Edith Karlson

Edith Karlson’s work delves into the primal nature of humanity, exploring how instinctual desires lie hidden beneath the polished façade of societal convention. She creates figure whose features often merge, creating enigmatic forms that make it difficult to discern where one ends and another begins.

Karlson’s large-scale sculptures combine diverse materials such as clay, concrete, and silicone. Many bear a raw, unfinished quality, with unglazed clay surfaces that emphasise their rough tactility.

Tallinn-based Karlson has exhibited widely both in Estonia and internationally, including venues such as the Sapieha Palace Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius (2025), the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (2021), the KUMU Art Museum (2019–2020), and the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig (2018). She also represented Estonia at the 2024 Venice Biennale.