Kaisa Maasik (b. 1994) is an artist and curator based in Tallinn. Since 2024, she has worked as a gallerist at the Estonian Academy of Arts. She holds an MA in contemporary art (2021) and a BA in photography (2017) from the Estonian Academy of Arts. In 2019, she furthered her studies in the Praxis master’s programme in curating at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki. Maasik’s projects are rooted in noticing and collecting, bringing together everyday observations alongside objects and other people’s experiences. Her solo exhibition The Lightness of Being, part of the Young Tartu exhibition series, recently concluded at the Tartu Art Museum’s project space. In 2020, Maasik received the Wiiralt Scholarship in recognition of her approach to combining artistic and curatorial practice.

*Photo: Kristiina Hansen.