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VILLU JAANISOO |
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Born 1963 in Tallinn, Estonia. Address: Pereentie 23, 33950 Pirkkala, Finland tel: + 358 3 3684879 mob: + 358 400 337398 e-mail: villusoo@hotmail.com web: www2.pirkkala.fi/villusoo/ |
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| EDUCATION | |
| Graduated from the sculpture department of the Estonian State Art University in 1989. | |
| EXHIBITIONS | |
| Private and group exhibitions since 1984 Estonia, Finland, Denmark,Latvia,Lithuania, Sweden, Hungary, USA and Norway | |
| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2001 | Roterman Soolaladu, contemporary art museum, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2002 | Uppton Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA |
| 2002 | Cave Gallery, New York, USA |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2001 | Mehitamine, Roterman Soolaladu, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2001 | Art2Heart, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2002 | Contemporary cast iron art, juried exhibition, Johnson Atelier, Trenton, NJ, USA |
| 2002 | The 7th Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland |
| 2003 | City Art Exhibition, Jyväskylä, Finland |
| 2003 | City Art Exhibition, Lahti, Finland |
| 2003 | Pirkanmaa 2. Triennial, Fine Art Exhibition of Tampere Region, Tampere, Finland |
| PUBLIC SCULPTURES AND COMMISSIONS | |
| 1989 | Monument for the Villem Reiman in Kolga-Jaani, Estonia |
| 1990 | Monument for the Jakob Hurt in Otepää, Estonia |
| 1990 | Relief for the Jakob Hurt in Otepää church, Estonia |
| 1990 | Hands, Nauvo, Finland |
| 1990 | Girl, Pirkkala, Finland |
| 1992 | Portret of Juice Leskinen, Nokia, Finland |
| 1993 | Reliefs for the A.P. Mäkikylä, Ylöjärvi, Finland |
| 1993 | Birds, Nuoliala elementary school, Finland |
| 1996 | Steel sculpture in Bagsvaerd park, Gladsaxe, |
| 1996 | Monument for the Victims of the m/s'Estonia', Tallinn, Estonia |
| 1997 | Relationship, granite sculpture, Kankaanpää, Finland |
| 1997 | Fiancé, granite sculpture, Kankaanpää, Finland |
| 1998 | Homo Birkkalensis, bronze, Pirkkala, Finland |
| 1998 | Cast iron sculpture Leinovalu Factories, Salo, Finland |
| 1998 | Just the fucking stones, granite sculpture, Pori-Kankaanpää, Finland |
| 1999 | Hole, cast iron, Hamar, Norway |
| 1999 | Monument for the 100 years of Finnish public education, (tog.with J.Mukala) |
| 2000 | Dark Cloud, cast Iron, Veszprem town collection, Hungary |
| 2000 | Monument for the Finnish civil war (1918), Pirkkala, Finland |
| 2001 | Cow, cast iron, Pirkkala, Finland |
| 2001 | Machine 1, wood, Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2002 | Sally's Muffin, rubber, Griffis Sculpture Park, Ellicotville, USA |
| 2002 | Mug, cast iron, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, USA |
| 2002 | Coach, rubber, PRATT Institute of Art, sculpture park, New York, USA |
| 2003 | The House, Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia |
| CONTESTS | |
| 1988 | 3 rd prize in the contest for the monument for the KGB victims, Tartu, Estonia, (tog. with A.Lunge) |
| 1996 | 1 st prize in the contest for the monument for the Victims of the shipwreck m/s'Estonia', Tallinn, Estonia (tog. with J. Mukala) |
| 1997 | 1 st prize in the contest for the monument for the Finnish public education system, Tampere, Finland (tog. with J, Mukala) |
| AWARDS | |
| 1996 | Annual Estonian Culture foundation award |
| 1998 | Scholarship for the deeper studies granted by the city of Tampere, Finland |
| 1999 | Traveling Scholarship from the Nordic Ministery Council |
| 2000 | Annual Scholarship for Art granted by Arts Council of Pirkanmaa, Finland |
| 2000 | Cultural Award granted by Pirkkala Municipality |
| 2001 | Estonian Culture Foundation Grant |
| 2001 | The Pirkanmaa Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation |
| 2001 | Pirkkala Cultural Grant |
| 2001 | Frame, Finnish fund for art exchange |
| 2002 | The Pirkanmaa Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation |
| 2003 | Scholarship granted by Arts council of Pirkanmaa Finland |
| ART PROJECTS | |
| 1995 | Stone sculpting symposium, Kankaanpää, Finland |
| 1996 | Cast iron art symposium Tallinn, Estonia |
| 1996 | Year 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1996 | Nordic Space, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1997 | Instructor in Cast iron art symposium, Tallinn, Estonia (tog. with Carl Billingsley and Kenneth Payne) |
| 1997 | Stone sculpting symposium, Kankaanpää Finland |
| 1998 | Conference of Contemporary Cast Iron Art Johnson Atelier Merserville, NJ, USA |
| 1999 | Blue Ice Art, Ice Sculpture Championships, Pello, Finland |
| 1999 | Grass sculpture symposium, Hammanhög, Sweden |
| 1999 | Instructor in Cast iron art symposium, Szentendre, Hungary (tog. with Carl Billingsley and Kenneth Payne) |
| 1999 | "ADDENDA 2 " Cast iron art symposium, Hamar, Norway |
| 1999 | Instructor in Cast iron art workshop, Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark (tog. with H.Vihriälä ) |
| 2000 | Blue Ice Art, Ice Sculpture Championships -1st price abstract class team competition, Pello, Finland |
| 2000 | Instructor in Cast iron art symposium, Veszprem, Hungary |
| 2001 | Karuizawa Ice Sculpture Championships -jury's special price, Karuizawa, Japan |
| 2001 | Blue Ice Art ,Ice Sculpture Championships-1st price abstract class double competition -2st prize abstract class team competition |
| 2001 | Pirkkala international cast iron symposium, Pirkkala, Finland |
| 2001 | Jicin 01, cast iron workshop, Czech Republic |
| 2002 | 4.rd Conference of Contemporary Cast Iron Art Johnson Atelier, Merserville NJ, USA |
| 2002 | International Sculpture Symposium, Griffis Sculpture Park |
| 2003 | Pirkkala Sculpture 03, International Sculpture Symposium, Pirkkala, Finland |
| TEACHING | |
| 1991-1999 | Teacher in the Kankaanpää Art Institute, Finland |
| 1993-1995 | Teacher in the Tampere School of Art and Communication, Finland |
| 2002 | Artist in Residence, Buffalo State College, NY, USA |
| MEMBERSHIPS | |
| Member of Tampere artists´ association Finland | |
| Member of Estonian Sculptors | |
| Member of Estonian Artists Association | |
| Curator of the Pirkkala Sculpture Park and Symposiums | |