Jaanus Samma

born 11. 07.1982
Herne 15-2, Tallinn 10135, Estonia / 00 372 55 69 26 37
www.jaanussamma.eu

Education

since 2011 Estonian Academy of Arts, PhD studies in arts and design
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

Personal exhibitions

2018
“Viestejä/Messages,” Aine Art Museum, Tornio

2017
“Divider,” Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn

 2016
“NSFW. A Chairman’s Tale,” Museum of Occupations, Tallinn
“Three Works at 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

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
2013 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