SCULPTOR
Member of the Estonian Artists’ Union and the Sculptors’ Association since 1995
Born: 26.12.1971 Tallinn
Address: Männisalu farm, Triigi village, Saaremaa
+372-56984477
elo.liiv@gmail.com
Elo Liiv has been a sculptor for over 35 years. Liiv’s work is characterized by versatility, installation and experimentation. The artist is proficient in classical sculpture, but has also kept up with the changes in the field, he likes to experiment with video, mapping, light and kinetics – skillfully using the technological possibilities that modernity offers to the sculptor.
Liiv loves to work in public space, create shifts, compose with visuals and light. His works reflect worldview and social themes, as well as deeper psychoanalysis and mental states. Among the monuments in public space, he has completed memorials to Jaan Poska in Kadriorg, Ülo Pärnitsa in Ülemiste City, Kalju Lepiku in Koeru, Heino Kurvet in Pärnu, and the Giants who died in World War II in Kärdla. The Great Escape Memorial was recently opened on the banks of the Pärnu River.
Liiv teaches light installation and interactivity at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Tartu Art School and Tartu Art College, and has worked as a lighting design specialist in Tallinn. He is one of the leaders of the NGO Valgusklubi, organizing the Tallinn Light Biennale, the Tartu Light festival, and other events raising awareness of light.
Liiv has written several investigative articles and opinion pieces, and has fought for religious freedom, equal opportunities, and a clean natural environment.
Education
2009 – 2015
1996 – 2003
1990 – 1995
1994 – 1995
1993 sügis
1993 kevad
1983 – 1991
Master’s degree, Tallinn University, Department of Anthropology
MA in Art, Estonian Academy of Arts
BA in Sculpture, Estonian Academy of Arts
Konstfack, University College of Art, Craft and Design at Stockholm
Escola Massana and La Llotja at Barcelona
Kankanpää Art School
Kalju Reiteli Sculpture Studio
Management and pedagogical work experience:
2025 – …
2011 – …
2015 – 2024
2017 – 2020
2016 – 2017
2012 – 2015
2012 – 2014
2014
2013
2011 – 2016
2005 – 2010
2003 – 2009
1994 – 2003
Tartu Valgus, TAVA2026 chief curator
EAA, Pallas Art School and Tartu Art School/ lecturer in sculpture and light art
Tartu Valgus, TAVA16, TAVA18, TAVA21 and TAVA2024 chief organizer/ chief curator
Tallinn Municipal Administration Engineering Department/ chief specialist in figurative lighting
Kesklinna Winter Festival 2016 and 2017/ chief organizer
Nukufilmi Lastestuudio animation hobby school/ head
Tallinn Light Biennale 2013/ co-organizer, curator of indoor exhibitions
Subject expert of the national curriculum for applied arts and skilled crafts (woodcraft specialty)
Development of professional standards for woodcrafters at levels 3 and 4
Kuressaare Vocational School/ teacher of formal education, national woodwork and art
Estonian Academy of Arts Sculpture Department/ associate professor
Seto College Association, Leisi VÄRKS, RMK etc. / traditional crafts and art educator
Art teacher or tour guide in various schools
Prizes and awards:
2024 Pärnu City Cultural Award/Creative Award for the creation of the memorial “Touch” during the Great Escape of 1944
2024 Eerik Haamer Art Award
2021 Kristjan Rau Award for active creative activity in 2020 and for developing the discipline of light art
