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VEIKO KLEMMER (1985) will open his personal exhibition Absurd in Hobusepea gallery at 5pm on September 26th, 2012. Exhibition will be open until October 8, 2012.
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Supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Exhibitions in Hobusepea gallery are supported by Estonian Ministry of Culture.
Name: VEIKO KLEMMER
Born: 12.06.1985
Web: http://veikoklemmer.wordpress.com
Education:
2009 University of Tartu, Master of Arts
2007 University of Tartu, Bachelor of Arts
Personal Exhibitions:
2012 Ekstremaalne Marginaalne / Marginal Extreme
Kunstimaja monumnetaalgalerii, Tartu
Pure colour abstractions based on usually unused painted picture frames
2012 Süsteem / The System
Kunstihoone galerii, Tallinn
Depictions of lifeless rooms and artefacts of fantastic ideologies, depicting the systematic insanity of corporate politics
2011 Ritual / Rituaal
Aatrium gallery, Tallinn
Commentaries on lifeless sociopolitical rituals
2010 Object/Subject
With Martiini and Urmo Mets in Y-gallery, Tartu
Inter-relationships of space- and mind constructions
(Press: Ksenofontov, Andri Tingitud arhitektuur – Sirp 29.10.10 )
2010 Fear / Hirm
With Laura Põld in Draakon gallery, Tallinn
Instruments of fear
(Press: Kangor, Eero 2010 Galeriiring meeste ja naiste maailma – Sirp 29. juuli )
2009 Spring, followed by Fall / Kui kevadele järgneb sügis
Masters degree exhibitons in the grand galeery of Tartu Kunstimaja
Dystopias and alternative realities
(Press: Talvistu, Tiiu 2009 Pallast taga hüüdmas – Sirp 19. juuni)
Group Exhibitions:
2012 May be (R)Evolution
International call for new media works dealing with the theme of evolution.
Factory-Art Gallery, Berlin
2012 CDH-2012. Roads and paths.
Select works from International Confederation of Artists Unions
Central House of Artists, Moscow
Curators: Margarita Karlova,
2011 Baltic Young Painters Prize Finalists Exhibition
Select works by international jury. Art center Titanikas, Vilnius
Organizers: Vilmantas Marcinkevičius, Julija Petkevičienė
2011 Abstract / Abstraktne
Estonian Artists Association’s XI annual exhibition in Tallinn Kunstihoone
Curator: Leonhard Lapin
(Press: Levin, Mai Kui abstraktne on abstraktne kunst? – Sirp 28.07.11)
2010 Confrontations / Vastandumised
Estonian Artists Association’s X annual exhibition in Tallinn Kunstihoone
Curator: Enn Põldroos
(Press: Elken, Jaan; Paavle, Jaan 2010 Hästi komponeeritud näitus – Sirp 05. august)
2008 Freedom Square / Vabaduse väljak
Estonian Artists Association’s IX annual exhibition in Tallinn Kunstihoone
Curators: Heie Treier, Reet Varblane ja Jaan Elken
(Press: Juske, Ants Vabaduse valikutest jõuti Vabaduse väljakuni – Eesti Päevaleht 05. märts)
Curated:
2011 Pure / Puhas
Interpretations on a theme of “pure materials, pure ideas, pure feelings”
März project space, Tallinn
(Press: Kaljula, Liisa Minimalism on aktuaalne – Sirp 28.07.11)
2011 „2031“
On the 20th anniversary of the Estonian re-independence the artists were asked to reflect upon the next 20 years to come.
Tartu Kunstimaja.
Acknowledgements:
2009 Dora scholarship
2008 Wiiralt scholarship
2007 Kalmus scholarship
Artist Statement:
My purpose in art is to be a true creator – a combinator of ideas, an experimantator of senses, a challenger of status quo.
My work is about the immersive feeling of BEING itself. My problem is the perception -transporting the participant into some other space by overwhelming one’s senses.
Thus, I have many different approaches to my work, but it seems they all deal with the HUMAN condition. That state where we are right NOW and (subsequently) finding alternatives to it.