CV

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
    • 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 Pavillion 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. Pärnus’s version” (with Pille Jüriso), Rael Artel Gallery, Viljandi Young Town Gallery, Hobusepea Gallery
    • 2005
      • “Swimming-pool,” EKA Gallery, Tallinn
  • Group exhibitions
    • 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
    •  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
      • “Kõhe tunne / 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
  •  Residences
    • 2017
      • 1 month in Tromsø, Tromsø Kunstforening
    •  2016
      • 1 month in Rome, Nomas Foundation
    •  2013
      • 2 months in Helsinki, HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme)
    • 2012
      • 2 months in Copenhagen, FABRIKKEN for Kunst og Design
    • 2009
      • 3 months in Beijing, EU-China collaboration project “Creating Spaces”
      • 1 week in Luleå, Luleå Art Biennial, Sweden
  • Awards and mentions
    • 2016
      • Kristjan Raud Art Prize
    •  2013
      • Köler Prize 2013: Grand Prix
        Köler Prize 2013: Public’s Choice Award
    • 2012
      • Tallinn 6th Applied Art Triennial: Prize of the Estonian Artists’ Association

Works in collections: Art Museum of Estonia, Tartu Art Museum, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Kiasma, Aine Art Museum