2023 WaterLANDS 2023-2026 Wetland Art Residency Competition 1st place
2022 F.G. Bellingshausen Memorial Competition 2nd place// Kuressaare
2021 [d]arc awards nomination: installation “Tram Travellers” (co Põvvat Kama) / WSP Design Studio, Finland
2020 Tabasalu State Gymnasium Art Competition 2nd place (co Alyona Movko) / Tallinn
2020 Tulika 37 Tallinn Accommodation Building Art Competition 3rd place (co Alyona Movko) / Tallinn
2019 Kalju Lepik Memorial Competition 1st place/ Koeru
2018 Road Administration Aadu Lassi Annual Award Competition 1st place/ Estonia
2017 Voldemar and Elfriede A. Lender Memorial Design Competition 3rd place (co. Grete Veskiväli) / Tallinn
2016 Estonian National Archives Sound Art Competition 3rd place (co. Taavi Suisalu) / Tartu
2016 Forced to Siberia by Soviet Power 2nd place in the competition for the memorial of the filials / Tartu
2015 1st place in the competition for the creator of the Jaan Poska monument / Tallinn
2014 Audience award at the Pärnu Ice Festival for the ice sculpture "Šamaan"
2012 Special prize in the competition for the lighting solution for Tartu Town Hall Square (co. Eva Tallo) / Tartu
2009 1st-2nd place in the competition for the Tartu Marathon memorial (architect Katrin Koov) / Tartu
2007 1st place in the competition for the memorial to the fallen in World War II (architect Maris Kerge) / Kärdla
2007 1st place in the competition for the Sangaste rye monument (architect Hanno Grosschmidt) / Sangaste
1996 At the International Sculpture Quadriennial "Cross-roads" special prize // Arsenal, Riga
1992 Estonian Children’s Literature Centre’s annual award for the best designer, 1st place / Tallinn
Memorials and monumental art in public space
2025 Lauri Kettunen Memorial/ Tartu
2024 1944 Great Escape Memorial “Touch”/ Pärnu
2024 Ove Kindvall Memorial/ Norrköping Football Stadium, Sweden
2023 Up_Yours! / Telliskivi Creative City
2023 In Memory of Arjunas – Planter of Kaunas/ Kaunas
2022 Heino Kurvet Memorial/ Pärnu Rowing Base, Pärnu
2022 Turu Street Planter/ Turu tn 17, Tartu
2020 Kalju Lepik Memorial/ Koeru
2019 RING // Rotermann Quarter, Tallinn
2018 Ülo Pärnitsa Monument/ Ülemiste City, Tallinn
Permanent installations and landscape art in public spaces
2025 Landscape artwork in Kõrsa bog // WaterLands residency
2024 Light installations “288 patterns” and “Weaves of Fate” in Narva Kreenholm
2024 Sacred Forest 6 nature-themed landscape installations on the Karjalapes trail in the Estonian Open Air Museum
2023 “288 patterns” and “Weaves of Fate”/ Narva Kreenholm 5th floor, right wing and basement
2020 Tram Travellers co Põvvat Kama, commissioned by WSP Design Studio // Tampere, Finland
Temporary installations in public space
2024 “Multiple bird sound emitters and buzzing monitoring system” (cc Ardo Ran Varres and Tarvo Vassil) // Tartu Valgus TAVA24
2024 Interactive light installation “What is here, that is there” // Brussels BRIGHT Festival
2022 Interactive light installation “Bully-free school” // Tartu Christmas Town, Town Hall Square
2022 Interactive light installation “What is here, that is there” // Narva Art Residency and Paide Central Square
2021 Installation for Annika Haas’ exhibition “Greenhouse Effect” // Dokfoto Center, Telliskivi Creative City, Tallinn
2020 Interactive light installation “What is here, that is there” // Tartu Town Hall Square, Voronja Gallery Garden
