THE PLATFORM

SPEAKER 2022

MARIA KAPAJEVA

Maria Kapajeva is an artist who works between Estonia and the UK. Her work exhibits internationally including the most recent shows at Latvian Center for Contemporary Art (2022) and Estonian Museum of Art KUMU (2022) and Finnish Museum of Photography (2021). Her works are at Kiasma Museum and Tartu Art Museum collections. Her book Dream Is Wonderful, Yet Unclear, published by Milda Books, got The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation Photo Book Award 2021. The first book You can call him another man, published by Kaunas Photography Gallery, was shortlisted for Aperture Photobook Award 2018. Together with her practice, Kapajeva works as a Project Manager at Fast Forward: Women in Photography and does a practice-based PhD at Estonian Academy of Arts.