Angela Maasalu (1990) is an Estonian painter based in London. Maasalu focuses her work on personal and intimate themes, exploring the contradictions of human experience – happiness and misfortune, the drama and comedy of life. She weaves autobiographical fragments with symbolic and poetic imagery, transforming personal experience into something universal. Maasalu’s works are characterized by rich metaphors, a fairy-tale quality, and hidden narratives.

Angela Maasalu studied painting and art history at University of Tartu (BA 2012), and painting at Estonian Academy of Arts (MA 2015), as well as at UAL Central Saint Martins in UK (2013–2014). In 2017 and 2019 Maasalu was nominated for the AkzoNobel Art Prize.

The artist’s latest solo exhibitions: “Sleepwalkers” at Gene Gallery, Shanghai (2024); “Happy house” at Rüki Gallery, Viljandi (2024) and “A Fool with a Heart of Glass” at Tartu Art House (2023).