2020 Audiovisual construction “Title(t)kiri” // Saue Municipal Hall Square
2019 Audiovisual construction “Title(t)kiri” // Tampere
2019 “WHERE TO GO?” // E-waste beacon, Telliskivi Creative City
2018 Installation “EV100” // Kultuurikatel, Tallinn
2017 Light installation “Otsetee” // Tallinn Music Week
2016 Audiovisual construction “Title(t)kiri” // Estonian National Museum, Tallinn Town Hall Square,
2016 Site-specific installations “Viru Gate” and “Karja Gate” // Tallinn Old Town
2006 Monumental sculpture “Kalev” // Roof of Linnahalli, Tallinn
Solo exhibitions:
2025 “Useful (AB)use” // Kuressaare City Gallery
2023 “Savior of the World” // Freedom Gallery, Tallinn
2022 “Useful (AB)use” // Pärnu Museum of New Art
2021 “It’s my own fault” // Ugala Theatre
2020 “Useful (AB)use” // Noorus Gallery, Tartu
2019 “Searching for the System” vol. 2 // Rotermann City
2012 “Relationship” // Kuressaare Castle, Saaremaa
2007 “Searching for the System” // Estonian Embassy in Helsinki, Finland
2004 “Home of All” // Kohtla-Järve City Gallery
2003 “Home of All” // Pärnu Museum of New Art Museum
2001 “We are Them” // Kuressaare City Gallery
1996 “20% seconds 80% centuries” // Tallinn City Gallery
1996 “The Big Centrum & Nothing” // Stockholm, Sweden
1994 “Zero in Black” // Gallery Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
1994 “Zero” // Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
Major group exhibitions:
2025 Kuressaare City Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition
2025 Sculptors Association Exhibition “Hortus Miraculum” // Kadriorg Park
2025 Sculptors Association Exhibition “Phantom” // Viscosa Culture Factory
2024 Sculptors Association Annual Exhibition “Sculpture Tourism” // Pärnu City Gallery
2024 Sculptors Association Exhibition “Score” // Põltsamaa
2023 Estonian Free Printmakers Association and Sculptors Association Joint Exhibition “Flyers and Monuments” // PUKM, Pärnu
2023 “Goodbye East! Goodbye Narcissus”, curator Tanel Rander // EKKM, Tallinn
2023 “Two Conversations” Joint Exhibition of Estonian Sculptors Association and Pallas School of Art Sculpture Department/ Raplamaa Contemporary Art Centre
2023 “Cycle” Estonian Sculptors’ Annual Exhibition/ Viimis Artium
2022 Sculptors’ Association Annual Exhibition “Canned Matter” //Viinistu
2022 “I Don’t Understand” Art Festival // Telliskivi Creative City
2021 Small Sculpture Exhibition “Flooding into Being” // Pallas Gallery, Tartu
2021 “Noticeboard from Kütior to Kadriorg. Power” // Old-Võromaa Cultural Center, Võru
2021 "Parallel World" // Pärnu Creative City
2020 Small Light // Tower Square, Tallinn
2020 Sculptors’ Association Annual Exhibition “From Wood to Red” //National Library, Tallinn
2020 “ARM” // Triigi Philharmonic
2019 Installation “Folder” // Sagad White Night
2019 “Ultimate Beauty” // Pärnu Library
2018 Site-specific video mapping and audio solution “Interference” // Keila-Joa White Night
2018 “Growth and Decay” // Narva
2018 “The Lesson of Seeing” // Vana-Võromaa Cultural Center, Haapsalu City Gallery and Pärnu City Gallery
2018 “100 Sculptures” // Annual Exhibition of the Sculptors Association // Vaal Gallery
2018 “Cathedral of Technology” // Tallinn Artweek, Tallinn Shipyard
2017 Photo and installation exhibition “The Lesson of Seeing” co Annika Haas, Jekaterina Kultajeva // Tallinn Art Hall Gallery
