EXHIBITION // "Thrifters and Transformers" by Anna Malicka, Noushin Redjaian, Kadri Liis Rääk

Thrifters and Transformers
Anna Malicka, Noushin Redjaian, Kadri Liis Rääk
Curated by Šelda Puķīte
12.6.2026 — 22.8.2026

 We open the exhibition Thrifters and Transformers on 11.6 at 18.00 at Kogo Gallery.
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From afar, one can spot a room whose paned window is overtaken by entanglements of fibre. It appears as a strange substance forming an unravelled veil, a fluid system of threads that coalesces into abstract lace. Upon entering the space, one discovers multiple formations, resembling the one in the window, descending from different parts of the ceiling and holding within their bodies ornament-like shapes, or perhaps an alien language yet to be deciphered. In the middle of the room, a tree formed from fragments of carpet has arisen and beneath it lies a female figure with a bowl, her interior revealed, while her crystallised heart hangs near the entrance. Around this mystical scene, processes of metamorphosis unfold as plant forms emerge from the walls, transforming into visceral, human-like body parts before returning once again to vegetal states. This is the world unfolding at Kogo Gallery, where three artists, Anna Malicka, Noushin Redjaian and Kadri Liis Rääk, come together to create a room of their own: a women’s space woven from layered memories, sedimented meanings and material traces.

Thrifters and Transformers brings together artists who, in a sensual and intimate manner, reshape the world’s matter through resources drawn from nature, cultural history and tradition, collective memory and embodied knowledge, as well as found objects and materials awaiting a second life. Their shared artistic trajectory foregrounds both the physical and symbolic potential of materiality, while queering ideas associated with design and fashion. At the core of their practices lies an interest in liminal states, where unconscious impulses and sensory experience become entangled with accumulated knowledge and lived experience.

Read the full exhibition text and about the artists here.

The exhibition is funded by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and the City of Tartu. Anna Malicka received funding from the Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia and the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture.
Drinks at the opening are by Pühaste Brewery.