Jaanus Samma
1982
http://www.jaanussamma.eu/
jsamma@gmail.com
Represented by Temnikova & Kasela Gallery (Peetri 12, Tallinn)
- Education
- 2005–2009 Estonian Academy of Arts, MA in fine arts
- 2007 Université Paris 8 Saint-Denis – Vincennes
- 2006 École superieure Estienne des arts et industries graphiques, France
- 2001–2005 Estonian Academy of Arts, BA in graphic arts
- Solo exhibitions
- 2022
- Still Lifes on National Motifs, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
- 2021
- Otherness, Desire, the Vernacular with Carlos Motta, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn
- Museum Display, CFAlive, Milan
- Folklore, Robert Grunenberg, Berlin
- Pattern, Monumental Gallery, Tartu Art House
- 2018
- Outhouse by the Church, Nomas Foundation, Rome
- Writings on the Wall. Kodavere Outhouse, Juhan Liiv Museum, Peipsiääre Parish
- Viestejä/Messages, Aine Art Museum, Tornio
- 2017
- Divider, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn
- 2016
- NSFW. A Chairman’s Tale, Museum of Occupations, Tallinn
- Three Works in a Canteen, former canteen of Kalibr factory, Minsk, Belarus
- 2015
- NSFW. A Chairman’s Tale, Estonian Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale
- Unrest, Gotland Art Museum, Visby, Sweden
- 2014
- The Hair Sucks Sweater Shop, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery
- 2011
- AAFAGC (with Alo Paistik), März Project Space, Tallinn
- 2010
- Mare Vint. PARK. Jaanus Samma, TAM Gallery, Tallinn
- 2009
- In the Park, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn
- 2008
- Filter, Tallinn City Gallery (Artishok Annual Exhibition)
- War, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
- 2006
- Fountain & Balcony (with Pille Jüriso), Rael Artel Gallery, Viljandi Young Town Gallery, Hobusepea Gallery
- 2005
- Swimming-Pool, EKA Gallery, Tallinn
- 2022
- Group exhibitions
- 2023
- Raised in a Lie, ValstaKonst, Sigtuna, Rootsi
- 2022
- The Latvian Collection, Malmö Art Museum
- The Work of Love, the Queer of Labor, Pratt Manhattan Gallery
- Statecraft (and beyond), National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST)
- My Bitter Sweet Frankenstein Body, Titanik Gallery, Turku
- 2021
- Keep _ close to your chest, Narva Muuseumi Art Gallery
- 2020
- The 2nd Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art
and suddenly it all blossoms, Andrejsala, Riga - Wunderkammer, Riga Photography Biennial, Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga
- Roots and Ruins, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn
- On Adornments, Spike Berlin
- The 2nd Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art
- 2019
- Cruising Pavilion. Architecture, Gay Sex and Cruising Culture, ArkDes, Stockholm
- Spot On. Toilet Stories, Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil
- Body Works, State Art Gallery, Sopot
- De stad, de stad, Garage Rotterdam
- Post Winter Mixtape, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn
- Based on a True Story, Meet Factory, Prague
- 2018
- VI Artishok Biennale, Balti Jaam Passenger Terminal, Tallinn
- The State is not a Work of Art, Tallinn Art Hall
- There and Back Again. Contemporary art from the Baltic Sea region, Kiasma, Helsinki
- 2017
- Dialogue. Mare Vint and Jaanus Samma, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
- Dedication, Exploitation & Haute Collaboration, Silberkuppe Gallery, Berlin
- You Talkin’ to Me?, Barbara Seiler Gallery, Zürich
- 2016
- Kunstnerbøger – Vildt Voksende, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
- Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2016 Conservatism and Liberalism, Riga, Latvia
- Masters Peasants Peasants Masters, BWA Sokół, Nowy Sącz, Poland
- Kilometre of Sculpture 2016, Rakvere
- 2015
- They Will Remember Us in the Future, Academy Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
- From Explosion to Expanse. Estonian Contemporary Photography 1991–2015, Tartu Art Museum
XX Mäntta Art Festival, Finland
- 2014
- Feeling Queezy?!, EKKM, Tallinn
- The Hypnotist Collector, NAuArt Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- Dans le même temps, Un:Spaced Gallery, Bordeaux, France
- Side Effects II, Ancien Musée de Peinture de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
- Is This The Museum We Wanted?, Tartu Art Museum
- 2013
- Pebbles in the Mouth, Gallery Augusta, Helsinki, Finland
- Köler Prize 2013. Exhibition of Nominees, EKKM, Tallinn
- Afterlives of Gardens, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
- 2012
- 6th Tallinn Applied Art Triennial The Art of Collecting, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
- SVEART, St Vincent, Valley d’Aosta, Italy
- Corporal Punishment, EKKM, Tallinn
- The Exotic, Tallinn Art Hall
- 2011
- Border City: Tallinn–Lisbon, Tallinn City Gallery, Art Hall Gallery
- Untold Stories, Tallinn Art Hall
- 2010
- Revenge, Tallinn Art Hall
- Rauma Biennale Balticum 2010 Mitämeri? – What’s up Sea? Rauma, Finland
- 2009
- Tsinghua Art Museum, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Luleå Art Biennial 2009, Sweden
- 2008
- Baltic Art Exhibition De trop de réalité, Paris, France
- Plaisirs de l’imagination, Tours, France
- Doings or Not, City Museum of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2023
- Residences
- 2020
- Tartu Art House
- 2017
- Tromsø Kunstforening
- 2016
- Nomas Foundation, Rome
- 2013
- HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme)
- 2012
- FABRIKKEN for Kunst og Design, Copenhagen
- 2009
- EU-China collaboration project “Creating Spaces”, Beijing
- 2020
- Awards and mentions
- 2016
- Kristjan Raud Art Prize
- 2013
- Köler Prize 2013: Grand Prix
Köler Prize 2013: Public’s Choice Award
- Köler Prize 2013: Grand Prix
- 2012
- Tallinn 6th Applied Art Triennial: Prize of the Estonian Artists’ Association
- 2016
Works in collections: Art Museum of Estonia, Tartu Art Museum, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Kiasma, Aine Art Museum