EEVA KÄSPER

Eeva Käsper is living and working in South-Estonia
eeva.kasper@gmail.com
+372 55606132

Eeva Käsper’s creative method is phenomenological – she bases it on personal experience, memories, perceptions, intermediate states of conscience. At times she approaches glass as a filigree master, creating objects that are very precise in form; at other times she lets glass flow freely, stopping the process abruptly – works thus born have enthralling connections with natural forms. Eeva Käsper uses different warm glass techniques, she has made mosaic glass and used also hot and cold techniques.

Eeva Käsper has graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts glass department in 1998 and after defending her MA thesis she worked at the same department as a teacher and as an Associate Professor (2013-2015). In 2006 she practised as a visiting teacher at the department of glass of the Anatolian University of Turkey. She is one of the founders of the Glass Club studio (2009) and owner of her new glass art studio Serene OÜ in South-Estonia (2018). Eeva has participated in exhibitions, conferences, symposia in many European countries, also in Russia, Turkey, and Korea. Her works have been acknowledged in many international contests of glass art and bought by several institutions and private collections. 

/text Reeli Kõiv/

Born

18.10.1971 in Tartu, Estonia

Education

1998–2003 Department of glass at Estonian Academy of Arts (EAA), MA
2000 Burg Giebichenstein University of Arts and Design, Halle, Germany
1994–1998 Department of glass at Estonian Academy of Arts, BA
1990–1994 Tartu Art College

Professional career

Since 2018 Owner/artist at the glass art studio Serene in South-Estonia
2009–2018 Glass art studio "Glass Club", Tallinn, foundation member, artist
2013–2015 Associate Professor of the department of glass at the EAA,
2003–2013 Tutor of the department of glass at the EAA,
2006 Lecturer of the department of glass at the Anatolian University, Turkey
1998–2007 Assistant of head of the department of glass at the EAA

Exhibitions

Solo (duo, trio) exhibitions

2024 “In Silence”, Hop Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2017 “In Transparent Language” (with T. Sarapu), Rakvere Theatre Gallery, Rakvere
2017 "Beyond", Palace Hotel Gallery Bar, Tallinn (series of exhibitions "Glass Art in Cafe", part of satellite program of Tallinn Applied Art Triennial)
2010 “A Moment of Balance” (with M. Saare, T. Sarapu), Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia (cat.)
2007 “Fragile. Recorded Influences”, Hop Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2005 “Fragile Moment” (with T. Sarapu), open air glass exhibition in town centre of Tallinn, Estonia
2004 “Around” (with K. Uslar), Pärnu Town gallery, Pärnu, Estonia
2003 “Spring”, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1998 "Aparte", Gallery Domini Canes, Tallinn, Estonia
1997 "Field of Memory" (with T. Sarapu and V. Kiil), Gallery Arttia, Tallinn, Estonia

