On Friday, 14 November at 17:00, the exhibition “The Doctor Aunt Rides a Fire Truck…” by Erika Pedak and Tambet Pedak will open at the Tartu Art House Monumental Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until 14 December.

The presentation is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the artists’ mother and grandmother.

“The doctor aunt rides a fire truck, because someone has stolen something.”
So thought a five-year-old child upon hearing a threatening siren. That was a long time ago. Since then, many new warning signals have appeared. Are we capable of adequately sensing the true nature of these sirens? Or are we living in illusions, like the sailors of Ancient Greek mythology who were lured into a trap by the song of the bird-women sirens?

Photo by Nele Tammeaid


Human perception varies. By interpreting the world around us through figurative metaphors, one can gain insight into an artist’s attitudes. While realizing their ideas and fantasies, the artist is completely immersed in the process, without the need to please everyone. Constantly searching, without rules or recipes, making mistakes and discovering along the way — each in their own way. Whether and how the audience understands the artist’s work is not directly measurable.

Yet the artist grows with the support of the audience, and vice versa. Together we create new perspectives on the world and pose questions to those who hear and see. And not only to them.


Photo by Nele Tammeaid


Erika Pedak (b. 1948) is a textile artist (Estonian Academy of Arts, 1985) and textile historian (University of Tartu, 2007), and an active participant in exhibitions. She has twice been named Textile Artist of the Year by the Estonian Textile Artists Association.

Beginning her creative career with tapestry weaving, the artist has long worked in her own authorial techniques, using a wide variety of materials. Since moving to Saaremaa, Erika Pedak has successfully practiced wet felting, a technique that has also inspired her son Tambet.

Tambet Pedak (b. 1973) is an interior architect (Estonian Academy of Arts, 2000). He has worked at ARS Projekt OÜ and since 2004 has been active in his own company, Luuk OÜ. Tambet Pedak has designed various interiors both independently and in collaboration with other interior architects in public spaces and private homes, including several residential houses. He currently lives and works on his family farm in Saaremaa.

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Supported by: Cultural Endowment of Estonia