About
Sille Luiga (aka Sile Luik: view www.sileluik.com for more)
I was born in Haapsalu, Estonia in 1994, my childhood passed in Palivere and I am currently based in Tallinn.
I often use ordinary, sometimes what are considered to be banal, materials for creating conceptually loaded modern jewelry.
I am interested in what is ambivalent and absurd about the ways we decorate or what we find beautiful, empowering and valuable.
Contemporary jewelry and objects combine many different creative practises. There is a space for mistakes and surprises as I craft my pieces. When a piece is handmade, I treasure the marks left from the process.
I enjoy what I do!
Education
2020 MA Estonian Academy of Art, Design and Crafts, jewelry specialty
2019 PXL-MAD School of Art, Hasselt, Belgium (Erasmus scholarship for 6 months)
2017 BA Estonian Academy of Art, jewelry specialty
2017 ALCHIMIA Contemporary Jewelry School, Florence, Italy (Erasmus+ scholarship for 3 months)
Exhibitions
2026 NATURE'S UPRISING, A-Galerii, Tallinn (curator) 2025 ONE TO MANY, A-Galerii, Tallinn (curator) 2025 PARTY AND ITS TRINKETS: Pieces of Thought*, A-Galerii, Tallinn (solo) 2025 BETWEEN BORDERS, BETWEEN MATERIALS; at ETDM, Tallinn 2025 TAKING DOWN: The Party and Its Trinkets, AnitiW gallery, Viitina (solo) 2025 BUNNIES, EGGS AND OTHER CUTIES, A-Galerii, Tallinn (curator) 2025 LOSING PRECISION, Konteiner Gallery, Tallinn 2024 DREAMS ABOUT MEANINGS, A-Galerii, Tallinn 2024 METALLOPHONE, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius 2024 THE CANVAS X THE ESTONIAN DESIGN HOUSE, New York City 2024 PRIVATE PARTY: Preach, HOP gallery, Tallinn (solo) 2024 UP MADE IN .EE, Lafayette gallery, New York City 2024 TRANSMISSION, A-Galerii, Tallinn 2024 SURPRISE EGG EXHIBITION, A-Galerii, Tallinn (curator) 2024 SECOND CHANCE, Solaris Design Street, Tallinn 2023 SPARK, Annual exhibition of A-Galerii, Tallinn 2023 LUUSER POETRY, A-Galerii, Tallinn (solo exhibition) 2022 SECOND CHANCE, Design Capital 2022, Valencia 2022 FAIR DESIGN, Narva Art Residency, Narva 2021 MICROWORLDS, Annual exhibition of A-Galerii, Tallinn 2021 SECOND CHANCE, Design Festival at Põhjala Factory, Tallinn 2021 SECOND CHANCE, Design Biennale pop-up at Latteria Moderna, Venice 2020 MARZEE INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE SHOW, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen 2020 METALLOPHONE: Museum, The Bastion of the Vilnius Defensive Wall, Vilnius 2020 TASE'20, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn 2020 PARTY'S OVER, A-Galerii, Tallinn (solo exhibition) 2019 NID SHOWROOM, London Design Week, London 2019 XENTE NOVA, Librería Couceiro, Santiago de Compostela 2019 JEWELRY AND ANATOMY, Tincal lab, Porto 2019 LINK, De Serre, Hasselt 2018 I CURSE THE DAY, Pika Jala tower, Tallinn 2017 ESTONIAN DESIGN, Galerie Résidences, Paris 2017 GLANCE, VIRU shopping center, Tallinn 2016 KAFEDRA, Narva artist in residence, Narva 2016 PÕRGU, Patarei prison, Tallinn
Work can be found in the collection of the Estonian Applied Arts and Design Museum and among private collections.
Work experience
2025–(...) curator at A-Galerii
2023–2025 exhibition program coordinator at A-Galerii
2019 intern at Venice Art Biennale, Estonian Pavilion
2016–(...) designer and owner of Sile Luik jewelry brand
2016 intern at Tanel Veenre studio
2014–(...) guide and educator at Kadriorg Art Museum
Contact
Email silleluiga@gmail.com
Phone +372 51 03 039