2017 Animal Sculpture Exhibition of the Estonian Sculptors Association “Today I will save as many flies as I can” // Tartu Art House and Tallinn Zoo
2017 Cultural Festival “Särin” // Rapla County Contemporary Art Center
2016 “Back to Chaos” // Pärnu City Gallery
2016 “Pond Vita” Sculptor Association outdoor installations // Kadriorg Park
2016 Site-specific video mapping and audio solution “Interference” on the Patkuli stairs // City Center Winter Festival
2015 Sculptor Association annual exhibition // Museum of New Art, Pärnu
2015 "Taevas Langeb / The Sky is Falling" // Katlamaja, Pärnu
2015 “Body Language” // Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2015 Sculptor Association annual exhibition "Paper endures everything" // Pärnu Museum of New Art
2014 Annual exhibition of the Sculptors Association "Paper endures everything" // Design and Architecture Gallery
2014 “Diverse Universe" // Pärnu City Gallery
2014 Exhibition “Ornamental" // Tallinn Art Hall
2013 Tallinn Light Biennale 2013 // Helios, Tallinn
2013 Group exhibition “Machinery" // Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn
2013 Spring exhibition of the Estonian Artists’ Union // Tallinn Art Hall
2013 VII Small Sculpture Exhibition "My Mythology" // Gallery Noorus, Tartu
2013 Site-specific art project "Black Hole" // Tallinn Light Festival
2012 International Art Train “Cosmic Underground" // train from Tallinn to Guimaraes
2012 Estonian Artists’ Union Spring Exhibition // Tallinn Art Hall
2011 Estonian Art Exhibition “Liberte/Freedom” // Paris, France
2011 Annual Exhibition of the Estonian Sculptors’ Association “Two are Better than One” // Turku, Finland
2011 International Environmental Art Festival Arteground // Viljandi, Estonia
2010 Traditional Wooden Sculptures Exhibition // Kuressaare
2010 Annual Exhibition of the Estonian Sculptors’ Association “Percentage Time” // Rotermanni Saltworks, Tallinn
2010 Site-specific Art Project “Internal Combustion” // Tallinn Light Festival
2009 “Flying” // ArtDepoo Gallery, Tallinn
2008 Small Sculpture Exhibition // Tartu
2008 Annual exhibition of the Sculptors Association "About Yourself" // Pärnu
2008 Site-specific art project “Inner and Outer Light” // Harju Street, Tallinn Light Festival
2007 “Air, Light and Flying” // Tartu Art Hall
2007 International exhibition “Transit – South Pole” // Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
2007 Site-specific art project “Air, Light and Flying” // Tallinn Light Festival
2006 Site-specific art project “Interspace” // Hirvepark, Tallinn Light Festival
2003 International festival “Aluminium Art +New Technologies” // Baku, Azerbaijan
2003 Joint exhibition “Art Summer / Pain” // Pärnu Concert Hall
2002 Joint exhibition “Art Summer” // Roma Art Gallery Gotland, Sweden
2001 Group exhibition “Summer of Art / Animal” // Kuressaare Castle
1999 International exhibition "Aquarium" // Rotermann Saltworks
1997 International landscape art exhibition // Haapsalu old airfield
1997 Annual exhibition of the Estonian Sculptors Association “Estonian Sculpture” // Tallinn Art Hall
1997 Group exhibition "Estonian sculpture through the ages" // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1996 International Sculpture Quadrennial "Cross-roads" // Arsenal, Riga, Latvia
1995 Group exhibition "Salad" // Estonian Academy of Arts Gallery
1995 International exhibition "Man and Woman" // Pärnu Museum of New Art
