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Silja Truus

Silja Truus is an Estonian artist who graduated from the Art Academy and the University of Westminster in London. She has shown her sculptures and installation works at a number of exhibitions, mostly in the UK and Estonia. Silja’s work is concerned with covert and emotional responses to the most fundamental aspects of the human condition. In the recent years, her work is also characterized by a deep appreciation of and a concern about other life forms. Silja’s sculptures are often inspired by traditional art, resulting in a certain raw and spontaneous quality. Besides the more traditional materials, Silja has also used found objects and recycled materials – based on the principle that the characteristics of the materials will be carried into and become an inherent part in the final piece.

Solo exhibitions
2024 Heletume. With Ove Maidla. Vabaduse Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2020 Hope for Life. Gallery tARTu, Tartu, Estonia
2019 In the Deep, There is High, In the Low, Sublime. Viinistu Art Museum Gallery, Harju County, Estonia
2017 Small Works Composed of Old Steel Found in Thames. Chelsea Arts Club, London, UK
2011 Elements. Acquire Arts Gallery, London, UK


Selected group exhibitions
2023 Lendlehed ja monumendid. The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2023 Keerukuju. Annual Exhibition of the Estonian Sculptor’s Union. Artium art gallery, Viimsi, Estonia
2023 Form/Vorm. Sculpture Festival. Pärnu Loovlinnak, Pärnu, Estonia
2023/2024 Right Body, Wrong Body? Commission for five copper masks. Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia
2022 Light Cocktail. With Eero Ijavoinen and Tuuli Puhvel. Voronja Gallery, Varnja, Tartu County, Estonia
2022 Conserved Matter. Annual Exhibition of the Estonian Sculptor’s Union. Viinistu Art Harbour, Harju County, Estonia
2022 Sculpture Auction Exhibition. Gallery tARTu, Tartu, Estonia
2021/2022 Annual Exhibition. Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
2021 Flows Into Being. Eighth Estonian Small-Scale Sculpture Exhibition and the Annual Exhibition of the Estonian Sculptor’s Union. Gallery Pallas, Tartu, Estonia
2020 Annual Exhibition of the Estonian Sculptor’s Union. National Library, Tallinn, Estonia
2018/2019 Annual Exhibition. Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
2018 Metsik/Wild. Exhibition and symposion. Viisli, Põlva County, Estonia
2017/2018 Annual Exhibition. Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
2017 Conference on Mermaids, Maritime Folklore, and Modernity. Kulturhuset Indre By, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 Artrooms 2017. Art fair. Melia White House Hotel, London, UK
2016 Unusual Materials and Collage. Chelsea Arts Club, London, UK
2016 A Journey: Loneliness, Hope and Resilience. Mental Health Institute, Nottingham, UK
2015 The Other Side. Chelsea Arts Club, London, UK
2010 Interim Exhibition. MA Art and Media Practice course exhibition. Gallery West, London, UK
2009 Beloved Light. With Mario Carrieri and Iris Throsteindottir. Hay Hill Gallery, London, UK