LAURA-MARIA VAHIMETS

08/09/1999

Estonia

EDUCATION

2019-2023 Estonian Academy of Arts, Textile Design BA cum laude

2020-2021 University of Art and Design Linz Erasmus program Painting and Textile Art Design

2015-2018 Tallinn Old Town Educational College, art class

EXTRA CURRICULAR EDUCATION

2022 CIRRUS workshop “Biointegrated Design” led by Kärt Ojavee in Saaremaa, Estonia

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

2023 Rain Lõhmus Foundation scholarship

INTERNSHIP/WORK

05.08. – 13.08. 2024 Set designer for Estonian film “Etude of Life” by Eha Urbsalu

10.06-23.06 2024 Volunteer in technological art open-air exhibition "Wild Bits" in Maajaam, Estonia

10.02. – 14.02. 2024 Filming and editing music video for Veselyn Hrystov “Golden Pipes”

14.04 - 16.06 2022 Performer and exhibition keeper in Estonian Pavilion Venice Art Biennale, Italy

EXHIBITIONS/ PARTICIPATIONS

16.08. – 23.08. 2024 Summer school on Spatial activism in VARES Architecture Residency in Valga, Estonia

27.05. 2024 SÍM Barn open doors/exhibition of the residents in SÍM Residency from May

03.05. - 31.05. 2024 Resident of SÍM Residency Reykjavik, Iceland

31.05. 2023 TASE graduation show in Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia

26.06. 2022 “Barfuß” group exhibition Vienna, Austria

23.06. 2022 Screening “Untitled” in “Unortiges Kino Program” Linz, Austria

14.02. 2022 Blaues Haus collective exhibition “Blaues Schloss des Kollektivs Blaues Haus” Traun, Austria

02.11. 2020 “Owerwhere” group exhibition Austellungsraum Blaues Haus, Linz, Austria

27.08. 2020 “Moving & Sounding Paint” happening in Narva Art Residency, Estonia

01.06. 2018 “Kunst Ainult Täna Õhtul” graduation exhibition Tallinn, Estonia

COMPUTER SKILLS

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, WeavePoint, LoomControl

LANGUAGES

Estonian, English, French, German