| Birthday: |
11.06.1949 |
| Birthplace: |
Sovetsk in Kirov province in Russia |
| Education: |
1973–1979 Estonian State Art Institute, graphic arts |
| Solo Exhibitions: |
2003 Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
Gallery of Eesti Ühispank, Tallinn, Estonia
2001 Eesti Vabariigi Suursaatkonna galerii, Riga, Latvia
1999 Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1998 Helligandshuset, Randers, Denmark;
La Galerie Passage, Tallinn, Estonia
Galerii Neuendorf, Memmingen, Germany
1996 Wanha Gallery, Tampere, Finland
1995 Gallery Neuendorf, Memmingen
1994 Munkinseudu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Gallery Katariina, Turu, Finland
1993 Gallery Neuendorf, Memmingen
Art Hall, Seinäjoki, Finland
1992 Gallery G, Tallinn, Estonia
Gallery Sylvia-koti, Lahti, Finland
1990 Gallery Sininen Talo, Hämeenlinna, Finland
1989 Caffeteria Viru, Moscow, Russia
Gallery Sammlung Villany, Brandenburg, Germany
1987 Tallinn Art Hall Salon, Estonia |
| Selected group exhibitions: |
2003 International Print Biennial in Beijing 2003, Peking, China
2002 12th SPACE International Print Biennial, Seoul, Korea
2001, 2004 International Print & Drawing Biennial, Taipei & Taichung, Taiwan
1999, 2002 Kochi International Print Triennial, Ino, Japan
1997, 2000, 2003, 2006 International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland
1997 22nd International Print Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Osaka Triennial, Japan
1995, 2001 Tallinn Print Triennial, , Estonia
1995, 2005 Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Japan
1994, 1996, 1998, 2002 International Engraving Biennial, Ourense, Spain |
| Organisations: |
1992 Association of Estonian Printmakers
1989 Estonian Artists’ Association |
| Awards: |
2003 International Biennale of Small Forms & Exlibris (Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland), second prize
2003 International Print Biennial in Beijing 2003, Beijing, China, Gold (Main) Prize
2001 International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, diploma
International Mini-Print Biennial, Cluj, Romania, award of the jury
Graphic Artist of the Year 2001. Yearly award by Estonian Graphic Artists’ Association
2000, 2001 Mini-Graphic & Painting World-Wide Show, Pisa, Italy, diploma
1998 International Biennial of Small Form Graphics, Vilnius, Lithuania, diploma
1997 International Print Triennial, Varna, Bulgaria, special award
1994, 1998 International Engraving Biennial (Ourense, Spain), Honourable Mention
1994 10th Tallinn Print Triennial, , Estonia, special award |
| Works in collections: |
Art Museum of Estonia, International Print Triennial Society (Krakow, Poland), National Museum (Krakow, Poland), Centre of International Cultural Exchange (Peking, China), Institute of Art Association of Academic Culture (Krakow, Poland), Association Mouvement Art Contemporain (Chamalieres, France), Amici dell’Arte – Famiglia Artistica (Cremona, Italy), International Centre of Fine Arts (Cairo, Egypt), Collection of Silpakorn University (Bangkok, Thailand), Central Art Gallery (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Tama Art University (Tokyo, Japan), Herman Hebler Graphic Art Collection (Fredrikstad, Norway), M.V.Nesterov Museum, (Ufaa, Bashkiria, Russia), City Art Gallery, (Lodzh, Poland), Contemporary Graphic Fund (Cluj-Napoca, Romania),
Graphic Centre Collection (Vilnius, Lithuania), Visual Arts and Technology Foundation (Sofia, Bulgaria), Florean Museum (Baia Mare, Romania), Kaleva Publishing House Collection (Oulu, Finland), University of Western Sidney (Australia), Caixa Ourense (Ourense, Spain), Associazione Premio Internationale Biella per l’Incisione (Italy), Randers Kunstforening (Denmark). Private collections in Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, USA, Russia, etc. |
| Homepage: |
http://benart.bravehost.com |
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