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Biography |
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1959 |
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Born in Tallin |
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2004 |
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Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany |
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2004 |
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"Live and Shine" grant from the Cultural Endowment of Estonia |
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A leading Estonian artist who has worked primarily in video since 1997. She studied classical music at a specialist secondary school and worked as a stage designer in youth theatre before going to Tallinn Art University to study painting. After graduating in 1990, she attended the Swedish Royal Academy of Arts for postgraduate studies in 1992. Her work has been exhibited widely, particularly in Europe at many video festivals. She has been awarded an ArtsLink Fellowship Grant and an Independent Projects Grant for residencies in the USA and several other international prizes and residencies. |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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World One Minutes. Today Art Museum, Beijing, China Border State Art Museum of the Art Academy Guangzhou, China Freedom Square. Art Hall, Tallinn |
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2007 |
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Nightcomers, 10th Istanbul Biennial |
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2007 |
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Waterpieces 2007, NOASS, Riga, Latvia |
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2007 |
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Environment Archaelogy, Retretti art center, Finland |
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2007 |
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In the Presence of the Body, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA |
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2007 |
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WRO-07 Media Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland |
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2007 |
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Reel to Real - Sexual Semiotics, Künstlerhaus Mousonturn, Frankfurt, Germany |
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2007 |
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Rencontres Internationales, Madrid, Circulo des Bellas Artes; Berlin, Babylon-Mitte |
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2007 |
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Digital Space, Showroom Cinema, Scheffield, UK |
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2007 |
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Depiction, Perversion, Repulsion, Obsession, Subversion, program by Witte de With at the Rotterdam International Film Festival |
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2007 |
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Normal Love, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
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2007 |
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Overbeck Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany (solo) |
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2007 |
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Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia (solo) |
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2007 |
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OTOK Gallery, Dubrovnik, Croatia (solo) |
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2006 - 2007 |
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Collected Crises, Estonian Art in the 1990’s, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn |
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2006 |
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Kai Kaljo, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (solo) |
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2006 |
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Improvistation, Tallinn Art Hall |
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2006 |
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Body and Soul, FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille |
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2006 |
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Sexy Mythos, NGBK Berlin, Germany |
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2005 |
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Kai Kaljo,Kunstihoone, Tallin (solo) |
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2005 |
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Double Act (with Jan Svenungsson), Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn (solo) |
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2005 |
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Nightcomers, 10th Istanbul Biennial |
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2005 |
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Waterpieces 2007, NOASS, Riga, Latvia |
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2005 |
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Environment Archaelogy, Retretti art center, Finland |
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2005 |
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In the Presence of the Body, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA |
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2005 |
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Reel to Real - Sexual Semiotics, Künstlerhaus Mousonturn, Frankfurt, Germany |
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2005 |
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Rencontres Internationales, Madrid, Circulo des Bellas Artes; Berlin, Babylon-Mitte |
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2005 |
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Digital Space, Showroom Cinema, Scheffield, UK |
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2005 |
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Depiction, Perversion, Repulsion, Obsession, Subversion, program by Witte de With at the Rotterdam International Film Festival |
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2005 |
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Normal Love, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
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2005 |
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Video Lounge, Art Basel Miami Beach, Florida |
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2005 |
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Model “Missed Opportunities”, Brandenburgischer Kunsverein, Potsdam, Germany |
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2005 |
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Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin, Paris, Berlin |
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2005 |
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Brief Encounters, International Short Film Festival, Bristol, UK |
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2005 |
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The New (In-)Security, Badisher Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany |
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2005 |
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prog:ME, Festival of Electronic Media, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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2005 |
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Art Basel, Switzerland |
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2005 |
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26th Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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2005 |
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Women’s Dialogue, Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia |
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2004 |
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‘Instant Europe’, Villa Manin – Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Udine |
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2004 |
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BLICK 2004- Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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2004 |
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Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin |
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2004 |
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‘La mossa delle idee’, Alfieri Atelier, Firenze |
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2004 |
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‘Sometime’, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London |
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2004 |
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‘Flipside Artists' Space, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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‘EU Positive’, Academy of Arts, Berlin |
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2004 |
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‘Viinistu 2004 International Live Arts project’, |
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2004 |
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‘Welcome’, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London |
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2004 |
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Viinistu, Estonia |
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2004 |
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‘Do the Wrong Thing’, The Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax, Canada |
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2004 |
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‘Breakthrough’, Grote Kerk den Haag, The Hague |
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2004 |
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"New Video, New Europe", Chicago ( Jan.2004). Travels to: The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; TATE Modern (screenings 9.-10 and 16.-17.10) |
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2003 |
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World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam (special programme of Kai Kaljo's works). Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria |
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2003 |
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'21 Minutes.Art', Moscow 7th International Art Fair |
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2003 |
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'Greetings From La Jolla', Knollgalerie, Vienna, Austria |
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2003 |
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'A Loser', Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany |
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2003 |
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'Halfway to Venice', HDLU Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia |
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2002 |
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'Breath', Ludwigsmuseum, Budapest |
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2002 |
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'Transvisit', Masnedo Fort, Denmark |
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2002 |
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'Oh, it's a Curator!', Rotor Association for Contemporary Art, Graz |
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2002 |
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'Different/Diverse', Teatro della Fondamente Nuovi, Venice; Grunt, Vestern Front Galeries, Vancouver |
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2001 |
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Instant Video, Manosque, France |
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2001 |
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World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam |
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2001 |
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Black Cube, Cinema de Balie, Amsterdam |
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2001 |
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'Heavenly', Tallinn Art Hall Gallery |
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2001 |
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Videos by Kai Kaljo, SCCA Gallery, Bratislava |
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2001 |
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'What do You Read, my Lord?' (with Ly Lestberg), Nuova Icona Gallery, Venice |
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2000 |
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Central Station, Milch, London |
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2000 |
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World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam |
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2000 |
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Video N.E.WS, Gotland, Sweden |
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1999 |
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World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam |
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1999 |
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Kai Kaljo, Likovni Salon, Celje, Slovenia |
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1998 |
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World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam |
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Literature |
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2007 |
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‘Kai Kaljo, Star Outsider’, Artists of Estonia |
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2006 |
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Martin Herbert, ‘Kai Kaljo’, Time Out, 8th November |
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2006 |
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Kai Kaljo, Sihtasutus Tallina Kunstihoone Fond, Tallin |
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2004 |
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Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Instant Europe, Villa Manin, Udine |
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2004 |
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Mari Laaniste, see oleks kull jube, kui tanaval ara tuntaks, Kunst.ee, January |
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2004 |
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Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Instant Europe, Villa Manin, Udine |
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2004 |
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Mari Laaniste, see oleks kull jube, kui tanaval ara tuntaks, Kunst.ee, January |
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2003 |
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Judith Staines, The Role of the artist as poet, Culturebase.net |
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