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Ulvi Haagensen’s aim is to unsettle the rigidity of lines that separate and divide and particularly to blur the edges between art and everyday life. With a background in drawing and sculpture she makes art objects and installations, and sometimes, using her homemade-handmade cleaning tools and outfits, performs cleaning as art. Her approach is inspired by the bricoleuse, an inventive maker who works with whatever is available.
Ulvi was born Sydney, Australia. She studied at City Art Institute (BA), Randwick TAFE (Jewellery Design Certificate), COFA–UNSW (MFA) and is in the final stages of completing her doctoral studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts. She has been based in Estonia since 1999 but travels to Sydney, every now and again. In 2021 she was one of the winners of Impulse, the 6th Tallinn International Drawing Triennial; in 2018 a finalist and awarded Highly Commended at Hidden Rookwood Cemetery Sculpture Walk, Sydney; in 2015 a winner of Black and White, 5th Tallinn International Drawing Triennial. In 2018 she was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. Ulvi has shown work in Australia, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, South Korea and Sweden, and her work is held in public collections in Australia and Estonia. |