Selected group exhibitions

2023 "GENIUS LOCI IV: Life, Art. Glass. 1628. 1928. 2023", Reigi parsonage, Hiiumaa Island, Estonia
2022 “Achtung: Kunsthandwerk!”, BdK Bund der Kunsthandwerker Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart Haus der Wirtschaft, Mia-Seeger-Saal and Karlsruhe, Regierungspräsidium am Rondellplatz, Germany
2021 “Translucency”, Main exhibition of 8th Tallinna Applied Art Triennial, curator Stine Bidstrup, Kai Art Center, Tallinn, Estonia
2020 “Color Red”, ARS Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia; Rakvere Galley, Estonia
2020 “Clear Space”, Kaunas District Museum, Virtum Pulse Festival, Lithuania
2019 “Useful”, Olustvere Klaasikoda, Estonia
2019 “Resonants”, Vana-Võromaa Kultuurikoda, Võru, Estonia
2019 “Female artists from Pallas”, Galerii Noorus, Tartu, Estonia
2019 “Terra Incognita”, Olustvere Klaasikoda, Estonia
2018 “Estonian glass design”, Okapi Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2018 “Tuli Klaas”, Museum of Hiiumaa, Kärdla, Estonia
2017 “Umwelt/Omailm”, Adamson-Eric Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2016 2D, The Museum of New Art, Pärnu; Centre of Contemporary Art, Rapla, Estonia
2016 Glass Without Borders, Tubbergen Glasrijk, The Netherland
2016 European Glass Context, Bornholm Art Museum, Denmark
2016 Artist in residence exhibition, MSGSÜ Tophane-i Amire Kültür ve Sanat Merkezi, Istanbul
2015–2016 Traveling exhibition “Gravur on Tour” Stourbridge, UK; Lommel, Belgium; Epe, The Netherlands; Rheinbach, Germany; Kamenicky Senov, Czech Republic; Tallinn, Estonia; Riihimäki, Finland; Frauenau, Germany
2015 “Glowing, cutting, shattering”, Titanikas Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 “Born/made”, Tartu Art House, Tartu; Vabaduse Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2014 “Zu Gast: Estland”, Coefeld, Germany
2014 “Vitrum Balticum VI”, Kaunas, Lithuania (cat.)
2013 “17 Views to Estonian Contemporary Applied Art”, Cheongju, Korea (cat.)
2013 “Mare Balticum”, Gallery Ritterswürden, Zwiesel, Germany
2013 “From Sand…”, Reigi parsonage, Hiiumaa Island, Estonia
2013 “Milky Way”, Rakvere gallery, Rakvere, Estonia
2012 “Contemporary Estonian Glass Art", Jelagin Island's Glass Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2012 “Grand Fragility”, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia (cat.)
2012 “Contemporary Estonian Glass Art”, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
2011 “Multisensory” L'Arredamento Gallery, Prato di Pordenone, Italy
2011 “Inside/Outside” Frauenau Glass Museum, Frauenau, Germany (cat.)
2011 “Paar” Kullo Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2011 “Estonian Glass”, Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2010 Exhibition of International Glass Festival, Skalda gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (cat.)
2010 "Camgeran", Contemporary Glass Art Museum, Eskisehir, Turkey (cat.)
2010 “Estonian Glass”, Glashütte Gernheim, Petershagen, Germany
2010 “Jukebox”, Nuutajarvi, Finland
2009 “Gläserne Zeichen in der Landschaft”, Frauenau Glass Museum, Germany
2009 “National Heritage”, Rakvere Gallery, Rakvere, Estonia
2009 “National Heritage”, Pärnu Town Gallery, Estonia
2008–2009 “Vitrum Balticum IV. New and Young”, Kaunas, Lithuania
2008 “Hortus Insolitus”, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, UK
2008 “Open”, Paide Town Hall, Paide, Estonia
2008 “Glasplastik und Garten”, Munster, Germany
2008 “3+3”, Gallery Im Heppächer, Esslingen, Germany
2008 “The Baltic Way”, Gallery Kunstbahnhof, Dresden, Germany
2007 “SÄSI”, Gallery of Architecture and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
2007 “Baltic Way”, Craft in the Bay Gallery, Cardiff, Wales, UK
2007 “Glass Garden III”, Gallery XX, Panevezys, Lithuania
2007 “Round”, Albu Manor House, Järva County, Estonia
2007 “State of Affairs”, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2007 Series of exhibitions “Berlin Glass Night”, Glasbrücke Berlin, Germany
2007 “Glass on Snow”, Gus-Khrustalny, Russia
2007 “Born from Sand ”, Rakvere Gallery, Rakvere, Estonia
2007 “Round”, Albu Manor House, Järva County, Estonia
2007 “Estonian Glass 70: the best of 10 years”, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
2006 Art Exhibition of Fine Arts Faculty of Anatolian University, Vestel Art Gallery, Eskisehir, Turkey
2006 16th Istanbul Art Fair, TÜYAP Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 Series of exhibitions of Baltic contemporary glass, Gallery Academija, Vilnius; Gallery of Textile Workers‘ and Painters‘ Guild and Graphic Gallery, Kaunas; Gallery XX and Panevezys Civic Art Gallery, Panevezys, Lithuania
2006 “Glass Garden II”, Panevezys, Lithuania (cat.) 
2006 “Coburg Glass Prize 2006”, Veste Coburg, Germany (cat.)
2006 II White Glass Days, Evald Okas Museum, Haapsalu, Estonia
2006 “Beautiful”, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2006 “Mo-mosaic”, Stikla Galerija, Riga, Latvia
2006 “Experimental Spirit in Glass Sculpture“, Mentzendorff’s House, Riga, Latvia
2006 “Vitrum Balticum III”, International Glass Art Exhibition, M. K. Ciurlionis National Art Museum, Ceramics Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
2005 White Glass Days, Evald Okas Museum, Haapsalu and A-Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2005 “Broken Things”, Jaani Seek Museum, Tallinn and Viljandi Gallery, Viljandi, Estonia
2004 “Maritima”, Evald Okas Museum, Haapsalu, Estonia
2004 “Focus”, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2003 “Notes. 3 Dimensional Estonian Art”, Szentendre Art Mill, Hungary (cat.)
2003 “Platter”, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2002 “Counteroffer”, The Applied Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2002 ”Views”, Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2002 “Young and hot, emerging artists from Europe”, Societeit Baby, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2001 “Glass with Care”, EAA Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2001 “Harmonies”, Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2001 “Through the Glass”, Town Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2001 Estonian Art and Craft, Gallery Tersaeus and Gallery Dansens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden (cat.)
2001 International glass art exhibition of academies of arts of Baltic States, Academy of Arts in Riga, Latvia
2000 "Global Art Glass" Orrefors workshop exhibition, Orrefors, Sweden
1998 "The Landmarks", Haapsalu Gallery, Haapsalu, Estonia
1998 "New Life in Glass", Rakvere Gallery, Rakvere, Estonia