1995 SKKEK III annual exhibition "Biotopos" // Tallinn Art Hall Gallery
1993 Group exhibition "6+1" // Gallery "Art Leonardo" Tampere, Finland
1988 National Exhibition of Young Artists // Tallinn
1985 National Exhibition of Young Artists // Tartu
Sculpture Symposia:
2022 TAKKK Environmental Art Symposium “Disruption. The Creation and Loss of Anthropogenic Landscapes III” // Tammiku
2011 International Sculpture Workshop “Sounds of Earth and Sea” // A.Adamson Studio Museum, Paldiski
2008 International Stone Sculpture Symposium // Kato Polemidia, Cyprus
2005 Sculpture Symposium // Salacgriva, Latvia
2005 Stone Sculpture Symposium // Paide, Estonia
2004 Wood Sculpture Symposium "Ilmapuu" // Finno-Ugric Peoples Congress, Sagadi
2001 International Landscape Art Symposium “Open Circle” // Kuressaare
1995 Landscape Art Symposium // Nordingrå, Höga Kusten, Sweden
Organized exhibitions, curation:
2026 International WaterLANDS+3 artists’ exhibition Pärnu Artists’ House // Pärnu
2025 Sculptors’ Association exhibition “Phantom”
2024 “The Day After Tomorrow” Tartu Valgus TAVA2024 main curator // Tartu University Botanical Garden
2024 “Inherited Light” exhibition uniting generations of Sculptors’ Association and Pallas students // Pallas Gallery, Tartu
2023 Päkaraua kannel and forestry – “Kastre kaerajaan” wood sculpture program curation // Järvselja
2023 EKA site-specific art project “Krulli Kuma” // Krulli quarter, TMW23
2022 TAKKK Environmental Art Symposium “Interruption. Creation and Loss of Anthropogenic Landscapes III” curation // Tammiku, Kohila
2022 EKA Site-specific light art project “Border Light” //Gerassimov Park, Narva, TMW22
2021 EKA Site-specific light art project “Exit” //Niguliste Church Green, TMW21
2021 TAKKK Curation of the Environmental Art Symposium “Interruption. Creation and Loss of Anthropogenic Landscapes II” // Tammiku, Kohila
2020 TAKKK Curation of the Environmental Art Symposium “Interruption. Creation and Loss of Anthropogenic Landscapes I” // Tammiku, Kohila
2020 EKA Site-specific art project “The End and Beginning of (L)evolution” // Noblessner, TMW20
2019 EKA Site-specific art project “Time as Light” // Noblessner, TMW19
2018 EKA Site-specific art project “Darkness is Light” // Kanuti Garden, Tallinn Music Week
2017 EKA Site-specific art project “Shortcut” // Reisijate Street, Tallinn Music Week
2016 EKA Site-specific light installation exhibition “The Second Dimension” // Patkuli Staircase, Downtown Winter Festival
2015 EKA Site-specific art project “Patkuli Staircase” // Patkuli Staircase, Tallinn
2013 Curator of the indoor exhibitions “299,792,548 m/s” and “Light Utopias” of the Tallinn Light Biennale
2013 EKA Site-specific art project “Black Hole” // Kanuti Bastion, Tallinn
2012 EKA Site-specific art project “Journey” // Kanuti Garden, Tallinn Light Festival
2010 EKA Site-specific art project “Black Light” // Surroundings of the Cultural Factory, Tallinn Light Festival
2009 EKA Site-specific art project “Light Installation” // Harju Street, Tallinn Light Festival
2008 EKA Site-specific art project “Inner and Outer Light” // Harju Street, Tallinn Light Festival
2007 EKA Site-specific art project “Air, Light and Flying” // Tallinn Light Festival
2006 EKA Site-specific art project “Interspace” // Hirvepark, Tallinn Light Festival
2005 "Seto Kirä´" // Estonian National Museum, Tartu
Residencies
