Eike Eplik

Estonian artist (born 1982)
Eesti Kunstimuuseum; Kogo galerii

Eike Eplik (1982) is a sculptor and installation artist. She uses nature motifs for constructing narrative, utilises the gallery space from floor to ceiling, works with sculpting techniques from classic plaster casting to paper and wood assemblage and found objects. The processes in her art are partly subconscious and not always fully explainable. When preparing exhibitions Eplik relies on improvisation – to the extent material allows, of course. One of Eplik's first exhibitions, “The girl who loved everything” (2012) is inspired by the Hungarian writer Ervin Lázár's fairytale “The seven-headed fairy”. The animals in the fairytale-like created in the exhibition are cartoonish, many of them freaks, chimeras combined of multiple plants and animals, conglomerates frozen into weird compositions. The exhibition “Some of the birds flew on their backs” (2015) played around with creating compositions of portrait paintings and still lifes, emphasising the perishable and temporal nature of the subject. This existential theme was further developed with the show “Beauty salon” (2017), where the artist explored the construction of beauty and its fleeting and unnatural core. Unlike her previous exhibitions, “Natural” (2018) foregrounded a mechanical-therapeutic way of making art – the artist exhibited installations-sculptures that imitated organic and natural forms in various stages of abstraction.

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Contemporaries in Kogo galerii: Anna Mari Liivrand · Kristina Õllek · Paul Kuimet · Līga Spunde · Andrés Galeano

YearTitleTechniqueDimensionsHeld by
2017Ameerikalik naeratusautoritehnika (klassikaline valatud kipsskulptuur)Eesti Kunstimuuseum
2020Ghost In the CornerCeramics, black clay, , 2019-202085 × 42 × 37 cmKogo galerii
2020Ghost In the Corner: BudCeramics, black clay, cotton yarn, , 2019-202016 × 20 × 6 cmKogo galerii
2020Intermediate Forms (Rhizome of Water Lily and Abstract Form)Porcelain, stainless steel fasteners, , 2019-2020~ 70 × 50 × 50 cmKogo galerii
2020Relief with Pomegranate 1Porcelain, brass base frames, , 2019-2020105 × 125 cmKogo galerii
2020Round Form with LizardsCeramics, black clay, , 2019-202050 × 42 × 27 cmKogo galerii
2021Artist BookKogo galerii
2021Black Mushrooms IColoured plaster, dimensions vary, , 202191 × 42 cmKogo galerii
2021Couch Grass – Elymus RepensBent metal wires, wooden board, , 202145 x 33 x 7 cmKogo galerii
2021Do You See Them As Well?Bent metal wires, wooden boardKogo galerii
2021Forking Larkspur – Consolida regalisBent metal wires, wooden board, , 202147 × 30 × 8 cmKogo galerii
2021Hiding Place ICermics, black clay, hair, , 202137 × 34 × 24 cmKogo galerii
2021Hiding Place IICermics, black clay, , 202139 × 25 × 18 cmKogo galerii
2021Marsh Willowherb – Epilobium palustreBent metal wires, wooden board, , 202155 × 30 × 9,5 cmKogo galerii
2021RhizomeBent metal wires, , 2021100 × 70 cmKogo galerii
2021Sun Spurge – Euphorbia helioscopiaBent metal wires, wooden board, , 202155 x 30 x 8 cmKogo galerii
2021Tufted Vetch – Vicia craccaBent metal wires, wooden board, , 202155 × 40 × 13,5 cmKogo galerii
2021Wood Violet – Viola odorataBent metal wires, wooden board, , 202130 x 30 x 8 cmKogo galerii
2022Constantly Reinventing Itself ICeramics, , 202224 × 14 × 13 cmKogo galerii
2022Constantly Reinventing Itself IIICeramics, , 202219 × 25 cmKogo galerii
2022Constantly Reinventing Itself IVCeramics, , 202217 × 6 cmKogo galerii
2024A Budding BeingPorcelain, hair, , 202412 × 6 cmKogo galerii
2024An Emerging CreatureStainless steel, hair, porcelain, titanium, silicone, glass, , 202456 × 30 cmKogo galerii
2024Dweller of the UnknownPorcelain, hair, , 202430 × 16 cmKogo galerii
2024Dwellers of the UnknownStainless steel, hair, porcelain, glassKogo galerii
2024The Budding BeingsPorcelain, hair, , 202412 × 6 cm; 10 × 6 cmKogo galerii
2024They Take Root and Ring as if There Were TomorrowStainless steel, hair, porcelain, clay, silicone, sound, pigment, titaniumKogo galerii
2024They Take Root and Ring as if There Were TomorrowStainless steel, hair, porcelain, silicone, pigment, , 2024Dimensions variable, 73.5 × 100 × 55 cmKogo galerii
2024They Take Root and Ring as if There Were TomorrowStainless steel, hair, porcelain, , 202436 × 31 × 20 cmKogo galerii
2024They Take Root and Ring as if There Were TomorrowCeramics, silicone, pigment, , 2024~ 21 × 25 × 30 cmKogo galerii
2025A Carrot Monster and a SharkStainless steel, rope, , 202549 × 59 cmKogo galerii
2025Games with TurtleCeramics, hairKogo galerii
2025In Times When Everything Else Seems More ImportantPlants, Earth, ceramic, stones, plywood, 2024–Kogo galerii
2025Look, Here is an Earthworm!Stainless steel, , 202586 × 127 cmKogo galerii
2025Lucky CharmSpoon, stone, , 20254,5 × 7 cmKogo galerii
2025Soft MeadowsTufted wool carpet, , 2025105 × 76 cmKogo galerii
2026MotherJesmonite, pigments, , 202692 × 73 × 14 cmKogo galerii
—Common Cow-wheat – Melampyrum pratenseBent metal wires, wooden board, , 2021 Sold43 x 26 x 7 cmKogo galerii
—Is What is One in Our World the Same in Another?Stainless steel, porcelain, hair, thread, , 2024 Sold120 × 65 cmKogo galerii
—Relief with Pomegranate 2Porcelain, brass base frames, , 2019-2020 Sold90 × 80 cmKogo galerii
—White Clover – Trifolium repensBent metal wires, wooden board, , 2021 Sold30 × 30 × 10,5 cmKogo galerii

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