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ABOUT
BIO
Marju Must is an Estonian artist born in Tallinn, Estonia, and currently lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. She graduated from Tartu Art College, Estonia, in the painting and painting restoration with a BA degree in 2017. She completed her thesis on the practical restoration and conservation work of Finnish artist Kaapo Rissala's transferred wall painting during her exchange semester at Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences in Kouvola, Finland. In 2011 she graduated from Euroacademy with a BA degree in interior architecture. Marju´s art reflects her interest in human nature and emotions. Her current primary focus is on the style of juxtaposing elements of reality with surrealism. Both, depicting a visual incentive and an emotion revived on the canvas are important. Her earlier years of works are more focused on depicting details in realism and developing technical skills, while her latest work has transformed into expressing emotional states in the freer form of paint, its textures, and layers. Marju’s artwork has been shown in several exhibitions in Estonia. She has been participating in joint exhibitions since 2012. Her first solo exhibition took place at Võru Town Gallery in Võru, Estonia, where she illustrated poems with paintings. She has illustrated and had exhibitions about the children’s book “Story Cellar” in Saare Country Central Library and Orissaare Library, Estonia. Her first participation in an abroad exhibition took place in an online form in Krakow, Poland 2021.
CV
MARJU MUST Tallinn, Helsinki https://marjumust.com
EDUCATION
2012–2017 Tartu Art College, BA, Painting
2016 Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences, Restoration Department
2006–2011 Euroacademy, BA, Interior Architecture
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 “Painted Poems”, Võru Town Gallery, Võru
2012 “Cellar Tales”, Saare County Central Library, Kuressaare
2012 “Cellar Tales”, Orissaare Library, Orissaare
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2026 Group Exhibition “Celebration Within Me / Pidu minus eneses”, Lauda Gallery, Tammuri Farm Restaurant, Valgamaa. Curator: Mia Melanie Saar
2026 Finnish Artists Exhibition “Interpretation / Tulkintaa”, Cultural Center Cruselli, Uusikaupunki. Curator: Vicky Maaranen
2026 Exhibition of auction works “Buy Young Art / Osta noort kunsti”, Art & Tonic Gallery, Tallinn
2026 Touring Photo Exhibition “The Meaning of the Forest / Looduse mõte”, Pernova Nature House, Pärnu
2026 Group Exhibition “Rooting”, The Blue Verve Art Gallery, Helsinki
2026 Estonian Painters Association Annual Exhibition “Ideal Landscapes / Ideaalmaastikud”, MONA – The Museum of New Art, Pärnu. Curator: Jaan Elken
2025 Touring Photo Exhibition “The Meaning of the Forest / Looduse mõte”, Ajamaja Gallery, Kuressaare, Saaremaa
2025 Group Exhibition “Fleeting”, The Blue Verve Art Gallery, Helsinki
2025 Group Exhibition “Insomnia”, The Blue Verve Art Gallery, Helsinki
2025 Finnish Artists Annual Exhibition 57, Valssaamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki. Curator: Niko Saarinen
2025 International Art Show “Highlights & Shadows”, Raud Fine Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Curator: Liina Raud
2025 Expo Metro Barcelona, Passeig de Gràcia metro station, Barcelona, Spain
2025 Finnish Artists Exhibition “Color Harmony / Väriharmoniaa”, Cable Factory Puristamo, Helsinki, Finland. Curator: Vicky Maaranen
2024 Estonian Painters Association Annual Exhibition “Somewhere, Over the Rainbow / Kusagil – üle vikerkaare”, MONA – The Museum of New Art, Pärnu. Curator: Jaan Elken
2023 Finnish Artists Annual Exhibition 55, Valssaamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki. Curator: Maarit Björkman-Väliahdeti
2022 Finnish Artists Annual Exhibition 54, Valssaamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki. Curator: Tero Annanolli
2022 Capital Culture House Gallery “Evocative”, Online Exhibition, Madrid, Spain
2022 Estonian Painters Association Jubilee Exhibition “Love Story / Armastuse lugu”, MONA – The Museum of New Art, Pärnu. Curator: Jaan Elken
2022 Semioculus Group Exhibition “Dark & Surreal Visions”, TYPA Galerii, Tartu. Curators: Dylan Michilsen, Agve Urm
2021 “Fear”, Virtual Exhibition, Krakow, Poland. Curator: Wookash Maciaszkiewicz
2021 Estonian Painters Association Joint Exhibition “How Contemporary is Contemporary? / Kui kaasaegne on kaasaegne?”, Rapla County Centre for Contemporary Art, Rapla. Curator: Jaan Elken
2021 Estonian Painters Association Annual Exhibition “Temporary Area / Ajutine pind”, MONA – The Museum of New Art, Pärnu. Curator: Jaan Elken
2020–2021 Joint Exhibition of Estonian Artists “Break / Paus”, Old-Võromaa Culture House, Võru. Curators: Stella Mõttus, Jana Huul
2020 “Tartu Young Artists Auction / Tartu noore kunsti oksjon”, Tartu Centre for Creative Industries
2016 “Mystification / Müsteerium”, Prima Vista Literary Festival, Gaudeamus, Tartu
2016 “Spring Exhibition / Kevadnäitus”, Jõhvi Art School, Jõhvi
2015 “Route / Tee”, Estonian Artists’ Group Exhibition, Old-Võromaa Culture House, Võru. Curator: Jana Huul
2015 Estonian Painters Association Annual Exhibition “Consistency and Novelty / Järjepidevus ja uudsus”, MONA – The Museum of New Art, Pärnu. Curator: Jaan Elken
2012 “Exhibition-Fair / Näitus-laat”, Gallery Noorus, Tartu
AUCTIONS
2026 Young Artists Auction (Spring), “Inner Circle / Omad Joped”, Art & Tonic Gallery, Tallinn
2020 Tartu Young Artists Auction (Autumn), “Next Stop / Järgmine peatus”, Tartu
RECOGNITION
2022 Excellence Award – 6th International CFA Artist of the Month Competition, Lyon, France
2022 Certificate of Participation – Art Vue Prize Summer 2022, Brussels, Belgium
2022 Featured Artist – Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France
2022 Finalist – Grey Cube Gallery “Waters” (July)
PUBLICATIONS
2022 “Limitless Nature”, Art Vue Foundation, 3rd edition
2022 “Spotlight Contemporary Art Magazine 31”, Circle Foundation for the Arts Press, France, p. 105