Brenda Purtsak

Artist's country of origin: Estonia

Brenda Purtsak (born in 1994) is an artist from Estonia. She graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a degree in Contemporary Art (2022) and Painting (2020). Since 2023, she has been working as a lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Her artistic practice focuses on the biological body, exploring the boundaries between abstraction and the physical form. Through this approach, she reflects on life-related themes such as love, kinship, death, and other existential questions. Purtsak primarily uses the medium of painting for her expression.

She has participated in various exhibitions, including “Teesklus” (2020) at the EKA Gallery (curated by Holger Loodus, co-artist Eero Alev), “Külaline” (2022) at the Hobusepea Gallery (co-artists Marleen Suvi, Eero Alev), and “Tung” (2024) at the Tartu Art House Monumental Gallery, as well as “Sissepääs mitte igaühele” at the Hobusepea Gallery (2024) (curated by Kerly Ritval, co-artist Lisette Lepik). At the end of 2023, she opened her major solo exhibition “Sünnitus” at the ARS Project Space (curated by Aleksander Metsamärt). Purtsak’s works have been featured in various international exhibitions, and her paintings and stained glass artworks have been displayed for several consecutive years at the Estonian Embassy in The Hague (curated by Aleksander Metsamärt).