2023-26 WaterLANDS Wetlands Art Residency
2023 Päkaraua Kannel and Forestry – “Kastre Kaerajaan” Wood Sculpture Program // Järvselja
2021 Estonian Center for Contemporary Art International Exchange Program
2018 MOKS, Mooste Guest Studio Project “Wild. Fermentation on the Edges of Normality”
Other artistic activities:
2023 Light installations Ghost Trail in the park // Dream Solutions
2023 “Smoke” light installation in the secret smoke exposition // Virumaa Museum
2023 Installations at light art events Tõrva Night of Lights, White Night in Tsitre, Night of Ancient Lights Kakumäe Haven
2022 Water video projection/ mapping at the Tõrva Loits event // Tõrva
2022 Lighting solution for Kärt Tominga’s concert // Lodjakoda, Tartu and Theatrum, Tallinn
2021 Creation of a snow sculpture area // Tornide väljak, Tallinn
2020 Lighting solution for the Tartu Youth Board recognition event // Tartu
2020 Mapping for the TARTU2024 “Cultural Compass” conference // Tartu
2020 Fire sculpture “Phoenix” // Tuvi park, Tallinn
2017 Fire sculpture “First Human” // Kabli Sunset Festival
2016 Fire sculpture "Falling Sun/Kaali Meteorite" // Kuressaare Sea Days
2015 Monumental snow sculpture "Drummer’s Dream" (co. M.Hiiemäe, M.Mee, T.Jaanimäe) // Geilo Ice Music Festival, Norway
2015 Ice sculpture "Primeval Ride" // Ice Sculpture Exhibition, Tallinn
2014 Lightpainting // Freedom Square, Tallinn
2014 Ice sculpture "Shaman" // Pärnu Ice Festival
2014 Monumentaalne lumeskulptuur "Helide Allee" (co. L.Kuutma, M.Hiiemäe) //Geilo Jäämuusika festival, Norra
2013 Monumentaalne liivaskulptuur "Kultuuri jonnipunn" // Võru
2013 Jääskulptuuride näitus Kadrioru pargis, Tallinn
2013 Tuleskulptuur „Sisemine lend“ (co. K.Saks) // Tuleskulptuuride festival, Tallinn
2012 Tuleskulptuur „Sisemine tuli“ (co. K.Saks) // Tuleskuptuuride festival, Tallinn
2012 Jääskulptuur "Kotkas" // Jääskulptuuride näitus, Tammsaare park, Tallinn
2012 Gerilja Light, Valgusfestival, Tallinn
2012 Lightpainting, Valgusfestival, Tallinn
2013 Ice sculpture exhibition in Kadriorg Park, Tallinn
2013 Fire sculpture “Inner Flight” (co. K.Saks) // Fire Sculpture Festival, Tallinn
2012 Fire sculpture “Inner Fire” (co. K.Saks) // Fire Sculpture Festival, Tallinn
2012 Ice sculpture "Eagle" // Ice sculpture exhibition, Tammsaare Park, Tallinn
2012 Gerilja Light, Light Festival, Tallinn
2012 Lightpainting, Light Festival, Tallinn
2011 Fire sculpture “DNA-koda” (co. E.Maripuu, K.Saks) // Fire Sculpture World Championship, Tallinn
2011 Ice sculpture "Pig" // Ice Sculpture Exhibition, Vabaduse Plats, Tallinn
2011 Ice Sculpture “Euro-Rabbit” // Tartu Raekoja Plats
2011 Light Installation (co. P.Tiimus and E.Tallo) // Pop-Up Design Gallery “ÖÖ: Was it a dream”, Helios, Tallinn
2011 Light Performance "Lumen Interius" (co. K. Saks)// Estonian Art Exhibition ”Liberte/Freedom”, Paris
2011 Light Performance “On the Possibility of Freedom in the System” (co K.Saks) // Design House Courtyard, Tallinn
2010 Ice Sculpture "Memm" // Ice Sculpture Exhibition, Kadriorg Park
2010 Snow Happening (co. K. Saks) // Cultural Kilometer, Tallinn
1998 Ice Sculpture Festival // Jelgava, Latvia
Scientific conferences, presentations:
2023 “Relationships between culture and environment in the context of Time Space Existence”, artist Talk with Annika Haas and Helen Sooväli- Sepping in connection with Annika Haas’s “Greenhouse effect” art project/ Venice
