Anu Vahtra

1982 Tallinn, based in Amsterdam

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anuvahtra@gmail. com    +316 47 278978 (+372 56 907221)

 

Studies

2005 - 2007 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Holland, photography BFA
2002 - 2005 Estonian Academy of Arts, photography BA
2003 I-V Konsthögskolen i Bergen, Norway, photography
2001 - 2002 Tallinn University, art education

 

Chosen exhibitions / projects

2007
22.08.-03.09. I, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
27.06.-01.07. Final Show of Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
22.05.-27.05. Time To Meet II, Forum für Kunst und Architektur, Essen, Germany
13.05.-20.05. Save the Last Dance, P/////AKT, Amsterdam

2006
21.11.-08.12. Kohatud. VAAL Gallery, Tallinn
01.11.-30.11. Artist on the map. Y galerii, Rael Artel Gallery, Tartu
02.08.-20.08. Kohatud. Tartu Art House
19.05.-23.05. Time To Meet: Pigeons on the Balcony invites guests. P////AKT, Amsterdam
02.05.-20.05. SEX. VAAL Gallery, Tallinn
17.03.-26.03. The 11th Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards, Hong Kong

2005
26.11.-04.12. Stilleben. PROJEKT 0047, Berlin
12.08.-20.08. Chosen Spaces. Polymer Factory, Tallinn
08.08.-14.08. Love Likes Me. Gallery Art&Design, Tallinn
22.07.-13.08. Sketchbook. Deconstructing Pärnu: locations, individuals. Solo project. Rael Artel Gallery, Pärnu
16.04.-15.05. Homo Grandis Natu.Tallinn Art Hall
12.02.-06.03. Identities. The Annual exhibition of Estonian Artist Association.Tallinn Art Hall
07.02.-21.02. Small stagings in photography. Kastellaanimaja gallery

2004
15.12.-23.01. Home Sweet Home. Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn (as part of Infotankers)
06.12.-09.12. Video 2004: Video Art from Northern and Balticum. Bergen Art Hall, Norway
10.09.-29.09. Youth Exhibition of XIII Tallinn Print Triennial “You haven’t seen me, right?!”, LOM, Tallinn
15.07.-28.07. Guided Tours. Rael Artel Gallery, Pärnu
09.05.-31.08. Estonian Photography 2004. The Museum Of New Art Pärnu (II price)
28.02.-28.03. Fantastic Realism. Tallinn Art Hall (with Piret Räni)
16.02.-04.04. Boys and Girls. Gallery Zacheta, Warsaw, Poland (with Piret Räni)

2003
International video-art-performance festival INPORT. Kanuti Gildi Hall, Tallinn(with Piret Räni)
Laughing Revolution. Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn(with Maris Suits)

 

Publications

2007 Remote Monitoring II
Fictional Travel: Escaping Disreality, artist-book
2006 Remote Monitoring I
The Fosbury Flop Principle
100 photos from Europe, catalogue
2005 The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures Signs&Body Language Cues, with Ian Brown
2004 Ehituskunst, Estonian Architectural Review
Daily Muse

 

Work in commissions / contributions since 2004

Re-Use, a book commissioned by Estonian and Finnish reuse centres, co-editor
Marie Claire Estonia
Estonian Academy Of Arts
Design Innovation Centre Tallinn
Tallinn City Government
Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
Metropolis M 4/2007
deAppel art’s centre, Amsterdam
Dislocated – Contemporary Estonian Photography, webmaster
kunst.ee, estonian quarterly of art and visual culture
Dot Dot Dot XI
Eramu&Korter, estonian architecture magazine
22+ Estonian Young Artists, a book on estonian young artists, photography