Eyes Number Five

Concept

Merle Luhaäär is a multi-disciplinary experimental artist who has been working during past five years in United Arab Emirates, United States of America, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and Estonia. This year she will take up an artist residency in Colombia. She has graduated from Royal College of Art (London, UK) with an MA in Fine Arts (2019) and has received her BA in Fine Arts from Kingston University London (2016). Merle has exhibited her works internationally in Dubai, Barcelona, London, Venice, Florence, Zurich, Basel and Tallinn. In summer 2021 she stepped out with a major solo art show “Somnum Exterreri“ (“Nightmare”) in her hometown Tallinn (Estonia), that she merged with launching the first NFT of a physical artwork in Estonia. 2022 Merle participated with her new collection of “The Boutique” paintings as a solo artist at World Art Dubai. Merle Luhaäär’s artistic practice is underpinned by curiosity of the relationship between individual and society, micro- and macrocosm and relativity of reality. These themes are explored through a variety of mediums, such as painting, print, photography, installation, sculpture and moving image. Her art has developed into a product design line “by ML”.
M.L: “I’d call my style pop-surrealist, because my inspiration comes from both styles - surrealism and pop-art. I am working with popular culture and my artworks are metaphorical stories of everyday life, our dreams, fears and desires.”