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Heikki Leis

Heikki Leis

Artist's country of origin: Estonia

Heikki Leis (born 1973) is a Tartu-based artist known mainly for his hyperrealist pencil drawings of famous Estonians. He graduated the Tartu Art College as a sculptor in 1991 , and he has been a freelance artist since 2000.


Leis’ imaginative set-piece photographs explore the aesthetic codes familiar from lifestyle/fashion/women’s magazines, telling stories that invite viewers to notice everything unusual and unreal in their surroundings. The title of the series “Teenage Exorcist” (2014-2015) says it all – the main character drives out evil spirits, both self-purging and cleansing the environment.


Drawing

The Last Knot by Heikki Leis
The Last Knot, 2017  
113 x 113 cm
€3077
Broken by Heikki Leis
Broken, 2017  
113 x 113 cm
€7692
Fire by Heikki Leis
Fire, 2024  
115 x 115 cm
€8100
Inadequate use of reality  by Heikki Leis
Inadequate use of reality , 2014  
60 x 88 cm
€460
Liisi Koikson by Heikki Leis
Liisi Koikson, 2008  
60 x 60 cm
€1600

Photography

How long this stupidity last? by Heikki Leis
How long this stupidity last?, 2024  
83 x 83 cm
€900
Beetroot I (from series "Afterlife") by Heikki Leis
Beetroot I (from series "Afterlife"), 2024  
80 x 120 cm
€1850
Beetroot II (from series "Afterlife") by Heikki Leis
Beetroot II (from series "Afterlife"), 2024  
80 x 120 cm
€1850
Beetroot III (from series "Afterlife") by Heikki Leis
Beetroot III (from series "Afterlife"), 2024  
80 x 120 cm
€1850
Form is temporary, class is permanent VII by Heikki Leis
Form is temporary, class is permanent VII, 2021  
40 x 50 cm
€620
Teenager Exorcist 2 by Heikki Leis
Teenager Exorcist 2, 2015  
72 x 56 cm
€350
Teenager Exorcist 3 by Heikki Leis
Teenager Exorcist 3, 2015  
72 x 56 cm
€350
Teenager Exorcist 5 by Heikki Leis
Teenager Exorcist 5, 2015  
72 x 56 cm
€350
Teenager Exorcist 6 by Heikki Leis
Teenager Exorcist 6, 2014  
72 x 56 cm
€350

Other

Irish Blood by Heikki Leis
Irish Blood, 2005  
23 x 75 cm
€255

Portfolio Showcase (not for sale)

Teenager Exorcist 1 by Heikki Leis
Teenager Exorcist 1, 2014  
72 x 56 cm
Inadequate use of reality by Heikki Leis
Inadequate use of reality, 2014  
60 x 90 cm
No land for old men by Heikki Leis
No land for old men, 2022  
112 x 92 cm
Teenager Exorcist 4 by Heikki Leis
Teenager Exorcist 4, 2015  
72 x 56 cm

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Tartu Art Auction 2025

08.03.2025 - 04.04.2025

Tartu Art House
Monumental gallery

Vanemuise 26, Tartu, Estonia

Opening hours: Mon 12:00 - 18:00 Wed-Sun 12:00 - 18:00