Mihkel Maripuu

Mihkel Maripuu’s (b 1987) oeuvre is characterized by a multidisciplinary practice involving various media and containing a physical and aural platform beside the visual one. He works with the nature of post-internet in contemporary art, neo-materialism and other subcultural phenomena and unique qualities of the digital era that have influenced the development of the contemporary visual language. He dissects the distinct attributes of technology and organics and the principles of their shared existence. Mihkel Maripuu has graduated from the Painting Department of the University of Tartu (BA) and the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Estonian Academy of Arts (MA).

Mihkel Maripuu (1987) on kunstnik, kelle tegevust iseloomustab multidistsiplinaarne, eri meediume kaasav praktika, milles sisaldub lisaks helilisele ka visuaalne ja füüsiline platvorm. Uurimisalusteks teemadeks on olnud post-interneti olemus kaasaegses kunstis, neo-materialism ja muud subkultuurilised ilmingud ning digitaalajastu omapärad, mis on mõjutanud kaasaegse diskursuse kujunemist. Lahates tehnoloogia ja orgaanika vahelisi erisusi ning nende potentsiaalsete ühisalade kattuvuslikke printsiipe. Viimastel uuringutel on keskendunud ruumilise hübriidkogemuse saavutamisele reaalajas, rakendades eri meediumid üksteise kasuks tööle, mis simulaakrumina stimuleeriks ruumi külastaja kogemust ning seeläbi ka ruumi iseennast. Ta on lõpetanud Tartu Ülikooli, filosoofiateaduskonna, kultuuriteaduste ja kunstide instituudi, maalikunsti õppetooli (B.A.) ja Eesti Kunstiakadeemia vabade kunstide teaduskonna (M.A.).

● 2010 – 2014 Estonian Academy of Arts, Painting Department (MA)
● 2011 – 2012 Completing a master's thesis project in Berlin, as a awarded scholarship recipient
● 2006 – 2010 Tartu University, Philosophy faculty, Institute of art and cultural science, Painting Department (BA)

● AkzoNobel Art Prize 2024
● Kristjan Raud Art Award 2020
● Konrad Mägi Art Award 2019
● AkzoNobel Art Prize 2019
● Young Painters Prize 2013


● 2022 "Fatamorgaana/ Fata Morgana". Draakon gallery, Tallinn
● 2021 "*(meta)morphosis". ARS Art Factory's Projectspace. Tallinn
● 2020 "Tuleviku ootamatu ilmumine / The Unexpected Presence of the Future". duo-solo exhibition with artist Laivi.
Tartu Art House Monumental gallery
● 2020 "Draft". solo exhibition. ARS Showroom
● 2019 "Ex Nihilo". Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
● 2018 Solo audio-visual project "Liminal Phase". ARS Art Factory's Projectspace, Tallinn.
● 2017 "Maine igatsus: leida ja kaotada / Killer Image: Shifting Modes of Desire" Duo-Solo exhibition with Laivi. Hobusepea gallery Tallinn
● 2014 "#anonymous(im)possibilities intheinvorytower#xoxo". Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn
● 2014 "Color is Chaos". Nassau 42 Fine Arts Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
● 2013 "My Job is Making Windows Where There Were Once Walls". Galerii008, Tallinn
● 2012 "Hiilgav generatsioon / Glowing Generation". Draakoni gallery, Tallinn
● 2012 "Spectrum of Vitamins". Berliini Eesti Suursaatkond / Estonian Embassy in Berlin
● 2010 "Neon Toybox", Rael Artel gallery, Tartu


