Kris Lemsalu (born 1985, Tallinn) is a contemporary artist based in Tallinn, Estonia and Vienna, Austria. Her art studies took place at the Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonian: Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, EKA) in Tallinn, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Design (Danish: Danmarks Designskole, DKDS) in Copenhagen, and at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (German: Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) in Vienna.
Work
Lemsalu studied ceramics at the Estonian Academy of Art. Her contemporary art is eccentric and independent, she creates abstract objects and figures to communicate inner states of mind and elaborate on the human condition in the modern, challenging world. She is known in Estonia and internationally.
Ceramics, lamb fur, wild pig fur, foam, spray paint, seashells, sand, sleeping bags, stockings, textile, porcelain, plastic, artificial flowers, xylophone are all examples of materials she has used for her abstract sculptures; for a project called The Birth of Venus she makes a performance in a bodysuit made of stuffed pantyhose which is shaped into exaggerated female body and acts out birth represented by a growing white balloon.
Her art includes self-portraits and photo scenes in addition to her abstract sculptures. Her artistic message is focused on the individual and the existential reaction of the individual towards the world.
She had presented her metamodernism art in New York in 2015, performing alongside her contemporary sculptures.