Maarit Murka

Curriculum Vitae
02/12/1981
www.murka.ee

EDUCATION  
2009- ... Baltic Film and Media school, master in screenplay writing
2004- 2006 Academy of Fine Arts of Helsinki master in department of painting
2000- 2004 Estonian Academy of Arts department of painting
1997- 2000 Old Town Educational College art department  

ASSOCIATIONS                                                                
2007 Estonian Artists Association
2007 Estonian Painters Association  
2005 Estonian Authors Association  

SOLO-EXHIBITIONS
2019 „Escape room nr 1“ Vaal Gallery Tallinn Estonia
2018 “Mindroom” Vilnius Contemporary Art Fair Vilnius Lithuania
2018 “Kontekstiväline/ out of context” Artdepoo Gallery Tallinn Estonia
2017 “Mindroom” ARTag Gallery Helsinki Finland
2015 "Contents" Vaal Gallery Tallinn Estonia
2015 "Repetition" Fahle Gallery Tallinn Estonia
2014 „Short art film based on a true story“ Gostiny Dvor Moscow Russia
2014 "Kontakt" Tartu Art HouseTartu Estonia
2013 "Nobject" Vaal Gallery Tallinn Estonia with Kuu Architects and Vytis Puronas
2013 "Mission" Estonian Parliament Gallery Tallinn Estonia
2013 "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear" Korjaamo Gallery Helsinki
2010 "Dark Land" Hobusepea Gallery Tallinn
2010 "Hairpower" Korjaamo Gallery Helsinki
2010 „Hairpower“ Bottega Gallery Kiev Ukraine
2010 „Hairpower“ Y Gallery Minsk Belarussia
2010 „Hairpower“ Vaal Gallery Tallinn Estonia
2009 „0.43“ ArtDepoo and SooSoo Galleries Tallinn Estonia
2009 „0.43“ Korjaamo Helsinki Finland
2008 „I´m an artist from post-soviet country?“ Nobilis space Paris  France       
2007 „ART+POLITICS=POWER” ArtDepoo Gallery Tallinn
2007 „STALKER” City Gallery Tallinn
2007 "Fotofobia" Patarei prison Tallinn
2007 "The new beginning" Draakon Gallery Tallinn
2006 "Wake up!" ArtDepoo Tallinn
2005 "The truth is out there" Vaal Gallery Tallinn
2003 "Estonian boy. Estonian girl" (with Tõnis Saadoja) Vaal Gallery Tallinn                      

GROUP-EXHIBITIONS
2018 "Jubilee spring" Estonian Artist Association exhibition in Tallinn Art Hall Tallinn Estonia
2018 "30 of June" Vabaduse Gallery Tallinn Estonia
2018 "Est.Eetiline" Pärnu New Art Musem Pärnu Estonia
2017 "Surface video project" Muratcentoventidue Bari Italy
2017 "Body language. Works from Tartu Art Musem" Tartu Art Museum Estonia
2017 "Right now/ Just nüüd" The Museum of New Art Pärnu Estonia
2016 "White water" Haus Gallery Tallinn
2016 "1091" Vaal Gallery Tallinn
2016 "NordArt 2016" Nord Art Rendsburg Germany
2016 "Cold look. Variations of Hyperrealism in Estonian Art" KUMU Art Museum Estonia
2016 " Changeing and unchangeable" Pärnu New Art Museum Estonia
2015 „Stonerollers in Tartu“ Estonian Litography Center Tartu Art House Estonia
2014 "Horror stories" Haapsalu City Gallery Estonia
2014 "Valge maika" Tartu Art Museum Estonia
2013 "Interactions" AQB Budafok Budapest Hungary
2013 "XV Vilnius Painting Triennial "Painting contexts“ " Contemporary Art Center Vilnius
2013 "100x100=900" Magmart festival, 100 video artists to tell a century, Rome, Italy
2012 "Art in Mind" The Brick Lane Gallery London UK
2012 "48H CRONO" La Friche la Belle de Mai Marseille France
2011 "Aesthetics vs Information" 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery Moscow
2011 "Woman`s glance" Magmart Film Festival Palazzo delle Arti Napoli Italy
2010 "Kunst macht frei" Pecs Hungary
2010 "III International Festival of Video Art Gamagüey" Cuba
2010 "23es Instants Video Numeriques et Poetiques" Marseille France
2010 "VIDEOHOLICA 2010 3rd" Varna Bulgaria
2010 "The Sovereign Art Foundation Exhibition" Barbican Centre London UK
2010 "Festival Internazionale del Cinema d`Arte - IXth edition" Bergamo Italy
2010 "Deflection being. 21 century art from the collection of Tartu Art Museum" Tartu Art Museum
2009 „Sleepwalkers Film Festival“ Tallinn Estonia
2009 "AsoloArtFilmFestival XXVIII edition" Italy
2009 „II Festival International de Videoarte Decamaguey“ Cuba 2009
2009 "Self-portraits. Poses and diagnosis" KUMU Estonian Art Museum
2009 „IGVFest“ Dublin Ireland
2009 „MAGMART – video under volcano“ Naples Italy
2009 XXV „Sarajevo Winter“ Festival Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
2009 „CDH 2009“ Moscow
2009 „Life69“ Rakvere Estonia
2008 „ The Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Exhibition“ Agora  Gallery Chelsea New York U.S.A
2008 "Baltic Biennale 2008" Maneez Sankt-Peterburg
2008 "Place, that moves" KUMU Art MUseum Estonia
2008 "Nord Art `08" Rendsburg Germany
2008 "Perfect ring" ArtDepoo Tallinn
2008 "Wakening" Salt Sorage Tallinn
2008 "Roll Up Art" Bucharest Romania
2008 "3rd AAW International Youth Salon" Atelier of Alexandria Egipt
2008 "Liberty Square" Art Hall Tallinn
2007 "ArtDepoo highlights-estonian young painting vol.1" ArtDepoo Tallinn
2007 „JCE 2007“ Montrouge France
2007 „Right choice“ Tartu Artists House
2007 "Body changing" ArtDepoo Tallinn
2007 "Nord Art `07" Rendsburg Germany
2007 "New Wave" Tallinn Art Hall
2006 "Naked" Tartu Art House
2006 "Spring exhibition" Helsinki Art Hall
2005 "Zielpunkt" ArtDepoo Tallinn
2005 "Identities" Tallinn Art Hall Estonia
2004 "Here, but not now" Picture Gallery Kaunas Lithuania
2004 " Notes about paintings. Estonian and Lithuanian young art" Vaal Gallery Tallinn
2004 " Lets go" Salt Storage Tallinn
2004 "Ich bin ein Maler" Tallinn Art Hall
2003 "Inevitable to live at the same time" Estonian Art Museum
2001 "Real realism" Tallinn Art Hall 

PRIZES
2010 The Sovereign European Art Prize finalist 
2008Sankt-Peterburg I Baltic Biennale prize
2005 Vaal Gallery art prize

PUBLICATIONS
2007 "Pärnu in estonian art" Andra Orn and Anneli Lepp
2005 "22+ Estonian young artists" Karin Laansoo 

COLLECTIONS
Artist Pension Trust
Tartu Art Museum
Private collections- Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Sweden, France, Hungary, Russia, Italy, Denmark