Curator of the exhibitions

2009 “EKA Know How. Isn't it So Simple?” (with T. Sarapu), EAA gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2004 “735–860°C”, Kullo gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2001 “Glass with Care” (together with T. Sarapu), EAA gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

Conferences, workshops, residency and symposia

2018 Glass Art Society Annual Conference, Venice, Italy
2016 Artist in residence in The Glass Furnace Istanbul, Turkey
2013 North Lands Creative Glass International Master Classes and Conference, Lybster, Scotland; master class leader, presentation “Recorded Influences” at the conference “The Real Thing: Beyond Stereotyping”
2010 International glass symposium "International festival of glass – Sofia 2010", Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 International glass conference “Scratching the Surface – Matters of Perception”, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge, UK
2008 International conference “European Glass Context 2008”, Bornholm, Denmark
2007 International symposium on glass education “Meeting Point II. VITRA”, Nancy and Vannes-le-Chatel, France
2007 International symposium and workshop of glass blowing “Glass Garden III”, Panevezys, Lithuania
2007 II International symposium and workshop of art glass, Gus-Khrustalny, Russia
2006 International symposium and workshop of glass blowing “Glass Garden II”, Panevezys, Lithuania
2006 II White Glass Days’ workshop of glass blowing, Evald Okas Museum, Haapsalu
2006 International conference on glass education “Meeting Point I – Tallinn”, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2006 VII International Glass Symposium “Glass in Context: Art – Image – Industry”, Frauenau, Germany
2006 International workshop „Experimental Spirit in Glass Sculpture“, Grizinkalns Glass Factory, Riga, Latvia
2005 White Glass Days’ workshop of glass blowing, Evald Okas Museum, Haapsalu
2002 Glass Art Society Annual Conference: 32, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000 Practice at the Lauscha Glass Factory, Germany
1999 International Glass Triennial "Global Art Glass" workshop, Orrefors, Sweden
1997 Ethnographical expedition to Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Acknowledgments

2017 State Real Estate Ltd, Harju county courthouse art competition, honorable mention
2015 HUS environmental art competition, among 10 invited artists, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Appreciated Glass Artist 2010-2011, biannual prize of Estonian Glass Artists' Union
2009 International glass sculpture contest “Glass Gardens in Frauenau” (with T. Sarapu), Germany – selected work “Imaginary Space”, realized 2010
2008 New Glass Review 29, the annual competition of Corning Museum of Glass – selected work
2007 The Award of Estonian Young Designer SÄSI – Small SÄSI
2006 New Glass Review 27, the annual competition of Corning Museum of Glass – selected work
2005 Coburg Glass Prize 2006 – selected work
2005 Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award – selected work
2003 Diploma in the field of humanities in contest of scientific research of students in Estonia with thesis “Mosaic Glass – History and Technology”
1997 International fair competition "Woman`97", III price

Cooperation

2015 An assessment expert of the Estonian Higher Education Quality Agency
2012 The 6th Tallinn Applied Art Triennial 2012 "The Art of Collecting", member of organizational committee
2010–2011 Estonian–Norwegian collaboration project "World of Glass", creating glass instruments for musicians, project leader, artist

Works in collections

2019, 2017, 2008, 2007 The Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
2016 Collection of contemporary glass art, The Glass Furnace Foundation Istanbul, Turkey
2014, 2008 Ernsting Stiftung Alter Hof Herding, Germany
2013 The North Lands Creative Glass Collection of Contemporary Glass
2010 The Frauenau Glass Museum, Germany
2006 Contemporary Glass Art Museum, Eskisehir, Turkey
2001 The Estonian History Museum, Tallinn, Estonia

Unions and Juries

2011–2015 Member of board of Tallinn Applied Art Triennial Society
2009–2011 Member of Committee of Estonian Cultural Endowment
Since 2007 Member of Estonian Artists' Association (member of council 2007-2010)
2006 Member of jury of international students’ exhibition of glass “Discovery”, Tallinn, Estonia
Since 2005 Member of Estonian Glass Artists’ Union (member of board 2007-2010)
Since 2005 Member of board of applied art and design gallery HOP, Tallinn, Estonia

Selected publications

2011 „Ten Years of Estonian Glass Art“, Tallinn, Estonia, ISBN 978-9949-21-941-4
2010 Catalogue “The Moment of Balance”, Tartu Art Museum, Estonia, ISBN 978-9985-9765-4-8
2009 Cummings, K. „Contemporary Kiln-formed Glass“, A & C Black Publishers, London, ISBN 9781408100752, pgs. 98-99
2009 Kalthoff, Norbert. „Eeva Käsper. Glass Art from Estonia“. Glashaus 2/2009
2006 „Coburg Glass Prize 2006”, Coburg, Germany