Eike Eplik (1982) is an Estonian sculptor and installation artist. She uses nature motifs to construct narratives while utilising the gallery space from floor to ceiling. She works with sculpting techniques from classic plaster casting to paper and wood assemblage and found objects. The processes in her work are partly subconscious and not always fully explainable.

The work “Hiding Place I” was first exhibited at the artist’s solo show “Shared Territory” in Tartu Art Museum. With her sculptures and installations, she asked questions like “What is the environment that we live in like and do we think about those we share space with? Or do we even know how to share?” The project “Shared Territory” expanded upon the exhibition “Biomass – Ghost in the Corner”, which took place in spring 2020 in the Kogo gallery.

Eike Eplik graduated from the Sculpture Department of Tartu Art College (BA, 2007). During her studies, she took on internships with artists in Germany and Finland. She continued her studies at the Sculpture department in the Estonian Academy of Arts (MA, 2010). Eplik works as a teacher in Tartu Children’s Art School and also Tartu Art College. In 2006 she was awarded the Eduard Wiiralt Stipend and in 2012 the young artist production stipend KUKU NUNNU of the contemporary art festival ART IST KUKU NU UT. In 2015 she was nominated for the Sadolin Art Prize, in 2018 Eplik was awarded the Addo Vabbe Stipend and for 2021-23 she was merited for Artists’ and writers’ wage grant by the Republic of Estonia Ministry of Culture.