I’m an artist working mainly with textile techniques like weaving, spinning and natural dyeing. Found materials are an integral part of my installations, emphasizing the journey, the process, the bricolage.
Contact:
ihpajo(at)gmail.com
Currently on view
– 30.05–31.08.2025 Cocoon, Paks Margareeta – Estonian Maritime Museum, Tallinn (EST)
– 28.04.–21.09.2025 Between borders, between materials, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn (EST)
– 10.05.–07.06.2025 Butterfly’s flight is a meander, Keskpuur, Tallinn (EST)
Past exhibitions
2025
– Encrypt, group exhibition, SODAS 2123 project space, Vilnius (LT)
2024
– Shadowsigns, solo exhibition, Uzupis Art Incubator, Vilnius (LT)
– Flying carpet and other findings, solo exhibition, HOP Gallery, Tallinn (EST)
– FUTURE CASTING, group exhibition, Vilniaus Fotografijos Galerija, Vilnius (LT)
– Exchange? [Meet = Meet Another + Another Meets Initial Other], group exhibition, Cool Change, Perth (AU)
– A net to capture the wind, group exhibition, Living Room, Athens (GR)
2023
– In search for clear waters, solo exhibition, Totan, Tokyo (JP)
– Through fog and stones, group exhibition, Tartu Art House, Tartu (EST)
– Damp cloth of gray blur, solo exhibition, Living Room, Athens (GR)
– Things to move on with, duo exhibition with Eugenio Marini, PS: Communitism, Athens (GR)
2022
– Gathering branches for a temporary shelter, duo exhibition with Eugenio Marini, Living Room, Athens (GR)
– Roaming, group exhibition, ARS Factory, Tallinn (EST)
– Slow manouvres, group exhibition, EKKM, Tallinn (EST)
2021
– DOKKING Station, group exhibition, Vent Space, Tallinn (EST)
– Plain perceptions, group exhibition, ARS Showroom, Tallinn (EST)
2020
– Messages from the invisible, Castelnuovo Fotografia (IT)
– Celebrating Twilight, solo exhibition, Via Piave 21, Urbino (IT)
2019
– South–Middle–North, group exhibition, Dom Kultury Śródmieście, Warsaw (PL)
– YTAT – Young Textile Art Triennial, Lodz (PL)
– Binding Matter, group exhibition, Infinite Life Gallery, Tallinn (EST)
2018
– NoTe, group exhibition, Kraam artist-run space, Tallinn (EST)
2017
– I feel gentleness while seeing a stray path, solo exhibition, MYKO, Warsaw (PL)
Awards
2021
– Young Textile Artist of the year by Textile Artists Association
– Dorothy Waxman Textile Prize finalist by NYTM
– Mari Adamson Textile Prize by Estonian Academy of Arts
Education
MA Design and Crafts; Textile, Estonian Academy of Arts
BA Textile Art and Design, Estonian Academy of Arts
Exchange studies in ISIA Urbino, Illustration; Accademia di belle arti di Roma, Fine arts
Residencies
2025 SODAS 2123, Vilnius (LT)
2024 Verpejos residency, Kabeliai (LT)
2023 GRUND 1535, Rietz (AT)
2021 Copper Leg Residency, Vaskjala (EST)
My work has been supported by Estonian Cultural Endowment and Nordic Culture Point.