Merike Estna was born in Estonia in 1980. She studied Performance Art at Academia Non Grata, and a BA in Painting at the Estonian Academy of Art. She moved to London and in 2009 completed a Masters in Art Practice at Goldsmiths College.
Her solo exhibitions include the Tallinn Art Hall gallery, Estonia in 2006 and Gallery Frederic Desimpel, Brussels, Belgium in 2008.
She has represented Estonia in the following group exhibitions: 2007 Prague biennale 3, Prague, Czech Republic/ “Estonian Contemporary Art” Baltic States, Kalmar Art Museum, Sweden/ “Consequences and Proposals” The Biennale of Young Artists, Tallinn, Estonia/ 2008 “No Borders” organized by AICA International Association of Art Critics, exhibited in Belgium, Greece and Spain/ 2009 “Space Oddity” Maison Folie Wazemmes, France, organized by Vilnius Contemporary Art Centre/ “Boarder Country” Exhibition of Estonian Contemporary art in Guangzhou, China, organized by Tallinn Art Hall/
In 2010 she was commissioned by the KUMU Art Museum of Estonia to make a major installation for the painting show Painting in progress.
Her work is published in ‘22+Young Estonian Artists’, Karin Laansoo, Tallinn 2005 and ‘New Wave, Estonian artists of the 21st century’, Anders Härm and Hanno Soans, published by SA Tallinn Art Hall 2007.
Merike Estna was included in 'The best 100 (and beyond)' international artists selected for the Italian Flash Art December 2006/ awarded the Eduard Wiiralt Prize, Estonia in 2005/ has been nominated twice for the Konrad Mäe Prize for the leading painting or exhibition in Estonia, in 2006 and 2010/
Her work has been purchased by KUMU Art Museum of Estonia/ Tartu Art Museum, Estonia/ Loviisa City Collection, Finland/ Private collections in Europe and Scandinavia.