●2024 "It's All About You". Sound artist / sound artist/designer for a performance. In collaboration with director-choreographer Rebecca Green (as part of CPPM Manifestal 2024). Russian theatre / RING stage, Tallinn.
● 2024 "Päästik / Trigger". Participating artists: (LA)HORDE, Adrian Kiss, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane, Cevdet Erek, Darja Popolitova, Hanna Antonsson, Jacolby Satterwhite, Oona Doherty. Curated by Evelyn Raudsepp and Maria-Helen Känd. Estonian Contemporary Art Museum (EKKM), Tallinn.
● 2023 "Standstill / Paus Istu Mine". Sound artist / sound designer for a performance. In collaboration with director-choreographer Keithy Kuuspu, performers Liisa Saaremäel, Agnes Ihoma, Jana Jacuka, Anumai Raska, Johanna Vaiksoo, light artist Sasha Mirson, stage artist Kairi Mändla, materials dramaturge Juss Heinsalu, dramaturge Laura Cemin. Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava (STL), Tallinn.
● 2023 "False Falling / Läbi Kukkumine". Sound artist for durational performance. Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn.
● 2022 "body slam / ihu ramm" Sound artist for performance / exhibition. ARS Art Factory's Projectspace, Tallinn ​ (In collaboration with Keithy Kuuspu, Liisa Saaremäel and Tarvo Porroson)
● 2021 "False Falling / Läbi Kukkumine". Sound artist for durational performance. Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava (STL), Tallinn.
● 2019 Video and sound artist for installative fashion performance "Posteden". Kanuti Gildi Saal, Tallinn.
● 2018 NU Performance festival. Sound design for artist Laivi's installative fashion performance "Mystifying Mundane". ARS Project Space, Tallinn.
● 2018 Sound design for artist Laivi Suurväli's installative fashion performance "Long Live Trashed Bodies". ​ ARS Project Space, Tallinn.
●2017 Live sound design for artist Laivi Suurväli's installative fashion performance "When I Was a Girl & Life Was Yet Ahead". ARS Project Space, Tallinn
● 2016 Sound design for audio-visual performance "Substraat II".
(Collaboration with Hannes Aasamets and Arolin Raudva). Theatre NO99, Tallinn
● 2016 Sound design for artist Laivi's exhibition "Poor Girl / Too Cool". Tartu Kunstimuuseum, Tartu
● 2016 Tallinn Music Week. Live audio-visual performance "Imperial Shadow"
under the moniker of 'Compound Minerals'. (Collaboration with Mark Kuslapuu and Hannes Aasamets). Balti Jaama Pavilion
● 2014 Sound design for artist Laura Põld's exhibition "The Night Your Mate Danced Like a Tree". Hobusepea galerii, Tallinn


● 2024 “Kellele kuulub öö? / Who Claims the Night?”. Soundartist position. Estonian National Museum
● 2024 “Kõige alguse galerii / The Newborn Gallery”. European Capital of Culture - Tartu 2024. Main program project in collaboration with curator/architect Helmi Marie Langseppa and artist Kai Kaljo.
● 2023 “Largely (not wholly)”. FABRIKKEN for Kunst og Design. Copenhagen, Denmark
● 2023 “Fragmentary Relations”. Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Germany
● 2019 "Aruanne publikule. Tartmusi kunstiostud". Tartu Art House
● 2019 "4D". ARS Project Space, Tallinn
● 2017 "Right Now!". Pärnu Museum of New Art
● 2015 "Youth Mode". Tartu Art Museum
● 2014 "Võimatu minna, Kindlasti minna / Can't Go On, Must Go On". Tallinn Art Hall
● 2014 "TASE 2014". Estonian Architecture Museum, Tallinn
● 2014 "SUND". Tallinn Art Hall
● 2013 "Young Painter Prize 2013". Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
● 2013 "Kaasaütlev. Ilmaütlev". Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
● 2013 "Two-Way Street. Contemporary Estonian Painting". Mon Repos Palace, Corfu town, Greece
● 2012 "Eesti kunstiskeenede arheoloogia ja tulevik". KUMU, Tallinn
● 2011 "Seanahk III". International art and peformance festival. Haapsalu, Estonia
● 2009 "Freedom. Freedom. Sexy". Tbilisi State Academy of Arts gallery. Tbilisi, Georgia