“Martin Pedanik: Man Behind the Scenes” is a solo exhibition exploring Pedanik’s design work and practice. Offering an insight into his three-decade career, the exhibition looks at Pedanik’s work as a graphic designer across various creative fields. 

The exhibition brings together a selection of printed materials, including posters, publications, books, brochures, flyers, vinyl sleeves and newspapers. A recurring element in Pedanik’s work is ornamentation – particularly Kizoo, a geometric figure with staring eyes, created in the early 2000s. Kizoo’s image continues to evolve, taking on new forms across different materials. The exhibition display presents both visually rich and more reductive projects, divided into five thematic sections. The works are grouped under the fields of art, architecture, and theatre, alongside geometric patterns and Kizoo motifs, both of which bring together work from different spheres.

Pedanik began working in graphic design in the mid-1990s and, in many ways, acts as a bridge between different spheres of creative life. The exhibition features designs for Terra Nova Press, the Louis Kahn Estonia projects, Theatre NO99, the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art, Tallinn Art Hall, the Art Museum of Estonia, the Bashment music event series, the newspaper Sirp, and the magazines KUNST.ee, Ehituskunst, among others.

The exhibition is curated by Sandra Nuut, with spatial design by architects Mari Möldre and Merilin Kaup, and graphic design by Martin Pedanik himself. It will remain open until the end of May.