Stockists
Estonian Design House
Estonia Pst 9, Tallinn, Estonia
Ellen Richard Concept Store
Kalaranna 8-12, Tallinn, Estonia
Karl Joonas Alamaa, is an artist and designer who has studied fashion design at the Estonian Academy of Arts and costume design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. He is a laureate of Eduard Wiiralt prize, the nominee of Hõbenõel 2021. He has participated at Tallinn Fashion Week with several fashion-related multimedia works. Alamaa has also presented his works at the ERKI fashion show. In addition, he has given performances at the Zuidpool Theatre in Antwerp, at Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava in Tallinn, and organized actions and happenings like “Seamless January 10” and "MANIA GRANDIOSA" in collaboration with Lisette Sivard. He has shown his works at exhibitions in Estonia, Finland and Belgium. Alamaa works with a variety of mediums, from installation and performance to creating costumes and fashion collections. His work contains the mundanity of being human and the dissection and contestation of
social constructions, including dealing with the interrelationship between gender and the body. It is often characteristic of him to approach topics through sensitive and controversial points of recent history. However, while Alamaa’s work contains dealing with social and cultural pain points, subtle humor and critical absurd are not missing from the works.
Selected projects
2023 MANIA GRANDIOSA. From Tallinn to
Paris. (04.07-08.07.2023) Multidisciplinary endurance
performance.
2022 KUMU RAVE. with Lisette Sivard, Andreas Kübar, Henri Hütt and KIWA
2022 ONLY BASIC FASHION SHOW. at TASE FILM. with Lisette Sivard and
Andreas Kübar
2022 “Underneath the Apple Tree.
Homage to Care”, at HOP gallery
2022 "Parantuminen, Heilung,
Guarigione, Tervenemine, Healing, Genezing,
Helande, Slánú, Curación,
Helbredelse", at Põhjala Factory
2022 “ONLY BASIC”, at Tallinn Fashion Week, with Lisette Sivard and Andreas Kübar
2022 "Take Over", at Zuidpool Theatre, Antwerp
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2022 “Seamless January 10” with Lisette Sivard
2021 “Greenfield 2021” at Independent Dance
Stage with Lisette Sivard
2021 "Delicate Tension", at Silver Needle 2021
2021 "Delicate Tension", at ERKI 2021
2021 “Underneath the Apple Tree.
Homage to Care” at Estonian National Museum
2021 Multiversum - group show for
experimental fashion
Creative works
2022 lecturer at Estonian Academy of Arts course "Energy: Yes!" with
Lisette Sivard
2022 "Drag Show - Identity Cabaret vol.3." Costume design for Britt Kõrsmaa, Silvia Marazzi and Sofia Filippou
2022 art direction for the music festival "Lüps" with Lisette Sivard
2021 Researcher for Human Cities project together with the Estonian Association of
Designers
2021 “Prelüüd tühjusele”. costume design
2021 KJA ready-to-wear, 2021 spring/summer gender-neutral capsule collection
2020 Tallinn Fashion Week 2020, the first unisex ready-to-wear collection for KJA brand
2019 Collaboration collection TDbyKJA at Tallinn Fashion Week
Awards
2023 Eduard Wiiralt` Stipend
2022 Rain Lõhmus` Stipend
2021 Silver Needle nominee
2021 Finalist of ERKI fashion show 2019 grand prix at Roosad Käärid
Internships and residencies
2023 Studio Stadswaag by Expanding Academy & Endeavour
2022 Intern for Jaanus Samma
2022 `Intuitive Forecasting` with Judith ter Haar
2022 Costume design residency at Zuidpool Theatre, Antwerp
2020 Ethnography practice at Anu Raud
2019 Ivana Helsinki Studio
2018 Tiina Talumees
info@karljoonas.com