CV
Born on January 3rd 1975.
1993-1997 Estonian Academy of Arts, Sculpture
2001/2002 Estonian Academy of Arts, master’s study, Interdisciplinary Arts
Member of Estonian Artists’ Assotiation since 2000.
Solo exhibitions
2006 “Feast. Thirst.” Tallinn Arthall Gallery
2012 “Forgotten Flowers” Tallinn Botanical Gardens
2015 “Meadow-sweet In Still Life” Tallinn City Council Gallery
2017 “In Still Life” Vabaduse Gallery, Tallinn
2017 “In Still Life“ Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Estonia
Tandem exhibitions
(together with Laurentsius)
1998 Raatuse Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1999 City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1999, 2000 Sebra Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
2000 Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
2001 Tallinn Art Hall Gallery
(together with Paul Rodgers)
2002 Hansapanga Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2006 Tartu Art Museum
2014 Tallinn Art Hall Gallery
Selected groupexhibitions
1996 OUT 96, Tallinn Old Town
1997 Archaeology of Dreams, Panevežys, Lithuania
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Overvew exhibitions in Tallinn Art Hall and Rotermann’s Salt Storage, Estonia
1998 Estonian Lithuanian Artists Vilnius, Lithuania
1999 Sotheby’s Baltic Young Art Berlin, Rostock, Germany
2000 Baltic Art New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston; USA
2000 Duchamp’s Suitcase, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England
2002 Closing The Distance, Gdansk, Poland
2002 Gooseflesh, Haapsalu, Estonia
2004 Riga Sculpture Biennale, Latvia
2005 Beijing Biennale, China (with Paul Rodgers)
2009 Pornography Rakvere Museum, Estonia
2009 Floromaania KUMU, Estonia
2010 Gooseflesh Haapsalu, Estonia
2011 A Gallery, Turku, Finland
2016 The Baltic Sisters, Caisa Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland
Awards
1999 Estonian Painters Association annual prize
1999 Kunstivaramu Wallpainting Prize
1999 Konrad Mägi Prize
2006/2007 Scholarship of Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Works in collections
Estonian Art Museum
Tartu Art Museum
Turku Art Museum, Finland
The Collection of Matti Milius
Private collections in Estonia, USA, England, Finland, Germany, Belgium
Other activities
1996 Paide Limestone Symphosium
2000 Murals and fish replicas in Estonian Museum of Natural History
2007 Puppet Theatre in Hagudi Huvikeskus
2013 Masks for J. Toomik’s film “Landscape with Many Moons”
2014 Puppets for Tallinn Drama Theatre
Artist Statement
Painting botanical Still Lifes has proven to be the most precise and inspiring way to express my view of the world. It enables me to preserve these moments when I feel that I’ve fallen into the atmosphere of beauty and inner stillness. These simple moments are too valuable to miss, because right there a key is hidden for prolonging and extending the concious neutrality of ongoing life and inevitibility of passing time.
Nature just exists, I add myself as a delighted observer, admirerer of beauty, and that is quite enough for me.
