Kadri Mälk

Kadri Mälk (née Kadri Sõerd; 27 January 1958 – 1 January 2023) was an Estonian artist and jewellery designer.^[1]

Life and career

Mälk was born in

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under the direction of Esko Timonen and completed her studies at Bernd Munsteiner's lapidary studio in Germany. Mälk was assigned to the Estonian Academy of Arts from 1989 and was also a professor in the jewellery department at the school from 1996.

Mälk had both solo and group exhibitions throughout the world. Her jewellery designs have been displayed in various museums and exhibitions in: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the United States, South Korea, Russia, Slovakia, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain and Norway.^{[citation needed]}

Mälk was married three times. Her final husband was writer and translator Mati Sirkel.^[2]

Mälk died on 1 January 2023 in Tallinn, at the age of 64.^[3]

Awards

2017 Order of the White Star, V Class
1998
Estonian State Cultural Award
1997 Estonian Culture Capital Art Prize of the Year
1997 Award of Excellence, Shippo Conference, Tokyo, Japan
1995 Estfem, Estonian Woman prize
1994 The Kristjan Raud Annual Art Prize
1992 PRIX ARTICA Honourable Mention, Finland
1988 Grand Prix at the IV Applied Art Triennial, Estonia
1987 Young Artisan Prize of the Year, Estonia

References

^ "Kadri Mälk". 22 March 2002. Archived from the original on 22 March 2002. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
^ Peegel, Mari (30 September 2016). "Kadri Mälk: kivi on metsik nagu loom". Eesti Päevaleht (in Estonian). Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ "Suri kunstnik Kadri Mälk". Eesti Rahvusringhääling (in Estonian). 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.