated by CCA, exhibition design by Maria Luiga, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022
collection 66 days at ERKI fashion show, Tallinn, Estonia
2021
internship with artist Laura Põld in Vienna, Austria
2018
collection hand-in-love in collaboration with Külli-Triin Laanet, ERKI fashion show, special prize, Tallinn, Estonia
2017
ethnography practice with textile artist Anu Raud at Heimtali, Estonia
awards and scholarships
2025
Mini-Köler prize, Young Sculptors Award Exhibition, EKKM
2025
Eduard Wiiralt scholarship
bibliography
2023
Johanna Jolen Kuzmenko,
”Sõpruskondlik näituseloomine", KUNST.EE 2023/4