Kristina Õllek (Kogo Gallery)

Kristina Õllek. In the Abyssal Plain of Deep Sea (2025). 134 × 104 × 7 cm. Inkjet print on aluminium, showcase frame covered with pigmented clay, museum glass. Editioon: Unique; 1/3 + 2 AP.

Kristina Õllek. The Abyss Staring Back (2025). 70 × 49 cm. Inkjet print on aluminium honeycomb, museum glass. Edition: Unique; 1/3 + 2 AP.

Kristina Õllek. Deeper Circuit (2025) 31 × 24 cm. Diasec on aluminium honeycomb, pigmented clay. Edition: Unique; 1/3 + 2 AP.

Kristina Õllek. In the Abyssal Plain of Deep Sea (2025). 134 × 104 × 7 cm. Inkjet print on aluminium, showcase frame covered with pigmented clay, museum glass. Editioon: Unique; 1/3 + 2 AP.

Kristina Õllek. The Abyss Staring Back (2025). 70 × 49 cm. Inkjet print on aluminium honeycomb, museum glass. Edition: Unique; 1/3 + 2 AP.

Kristina Õllek. Deeper Circuit (2025) 31 × 24 cm. Diasec on aluminium honeycomb, pigmented clay. Edition: Unique; 1/3 + 2 AP.

Kristina Õllek (EE, b. 1989) is a visual artist working across photography, video and installation. Educated at the Estonian Academy of Arts, she has a research-driven practice that explores aquatic ecosystems, geological matter, and human-altered environments. She has exhibited widely across Europe, including at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, and the Sopot State Art Gallery, with further works held in major public collections.

 

At Foto Tallinn, Õllek presents a recent series of inkjet prints on aluminium with pigmented clay and honeycomb structures, previously shown in her For All at Last Return exhibition at Newcastle’s Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. The works respond to the discovery of ‘dark oxygen’ produced by manganese nodules – minerals capable of generating oxygen without sunlight – while addressing the ethical and environmental implications of deep-sea mining.

 

Artist is presented by Kogo Gallery