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Marko Mäetamm
Family Photos-N° 13, 2007
black & white print digitally overworked
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Born in 1965 in Viljandi, Estonia. Lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia.
Education
1993–1995 MA in Fine Arts, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
1988–1993 BA in graphic art, Department of Graphic Art, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn Estonia
Upcoming projects in 2009
- Gallery Nettie Horn, London
- Suburbian Beauty, curated by Neringa Cerniauskaite, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius
- Home Sweet Home, curated by Ombretta Agró Andruff, Dorsky Gallery, New York
- Another Day With My Family, GoNorth, Beacon, New York
- Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku (Finland)
- locws international 4, Swansea (UK)
Selected solo exhibitions
2010
Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
2008
Kicsiny Balàzs & Marko Mäetamm, Gallery of Hungarian Institute, Tallinn
2007
Distilled Love, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
From There to Here, Nosbaum&Reding – Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Loser’s Paradise, Estonian Pavilion at 52. International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia, Venice
2006
Artists’ Studio, London
2005
The End (with Kaido Ole), Tallinn City Gallery, Tallinn
Big Project (with Kaido Ole), Rotermann Salt Storage (Art Museum of Estonia), Tallinn
Memorial Show, Tallinn City Gallery, Tallinn
2004
Speaking Houses, kArton Gallery, Budapest
Contemporary Art Centre Rekalde, Bilbao
Blood Olympics, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
Over the Mercury River, Pärnu City Gallery, Pärnu, Estonia
2003
Design Jet 5000 (with Kaido Ole), Gallery Viviann Napp, Tallinn
Marko and Kaido by John Smith (with Kaido Ole), Estonian Pavilion at 50. International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia, Venice
Feelings, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
John Smith. Marko and Kaido (with Kaido Ole), Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
2002
X MISTAKES Y FOR Z (with Lucy Harrison and Pete Nevin), Rotermann Salt Storage (Art Museum of Estonia), Tallinn
John Smith. The world of Gods (with Kaido Ole), The Gallery of Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn
2001
Amentia, Gallery Platan, Budapest
2000
Me Supernatural, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn
1999
The Chemistry of Being, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn; Estonian Embassy in Riga
1997
Exhibition of UNDP annual AWARD, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn
Human Life, Obu Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
1996
Eternal Things, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
Arka Gallery, Vilnius
1995
Surprise, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn
Car World, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
1994
24 h, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
1993
Stories of Jesus, Culture Hall of East Centre, Helsinki; Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
1992
Subjective Pop (with Hannes Starkopf), Sammas Gallery, Tallinn
Gentle Shapes, Pikk 7 Gallery, Tallinn
Print exhibition, City Library, Kotka, Finland
Selected group exhibitions and projects
2008
Bad Joke, Riga`s Contemporary Art Space, Latvia (curated by Johannes Saar)
Familienangelegenheiten, curated by Elke Falat, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Galerie im Kehrwiederturm, Hildesheim
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid 2008, Berlin
Borderlives, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel (curated by Ritva Röminger-Czako and Andreas Vowinckel)
La main numérique, Ecole d´art de la Communauté de l´agglomération d´Annecy, Annecy
Borderlives. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Helsinki, St. Petersburg und Tallinn, Ludwig Forum für internationale Kunst, Aachen
Biennale Cuvée 08, OK, Linz
Vabaduse Väljak, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
Parim sõber, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn
2007
Bad Joke, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid 2007
Provokatörer? KonstBio, Biografen Sture, Stockholm
STILL HERE: humour in post-communist performance video, Artspace, Sydney
Political&Poetical, 14th Tallinn Print Triennial, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn
Baltic States, part III, Contemporary Art From Estonia, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
Innocence and Despair, g39, Cardiff, Wales
Ich was here, Galerii Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Priroda i društvo/Parallel Lines, Muzej Rupe (Dubrovacki muzeji), Dubrovnik, Croatia
We like it a lot, Nettie Horn Gallery, London
anger_aggression, KunstRaum Goethestrasse, Linz
Exploding Cinema, The Half Moon, London
