On Friday, 10 October at 5 p.m. this year’s laureate of the Hotel Pallas painting scholarship, Karolin Konrad, will open her solo exhibition “Gothic Arch” in the small gallery of the Tartu Art House.
The exhibition displays one of the conditions for existence. We are beings who inevitably participate in the world. Every small decision changes the course of events in some way and ultimately affects all of us. Choosing not to decide is also a decision. By allowing others’ decisions to take place, we consciously determine the path ahead just as surely as if we had made the decisions ourselves.
As conscious beings, we bear a responsibility to the world. Believing it is better not to interfere or participate, thinking we are independent, we try to separate ourselves from the rest of the world as if some wall could shield us from what is happening outside. But this is a fallacy, because there is no inner and outer world, there is only one world. And the world will not allow itself to be forgotten. That is why there are always windows in our walls, through which light finds a way in.
Karolin Konrad (b. 2000) studies painting at the Pallas University of Applied Sciences. In 2025, she was awarded a painting scholarship by the Hotel Pallas.
The Hotel Pallas painting scholarship was founded by the Cultural Endowment of Tartu, the Hotel Pallas and the Pallas University of Applied Sciences in collaboration with the Tartu Artists’ Union to support the development of painting and the creative output of students. The scholarship is awarded to a single student or a group of at most three students. In addition to receiving 2000 euros, an exhibition at the Tartu Art House is arranged for the winner(s). Previously the scholarship has been awarded to Mia Melanie Saar, Maris Paal, Caroliina Luhamets, Hedi Kuhi and Mari Frühling.
Our thanks to the Pallas University of Applied Sciences, Hotel Pallas, members of the scholarship committee, the Tartu Art House, Kaspar Tamsalu, Margus Meinart, Madis Liplap, Katrin Maask, Indrek Lõbus and MA-23.
The exhibition will be open until 9 November.
Additional information: Maret Tamme, Producer of the Tartu Art House, produtsent@kunstimaja.ee, 5800 3882