Maria-Kristiina Soomre

Maria-Kristiina Soomre is currently an adviser on visual arts at the Estonian Ministry of Culture and a PhD candidate in Art History writing her dissertation on the exhibitionary practices of the Soviet era. Since 2000, Soomre has been writing art criticism for the Estonian press and served as an art editor for a local, cultural, weekly publication. In 2003, she was the administrator for the Estonian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. From 2004-11, she initiated an electronic music festival, Kumu ÖÖ; produced the TV art program AKU; and organized seminars, conferences, and performances at the Kumu Art Museum. As a curator, her exhibitions explored archival studies, pan-historical blockbusters, format-based artistic presentations, and organized solo exhibitions. Soomre studied Art History at the Estonian Academy of Arts and Arts Management in Turku Art Academy in Finland.