Kaili-Angela Konno | “Artists Are Present” (estonia)

Kaili-Angela Konno (Angela Soop) graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1999 with a specialization in painting, and in 2018 she completed her MA in Art Education. Besides teaching, she is active in several fields: drawing, painting, photography, installations, exhibitions and TV studio design. For Estonian Television, she has created designs for the programmes Plekktrumm, Aktuaalne Kaamera, Välisilm, Terevision, etc. She has twice been honored with the ERR Best Artist Award (2008, 2003). Soop has also been honored twice with a diploma at the International Drawing Triennale (2021, 2015). 

Over the years, the artist has reused and reinterpreted different materials, from fabrics and home textiles to rusty metal plates, aged wood, and plywood. In recent years, Angela has been creating large-scale site-specific installations that fit into and transform spaces.