“Happily Ever After” is a soothsayer’s folk tale spoken to a rapidly changing world. This beautiful vortex of the make believe is a humbling statement which seeks to connect us to the animals who face us from their fragile habitats. The spectator is invited to encounter totems of the vanishing natural world through a vibrant lens whilst sensing an illusionary aftermath within the residue of Maria’s fantasy.
In her previous exhibition Maria Ader plays around with sentiments about hurting and the inevitability of suffering of the human soul, staging an epicenter of an emotional meltdown. In “Happily Ever After” she reflects those feelings out of that space, to let them escape into the wilderness where she disappears and all that is left is what has ever been.
Maria Ader is a multidisciplinary artist based in Tallinn, Estonia. During the years 2005-2008, Maria Ader studied painting at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Tartu, in 2009-2010 she furthered herself in the field of painting at the University of East London and defended her master’s degree in 2011 at the Estonian Academy of Arts. She has participated in several joint exhibitions, the opening exhibition is her 10th solo exhibition.
Whilst having received a formal education in painting, in recent years she has turned her focus to the world of food design where by embracing new mediums and diverse techniques she now creates non-traditional eating experiences that blur the lines between sculpture, contemporary design and food.