Maris Siimer (b. 1980) is a visual artist
based in Tallinn, whose practice encompasses illustration and painting.
Incorporating long walks in nature as part of her creative process, Siimer
explores how slowness and silence can guide us towards something greater and more sacred than ourselves. Listening closely to the surrounding landscape, she
builds her paintings intuitively and in layers, tracing an invisible search
across the surface. Her ongoing exploration of expression and method is influenced by the organic forms of Estonia’s northern coastal landscapes. Just as nature has guided her, so too has music at moments when the connection with oneself and the sacred feels fragile. Siimer’s paintings are, in a way, an invitation to restore that connection.

She is a member of the Estonian Painters’ Association and the women artists’ collective Fööniks.