Jaak Soans
Estonia
Born 6.8.1943 in Tartu, Estonia
Lives and works in Tallinn.
address
Suur Patarei 18-9,
10415 Tallinn, Estonia

Professor, the Head of Sculpture Department at the Estonian Academy of Arts
and a member on the board of the Estonian Sculptors Union.

Education
Graduated from the Sculpture
Department of the Estonian State Art Institute in 1966.

Exhibitions
Started participating in exhibition in 1967.
Has taken part in exhibitions, symposiums and sculpture contest in
SWEDEN, FINLAND, NORWAY, RUSSIA, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRIA, FRANCE, JAPAN , ARGENTINA, POLAND, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, GERMANY, NETHERLAND and regularly participated in national exhibitions. His sculptures are represented in state and private collections in Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Germany, USA, Canada, Argentina, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia.

Solo exhibitions
1977 Tartu Art Museum
1986 The Estonian Museum of Art
1987 The Sculptors House in Riga
1993 The Tallinn Museum of Applied Art
1997 The A. H. TAMMSAARE Museum in Tallinn
1999 Tallinn Art Hall Gallery

Selected monuments and open air sculptures
1970 Steelsculpture "Construction XIV" in Võru
1974 Monument to A. Jakobson. Pärnu
1976 Monument " Wave " in Haabneeme
1976 Steelsculpture " Construction V ". Tallinn
1984 Monument to Kr. J. Peterson. Tartu
1989 Monument to A: Kitzberg. Karksi
1993 Monument " 20. of August 1991 ". Tallinn
1994 Monument to J. Hurt. Tartu
1999 Steelsculpture " The Playing Winds ". WIJK-AAN ZEE Netherland.

Selected awards
1974 The Annual Kr. Raud-Prize
1979 The Baltic Young Artist Prize
1980 The Grand Prix in the Riga Sculpture Quadrennal
1980 The State Prize of the Soviet Union
1984 "Maksla" Special Prize. Art Magazine
1986 The Annual Kr. Raud-Prize
1988 The Grand Prix in the Riga Sculpture Quadrennal
1998 "Nuovo Banco del Chaco" Prize of the First International
Sculpture Biennale in Resistencia. Argentina