MERU

nature does not rush and yet everything is ACCOMPLISHED

ARTIST Meriliis Rinne alias MERU is an Estonian artist living and working in the UK.
She first studied law at the University of Tartu, which deepened her interest in paradoxes and social pressure, i.e., topics that she attempts to solve now as a painter.

Her work has been exhibited in the UK and internationally including 58th Venice Biennale and Frieze art fair events in London with artist-led project Empire II.
She has been part of the TEDx Talks in UK 2014. Member of Art Society Soho and member of ArtCan- a growing art organisation for emerging contemporary artists.

Her creative approach—no matter the medium—is to find points of tension behind the idea she has been assigned or interested in. Simply inspired by the human side of life and to transform “hate into love “like Louise Bourgeois would say – a paradox formulated by one of Meru’s favourite artists. When a bee stings, the needle stays in the victim, but the bee dies. In the same way, one part of us dies every time we sting others. “This is one of the reasons to turn anger into love, because otherwise it will destroy us” – adds the artist.

Meru favours working from scratch making her own canvases using acrylic paints and oils but also anything she can from the environment to recycle – from newspapers to electronic pieces to make art.
The lack of a uniformed principle and need to be different in her work is due her background having grown up at the end of the Soviet era which was itself a really uniformed matchbox environment.

“To paint equals for me to plant a little bit of desire in people’s hearts; a yearning to turn the head and look and learn more about the idea, to dream, or just to feel better as there are always some things that never fade or go bad. Ultimately, it’s about creating memorable images.”

A big believer in giving back – she partly does this by helping fund raising efforts for children’s hospitals in Estonia and in the UK by creating artwork for charity auctions, as I feel that art work has more emotional value over money.

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Meriliis Rinne
b. Tartu, Estonia
lives and works in Windsor, UK

Law, University of Tartu, Estonia
Art, University Tallinn, Estonia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 “Rejoice” Ülemiste City, Tallinn,Estonia
2021 ”I Wish You Were Here” Pohjala tehas, Tallinn, Estonia
2020 “There is a Monster inside me – Feed Her Love” Solaris Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2018 “Pink Scream” Art Space KAKU, Tallinn, Estonia
2018 “The First Time I Saw Pink, I wanted to Scream” Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2015 “Serendipity” Old Dairy Mews, London UK
2014 “Selected Works” NORR11. Tallinn, Estonia
2013 “Basic elements” Red House, London, UK
2013 “Its time for plan B” Refinery, London, UK
2013 “Kaotamas ilu=elu” Tallinn Design Night, Telliskivi Loomelinnak, Tallinn, Estonia
2012 “Muse” Woodman Showroom, Tallinn, Estonia
2012 “Meru Pop up Gallery” Valge Klaar , Tallinn, Estonia
2012 “Love the Bird” Islington Company Gallery, London, UK
2011 “PARADOX” Café de Concert, Oslo, Norway
2011 “So deep in Art” Gallery Kriis, Tallinn, Estonia
2011 “Art in different form “Athena Center of culture and art, Tartu, Estonia
2010 ” Pay it Forward“, Athena centre of Culture and Art, Tartu, Estonia
2010 “Night Mare” Soo Soo Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 “Üheööliblikas” Vertigo, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 “360 degrees” Pärnu Leadership Conference, Pärnu,

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 “Pärnu ART week” ASS Art Group, Pärnu, Estonia

2020 “Design Night” Pohjala tehas, Tallinn, Estonia
2019 “Painted Architecture” Venice Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angele, US
2019 “MIX\MATCH “ Culture factory Korjaamo, Helsinki, Finland
2019 “Gavin Turk Egg project’ Somerset House, London

2019 Minuscule Part 2 58th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

2019 “From ArtCan with Love” Fitzrovia Gallery, London UK
2019 “Mobiilsed definitsioonid” Art showcase with play. Tartu, Estonia

2019 Miniscule Part 2 Cross line, Cumbria, UK
2019 EMPIRE II in Oaxaca In Association with the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Mexico
2019 “Elevate” Artcan at Duff& Phelps, Shard London, UK
2018 “Content” Fahle galerii, Tallinn, Estonia
2018 “Protocol” Frieze WeeK, Q-Park Cavendish Square, London UK

2018 “The day of the Girl Child” Artcan, London UK
2018 Empire II ” Playing Gods” Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2018 “Freedom square showcase” Haus Gallery, Tallinn Art week,Tallinn, Estonia
2018 “From ArtCan with Love” Fitzrovia Gallery, London UK
2018 ” Pink” Cloud “ Coffee Arts Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2018 “44 Art Works” at 44 Hallam Street, London Uk
2017 “Empire II” Artist film project for 57 th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2017 “What is the point 2017” Camden Image Gallery by Artcan, Londo, UK
2017 “The Crash” Frieze WeeK, Q-Park Cavendish Square, London UK

2017 “The Appearance of..” A&D Gallery, Artcan, Marylebone, London,UK
2017 “Passport Britannia” Safehouse, Peckham Rye, London Uk

2017 “First Thursday” CreativeDebuts, Shoreditch, London

2016 “Toy Show” Lite-haus Galerie + Projektraum, Berlin, Germany

2016 “Floating Showroom” Regents Canal, London, UK
2016 “How to be Frida & Diego” Performance+exhibition. The Atelier, London, UK

2015 “Frieze WK Friday” by Artnaked, Library Club,London,

UK 2013 “Christmas Show” Gallery 286 , London, UK
2013 “Archetypes” Arts Omega Arts, London,UK

2013 “4 SEASONS” Clerkenwell design week , Ahrend showroom, London, UK
2011 “Estonian art” Gallery Kerbsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 “Tsoon” Rotermanni , Tallinn, Estonia

WORK IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

USA,UK,Denmark,Germany,Switzerland,France,Estonia,Finland,Sweden

GROUPS / SOCIETIES

2017 ” Empire II” Artist lead project

2017 “ArtCan artist”, UK – Elected Member

2016 “Art Society soho”, London, UK – Elected Member