To Be a Woman

To be a Woman brought together twelve contemporary female voices including Marita Liivak, Agnes Cecile, Riso Chan, Melinda Matyas, Theresa Künig, Liisa Addi, Kadri Kalve, Ana Kurist, Krete Erlenhein, Ksenia Sulaeva, and Victoria Olt in an exploration of identity, vulnerability, and strength. Presented at Victoria Olt Gallery from May 8 to June 22 at our Rävala 12 location, the exhibition invited visitors to reflect on the experience of womanhood through diverse and deeply personal artistic perspectives. Each artist offered a unique response to the question: What does it mean to be a woman?

Rather than offering a single definition, Being a Woman created a space for dialogue between body, mind, and culture, between personal and collective memory. The exhibition examined womanhood as something at once biological, cultural, psychological, and profoundly individual. Some artists explored the physical and emotional realities of the body, others mapped their own or ancestral histories, and still others questioned the social roles and expectations that continue to shape women’s lives across generations.

At its heart, the exhibition emphasized that every woman has her own story, and that those stories matter. They offer new perspectives on what it means to exist in the world as a woman today: complex, contradictory, and ever-evolving. By bringing these voices together, Being a Woman celebrated both the differences and the shared experiences that connect us, reminding visitors that identity is not something fixed but something continuously created through the act of expression itself.