2023 Sculpture Network International Forum – Presentation “90 seconds”
2022 Sculpture Network Online Club Presentation “The power of memory: monuments”
2021 Sculpture Network Online Club Presentation “Fire, Fog, Light & Electricity!”
2021 LUCI Annual Conference “Improving Urban Lighting through Workshops and Education”
2017 “Light as Art in Public Space – Space Attacks with Students”, KUHI Annual Conference, Tallinn University
2016 "Light as Art in Public Space – Using the Examples of Tallinn and Tartu”, Practical Seminar of the Estonian Communal Economy Association
2011 “The Importance of Animated Objects in the Everyday Life of Contemporary Estonians”, Estonian Academic Society for the History of Religion Annual Conference “Formulas and Techniques in Religion”
2011 “Home of an Item” / CECT, IV Autumn Conference of the Center for Cultural Theory of Excellence “Things in Culture, Culture in Things”
2008 International Sculpture Symposium “Approaches to Sculpture in the Landscape” Leeds, England
2007 “Researcher of natural sacred sites versus user” / Estonian Literary Museum conference “Holy Groves around the Baltic Sea”. EKM, Tartu, Estonia
2006 Presentation “Home of the Ese-me”, Võro Institute conference “Home of Baltic Finland”. Võro Institute, Võru, Estonia
2004 Poster presentation “Seto kirä´”, Võro Institute conference “Border cultures and languages”. Võro Institute, Estonia
2003 X Fenno-Ugric folklore festival. Tver, Karelia
2003 XI All-Russian folklore festival. Cheboksary, Chuvashia
2002 Ethno-futu conference, Izhevsk, Udmurtia
Artiklid teaduslikes väljaannetes:
2008 Liiv, Elo (2008). Ese-me kodu. / Acta Semiotica Estica V. Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus: lk. 253-270
2007 Liiv, Elo (2007). Ese-me kodu. Asja kodu. Õdagumeresoomõ kodo. Läänemeresoome kodu. / Võro
Instituudi toimõndusõq: lk 133-145
Professional articles, speeches in the press, other media:
2022 Liiv, Elo (2022). Eestis ei ole siiani vabadusele pühendatud monumentaalkunstiteost, mis rahvast ühendaks./ Eesti Ekspress 13.06.2022
2020 Liiv, Elo (2020). Katkestus. Inimtekkeliste maastike teke ja kadumine./ Sirp 18.09.2020
https://sirp.ee/s1-artiklid/c5-muusika/katkestus-inimtekkeliste-maastike-teke-ja-kadumine/
2018 Liiv, Elo (2018). Linnutee igatsus./ Sirp 12.10.2018
https://www.sirp.ee/s1-artiklid/arhitektuur/linnutee-igatsus/
2018 Liiv, Elo (2018). Saagu Valgus! Teist korda./ Kes-Kus 2018 september
http://kes-kus.ee/ja-saagu-valgus-teist-korda/
2017 Liiv, Elo (2017). Valgusfestival kui uus rahvakunstiliik. / Sirp 03.02.2017
https://www.sirp.ee/s1-artiklid/arhitektuur/valgusfestival-kui-uus-rahvakunstiliik/
2016 Liiv, Elo (2016). Valguskiir pimedas Tartu riigis. / Kes-Kus 2016 oktoober
http://kes-kus.ee/valguskiir-pimedas-tartu-riigis/
2014 Liiv, Elo (2014). Animatsioon – kaasaja parim sõnumiedastaja. /Noor Tegija
https://www.hooandja.ee/sites/default/files/uploads/animatsioon_kaasaja_parim_sonumiedastaja.pdf
Interviews and coverage
2025 Elo Liiv „Useful (ab)use“
https://www.eaa.ee/elo-liiv-useful-abuse
2024 Pärnus avati suurpõgenemise mälestusmärk/ ERR, 21.09.2024
