Bio
Laura Laasik (1989) is a visual artist using photography as a medium to investigate cultural and societal structures. Currently, she is based in Estonia and finishing her M.A in Photography at Aalto University, Finland. In her recent work, she explores the multifaceted truth of the pendulum work migrants between Estonia and Finland. In her work she uses visual anthropology methodologies as a starting point when researching the subject matter, to find the omnipresent essence of the story.
laura.laasik[at]gmail.com
Education
2018 - 2022 - Master of Photography, Aalto University, Helsinki, FIN
2020 - 2021 - Pedagogy, University of Tartu, EST
2013 - 2018 - Bachelor of Fine Art + Honours degree, Academie Minerva, Groningen, NL
2006 - 2011 - Graphic Design, Tartu Kunstikool, Tartu, EST
Nominations and Grants
01. 2020 - Aalto ARTS Production Grant (Finland)
01.2019 - KULKA Production Grant (Estonia)
06. 2018 - Nomination for Klaas Dijkstra Academieprijs (Groningen, NL)
08 - 09. 2017 Groot Brugmans Travel Grant (Groningen, NL)
Exhibitions and Residencies
Selection of exhibitions
10.2021 - Pendulum solo exhibition in ARS Showroom
09. 2021 - Lähteala Group exhibition in Noorus Gallery
04. 2021 - 05. 2021 - Blanket solo exhibition, in Gallery Positiiv (Tallinn, EST)https://kultuur.err.ee/1608177415/kultuuripunkt-laura-laasiku-naitus-tekk-galerii-positiivi-akendel
01.2020 - Unfold group exhibition in the Finnish Museum of Photography https://www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi/en/exhibitions/unfold
09. 2019 - Exhibition in Malta in Palazzo de la Salle, Valletta, 2019.
http://artsmalta.org/fourth-mobility-malta
04. 2019 - AMUSE residency in Lithuania, organized by Malta Society of Arts, http://artsmalta.org/third-mobility-lithuania
09. 2018 - AMUSE residency in Leeuwarden, organized by Malta Society of Arts, http://artsmalta.org/second-mobility-the-netherlands
06. 2018 - Eindexamen Exhibition http://www.mistermotley.nl/art-everyday-life/graduation-show-minerva-academy-headliners
(Suikerunie, Groningen, NL)
03. 2018 - Exchanging Dialogues - A collaborative project with the University in Hanoi, https://www.facebook.com/Exchanging-Dialogues-207718256474423/?ref=br_rs
(Hanoi, Vietnam)
02. 2018 - 24h Residency in Kunsthuis SYB, http://kunsthuissyb.nl/
(Beetsterzwaag, NL)
07. 2017 Summer school in Het Vijfde Seizoen and FOTODOK,
http://www.vijfde-seizoen.nl/nl/
https://www.fotodok.org/
(Den Dolder and Utrecht, NL)
06. 2017 Residency in Kunstlerhauser Worpswede,
https://www.kuenstlerhaeuser-worpswede.de/
(Worpswede, GE)