sandra.nuut@gmail.com
EDUCATION
MFA Design Criticism, School of Visual Arts, New York, U.S.A., 2014
BA Art History, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia, 2012
proloogkool (Prologue School), non-formal educational programme, 2021–2022
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022– Curator, Tallinn, Estonia, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
2017–2022, Project Manager and Lecturer, Tallinn, Estonia Estonian Academy of Arts, Department of Graphic Design
2014–2017, Gallery Associate & Project Manager, New York, USA Chamber
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMES
2023, Uneversum: Rhythms and Spaces, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
2022, Dear Friend Exhibition and Symposium, EKA Gallery
2021, Acting Things VIII – Silent Negotiations by Judith Seng, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery
2019, Making Public and Publics: Art Publishing in Context, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
2018, SUVA Type Foundry exhibition
2018, Window displays for Tallinna Kaubamaja
2013, Museum as Plinth: Take One/Leave One, Museum of Arts and Design, New York
SELECTED RESEARCH, WRITING & EDITORIAL WORK
2024, Exhibition catalogue Uneversum: Rhythms and Spaces, published by the Museum of Applied Art and Design. It includes contributions by Tõnis Jürgens, Kai Lobjakas, David Reinfurt, Helga Schmid, and my article “The Bed as an Idea” next to installation images by Anu Vahtra.
2023, Afterword to the Estonian edition of Victor Papanek’s Design for the Real World (in Estonian). Published by EKA Publishing
2022, Dear Friend Catalogue. The publication was published on the occasion of the Dear Friend exhibition at EKA Gallery. It includes contributions by Justin Zhuang, Else Lagerspetz, and Lieven Lahaye, all published letters, and photos of the activities.
2019, One Playground. Article in an exhibition catalogue Come Out and Play. Modern Kindergartens (ed. Sandra Mälk), published by the Museum of Estonian Architecture
2019–2022, Dear Friend, writing and editing a monthly letter-format publication
LECTURES, PUBLIC SPEAKING
2024, Estonian Annual Conference of Humanities, Tallinn University. Presentation entitled “The Bed as an Idea”
2023, PechaKucha Night at Disainiöö XVIII Tallinn Design Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
2014, Lingua Franca: The 2014 D-Crit Conference, New York, USA
OTHER WORK
2022, Member of the editorial board of Leida, an online journal initiated by the Faculty of Design, Estonian Academy of Arts.