Merike Estna
Education
2007-2009 Goldsmiths College, Great Britain, MFA Art Practice
2005-2007 Estonian Academy of Art, Estonia, MA Fine Art studies
2001-2005 Estonian Academy of Art, Estonia, BA Painting
2000-2001 Academia Non Grata, Estonia, Performance Art
Solo exhibitions
2011 Voyeur, Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn
2010 Untitled, ArtDepoo gallery, Tallinn
2008 Mirror, mirror on the wall, is it Art or is it Porn? (in collaboration with Maxim Surin), Gallery Frederic Desimpel, Brussels
2008 Mirror, mirror on the wall, who in the land is fairest of all?, Draakon gallery, Tallinn
2007 Plain as pikestaff, Haapsalu city gallery, Haapsalu
Gods zoo is diverse aka War and Peace (in collaboration with Maksim Surin),
Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn
2006 Hate Yourself with Joy, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn
2005 The sexiest girl, pussycat, the happiest girl and two love rabbits, Haus gallery,
Tallinn
2005 Rabbit: Oh, pretty boys everywhere!, Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn
20004 Jüri’s and Mari’s adventures, Vaal gallery, Tallinn
Selected participated exhibitions
2011
Matter of Principal, group show at Art Mûr, Montreal
Videospread, Screening of video portfolio, 9 plasma screens in Europe station, Paris
Collective Show Los Angeles 2011 w/ LA Pedestrians, Los Angeles
2010
Girl Power, ArtDepoo gallery, Tallinn
Artishok biennale, Tartu Art hause gallery, Tartu
Painting in progress, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
2009
MFA Final show, Goldsmiths College, London
group/grope at area 10 project space, London
Space Oddity. An exhibition of young Baltic artists at Maison Folie Wazemmes, Lille, France
2008
Elu 69, Rakvere museum, Rakvere
No Borders, Espacio Grupo Forja, Valencia
No Borders, The Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
Boarder Country, Exhibition of Estonian Contemporary art, Guangzhou
Love in 21st Century, ArtDepoo, Tallinn
No Borders, La Centrale Electrique, Brussels
Course of intervention, Kadiköy, Istanbul
2007
Consequences and Proposals, The Biennale of Young Artists, Tallinn
Contemporary Art from Estonia, Baltic States, part III, Kalmar Art Museum, Kalmar
Keha muutmine ArtDepoo, Tallinn
Tase, Kumu Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
Baltic mythologies, Pague biennal, Prague
Open Art, Riga
New wave, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
Fresh paint, Vaal gallery, Tallinn
2006
Shoot or shout - no escape, Vilnius
VI International Festival of Experimental Art and Performance Manege, St Petersburg
Flowers of Evil, Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn
Nordic Art, Kunst in der Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf
Naked, Tartu Artists’ House, Tartu
Beautiful paintings, Aaspere Castle, Aaspere
Kaamos 2006, Hellenurme village, Looga farm
2005
Multiple, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn
Estonian Academy of Art Diploma works exhibitions, Art Museum of Estonia exhibition space, Tallinn
Identities, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
2004
Home sweet home, Art Museum of Estonia exhibition space, Tallinn
Wildlife, Kastellaani house gallery, Tallinn
In One Row, Tartu Artists’ House, Tartu
You ain`t seen me, right?, Tallinn XIII Print triennial, Tallinn
Bringing back the Summer, Haapsalu City Gallery, Haapsalu
Nordic Art, Kunst in der Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf
2003
I have been in New York, Pärnu concert hall, Pärnu
Last Hero, Art Museum of Estonia exhibition space, Tallinn
Scholarships and prizes 2010 Nominated for Konrad Mäe prize
2008 Estonian National Culture Foundation grant
2007 Kristjan Jaak scholarship for the MA studies
2006 Estonian Cultural Endowment annual grant
Nominated for Konrad Mäe prize
2005 Eduard Wiiralt Price for the best fine art student
Multiple, I prize for the kinetic multiple object
2004 Hansapank scholarship, for art student
Works in collections
Kumu Art Museum, Tartu Art Museum, Loviisa City collection, private collections
Selected publications
No Borders Just News, AICA Press, Paris 2008
Hobusepea Gallery Book, Estonian Artists’ Association, Ed. Elin Kard, Tallinn 2008
Prague Biennale 3, clocal and outsiders: connecting cultures in Central Europe, Giancarlo Politi Editore, Milan 2007
New Wave, Estonian artists of the 21st century, Anders Härm and Hanno Soans, SA Tallinn Art Hall 2007
22+Young Estonian Artists, Ed. Karin Laansoo, Tallinn 2005
Home Sweet Home, Art Museum of Estonia, Estonia 2005 |