Located in Tallinn, Temnikova & Kasela gallery was established in 2010 by Olga Temnikova and Indrek Kasela. Its inception signified an attempt to negotiate a possibility of a commercial gallery operating in the predominantly public funded network of local art institutions, most of which originate from the Soviet era or are a product of its direct aftermath. Offering local and international representation to contemporary artists in the region, Temnikova & Kasela also incorporates shows by artists from abroad into its programme.
Sigrid Viir (1979) lives and works in Tallinn. Viir studied cultural theory at the Estonian Humanitarian Institute, after which she graduated from Photography department at the Estonian Academy of Arts. During that time she also completed Media Arts exchange program at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe (Prof. Elger Esser).
Sigrid Viir from her position as an artist: “I draw my inspiration from everyday situations that seem of little importance at first glance; behavioural habits and functioning models for which the question “why” does not even come to mind. Social agreements, moral norms and rules are the everyday “tools” we use to function socially but whose use often goes unnoticed because we have identified too much with them.”
