About
Sille Luiga (aka Sile Luik: view www.sileluik.com for more)
I was born in Haapsalu, Estonia in 1994, currently based in Tallinn.
I often use ordinary, sometimes what are considered to be banal, materials for creating conceptually loaded modern jewelry.
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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
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 exhibition) 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, LibrerÃa 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
2023–(...) 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