BIO
Victoria Olt (1997) was born in Estonia in and spent her childhood there. At thirteen she moved to Spain. Where she studied Fine Arts at the University of Seville. She has also lived and worked in Madrid and Amsterdam, and spent the height of the pandemic on the remote Caribbean island of Nevis. There, she learned to hand-make all her own paints, which gave her access to special paints that are not available on the market to other artists, like paints that change colors or are made of semi‑precious stones.
Growing up in an atheist country but attending a religious school, Victoria was immersed in ideas that felt alien to her. At thirteen she moved to Seville, a city where faith permeates everyday life, and often felt like an outsider. One concept from those early years stayed with her: the idea of a “god‑shaped hole” in the human soul. For Victoria, that void could never be filled with God, yet the absence was undeniable. Much of her artistic practice revolves around exploring what might occupy that space instead.
Over the years, her search has taken many forms. During her university years she tried to fill that void with technical mastery of her craft. Later, love became the focus, inspiring her solo exhibitions I’ve Saved All My Secrets for You (2022) and I’ve Seen Love and It Looks Nothing Like This ♥︎ (2023). This search then turned toward ancient cultures and their relationship with divinity, resulting in the exhibitions Lost Gods (2023) and Lost Gods II (2025). She has also examined the uniqueness of human individuality in her installation 7.753 (2022), and in her cyanotype series Earthborn // Earthbound (2024) she explored our connection to nature as an essential anchor in feeling whole.
Her paintings have been exhibited in galleries worldwide and form part of private collections across the globe.
In 2021 she returned to Estonia to reconnect with her roots. Seeing a gap in the local art scene, she founded Victoria Olt Gallery in Tallinn, a space dedicated to showcasing emerging figurative artists from both Estonia and around the world. In 2025, her journey led her to explore new horizons with a move to Buenos Aires.
