Estonian printmaker

Born 1949

Estonian graphic artist, printmaker and digital artist

1973 - 1979 Estonian Academy of Arts (graphic art), Tallinn, MA

Began to exhibit in 1978

Freelance artist since 1990

Membership: 1989 Estonian Artists' Association and 1992 Association of Estonian Printmakers 

Since 2008 Corresponding Academician – Accademia Internazionale „Greci-Marino”, Accademia del Verbano, Vinzaglio, Italy

 

Solo exhibitions:

1987 Tallinn Art Salon, Estonia

1989 Cafe Viru, Moscow, Russia

1989 Gallery Sammlung Villany, Brandenburg, Germany

1990 Gallery Sininen Talo, Hameenlinna, Finland

1992 Gallery-G, Tallinn, Estonia

1992 Sylvia-Home, Lahti, Finland

1993 Art Hall, Seinajoki, Finland

1993, 1995, 1998 Gallery Neuendorf, Memmingen, Germany

1994 Gallery Munkinseudun, Helsinki, Finland

1994 Gallery Katariina, Turku, Finland

1996 Gallery Wanhan Galleria, Tampere, Finland

1998 House of Holy Spirit, Randers, Denmark

1998 La Galerie Passage, Tallinn, Estonia

1999 "Real Fiction", Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia

2001 Gallery of Embassy of Estonia, Riga, Latvia

2003 "Symbolic Threshold", Gallery Haus, Tallinn, Estonia

2009 "Real Fiction/Volume II", Toompea Castle Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

2009 "Diagnosed Comeback", Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia

2012 Kunstiaken (Art Window), Tallinn, Estonia

2013 Computer Art, Ants Laikmaa Museum, Taebla, Estonia

2014 "Space", Vabaduse gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2019 "Futuristic Journey", National Library of Estonia, Tallinn

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Nearly 200 international exhibitions and competitions in ca 40 countries

Tens Estonian art exhibitions in abroad and in home country

 

Recognitions:

1994, 1998 Honourable Mention - 3rd and 5th International Engraving Biennial, Ourense, Spain

1995 Special Prize - 10th Tallinn Print Triennial, Estonia

1997 Special Prize - 9th International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria

1998 Diploma - 3rd International Biennial of Small Form Graphics, Vilnius, Lithuania

2000, 2001 Diploma "Finalist" - 2nd and 3rd Mini-Graphic & Painting World-Wide Show "Pisa 2000" and "ITART 2001", Pisa, Italy

2001 Diploma - 3rd International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria

2001 Honorary Mention - 3rd International Mini-Print Biennial, Cluj, Romania

2001 Printmaker of Year 2001 - Annual Prize of Estonian Printmaking

2003 Second Prize - 10th International Biennale of Small Forms & Ex-Libris, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland

2003 Gold Prize - International Print Biennial in Beijing, China

2006 Parchemin d'Honneur - 7eme Mondial de l'Estampe et de la Gravure Originale - Triennale de Chamalieres, France

2007, 2008 First Prize - Artperiscope.com - The Second and Third Internet Artwork Competition, Czestochowa, Poland

2007 Second Prize - 6th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Vilnius, Lithuania

2007 Honourable Mention - 9th International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Art, Gyor, Hungary

2007 Honorable Award - ARTOTEQUE’s Online Global Art Annual 2 ART NOW London, UK

2008 Diploma di Merito – Galleria d'Arte Moderna "Alba", Ferrara, Italy

2008 Third Prize - 1st International Digital Graphic Arts Biennial, Gdynia, Poland

2008 Prize of Excellence - ARTOTEQUE’s Online Global Art Annual 2 ART NOW, London, UK

2009 Gallery-G Annual Art Prize, Tallinn, Estonia

2010 Honorable Award - ARTOTEQUE’s Online Global Art Annual 3 ART NOW London, UK

2010 Kristjan Raud Annual Prize of Estonian Art

2013 Diploma - 8th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Vilnius, Lithuania

2014 Artmajeur SILVER Award, Clapiers, France

2016 Diploma - International Prinmaking Exhibition TRANSITION, Jurmala, Latvia

2017 Third Place - "ALL Abstraction" Photography & Digital Art, Art Competition and Exhibition Online, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

2017 Third Place - "ALL Colors" Photography & Digital Art, Art Competition and Exhibition Online, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

2017 Honorary Member of the Estonian Artists' Association

2017 Honorary Member of the Association of Estonian Printmakers 

2018 Judges Choise - "ALL Photography/Digital Art", Art Competition and Exhibition Online, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

2018 TOP 100 Award - Artist of the Year Competition, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France

2018 Honorary Prize - 9t International Triennial of Graphic Art, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia

2018 First Place - "Open/No Theme" Photography & Digital Art, Art Competition and Exhibition Online, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

2019 Fifth Place - "ALL Photography/Digital Art", Art Competition and Exhibition Online, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

2019 Finalist Award - Artist of the Year Award & Grant Competition, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France

2019 Honorable Mention - Spotlight Magazine Cover Contest, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France

2019 Second Place - "ALL Abstraction" Photography & Digital Art, Art Competition and Exhibition Online, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

2019 Honorable Mention - 4th Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition,  Yoshinogawa City. Japan

2020 Honorable Mention - The CFA Artist of the Year Award 2019, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France

2020 Second Place - "Open" Art Exhibition, Art Room Gallery Online, USA

2020 Honorable Mention - "Abstract" Art Exhibition, Art Room Gallery Online, USA

2021 Honorable Mention - "Open" Art Exhibition, Art Room Gallery Online, USA

2021 Merit Award - "Colors" Art Show, Grey Cube Gallery Online, USA

2021 Gallery Choise - "ALL Planet Earth" Photography & Digital Art, Art Competition and Exhibition Online, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

2021 Crystal Award - "Colour" Art Show, Gallery Ring Online, USA

2021 Silver Award - Artist Choise VII Group Award Exhibition, Camelback Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA

2021 Honorary - Spesial Award - The 10th Internatiomal Triennial of Graphic Art, Bitola, North Macedomia

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Scholarships:

2008 One-year creative scholarship of the Estonian Cultural Endowment