GRASS Fellow, 2026
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Kristina Õllek, Converting Energy and Oxygen, 2024; Taking Over, 36 x16 cm, Chlorophylla-A Concentration Index, 50 × 76 cm. Photo: Kristine Madjare
Kristina Õllek
We are delighted to welcome our new GRASS Fellow, the Estonian artist Kristina Õllek, to Gotland. She will be in residence at BAC for six weeks in April and May, and also occupy a workspace at Uppsala University Campus Gotland in Visby. Kristina Õllek will, amongst other things, be researching water from a broad spectrum and tapping into research areas of local marine ecologists.
Kristina Õllek has over the past nine years in her work explored the fragile deep-sea ecosystems on the coasts of the North Sea and sunk into the hypoxic zones of the Baltic Sea, ”thinking with” the aquatic organisms, such as cyanobacteria, as well as the filter feeders.
The GRASS Fellow Programme, organised by BAC and Uppsala University Graduate School in Sustainability Studies (GRASS), invites artists with a particular focus on sustainability issues to Campus Gotland. The aim of the residency programme is twofold: for the artists to deepen their practice in dialogue with researchers and students, and to enrich the campus environment with artistic experiments, field trips, workshops and artistic interventions that contribute to increased curiosity, awareness and knowledge about sustainability issues.
(b. 1989 Estonia) is a visual artist based in Tallinn. She works in the fields of photography, video and installation, often making use of microbial and chemical processes, with a focus on investigating aquatic ecosystems, geological matter and human-altered environments. In particular, her work focuses on the marine habitat and the notion of new technologies, including the geopolitical and ecological conditions they are associated with.
Her work has been exhibited in numerous international solo and group exhibitions, including at Baltic Contemporary Art Centre (Gateshead, England), Dulwich Picture Gallery (London, England), Sopot State Art Gallery (Poland), Kai Art Center (Tallinn, Estonia) and Kumu Art Museum (Tallinn, Estonia).