26 August 2010

Biographical Data:

Born: August 19, 1950 in Tallinn, Estonia
Education: 1970 – 1975 Estonian State Art Institute, industrial design
Pedagogical activity: Since 1995 Estonian Academy of Arts,
since 2003 assistant professor in the faculty of composition.
Since 2008 professor of fine arts in Tallinn University.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
1973 – Tartu State University, Estonia
1976 – Artists’ Association, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery (Salong), Estonia
1980 – Estonian Academy of Science, Tallinn, Estonia
1981 – Artists’ Association, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery (Salong), Estonia
1984 – Dragon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1986 – The State Art Museum of Estonia
1990 – Hannah Feldman Galerie, Bern, Switzerland
1990 – Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1991 – The Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1992 – Luum Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1993 – Catherine Négre Gallery, Paris, France
1994 – G Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1995 – Hanna Gallery, Stockbridge, USA
1996 – Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1997 – Sammas Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1997 – Chaplin Centre, Pärnu, Estonia
1998 – Tallinn Art Hall, exhibition Silence, Estonia,
2000 – Estonian Art Museum, exhibition Pure Choices, Estonia,
2001 – Estonian Art Museum, Church Niguliste, exhibition Dance Macabre, Tallinn,
2003 – Tartu Art Museum, exhibition Sir, Estonia
2003 – Museum of Estonian Architecture, exhibition Great Love
2004 – Raegalerii, exhibition Sir – 10 paintings, Estonia, Kuressaare
2005 – Creating, no exhibitions
2006 – Creating, no exhibitions
2008 – Estonian Bank Gallery, exhibition Pieces
2010 – US Art Gallery, personal exhibition Exhibition, Tallinn

Awards:
1983 – Best Painting of the Year, Estonia
1996 – Konrad Mägi Annual Award, Estonia
2001 – Kristjan Raud Prize for Painting, Estonia
2002 – Grant of the Ministry of Culture, Estonia
2005 – Annual Grant of Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Selected Museum Collections:
– Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
– The Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn
– The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
– Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, Switzerland
– Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Selected Private Collections:
– Royal Family of Sweden, Stockholm
– Dr. Herbert Schnapka, Bochum, Germany
– Angela Kreis-Muzzulini, Bern, Switzerland
– Naoko Kohno, Tokyo, Japan
– Edita Giedrimene, Marburg, Germany
– Dr. Kari T.Eloranta, Tampere, Finland
– Vladimir Tarasov, Vilnius, Lithuania
– Jacov Rutgaizer, New York, USA
– Boris Bernstein, CA, USA
– Matti Milius, Tartu, Estonia
– Erkki-Sven Tüür, Tallinn, Estonia
– Tiit Telmet, Toronto, Canada
– Hélèn Berdoy-Mayer, Toulouse, France
– Leena Majander, Helsinki, Finland
- Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection, USA