https://www.err.ee/1609467301/parnus-avati-suurpogenemise-malestusmark
2024 „Brüsseli valgusfestivalil näeb kahe Eesti valguskunstniku töid”
https://kultuur.err.ee/1609255767/brusseli-valgusfestivalil-naeb-kahe-eesti-valguskunstniku-toid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kDYcDV5ZGY
2024 Suurpõgenemise Pärnu mälestusmärgi projekt / Eesti Elu. 21.02.2024
https://eestielu.ca/suurpogenemise-parnu-malestusmargi-projekt/
2023 „Relationships between culture and environment in the context of Time Space Existence“
2023 Agnė Bagdžiūnaitė, “Greetings from Eastern Europe. Letter to the curator of 'Goodbye, East! Goodbye, Narcissus!'“ /Echo Gone Wrong, 11.07.2023
2023 Photo reportage from the exhibition 'Goodbye, East! Goodbye, Narcissus!' at EKKM/ Echo Gon Wrong, 15.06.2023
https://echogonewrong.com/exhibition-goodbye-east-goodbye-narcissus-at-ekkm/
2023 Birgit Arop „Arvustus. Kuratoorsed julgustükid IDA katuse all“/ ERR, Kultuur, 06.05.2023
https://kultuur.err.ee/1608969715/arvustus-kuratoorsed-julgustukid-ida-katuse-all
2023 Hanno Soans, Peeglikildudest ärapööratud pilguheit/ Sirp, 26.05.2023
https://www.sirp.ee/s1-artiklid/c6-kunst/peeglikildudest-arapooratud-pilguheit/
2023 Seitse kunstnikku pühenduvad nelja aasta vältel soode ja teiste märgalade taastamisele/ Sirp, 06.06.2023
2023 Galerii: Vabaduse galeriis näeb Elo Liivi näitust "Maailma päästja" / ERR, Kultuur 04.07.2023
https://kultuur.err.ee/1609025306/galerii-vabaduse-galeriis-naeb-elo-liivi-naitust-maailma-paastja
2023 Elo Liiv ja maailma päästmine Vabaduse galeriis/ Sirp, 03.07.2023
https://www.sirp.ee/s3-pressiteated/elo-liiv-ja-maailma-paastmine-vabaduse-galeriis/
2022 https://parnu.postimees.ee/7639236/naitus-elo-liiv-kutsub-leidma-arakasutamisest-valjapaasu-votit
2022 Kaks uut näitust Uue Kunsti Muuseumis/ Sirp, 18.10.2022
https://www.sirp.ee/s3-pressiteated/kaks-uut-naitust-uue-kunsti-muuseumis/
2022 Kaisa Eiche, „Monumendid, trendid, mendid: mida teeb skulptuur avalikus ruumis?“ / Postimees, 09.06.2022
https://kultuur.postimees.ee/7541958/monumendid-trendid-mendid-mida-teeb-skulptuur-avalikus-ruumis
2021 Iiris Viirpalu, „Elo Liiv: et Eestis kunstnikuna ellu jääda, tuleb olla mitmekülgne“/ Edasi, 27.11.2021
https://edasi.org/102768/elo-liiv-et-eestis-kunstnikuna-ellu-jaada-tuleb-olla-mitmekulgne/
2021 Reet Varblane “Auhind – Küpsete meistrite igihaljas autasu” / Sirp, 29.10.2021
https://www.sirp.ee/auhind-kupsete-meistrite-igihaljas-autasu/
2020 Kaisa Eiche, „Väike kangelastegu igas päevas“ / Sirp, 20.11.2020
https://www.sirp.ee/s1-artiklid/c6-kunst/vaike-kangelastegu-igas-paevas/
Fiction and philosophy:
Elo Liiv 2021 Letter to my younger self, Rahva Raamat, ISBN. 9789985351895
Other affiliations:
Other affiliations:
2020 – … MTÜ Väike Valgus, founder and board member
2020 – … OÜ Männisalu Mahe, founder and CEO
2012 – … OÜ Kunst ja Pärimus, founder and CEO
2012 – 2017 Estonian Sculptors Association, board member
2012 – … Anthropology Association, member
2012 – … Valgusklubi, board member
2006 – … Estonian Academic Society for Religious History, member
2002 – … Leisi Rural Municipality Folk Culture Society Leisi VÄRKS, board member