Ludmilla Siim

Ludmilla Siim (b. 1938) is an Estonian–Finnish painter educated in Estonia and active in the art scene since the 1960s. After graduating from the ERKI in 1965 with a degree in painting, she worked as an art teacher and later as a freelance artist, gaining recognition through exhibitions in Estonia and internationally. She was an art teacher at Tallinn 46th Secondary School, influencing future painters, such as her student Ando Keskküla. She was interested in spiritual and mystical teachings.

At the end of the 1960s, Ludmilla’s talent was unleashed in full. It was a time of pop art and hyperrealism, the traces of which can also be found in Ludmilla’s work. The artist was primarily interested in the urban environment and people. The environment and interior in her works are in the first place, all this fictional artificial environment with its constructions and geometric forms. The artist mixes hyperrealism and surrealism.

Since 1977, she has lived in Finland, and her Finnish-period work is less familiar to Estonian audiences. Siim has received several major art awards, including the Kristjan Raud and Konrad Mägi Prizes.

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