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Jüri Kass & Ülle Marks

Ülle Marks (1963) and Jüri Kass (1956) demonstrate to us postmodern landscapes, where traditional colorful and harmonious scenery are translated into the human body – mountains and dells, ridges and open countries are covered with human skin. New meanings are given both to the traditional landscape painting and to the landscape itself, as well as to the human body. The viewers learn to see and to read the new signs of their own bodies.

Ülle Marks

Born: 6 October 1963 in Tallinn, Estonia

Education: 1982-1989 Estonian Art Academy

At present: freelance artist

Solo Exhibitions:
2000 Body Landscapes, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1999 Kloostri Ait, Tallinn, Estonia
1998 Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1994 Sininen Verstas, Helsinki, Finland
1994 The Castle of Kuressaare, Estonia
1990 Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2000 Ugriculture, The Gallen-Kallela Museum, Espoo, Finland
1998 Melnikov Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany
1998 Estonian Contemporary Graphic Art, Kaliningrad, Russia
1997 International Graphic Art in Japan 1997, Sakaide City Museum of Art, Japan
1996 4th Biennial of Graphic Art Beograd, Yugoslavia
1996 Nordgrafia, Visby, Sweden
1996 Confessions on Paper, Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn
1995, 1996, 1998 Art Cologne, Köln, Germany
1995 7th Varna Print Biennial, Bulgaria
1995 Estonian Graphic Arts and Sculpture, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
1994, 1997 Intergrafia World Award Winners Gallery, Katowice, Poland
1994, 1997, 2000 International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland
1993 XX International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1993 Foyer-Gallery in Operahouse, Halle, Germany
1992 Estonian Prints in La Louviere, Belgium
1991, 1993 Rauma Art Museum, Finland
1989, 1992, 1995, 1998 Tallinn Print Triennial, Estonia

Awards:
2001 Eduard Wiiralt Prize
2000 Jury’s Prize as per Regulations, International Print Triennial Krakow 2000, Poland
1994 Intergrafia ’94 World Award Winners Gallery, Grand Prix, Katowice, Poland
1992 IX Tallinn Print Triennial, Grand Prix
1990 Annual Prize of Young Artist in Estonia

Collections:
Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn
Tartu Art Museum, Estonia
Private collections


Jüri Kass

Born: 26 March 1956 in Tallinn, Estonia

Education: 1974- 1979 Estonian State Art Institute

Solo Exhibitions:
2000 Body Landscapes, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1998 Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia
1990 Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1986 Tallinn City Museum (Kiek-in-de-Kök), Estonia
1979 Kohtla-Järve Oil Shale Museum, Estonia

Selected Group Exhibitions:
1986 Salong 1986, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia
1985 Tartu Art Museum, Estonia
1984 Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia
1983 Kohtla-Järve Department of Estonian State Museum
1982 Aerodesign, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia
1981 Ruumiplakat, Tartu Art Hall, Estonia

Awards:
2001 Eduard Wiiralt Prize
2000 Jury’s Prize as per Regulations, International Print Triennial Krakow 2000, Poland
1980 Annual Prize of Young Artist in Estonia

Collections:
Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn
Private collections