IN RESIDENCE @ APEXART WITH MARIA-KRISTIINA SOOMRE: February 26, Central Park, NYC

Maria-Kristiina Soomre (1978, Tallinn, Estonia) is Curator of Contemporary Art at Kumu Art Museum (Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn). She has been active as an art critic and columnist in Estonian cultural press since 2000, collaborating mainly with the only local cultural weekly Sirp, magazines kunst.ee and Estonian Art as well as the National Television (2005 art program "Aku" - producer, editor and co-author). In addition to curating exhibitions at Kumu, Maria-Kristiina Soomre organizes also electronic music festival "Kumu ÖÖ", seminars and conferences; she is also lecturer at Estonian Academy of Arts. Her curatorial projects at the Kumu Art Museum include both original exhibitions of Estonian and international contemporary art as well as producing and administrating collaborative projects with different curators and institutions around the world. The contemporary art program of Kumu Art Museum is based on exhibiting both the current tendencies in the local and international art scene, as well as introducing the classics of modern and contemporary art to the Estonian public who, due to the past behind the Iron Curtain, has little knowledge of post-WWII developments.

Maria-Kristiina Soomre was recommended by Rael Artel, an independent curator and art critic based in Pärnu, Estonia.

Ms. Soomre's residency is supported in part by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.

IN RESIDENCE @ APEXART WITH
MARIA-KRISTIINA SOOMRE

Saturday, March 13, 2010

February 26, Central Park, NYC

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