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Marleen Suvi

Marleen Suvi (b. 1998) latest works explore the feeling of trying to hold onto something elusive—a dream, a memory or a fragment of yourself that disappears the moment you try to look directly at it.  

Her works often begin with personal experiences, yet they touch on something widely familiar, tapping into a mysterious collective memory. Through self-portraits and emotionally charged imagery, Suvi examines questions of identity, desire, and self-perception.  

In her recent work, Suvi turns to recurring dreams, drawn less to what they mean than to how they feel and take shape. Her paintings inhabit a space where dreams become a reality of their own—intimate, ambiguous, and strangely familiar.  

Through emotionally driven and materially experimental painting, she explores longing, memory, and the blurred boundaries between inner experience and lived reality.  

Despite living in an age that seeks to measure, optimize, and explain every aspect of human life, dreams remain one of our most intimate unknowns. Her paintings linger in the space between certainty and ambiguity, where emotions often feel more real than facts. 

She holds a Master’s degree in Contemporary Art (2023) and a Bachelor’s degree in Painting (2020) from the Estonian Academy of Arts.  

Marleen Suvi is a laureate of the Helju Rossmann Schneider Scholarship. 

At the gallery:

In 2024, Artrovert Gallery presented Marleen Suvi’s exhibition “No More Love Letters in Our Time.”

In April 2026, Artrovert Gallery hosted Marleen Suvi’s second solo exhibition, “good dogs and main basement”

In July 2026, Artrovert Gallery represented Marleen Suvi’s new works at the Riga Contemporary Art Fair, accompanied by a live performance by the artist that took place throughout the fair.

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