FORTUNA
solo-exhibition, Hobusepea gallery
Tallinn, 2026
The exhibition imagines a particular stillness, the kind that makes time feel both abundant and impossibly brief. At the centre, there is a figure called Fortuna. She resembles the artist and she does not. She is a reflection, an avatar, a way of letting grief move through a body without having to speak directly in confession. The world inside this exhibition is not governed by moralistic philosophy. It is governed by chance, by veiling, by the blind turn to the unknown. Why does time leave some people early and spare others? What does it do to faith when health and virtue feel suddenly against me? Fortuna does not explain fate. It stages its atmosphere. The seduction of shine, the weight of loss, the objective fact that life turns through opposites. The present moment glows because it is already passing. The wheel turns whether you believe in it or not.
-Will Britten
graphic design: Liina Leo
exhibition text: Will Britten, Phillip Pyle
metallic silver-silver gelatin photo process
and glass negative process: Jaanus Muruõis
stained glass: collaborative work with Crystal Ma
ash sculpture production: Loora Kaubi
mirror panel metal frames: Märt Vaidla
photos: Roman-Sten Tõnissoo
solo-exhibition, Hobusepea gallery
Tallinn, 2026
The exhibition imagines a particular stillness, the kind that makes time feel both abundant and impossibly brief. At the centre, there is a figure called Fortuna. She resembles the artist and she does not. She is a reflection, an avatar, a way of letting grief move through a body without having to speak directly in confession. The world inside this exhibition is not governed by moralistic philosophy. It is governed by chance, by veiling, by the blind turn to the unknown. Why does time leave some people early and spare others? What does it do to faith when health and virtue feel suddenly against me? Fortuna does not explain fate. It stages its atmosphere. The seduction of shine, the weight of loss, the objective fact that life turns through opposites. The present moment glows because it is already passing. The wheel turns whether you believe in it or not.
-Will Britten
graphic design: Liina Leo
exhibition text: Will Britten, Phillip Pyle
metallic silver-silver gelatin photo process
and glass negative process: Jaanus Muruõis
stained glass: collaborative work with Crystal Ma
ash sculpture production: Loora Kaubi
mirror panel metal frames: Märt Vaidla
photos: Roman-Sten Tõnissoo
UNLOCKED
performance, Monika Hotel Riga
part of ISSP Riga residency
2025
performance, Monika Hotel Riga
part of ISSP Riga residency
2025
NEW DAWN (MOON RISE)
video-performance
part of the BIRCA Baltic Sea residency, Bornholm island
edit: Josh Bridge
sound: Madli Marje Gildemann "Nocturnal Migrants"
2024
video-performance
part of the BIRCA Baltic Sea residency, Bornholm island
edit: Josh Bridge
sound: Madli Marje Gildemann "Nocturnal Migrants"
2024
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
performance, Kiviõli Ash Mountain
camera: Juss Rebane
2023
performance, Kiviõli Ash Mountain
camera: Juss Rebane
2023
I HAD A DREAM I COULD BUY MY WAY TO HEAVEN
performance/installation, Tartu Arthouse
part of the group show “Through fog and stones”
photos: Will Britten
2023
performance/installation, Tartu Arthouse
part of the group show “Through fog and stones”
photos: Will Britten
2023
I HAD A DREAM I COULD BUY MY WAY TO HEAVEN
performance/installation, Lewisham Arthouse
part of the show “There is Nothing New Under the Sun”
photos: Will Britten
2023
performance/installation, Lewisham Arthouse
part of the show “There is Nothing New Under the Sun”
photos: Will Britten
2023
DER BAU
performance
ZK/U Berlin Open House
2023
performance
ZK/U Berlin Open House
2023
META PIT (There is a roof resting upon our tongues)
performance with Aron Fogelström, James Notin, Carmen Santesmases
ZK/U Berlin Open House
photos: Elisa Georgi
2023
performance with Aron Fogelström, James Notin, Carmen Santesmases
ZK/U Berlin Open House
photos: Elisa Georgi
2023
LES CHOUX
photobook
2021
photobook
2021
GRAYSCALE
installation
2021
installation
2021
CONTACT:
liinaleo@gmail.com
liinaleo@gmail.com
ABOUT:
Liina Leo is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the transformative power of the unseen. Her practice navigates liminal spaces between life and death, light and darkness, dreams and reality. She holds a BA in Textile Design from the Estonian Academy of Arts and an MA in Contemporary Photography from Central Saint Martins. Leo approaches image-making as an alchemical process, focusing on its hidden material conditions rather than representation alone. Through site-specific performances, photography, and moving image, she reflects on experiences of alienation, using ritual as a tool for transformation and the search for self-identity.
Liina Leo is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the transformative power of the unseen. Her practice navigates liminal spaces between life and death, light and darkness, dreams and reality. She holds a BA in Textile Design from the Estonian Academy of Arts and an MA in Contemporary Photography from Central Saint Martins. Leo approaches image-making as an alchemical process, focusing on its hidden material conditions rather than representation alone. Through site-specific performances, photography, and moving image, she reflects on experiences of alienation, using ritual as a tool for transformation and the search for self-identity.