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Kadri Mälk

Jeweller
Published: 18.07.2025
Kadri Mälk. Kadri Mälk photographed by Tanel Veenre.

Bio

Kadri Mälk (1958 – 2023), was born in Tallinn and began her studies at the Tartu Art School in 1977 and graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1986, studying under professor Leili Kuldkepp. Between 1986 and 1993, Mälk worked as a freelance artist. In 1993, she enrolled at the Lahti Design Institute in Finland, studying gemmology under the direction of Esko Timonen and completed her studies at Bernd Munsteiner's lapidary studio in Germany. Mälk was assigned to the Estonian Academy of Arts from 1989 and was also a professor in the jewellery department at the school from 1996.

Mälk had both solo and group exhibitions throughout the world. Her jewellery designs have been displayed in various museums and exhibitions in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the United States, South Korea, Russia, Slovakia, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain and Norway.

Statement

Beauty was (and still is) mainly in thinking and feeling. I saw beauty in the way my mother baked a cake. Or how she embroidered, how much love she put into it. Or how my father sorted his portfolio so that he had all the materials/books for the lecture. Or how the turtle ate a cabbage leaf. In everyday life, in short.
 

Events      View / hide events

2021:
Exhibition  15 Sep 2021 - 08 Oct 2021  õhuLoss.
2020:
Exhibition  17 Oct 2020 - 10 Jan 2021  Bulldog by Kadri Mälk.
2019:
Exhibition  01 Jun 2019 - 16 Jun 2019  Estonian Academy of Arts, Degree Show 2019.
Exhibition  29 Mar 2019 - 19 Apr 2019  Udujutt / Fogspeak: 13 jewellery artists from Estonia in Riga.
2016:
Exhibition  19 Nov 2016 - 16 Dec 2016  Testament by Kadri Mälk at Galerie Biró.
Exhibition  27 Sep 2016 - 27 Oct 2016  Testament by Kadri Mälk.
Exhibition  09 Jul 2016 - 22 Jul 2016  Estonian Academy of Arts. Graduation Degree Show 2016.

Publications      View / hide publications

Book:  HUNT: Kadri Mälk's Jewellery Collection. Mälk, Kadri; Luik, Viivi; den Besten, Liesbeth; Meistere, Una; Veenre, TanelArnoldsche Art Publishers:  Stuttgart,  2020
Book:  Kadri Mälk. Testament. Arnoldsche Art Publishers:  Stuttgart,  2016
Book:  Words & Works from a World Away. McArdle:  Melbourne,  2013
Book:  Castle in the Air. õhuLoss. Jewellery from Estonia. Arnoldsche:  Stuttgart,  2011
Book:  Tanel Veenre: Jewel. Hesitations in Art. Veenre, TanelTanel Veenre:  Tallinn,  2010
Book:  Just Must. International Jewellery Art Exhibition. Kodres, Krista; Veenre, Tanel; et. al.Arnoldsche Art Publishers:  Stuttgart,  2008
Book:  Alchimia. Massei, LuciaAlchimia Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence:  Florence / Tallinn,  2008
Book:  Twilight. Estonian Academy of Arts and Alchimia:  Tallinn,  2006
Book:  From the series of Estonian Applied Art Classics. Jewellery artist Leili Kuldkepp. Kuldkepp, LeiliEstonian Museum of Applied Art and Design:  Tallinn,  2006