Dialogues, 13 Vilnius Painting Triennial, Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius
2006
Violence and Propaganda, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
Fiktive Bauten und Städte in der Literatur, Architekturmuseum TU München, Pinakothek der Moderne, München
Pain In The Class!, 12th International Pärnu Video- and Film Festival 2006, Pärnu, Estonia
Cannibal Ferox, T1+2 Gallery, London
Collected Crises, Estonian Art in the 1990s. KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn
Flowers of Evil, 6th Annual Exhibition of Estonian Artists´Association. Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
Wake Up!, Rauma biennale Balticum 2006, Rauma Art Museum, Finland
Geld spielt keine Rolle, No Budged Video/Film Festival, Weimar
Videoart From The Baltics Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Emergency Biennale, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
Tähendusterikas linn, Tartu Art Hall, Tartu, Estonia
Two Close Ones, 4th Tallinn Applied Art Triennial. Estonian Museum of applied Art and Design, Tallinn
Shiftscale – Sculpture at the Extended Field, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn
2005
The 6th Baltic Contemporary Art Biennale HABITAT, Museum of Contemporary Art, dept. of the National Museum in Szczecin, Poland
Blur of The Otherwordly, Center for Art and Visual Culture, Baltimore
Reading in Absence, Trafo Gallery, Budapest
Message, The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
Tallinn-Kotka, 12 artists from Tallinn in Kotka, Galleria Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland
Thrust, 26th International Biennial of Graphic Art. Ljubljana, Slovenia
Pyyteetön Rakkaus/ Undemanding Love, Rauma Art Museum, Finland
No Painting, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
Island Art Film & Video Festival ’05, Prenelle Gallery, London
ON25 Artstar Project, Luxembourg
Hääled/Voices, Rotermann Salt Storage (Art Museum of Estonia), Tallinn
2004
Home Sweet Home, Rotermann Salt Storage (Art Museum of Estonia), Tallinn
Here, But Not Now, Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
EU-Positive, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin
13th Tallinn Print Triennial, Rotermann Salt Storage (Art Museum of Estonia), Tallinn
MAK NITE special EUROPA JETZT, MAK, Vienna
Salt of Life, Contemporary art from The Baltic States, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius
2003
2nd Biennial in Painting, Väsby Konsthall, Sweden
2002
Printmaking in Europe: Trends and Perspectives, Art Gallery of the Municipality of Neapoli, Greece
Cinématheque Vivante, The City Gallery of Pärnu, Estonia
About Belief, South London Gallery, London
Closing the Distance, Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk
2001
ARS01, Kiasma, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2000
Grosse Kunst Ausstellung Düsseldorf NRW
10 PAAR, The Castle of Kuressaare, Estonia; Kuurne, Belgium
Painterly Issues, Vilnius Painting Triennial. Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius
1999
23rd International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana
1998
Kaliningrad—Königsberg ’98, International Print Triennial, Russia
Estonian Art in Denmark, Randers Art Museum, Denmark
11th Tallinn Print Triennial, Rotermann Salt Storage (Art Museum of Estonia), Tallinn
1996
Estonia as a Sign, 4th Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia; Tallinn, Tartu, Estonia
ArtGenda, Exhibition of young artists from Baltic Sea region, Oksnehallen, Copenhagen
1995
Wait We’re Loading, Group exhibition of Estonian artists, Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden
10th Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
Self-Portrait, Group exhibition of Estonian artists. Moscow Gallery, Moscow
Misfits, 6th Triennial of Young Baltic Art, Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius
Books
Mäetamm, M. marko mäetamm (second edition), Center for Contemporary Arts, Tallinn, 2007
Mäetamm, M. marko mäetamm, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, 2006
Mäetamm, M./Mänd, L. Rääkivad majad Speaking Houses, R/I/B/O/P, Tallinn 2003
Video works
2008
-You and Me
-Car Ride
2007
-FAMILY
-No Title-2
2006
-Another Day
-Home Video
-No Title-1
-Burst (5 versions)
-Hello Hell
-I was there
2004
-A Dream
-Casket
-Spooky Wood
-Blood Olympics
2002
-Dolphin
-China. Ying Cat!
-My little Baby-Girl (last seconds)
-Dancing Head
2001
-I skip and vibrate
-Blackboard Fight
1995
-Home
-Art Can. Surprise
-Art Can. Car World
1994
Art Can. Mäetamm Top-100
Web Projects
2002
-Me – Supernatural, version II, Crazy Mama Production
2000
-Me – Supernatural, Crazy Mama Production
1999
-The Chemistry of Being, Crazy Mama Production
Awards
2008
-Estonian State Decoration, The Order of the White Star, V class
2004
-City Prize of 13th Tallinn Print Triennial
2003
-Sadolin Art Award, Estonia
-Hansapank Art Award, Estonia
2002
-Annual Award 2002 of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia
