Kogo Gallery presents Kristina Õllek at Paris Photo

Estonian gallery Kogo is presenting recent work by visual artist Kristina Õllek at Paris Photo, running from November 12 to 15. The Tartu-based gallery is taking part in the international photography fair for the first time, ERR reports.

The works are on display in the fair’s Emergence section, which features 20 projects from nine countries. One of Õllek’s works is also part of a special programme dedicated to women artists. Her presentation includes photo sculptures, pigment photographs made using sea salt produced in Camargue in southern France, and photographic works in specially designed frames.

A joint exhibition by Õllek and French artist Anne-Laure Wuillai, titled “Drifting Through Waters,” opened in Paris on November 13. It is organised by Roots to Routes and Nomaadgalerie and curated by Merilin Talumaa and Kati Kull.

Paris Photo, founded in 1997, is holding its 29th edition this year at the Grand Palais, a historic exhibition building in Paris. Last year, the fair drew 87,000 visitors, including 18,000 art collectors from around the world.

Õllek, who lives and works in Tallinn, works across photography, video and installation. Over the past decade, her work has explored deep-sea ecosystems, focusing on aquatic organisms and presenting them as living archives of polluted waters. Her work has been shown in exhibitions in Estonia and abroad, most recently at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London and the Baltic Contemporary Art Center in Gateshead, England. Her works are held in the collections of the Art Museum of Estonia, the photography museum in Winterthur and the European Central Bank, as well as in private collections across Europe.