Ingel Vaikla

Ingel Vaikla (b. 1992 in Tallinn, Estonia) is visual artist and
filmmaker based between Tallinn and Brussels. In 2018–2019, Vaikla
attended the postgraduate residency programme HISK in Ghent. Since 2019
she is engaged in practice-based PhD studies in Audiovisual and Visual
Arts at PXL-MAD / UHasselt. Vaikla’s artistic research focuses on the
relationship between architecture and its users, and the representation
of architecture in photography, video and film. Her works have been
screened internationally at film festivals and art institutions such as
IDFA in Amsterdam, Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna, Tramway in Glasgow,
Beursschouwburg in Brussels, Manifesta 13 in Marseille etc. Ingel was
part of the team representing Estonia at the 2012 Venice Architecture
Biennale. Vaikla has also curated experimental film programmes for
International Interior Architecture Symposium SISU, Tallinn Photomonth
Contemporary Art Biennial and Narva Art Residency. She is currently
artist in residence at Wiels Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels.