Erika Aasa’s solo exhibition “Eye” at gallery Pallas

Erika Aasa. Eye.
10.07.-9.08.2025
Opening 10.07.2025 at 17:00

Starting on Thursday, July 10th, the project space on the second floor of Gallery Pallas will host Erika Aasa’s solo exhibition Eye, which invites viewers to explore the meaning of the gaze and the layered nature of seeing, perceiving, and observating.

The eye serves as the central motif of Aasa’s new exhibition. Throughout history, the eye has been one of the most meaningful symbols. In today’s world, where physical and virtual space are increasingly intertwined, the eye has also become a metaphor for surveillance and scrutiny. Camera lenses, algorithms, and screens create an environment in which visibility often equates to vulnerability.

Aasa explores the eye as both physical and metaphysical phenomenon, personal and universal at once. The works address unsettling themes such as the erosion of privacy, the blurring boundaries between the virtual and real, and the growing superficiality of human relationships.
Yet visitors shouldn’t take things too seriously – Aasa approaches these weighty subjects through a lense of absurdity and humor, creating a striking contrast between conceptual depth and visual playfulness. The eyes that follow you from the walls may be just as ironic as they are introspective. Or both at the same time.
The paintings and visual compositions on display have been created over the past two years and reflect the artist’s deepening interest in the human mind and the mechanisms of perception.

Erika Aasa is a freelance artist and ceramicist who graduated in 2024 with a degree in painting from the Pallas University of Applied Sciences. Her work, which fuses painting and ceramics, is marked by a sensitive use of color and a desire to communicate in a quiet yet meaningful visual language. Aasa has participated in numerous group exhipitions and led various workshops. In addition to her artistic practice, she runs art and ceramics classes for children at Maarja-Magdaleena Primary School.

Additional information:
Erika Aasa
erikaaasaart@gmail.com
+372 56651416
www.erika-aasa.com

Gallery Pallas
galerii@pallasart.ee
+372 734 9954
Facebook.com/GaleriiPallas

Coverphoto: Erika Aasa. Universe. 2023. 14x20cm. Icon painting technique, egg tempera on wooden board.