Tara Kek: It Ends with Sand

Tara Kek: It Ends with Sand
17 March–18 April 2026
artKIT

You are cordially invited to the opening of the solo exhibition It Ends with Sand by artist Tara Kek, which will take place on Tuesday, 17 March 2026, at 6 p.m. at the artKIT exhibition space.

Conceived as a two-part narrative, the exhibition moves from the present toward a possible future through a distinctive emotional experience that unsettles the hourglass of reality. It invites critical reflection on the contemporary social structures and inequalities that shape our lives. Bringing together a world we co-create – often unconsciously yet inevitably – it holds up a mirror to the vulnerability of the individual, the corrosive fractures within systems, and the sense of confinement produced by the pressures of our time and society: its hierarchies, exploitation, exhaustion, fragility, and the tensions that continue to accumulate.

Like dunes inspired by the desert – its endless space, silence, and symbolism of disintegration, dissolution, fading, and a return to primordial elements – the exhibition stands as a warning along the path we walk. What emerges when structures collapse, when systems disappear, and only the sandy trace of human impact remains?

Biography

Tara Kek (2002, Maribor) holds a BA in Art Education (2025) and is currently a Master’s student in Art Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor. In her artistic practice, she explores the relationship between the individual and contemporary late-capitalist society, focusing on psychological tensions, feelings of alienation, and visual representations of social pressures. Her work is rooted in drawing and painting, which she often combines with digital imagery and illustration.
She regularly exhibits in group shows in Slovenia and abroad, including at DobraVaga Gallery, Media Nox, and the Cultural Incubator, as well as in the international exhibition cycle Speranței (Bucharest, Chișinău). In 2024, she was selected for the exhibition New Approaches and the Power of Art: Reflections of Society at the Gallery of the Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies, which highlights a younger generation of promising artists. Since May 2025, she has worked as an assistant at Hest Gallery in Maribor. Her fields of work include painting, drawing, digital drawing, illustration, and printmaking. She lives and works in Maribor.

< Tara Kek: Insipidness of Life, mixed technique on wood, 2023

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