-Painting Prize of the Estonian Painters’ Association
2000
-Kristjan Raud Annual Award, Estonia
-Harpoon. Annual art award of Vaal Gallery, Estonia
1997
-UNDP Annual Award
Catalogues and selected bibliography
- La main numérique, Ecole d´art de la Communauté de l´agglomération d´Annecy, 2008
- HOBUSEPEA GALERII/HOBUSEPEA GALLERY, Estonian Artists´ Association, 2008
- BORDERLIVES. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Helsinki St. Petersburg und Tallinn, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, DUMONT, 2008
- PIIRIRIIK/BORDER STATE, Tallinn Art Hall, 2008
-I LOVE MY FAMILY/ LOSER`S PARADISE, Estonian Pavilion at 52. International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia. Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia. Tallinn 2007
-Architektur wie sie im Buche steht. Fiktive Bauten und Städte in der Literatur. Architekturmuseum der Technischen Universität München, München 2007
-TEHNOBIA. DIVERSE UNIVERSE II. KURJA LILLED, 6th Annual Exhibition of Estonian Artists’ Association, Tallinn 2006
-VIDEOART FROM THE BALTIC SCENE: ESTLAND, LETTLAND, LITAUEN, Kunstraum Düsseldorf 2006
-BLUR OF THE OTHERWORDLY, Contemporary Art, Technology, and the Paranormal. Issues in Cultural Theory Book Series. Center for Art and Visual Culture, University Of Maryland Baltimore County, USA 2006
-Hermann, E. MÄETAMME KAKS LÜHIST, (http://eik.struktuur.ee/maetamm/, 2006)
-Mäetamm, M. TÄHENDUSTERIKAS LINN, Tartu Kunstimaja, Tartu 2006
-WAKE UP! Rauma biennale Balticum. Rauma Art Museum, Finland 2006
-SHIFTSCALE – SCULPTURE AT THE EXTENDED FIELD, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn 2006
-Krese, S. ARTSTARS, Luxemburg 2005
-Lazar, E. READING IN ABSENCE, Trafó Gallery, Budapest 2005
-Mäetamm, M. 1965–2005. GUIDO JA SIGNE SAMMELSELJA KUNSTIKOLLEKTSIOONIST,
Tallinn 2005
-Mäetamm, M. KODU, KALLIS KODU, Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn 2005
-Mäetamm, M. VAAL 1990/2005, Tallinn 2005
-Härm, A. NO PAINTING, Tallinn Art Hall Foundation, Tallinn 2005
-Taidre, E. KAIDO OLE. MARKO MÄETAMM. JOHN SMITH. OMAMÜTOLOOGIA JA MÜTOLOGISEERIMINE KAASAEGSES KUNSTIS. Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn 2005 (manuscript of a diploma thesis)
-XIII TALLINN PRINT TRIENNIAL, Tallinn 2004
-Kotov, K. MARKO MÄETAMME “KUJUTISTE GRAMMATIKA”, THE “VISUAL GRAMMAR” OF MARKO MÄETAMM, Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi, Studies of Art and Architecture 2004/1(13). Tallinn 2004
-Soans, H. ESTONIAN ART. 101 WORKS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE ART MUSEUM OF ESTONIA, Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn 2004
-Allas, A. HERE, BUT NOT NOW, Kaunas 2004
-SALT OF LIFE, Contemporary Art from the Baltic States. Vilnius 2004
-MARKO UND KAIDO BY JOHN SMITH, Estonian Pavilion at 50th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia. Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia. Tallinn 2003
-Kivland, S. X MISTAKES Y FOR Z, Tallinn 2002
-Helme, S. CLOSING THE DISTANCE, Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk. 2002
-Lõugas, A. PRINTMAKING IN EUROPE: TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES, Thessaloniki 2002
-EXPERIMENTS & CLASSIC, 8th Pärnu Fideo & Vilmifestival. Pärnu 2002
-ESTONIAN GRAPHIC ARTS, Association of Estonian Printmakers. Tallinn 2001
-Luhta, P. ARS 01, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki 2001
-FIRST INTERNATIONAL DRAWING COMPETITION WROCLAW 1999/2000, Wroclaw 2000
-10 PAAR, Kunst uit Estland en Vlaanderen, Tallinn 2000
-Grigoraviciene, E. Tapybiśka. PAINTERLY, XI Vilnius Painting Triennial. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius 2000
-Saar, J. EESTI KUNSTNIKUD 2, Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia. Tallinn 2000
-Helme, S. GROSSE KUNSTAUSSTELLUNG NRW DÜSSELDORF, Düsseldorf 2000
-Helme, S., Kangilaski, J. LÜHIKE EESTI KUNSTI AJALUGU, Tallinn 1999
-KINETHIC ART, E-Media Center, Estonian Academy of Arts. Tallinn 1999
-Komissarov, E. 23. INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ART, International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana 1999
-XI TALLINN PRINT TRIENNIAL, Tallinn 1998
-ESTONIA AS A SIGN, The 4th Annual Exhibition of Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia. Tallinn 1996
-ARTGENDA ’96, Nordic Council of Ministers. Copenhagen 1996
-MISFITS, 6th Triennial of Young Baltic Arts. The Contemporary Art Centre of Vilnius. Vilnius 1995
-WAIT WE’RE LOADING, Göteborg Art Museum. Göteborg 1995
-Saar, J. SELF PORTRAIT, Moscow 1995
-X TALLINN GRAPHIC TRIENNIAL, Association of Estonian Printmakers, Tallinn 1995
-3RD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MINIPRINT EXHIBITION, Juniper Gallery, Napa Art Center, California 1993
-ART CONTACT, Professionalno-Tvortšeski Sojuz Hudožnikov I Grafikov, St. Petersburg 1992
-ART EXHIBITION FROM THE BALTIC COUNTRIES, Almnas Södertälje, Sweden 1992
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