Albert Gulk 1969 Colorful Marsh Lizards. 1996

Albert Gulk is one of the most important draughtsmen in Estonian art and a highly distinctive thinker, who depicts characters from imaginary worlds in his large drawings and watercolors, placing them in strange and surreal situations. While science fiction literature is widespread, science fiction art is relatively rare. Gulk’s wild narratives do not require models or photographs, as he relies entirely on imagination.

Gulk was born in 1969 in Antsla. He graduated from the Tartu Art School and the painting department of the University of Tartu. He himself has said: “People like to associate things with all kinds of styles and movements. What matters is that each person creates their own world and style. Life has to be interesting for me, and when I draw, life is interesting in every way. It is also fascinating what impressions people get from my drawings. Sometimes that is even more interesting than anything else.”