At Paris Photo 2026, Kogo Gallery, based in Tartu, Estonia, presents selected works by Estonian artist Kristina Õllek, including her image-sculptures, inkjet prints with grown sea salt from Camarque and photographic works with custom-made frames. These works were first shown in the 2024 group exhibition Dryads of Cosquer at La Traverse in Marseille, curated by Merilin Talumaa and Justė Kostikovaitė, apart from the work Feeling With the Water Jelly.

Õllek’s works evoke the pink salt marshes of Camargue and draw on ecological, hydrofeminist and more-than-human perspectives. Through her work, she explores the relationship between the natural and the synthetic, questioning our understanding of materiality and pushing the boundaries of what can be perceived and used as image and space.

Kristina Õllek (b. 1989) is a visual artist based in Tallinn, Estonia. Working across photography, video and installation, she explores aquatic ecosystems, geological matter and human-altered environments through research and material experimentation. Her practice engages with microbial and chemical processes, ecological change and more-than-human perspectives, examining how new technologies reshape our understanding of images and space.
Õllek holds MA (2016) and BA (2013) degrees in photography from the Estonian Academy of Arts and has also studied at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam and Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin. She has received the Estonian Academy of Arts Young Artist Prize twice (2013, 2016). Her work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions, most recently at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London and Baltic Contemporary Art Center in Gateshead, England, and is held in collections including the Art Museum of Estonia, Fotomuseum Winterthur, the European Central Bank and various private collections in Europe.
Kogo Gallery presents Õllek’s work at Paris Photo (2026) and has previously shown it at Foto Tallinn (2026), Esther III in New York (2026) and Minor Attractions in London (2025).