Peeter Laurits

Artist is based in: Estonia

Peeter Laurits (1962) works primarily with photo- graphy, video, and computer graphics. In the 1990s, as a member of the group DeStudio, he engaged in media-critical explorations before turning his focus toward deep ecology. In 1996, he moved to the forest, where he founded the Kütioru Open Studio. Today, posthumanist ethics form the conceptual core of his artistic practice. Laurits has held solo exhibitions inter- nationally; his works are included in both museum and private collections, and he has realised several lar- ge-scale public art commissions. In 2017, he served as Visiting Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of Tartu. From 2020 to 2023, he curated the international science and art symposium Biotoopia. Between 2023 and 2025, he was a recipient of the state artist’s salary. Laurits is a member of the Estonian Artists’ Association.