Ann Mirjam Vaikla
Ann Mirjam Vaikla is based in Tallinn and works both in Estonia and internationally. In her artistic practice as an independent curator, artist and scenographer she is engaged with the intertwinement of ecological distress, non-human species/bodies and decolonisation. She is currently studying in the Decolonizing Architecture Advanced Studies (DAAS) postmaster programme at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. Previously she has studied Scenography (BA) at the Norwegian Theatre Academy as well as Culture and Arts (MA) at the Novia University in Finland. She is the co-curator of the residency cycle KORDON LAB on Food and Energy (2023–24). Her recent projects include curating the 8th Artishok Biennial Botanical Witnesses (2022) at the Tallinn Botanic Garden, Point of No Return. Attunement of Attention (2021) at Narva Art Residency (NART) and exhibiting her work Monument of (R)evolution (2021) at Tallinn City Gallery (Tallinn Art Hall).