Lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia

Margarita Feofanova is a young artist who works across printmaking, experimental materials, and installation. Her practice explores the boundaries of perception and empathy, often addressing memory, national identity, nature, and bodily experience. Through techniques such as etching, aquatint, silkscreen, Feofanova creates delicate yet striking works that engage with both personal and collective trauma, generational memory, and the materiality of plants and human body. She often incorporates herbaria into her work, treating plants as silent witnesses and carriers of memory. Her visual language moves between the sentimental and the sharp, inviting viewers to shift their perspective and engage with the visible and the hidden.

EDUCATION

2025 – … Higher Education, Tallinn University

2022 – 2025 Higher Education, Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Fine Arts, Graphic Art (BA)

2018 – 2022 Continuing Education, Private School of Design and Art Specialization in Graphic Design and Illustration

LINKS

Website

Instagram: @kasfeo

Portfolio (in estonian)

WORKS ARE PRESENTED 

One work is held in the archive collection of the Estonian Academy of Arts Museum (Eesti Kunstiakadeemia muuseum)

PROJECTS, EXHIBITIONS, RESIDENCIES

2025

Eesti Kunstiakadeemia lõputööde näitus Tase '25. Projekteerijate maja, Tallinn

Looking Forward to Hearing From You. TYPA Rõdugalerii, Tartu

Unlearning. Eesti Kunstiakadeemia raamatukogu, Tallinn

2024

Riides ja alasti. EKA Galerii, Tallinn

Valtmani fondi stipendiumi 2024. aasta nominentide tööde näitus. EKA maja IV korruse B ja C osa ühendav klaasgalerii, Tallinn

4,7 miljardit raamatut. Meelte arhiiv. Tartu Ülikooli raamatukogu galerii, Tartu

4,7 miljardit raamatut. Kunstnikuraamatute kogu. Tartu Ülikooli raamatukogu III korrus, Tartu

Monumentaalis juhtus. EKA ruum B-205, Tallinn

2023

Punane laine. Eesti Tarbekunsti- Disainimuuseumi fuajee, Tallinn

EKA Hindamismaraton: Graafika. EKA Galerii, Tallinn

Residencies and field projects (selected):

2024

Field trip to the Venice Biennale (academic internship) Analyzed curatorial approaches and exhibition structures through on-site exploration, critical discussions, and creative tasks.

2023

Internship at Narva Art Residency, Estonia Explored the abandoned Kreenholm textile factory, conducted interviews with local residents, and participated in workshops and masterclasses.

Teaching and mentorship:

2024 Guest lecturer at the Private School of Design and Art, Tallinn (as part of internship) Delivered online lectures about the admission process to the Estonian Academy of Arts, supporting young applicants through practical guidance and experience sharing.

Art fairs (2024-2025)

TASE POP ÜP Shop, curated pop-up store accompanying the Estonian Academy of Arts graduation exhibition, Tallinn

Flash Art Gallery Winter Fair, Tallinn

Flash Art Gallery at Kalamaja Days, Tallinn

ARTIST VOICE

What fascinates me is the fragility and complexity of memory—how it fractures and reforms, how it is stored not only in the mind, but also in the body, in landscapes, and even in plants. My work is a kind of intuitive mirror, where personal and collective experiences surface through print, paper, and found material. I often start from my own lived experience as someone shaped by two languages, two cultures, and the in-between. I am especially drawn to how printmaking as a medium carries its own memory – the trace of a plate, the pressure of the press and how it can speak in whispers, layers, or scars. I don’t aim to give answers. Rather, I invite people to look and feel again, to shift a little closer to something they may have forgotten, ignored, or never seen before.