| Birthday: |
11.12.1960 |
| Education: |
2006 Department of Semiotics, Tartu University, PhD
2001 Institute of Art History, Estonian Academy of Art, MA |
| Solo Exhibitions: |
2001 Estonia: Old and New. SoHo Photo Gallery, New York, USA
2000 Deconstructions. Rakvere Museum, Estonia
1999 Sanctuary. (Peeter Linnap, Jasper Zoova, Tarrvi Laamann, Arne Maasik), Art Museum of Estonia
1998 Unfinished Landscape. (Peeter Linnap, Peeter Ulas, Uno Roosvalt), Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
1997 Summer 1955. Centro da Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
1996 Estonian Studies II. Galerii Parts, Minneapolis, USA
1995 Summer 1955. Gallery Mylos, Thessaloniki, Greece
1994 Estonian Studies I. Galerie in der Brotfabrik, Berlin, Germany
1994 Le Top 50. Gallery Institute of History, Tallinn, Estonia
1993 Beyondscapes. Gallery Foto-Medium-Art, Wroclaw, Poland
1991 Galerii Oveno (koos Toomas Kalvega), Rovereto, Italy
1991 Hidden Landscapes. Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland |
| Selected group exhibitions: |
2006 I am an Artist, I love myself. Giedre Bartelt Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2004 Changing World – Images. Joseph Rippl-Ronai Art Museum. Kaposvar, Hungary
2003 Arte Factum. Vilnius Photographer´s Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1999 Duchamp´s Suitcase. Arnolfini Fine Arts, Bristol, England
1998 Out of Shadow. Wellington B.Gray Gallery, Greenville and touring in USA
1995 Self-Portrait. Kuznetskii Most 11, Moscow, Russia
1995 New Acquisitions. Moderna Museet, Stockholm
1993 Borderlands: Contemporary Photography from the Baltic States. Street Level Gallery, Glasgow, Impressions Gallery, York; Light House Media Centre, Wolverhampton; Montage Gallery, Derby; Kirkaldy Art Gallery & Museum; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, etc. Touring in Britain 1993-1995
1993 The Memory of Images. Stadtsgallerie im Sophienhof; Kiel, Germany; Rostock Kunsthalle, Rostock, Germany; Contemporary Art Center Vilnius, Lihuania; Art Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia; Berlinische Galerie; Berlin, Germany; High School of Fine Arts, Gdansk,Poland; Nikolaj Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
1990 Oppositions. Rotterdam Biennale of Photography II; Rotterdam, Holland |
| Organisations: |
Member of Association of Estonian Art Historians, Estonian Artists’ Association, Estonian Semiotics Association, AICA, FIPRESCI and INSEA, “Acta Semiotica Estica” editors’ board and Lieven Gevaert Research Centre for Photography and Visual Studies academic board.
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| Awards: |
2001 Magazine “Teater. Muusika. Kino” Yearly Award for Cinema Criticism
2000 Cultural newspaper “Sirp” Yearly Award for Criticism
1998 Kristjan Raud Art Award, Estonia
1996 Foundation for Estonian National Culture, yearly award
1996 Kristjan Raud Art Award, Estonia
1995 Cultural Endowment’s yearly award
1992 Magazine “Teater. Muusika. Kino” Yearly Award for Cinema Criticism
1990 Estonian Photography, yearly award
1989 Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. Award by Culutral Workers’ Union
1988 Estonian Yearly Award for Cinema Criticism
1987 Exhibition Estonian Young Photographer’s, main prize
1986 Estonian Yearly Award for Cinema Criticism (with Peeter Laurits) |
| Works in collections: |
Art Museum of Estonia, Zimmerli Art Museum (New Jersey, USA), Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris, France), Moderna Museet (Stockholm, Sweden), Norton Dodge Collection of Non-Conformist Art (New Jerswey, USA), Roy Boyd Gallery (Chicago, USA), Museet for Fotokunst (Odense, Denmark), private collctions of Thomas McEvilley, Jay Ruby, Matti Milius, etc. |
| Curator works: |
2004 Changing World – Images. Joseph Rippl-Ronai Art Museum, Kaposvar, Hungary (Catalogue and CD-rom)
2003 Arte Factum. Principle of Theatre in Estonian Photography. Vilnius Photo Gallery, Lithuania (touring in 2003-2004)
2003 XXL – Estonian Photography. (with Vallo Kalamees), Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
2002 Reatism. Tartu uus kunst. (with Raivo Kelomees), Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
1998 Out of the Shadow: Photobased Art from the Baltics. Jenckins Fine Art Center, Greenville, touring around USA until 1999. (Catalogue)
1997 Invasion. Saaremaa Biennial´97, Estonia (Catalogue)
1995 By the Ruins. Svenska Fotomässan´95. Svenska Mässan, Göteborg, Sweden
1995 Fabrique d´Histoire. Saaremaa Biennial´95 (Catalogue)
1994 A Few Ways of Life: Estonian Photo-based Art of the Early Capitalism. Month of Photography, Krajanske Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
1993-1995 Borderlands. Street Level Gallery, Glasgow; Impressions Gallery, York; Montage Gallery, Derby; Lighthouse Media Centre, Wolverhampton; Art Gallery & Museum, Kirkaldy; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Dublin etc. Tour in Great Britain. (Catalogue)
1993–1995 Das Gedächtnis der Bilder: Baltische Photokunst Heute. (with B. Straka, Sirje Helme, Helena Demakova, R.Jurenaite et al.); Stadtgallerie im Sophienhof, Kiel; Rostock Kunsthalle, Rostock; Art Hall Latvija, Riga; Center for Contemporary Art, Vilnius; Berlinische Gallerie, Berlin; High School of Fine Arts, Gdansk, Nikolaj Centre, Copenhagen
1992 Baltisk Fotografi. (with Lis Steincke), Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
1992 Visions from Borderlands. New Baltic Photography, Saaremaa Festival of Photography (with Eve Linnap) Kuressaare, Estonia
1991 New Spaces of Photography. (co-curator), Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland
1988, 1990 Estonian Photographers I, II. Kiek in de Kök, Tallinn, Estonia
1988 How to portray an Estonian? (with Eve Linnap), Museum of Photography, Tallinn
1988 I Baltimaade Fototriennaal. (with Eve Linnap), A..H. Tammsaare Museum, Tallinn, Estonia |
| Description: |
Works as an art theorist, critic, artist, journalist, director, curator and lecturer. |
| Homepage: |
http://www.metsas.ee/et/ylikool/linnap |
| Web pages: |
http://www.fotogarten.de
http://www.estonica.org
http://www.art.tartu.ee/~kannela/fotogalerii
http://www.combain.ee
www.einst.ee/Ea/persona/linnap.html
ekm.artun.ee/kunstnikud/Linnap_Peeter/
www.smmi.hu/valtozovilag/PeeterLinnap.htm
www.eki.ee/km/place/pdf-s/KP2_16linnap.pdf
cache.tias.com/10697/InventoryPage/1731977/1.html
www.stathatos.net/peeter_linnap |
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