As an artist with a rich and diverse portfolio of creative work, I am fascinated by different mediums from classical oil painting to digital art and developing a dialogue between those seemingly incompatible forms. Constantly looking to further develop my skillset, I have worked on a variety of commissions from portraits to book covers to wall murals and am capable of executing paintings in various formats and styles. I am, however, most drawn to large-scale figurative oil paintings, created to be noticed. In my most recent work, I have become to manipulate the human figure by attributing the dimension of poetic human emotion to the figurative. The colour language of my work is striking yet delicate, also taking into consideration the demands of the contemporary interior.

Anna-Liisa Kilk (b. 1987) is a freelance painter-illustrator who lives and works in her hometown Rakvere, Estonia, where she had her very first art classes. When residing in London and getting to experience the varied contemporary art scene first-hand, Kilk decided to pursue art studies on a degree level. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in painting in 2016. Her work has been strongly influenced by the elaborate and quite distinct Estonian art scene. In her most recent paintings, she is approaching the figurative by means of modification, forcing the body to merge with the spectrum of emotion. Kilk‘s work is represented in private collections in Estonia, Finland, Spain and the Netherlands.

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF TARTU, ESTONIA
Painting
English and Literature

EXHIBITIONS | AUCTIONS
2023 D31 Art Gallery Summer Exhibition “Our Changing World. Power”
2023 International Nude Art Exhibition “Man & Woman: The Rape of Europa Today” (“Mees ja naine: Euroopa röövimine, täna”) at Pärnu Museum of New Art and Estonian National Museum in Tartu; curator Mark Soosaar
2023 Doncaster Art Fair exhibition “Art as a Response to Mental Health”
2023 Lääne-Virumaa Artists’ Spring Exhibition “Parem õng kui kala” at Rakvere Gallery, Estonia; curator Riho Hütt
2023 D31 Art Gallery Spring Exhibition “The Magic of Transformation”
2023 D31 Art Gallery exhibition “D31 Art Prize 2023”
2023 Auction “Osta noort kunsti”–”Buy Young Art” at Fotografiska Tallinn, Estonia
2023 Chinwe Russell Art Gallery “Artists on the Rise”
2018 Annual Exhibition of Tartu Art “Differently” (“Teistmoodi”) at Tartu Art House, Estonia; curator Margus Meinart
2018 Project-based exhibition at Rakvere Karmel Church, Estonia
2016 Exhibition “Langus vs. tõus” at Tartu Old Anatomical Theatre, Estonia
2016 Exhibition “Tallinn teeb Tartut” at Tartu Jakob Gallery, Estonia; curator Mauri Gross
2016 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Estonian Painting “Changing and Unchangeable” (“Muutuv ja muutumatu”) at Pärnu Museum of New Art, Estonia; curators Jaan Elken ja Mari Roosvalt
2015 Exhibition at Tartu Looming Hostel, Estonia

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
2023 Effetto Arte Foundation Artistic Career Award
2023 2nd Place Award of the 3rd issue of Art IDEAL Magazine by Circle Foundation

OTHER CREATIVE PROJECTS
2020–2021 DIY blog author in Sõbralt Sõbrale social enterprise
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