PUNCTUM

Here is how to find us: 📍Allveelaeva 4, Noblessner, Tallinn (Entrance from Vesilennuki street)

The exhibition FLUID, FRAGILE closes already next Sunday, May 24th. As the exhibition enters its final days, we warmly invite you to take this last opportunity to experience the works and the dialogue they create within the space. Works as seen on slides: 1. Calming Down (contrast) Maret Sarapu 61 x 41 cm, glass fusing, framed with museum glass, 2023 2. Calming Down (Light) Maret Sarapu 61 x 41 cm, glass fusing, framed with museum glass, 2023 Available

We are delighted to share that on May 4, 2026, the General Meeting of the Estonian Association of Painters officially confirmed Julia Valtanen @julia.valtanen as a new member. Julia Valtanen (b. 1988) holds a Master’s degree in Graphic Design (2011) and completed painting studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts (2020). Her paintings and collages are inhabited by abstract flora, soft geometric forms, and fragments of imagined worlds. Rooted in geometric visual language, mysticism, and landscapes, her work creates hybrid realities that feel simultaneously ancient and futuristic. A central theme in Valtanen’s practice is the desire to capture the subtle movement of matter that binds everything around us. Through her work, she explores forms of communication between human and non-human worlds, reflecting on the interconnectedness and mutual influence of all existence. By reinterpreting elements found in nature, Valtanen constructs entirely new forms and spaces that invite contemplation and discovery. Julia currently works from her studio in the ARS building in Tallinn.

The exhibition FLUID, FRAGILE has entered its final chapter — only three weeks remain to experience it, until May 24th. As we prepare to travel to London Photo Fair, we also wanted to make a little more space for encounter and conversation in Tallinn. Next weekend, May 16th and 17th, Julia Valtanen @julia.valtanen will be present at the gallery, offering a firsthand insight into her practice, the works currently on view and selected pieces from the archive. A rare occasion to meet the artist and share a moment of conversation before the exhibition comes to a close. If you are in Tallinn, make sure to come by!

✈️ We are excited to announce our participation at @photolondonfair 2026 For this edition, PUNCTUM presents works by Léa Habourdin @leahabourdin , David Fathi @davidfathi , and Lisanne Hoogerwerf @lisannehoogerwerf — exploring materiality, illusion, and the shifting boundaries of photographic representation. Booth H04 14—17 May VIP Preview: 13 May Kindly DM or Email and we will take care of your invitation. We look forward to welcome you already in a week!

We are excited and proud to share that we are now officially part of The Association of Estonian Art Institutions! It’s an honor to stand alongside a community that supports and shapes the cultural landscape, and to contribute to a shared vision of art, dialogue, and creative exchange. We look forward to what lies ahead and to growing together within this inspiring network. On the photograph: Founder Marina Russakova in front of work by artist Julia Valtanen in the PUNCTUM Gallery space. Photo by Laura Arum-Lääts.

Julia Valtanen Melting light 160x180cm Oil on canvas, 2026 Available Discover this and other new works of Julia currently on view as part of FLUID, FRAGILE exhibition! You are welcome to visit every Thursday and Friday 13—19, Saturday and Sunday 14—18, until May 24th. Allveelaeva 4, Noblessner

Julia Valtanen and Maret Sarapu at Punctum gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. Curatorial text: Marina Russakova The exhibition is open: 9 April 2026 – 24 May 2026 The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia. Photography: Roman-Sten Tõnissoo, Diana Pashkovich @punctumgallery @julia.valtanen @marette

At first glance, the exhibition FLUID, FRAGILE may seem to move away from photography, but its core is deeply rooted in it. In "Trophy. Morning.", Maret Sarapu @marette works with her family photo archive, translating photographic images into glass mosaics. What emerges is not a direct copy, but a careful reconstruction — of an image, and of the memory it carries. The work is based on a photograph of Tööstuse Street, the road she takes daily between home and studio. It captures a brief, almost unnoticeable moment: sunlight breaking through the trees. Something ordinary, yet quietly precise in its beauty. There is a certain sensitivity in the way these pieces hold time — not as something fixed, but as something fragile and subjective. They remind us that images are never just documents; they are vessels shaped by experience, distance, and recollection. Several works from the "Trophies" series are already part of the collection of the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design (ETDM). Maret Sarapu Trophy. Morning. 36x43cm Glass mosaic 2026 Available

FLUID, FRAGILE is a space where fluidity and fragility are not opposed but complement one another. Matter, form, and perception exist in a state of continuous transformation, where interconnections prove more important than the objects themselves. The exhibition is open until May 24th and supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.

Amphora 6 Maret Sarapu 54x23cm mixed media (glass, porcelain) 2026 The Amphora, an archetypal form known as a symbol of wholeness and stability, holds a special place at the FLUID, FRAGILE exhibition. In Maret’s work, it is covered with a fragile mosaic, turning into a surface assembled from fragments. Here, the unified form is sustained by a multitude of individual elements, each retaining its autonomy. The whole emerges not in spite of the fragment, but because of it. The exhibition is open until May 24th, every Thursday and Friday 13—19, Saturday and Sunday 14—18, or by appointment.

🥂 On Wednesday, April 22 at 6 pm, an artist tour with Julia Valtanen will take place at Punctum Gallery as part of the exhibition "Fluid, Fragile". The tour will be held in English and is free for everyone. Julia Valtanen (1988) holds a Master’s degree in Graphic Design and has further developed her practice through painting courses at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Her paintings and collages are infused with abstracted vegetation, soft geometric forms, and fragments of constructed worlds. Her visual language draws on influences from design, mysticism, and landscape painting, forming hybrid realities that feel at once ancient and futuristic. Her works are held in private collections in Estonia, Finland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain, and the Netherlands. The exhibition is supported by the Estonian Cultural Endowment. The exhibition will remain open until May 24. Welcome!