Myymälä 2 Baltic Fellowship Network

BFN project manager Ramiro Camelo presentation of Mymälä2 Seven of Seven and Raw overview at Starptelpa Festival curators assembly. Zuzeum, Riga.

The Baltic Fellowship Network (BFN), is a curatorial research programme initiated by Myymaälä2 whose aim is to potentiate collaboration, foster partnerships and facilitate artistic exchanges among art institutions, exhibition spaces, individuals and counterparts based in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. BFN is inspired by the interest in establishing strong multi-directional networks with persons and institutions from Finland to the Baltic countries, and vice versa, which in the long term will be the foundation of more connected and thriving artistic producers in the region.

BFN project manager Ramiro Camelo with photography and media students of Vilnius Academy of Art, April- 2024 .

View of exhibition Queens of Chaos by Katrin Valgemäe at Myymälä2 11.2023

BFN started in the autumn of 2019 and so far has included professional curatorial trips to Tallinn, Tartu and Narva (Estonia); Riga (Latvia) and Vilnius (Lithuania). Projects resulting or initiated in the frame of BFN include the exhibition “You Were a Bird”, by Krista Mölder, (EE) 2021, in collaboration with Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn, The inclusion of Margus Kontus (EE) in “Quantum Critic, 2020” at Myymälä2. The participation of Regina-Mareta Soonsein (EE) in Seven of Seven, 2021; the inclusion of Ewa Paukstyte (LT); Laura Kuusk (EE); Varvara & Mar (EE & ES) in “Quantum Critic 2021“, 2021 at Masters Art School, St.Petersburg and Myymälä2 pop-up gallery, Helsinki.

Past projects include the participation of GolfClayderman (LV) Maria Metsalu (EE) and Saulė Noreikaitė (LT) in Seven of Seven, April 2022 , and two exhibitions “Happily ever after” by Maria Ader (EE) in Sep 2022 and “Elu ja surma laulund” by Pille Ernesaks (EE) in Oct 2022.

Through conversation with counterparts in Estonia, Myymälä2 became sponsors of DE STRUCTURA – a Tallinn based long-term pan-European initiative which strives to create more opportunities, training and mentorship for young creatives working in the arts sector. As part of the context of De Structura outcomes, in the summer of 2023, Myymälä2 hosted “On the Texture of Feelings“, an artist’s residence and series of public programme events, talks and exhibitions.

In 2023 Myymälä2 presented solo exhibitions by artists Madara Kvēpa, (LV) Katrin Valgamäe (EE) and Seven of Seven Festival 2023 will also featured a performance by Anita Kremm (EE). The Lithuanian artist Vytautas Bikauskas and Bailey Polkinghorne presented the exhibition The chopping, The stirring, The occasion. Additionally Regina-Mareta Soonsein, (EE) participated in “Quantum Critic 2023“.

In 2025 BFN will host an exhibition by Lithuanian artists Dalia Mikonyte and Adomas Žudys

BFN has received financial/mobility funding, exhibition production and in-kind support from:

The Finnish Cultural Foundation, SKR; The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture; The Nordic Culture Point; CCA Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art; Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn; Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art; The Embassy of Latvia in Finland, the Lithuanian Culture Institute and Culture Moves Europe mobility program.