I’m an artist working mainly with early 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 / soon
– 06.03.–04.04.2026 Micromonument, Detriti Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
– 30.03-08.05.2026 Kes aias, Spring exhibition of Estonian Textile Artists Association, Türi Kultuurikeskus, Estonia
Past exhibitions
2026
– Twelve houses, GALA House in Koganecho residency, Yokohama (JP)
2025
– Nachtsicht Festival Breathing Through Salt Water at Rilling Sekt Areal, Stuttgart (DE)
– The Day the Line bent into a Spiral, EKA Gallery, Tallinn (EST)
– Between borders, between materials, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn (EST)
– Cocoon, Paks Margareeta – Estonian Maritime Museum, Tallinn (EST)
– Ruderal 1, group exhibition, Forest Hill, London (UK)
– Butterfly’s flight is a meander, solo-exhibition, Keskpuur, Tallinn (EST)
– 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
2026
– Textile Artist of the Year 2025 by Textile Artists Association
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
2025-2026 KAMC residency, Yokohama (JP)
2025 SODAS 2123, Vilnius (LT)
2024 Verpejos residency, Kabeliai (LT)
2023 GRUND 1535, Rietz (AT)
2021 Copper Leg Residency, Vaskjala (EST)
I’m a member of Estonian Artists Union and Estonian Textile Artists Association.
My work has been supported by Estonian Cultural Endowment and Nordic Culture Point.