This is a list of women artists born in

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

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* Ellinor Aiki (1893–1969), painter

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* Epp Haabsaar (born 1953), painter, illustrator * Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz (1824–1902), Baltic-German painter

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Inéz Ines Reingold-Tali, known by her stage names Inéz, Inèz or Inez, is an Estonian atalogue Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea di Firenze. p. 612new media artist, musician, composer and writer on sound art, noise, electronic mu ...

(active since mid-1990s), contemporary artist, musician, composer

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Alisa Jakobi Alisa Jakobi is an Estonian artist, actress and graphic designer. Life and education Alisa Jakobi is an Estonian artist. She studied in the Estonian Academy of Arts, completing a BA in Graphic Design in 2005. Later she left Estonia for three ye ...

(born 1981), painter, actress, graphic designer

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* Elvy Kalep (1899–1989), pilot, painter, toy designer, writer * Kalli Kalde (born 1967), graphic artist, illustrator * Liis Koger (born 1989), painter, poet *

Meeli Kõiva Meeli Kõiva (known professionally as Mery Crystal Ra; born 14 January 1960, Tartu, Estonia) is an Estonian-American artist, curator, and art filmmaker who primarily works with architectural glass, light and multimedia. She is active in Finland, ...

(born 1960), painter, sculptor, glass designer

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Kadri Mälk Kadri Mälk (née Kadri Sõerd; 27 January 1958 – 1 January 2023) was an Estonian artist and jewellery designer. Life and career Mälk was born on 27 January 1958 in Tallinn and began her studies at the Tartu Art School in 1977 and graduated ...

(born 1958–2023), painter, jewelry designer * Eveline Adelheid von Maydell (1890–1962), silhouette artist * Lydia Mei (1896–1965), painter * Natalie Mei (1900–1975), painter, graphic artist

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* Katja Novitskova (born 1984), installation artist *

Mall Nukke Mall Nukke (born December 6, 1964) is an Estonian artist. A printmaker by training, she is primarily known for her paintings, collages and installations influenced by pop art. Mall Nukke emerged on the Estonian art scene in the early 1990s, ...

(born 1964), painter, collage artist, installation artist

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Birgit Püve Birgit Püve (born 7 November 1978) is an Estonian photographer. She lives and works in Tallinn. Life and work Birgit Püve started as a writing journalist for the Estonian weekly newspaper ''Eesti Ekspress''. She quickly became a successful wri ...

(born 1978), photographer

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* Viive Sterpu (1953–2012), artist, glass designer

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* Katrina Tang (born 1985), photographer * Ann Tenno (born 1952), photographer * Tio Tepandi (born 1947), theatre designer

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* Agaate Veeber (1901–1988), graphic artist *

Erna Viitol Erna Viitol (née Erna Juhanson; 10 May 1920 – 11 November 2001) was an Estonian sculptor. Biography Viitol was born into a family of farmers in Ala, Valga County, Ala, Lõve Parish (now in Tõrva Parish), Valga County. She traveled to Stockhol ...

(1920–2001), sculptor

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Ilon Wikland Maire-Ilon Wikland (née Pääbo; born 5 February 1930) is an Estonian-born Swedish artist and illustrator. Wikland was born in Tartu, Estonia and raised in Haapsalu, Lääne County on Estonia's Baltic coast. In 1944 she escaped with the famil ...

(born 1930), painter, illustrator {{DEFAULTSORT:Estonian women artists - Estonian women artists, List of

Artists An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating the work of art. The most common usage (in both everyday speech and academic discourse) refers to a practitioner in the visual arts o ...