'Living Estonia' exhibition at Omicum Gallery offers intimate look at Olev Soans

A new exhibition titled 'Living Estonia' opened at Omicum Gallery on Monday evening, showcasing the work of graphic artist Olev Soans. The collection spans from his well-known cultural-historical maps to rarely displayed free graphics filled with personal stories. The works are drawn from the private art collection of curators Maive and Jüri Rute.

An intimate new exhibition dedicated to the work of Estonian graphic artist Olev Soans opened at Omicum Gallery on Monday evening. Titled 'Living Estonia', the show offers visitors another window into Soans' creative world — one that feels more personal than any previous retrospective of his work.

The exhibition brings together a wide range of Soans' output, from his celebrated cultural-historical maps of Estonia to pieces of free graphics that are rarely put on public display. It is precisely in these lesser-seen works that some of the most private and personal stories of the artist are hidden, making the exhibition a rare opportunity for audiences to encounter a more vulnerable side of his practice.

What makes 'Living Estonia' particularly special is its origin: all the works on display come from the private art collection of curators Maive and Jüri Rute. The exhibition is therefore as much a reflection of the curators' own long relationship with Soans' art as it is a showcase of the artist himself, lending the event an added layer of warmth and intimacy.