| Birthday: |
24.04.1963 |
| Birthplace: |
Lüganuse, Estonia |
| Education: |
1981–1988 Estonian State Art Institute, MA in graphic arts |
| Solo Exhibitions: |
1990 Gallery of Katariinan Kamari, Niemisjärvi, Finland
1992 Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1995 TKK Gallery, Jyväskylä, Finland
1996 Fincken Gallery, Bergen, Norway
Gallery of Kiviõli School of Arts, Kiviõli, Estonia
Loqo Gallery, Jyväskylä, Finland
1997 Gallery of Lillepaviljon, Tallinn, Estonia
Gallery of Eesti Energia, Tallinn, Estonia
Hämeenlinna Library, Hämeenlinna, Finland
Estonian House, New York, USA
1998 Gallery of Rapla Library, Rapla, Estonia
Gallery of Hotel Olympia, Tallinn, Estonia
Rakvere Gallery, Rakvere, Estonia
Notes, Denials. Artists’ House, Tartu, Estonia
Gallery of Kastellaani maja, Tallinn, Estonia
2000 Kankaanpää Art School, Kankaanpää, Finland
Gallery of Café Anglais, Tallinn, Estonia
Gallery of Katariinan Kamari, Niemisjärvi, Finland
Gallery of Hotel Olympia, Tallinn, Estonia
2001 Gallery of Kuopio Town Library, Kuopio, Finland
2002 Breathing. Gallery G, Tallinn, Estonia
2003 Spell. Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
Touch. 24 h Gallery: http://www.kunstikeskus.ee/galerii/galerii_set_virge.htm
2004 My Garden. Gallery of Hotel Grand, Viljandi Estonia
Silence. Gallery of Hungarian Institute, Tallinn, Estonia
Wild Garden. Gallery of Estonian Institute, Stockholm, (Sweden)
2005 Wild Garden. Gallery of Jõhvi Art School, Estonia
Throbs. Viru Cultural Center, Gallery Art & Design, Tallinn, Estonia
2006 Spell II. Gallery of Eesti Põlevkivi, Jõhvi, Estonia
Secret garden. V Evora Festival of Printmaking, Portugal |
| Selected group exhibitions: |
2003–2006 Colour in Graphic Art. Torun International Print Triennial, Poland
2004 International Print Biennial, Ceara, Brazil
2002 Frechen Print Triennial, Germany
1998– Second Kanagawa International Print Triennial, Japan
1997–2006 Egypt Print Triennial, Cairo, Egypt
1997 Sightlines. Graphic Art Symposium, Edmonton, Canada
1997–2005 Uzhice Dry Point Biennial, Serbia and Montenegro
1997 – XXII Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Art, Slovenia
1997–2004 Krakow International Print Triennial, Poland, Brazil and Russia
1995–2005 I, III, IV Tokyo Miniprint Triennial, Japan
1995 Bharat Bhavan Print Biennial, Bhopal, India
1989–2001 Tallinn Print Triennials, Estonia |
| Organisations: |
1992 Association of Estonian Printmakers
1992 Estonian Artists Association |
| Awards: |
2004 IV Evora Printfestival-biennial. Evora Artist’s Residence Prize
2004 Eduard Wiiralt Art Award for Young Artist, Tallinn, Estonia
2004 In-graafika Festival, Pärnu, Laureate prize
2002 VII Caixanova Print Biennial, artists from 49 countries, Ourense, Spain. Gold Medal and First Prize
2000 VI Kaliningrad-Königsberg Baltic Sea Countries Print Biennial, Russia. Laureate prize
2000 Prize of Tallinn City Government, Estonia
1999 Tempera OY Gallery, Helsinki and Gallery G, Tallinn, Annual Artist’s Prize
1999 IX Tuzla International Biennial Exhibition of Portrait, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Grand Diploma
1998 La Gallerie Passage, Tallinn, Laureate prize for nude drawing
1998 Ljubljana Agart World Print Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Drypoint Prize |
| Works in collections: |
Art Museum of Estonia, Tartu Art Museum, Tallinn Art Hall, National Library,
Tallinn City collection (Estonia), Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä. Kuopio Art collection,
Kaleva collection, Oulu. Eero Rantanen Fund (Finland), National Centre of Fine Arts of Egypt, (Egypt), Tama Art University, Tokyo (Japan), Uzhice City Gallery (Serbia and Montenegro), Museum of Felicien Rops (Namur, Belgium), Varna Graphic Fund (Bulgaria), Cracow Print Triennial Society, Lodz City Art Gallery, Majdanek Graphic Art Collection (Poland), Tuzla Gallery of Portrait (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee (Belgium), Gorny Milanovac´ Biennial Fund (Yugoslavia). Montenegro Museum, Torun Museum (Poland), Artfund of Caixanova, Ourense (Spain), Pescara Fund of Exlibris, Cremona Town Museum (Italy), Collection of Cyprus Government, Kaliningrad-Königsberg Gallery (Russia), Evora Printcollection (Portugal), Trinity College, Dublin (Ireland), Florean Museum (Romania). |
| Homepage: |
http://www.kunstikeskus.ee/galerii/galerii_set_virge.htm |
| Web pages: |
http://icondata.triennial.cracow.pl/worldprint/index.php?lang=en
http://www.riigikogu.ee/rva/toimetised/rito10/artiklid/graafika.htm
http://www.estograph.ee/autorid/virge/autor.html
http://www.einst.ee/tyhiruum/joekalda/pildid.html
http://www.vnapp.com/gvn_030.htm
http://www.haus.ee/?s=kunst&z=kaasa&kid=176 |
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