Kogo Gallery (EE). Founded in 2018 in Tartu, Estonia, Kogo Gallery is known for its bold, experimental programme and commitment to supporting young and mid-career artists, currently representing seven contemporary artists from the Baltic region. Each year, the gallery presents several solo and group exhibitions, collaborating with artists and curators from the Baltics and beyond, as well as fostering dialogue on pressing contemporary issues through a programme of exhibitions and public events. Kogo has developed a strong international presence through exhibition exchanges and participation in art fairs such as Liste Art Fair Basel, Basel Social Club, Art Brussels, viennacontemporary, and Esther.
Here, Kogo Gallery presents a collaborative stand featuring Kristina Õllek (Estonia) and Līga Spunde (Latvia), merging photographic and 3D-printed sculpture with digital artifice. Õllek’s research-driven practice investigates aquatic ecologies and the ethics of deep-sea mining; her inkjet prints on aluminium and honeycomb structures respond to the discoveries of “dark oxygen” produced by manganese nodules. In parallel, Spunde’s “hyper-dimensional” forms – such as the 3D-milled Still Life with Computer Mouse – materialise the psychological toll of technological rhythms and modern lifestyles. While Õllek explores bodily entanglements with the natural world and Spunde probes symbolic subcultural codes, both engage technology as a vital tool and subject of critique. Together, their works navigate the fluid boundaries between organic geological matter and digital systems, highlighting how technology and economy foster imbalance and exploitation within both the human psyche and the environment.
