Ketli Tiitsar

Born:

Training / Education:

• 1991-1995 Tallinn Art University(Estonian Academy of Arts), metal art department, BA (Cum Laude)
• Since 1995-2000 (not completed) MA studies at Estonian Academy of Arts
• 1996 National Collage of Art and Design, metal department, Oslo Norway
• 1997 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, jewelery design department, Amsterdam Holland

Work Experience:

• Since 2002 The Project Manager of Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design.
• 1997 Member of management team for International metal art exhibition, seminar - Millenium II, Tallinn Estonia.
• 1997-2000 Teaching assignments at EAA metal art department.
• 1998-2002 Manager of the Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
• 1999 Curator and display designer of International Jewellery exhibition Mind Seduction, Applied Art Museum, Tallinn Estonia.
• 2000 Co- curator and the head of jury (with group F.F.F.F.) for Tallinn Applied Art Triennial
• 2000 "Possession", Tallinn Estonia.
• 2000, 2001
• Exhibition architect for the exhibition "Things in My Life", Estonian National Museums
• Exhibition Hall, Tartu Estonia; Applied Art Museum, Tallinn Estonia.
• Member of the jury for the Estonian Museums Contest "10 years of Estonian Independence".
• Teaching jewelry assignment at Porvoo Art and Crafts school (with group F.F.F.F.) Finland
• 2001-2003 Member of Estonian Cultural Endowment Committee of Fine and Applied Arts.
• 2002
• Member of the Estonian Artists' Association.
• Member of the board of Estonian Centre of Contemporary Arts.
• Display design for the exhibition of National Heritage Contest for children (with Kristi Paap).
• Member of the jury for Estonian Annual Applied Art Exhibition "Competitive Bidding".
• Teaching jewelry assignments at Old Town Secondary School Tallin Estonia
• 2003
• Supervising BA diploma work at the jewelry and blacksmithing department of Estonian Academy of Arts.
• Co-curator and exhibition architect (with group F.F.F.F.) for the exhibition "NOTES, 3Dimensional, Estonian Art", Szentendre Art Mill, Hungary.
• 2004
• Co-curator of the exhibition of "Estonian Jewelry", Beijing Museum of Art&Craft, China.
• Teaching workshop "Swop" at Massachusetts College of Arts, USA (with group F.F.F.F.)

Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):

• 1994 "Millenium", AI Gallery, Tallinn Estonia; "4eme Biennale des Jeunes Talents", Charleroi Belgium.
• 1996 "ArtGENDA" Young Artists Biennale, ksnehallen, Copenhagen Denmark;
• "Subjects", Retretti Finland; "Personal Time - Art of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 1945-96", (with group F.F.F.F.), Gallery Zacheta, Warsaw Poland, St.Petersburg Russia.
• 1997 "E-Meedium",( with group F.F.F.F.), The City Gallery Tallinn, ERM Näitustemaja Tartu Estonia; "Estonian Jewellery", Usher Gallery, Lincoln England; "Millenium II", Rotermanns Salt Storage Tallinn Estonia;
• "Interstanding", (with group F.F.F.F.), EAA Gallery Tallinn Estonia; "Videomedeia"(F.F.F.F.), Belgrade Yugoslavia.
• 1998 "Private Views", (with group F.F.F.F.), Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn Estonia; "Subjects - Narratives", The Museum of Applied Art, Helsinki Finland; "10 Schools Jewelry Show", Nijmegen Holland; " The Exhibition of Estonian Metal Artists Union" , Town Hall Gallery, Tallinn Estonia.
• 1999 "Ornament is a Crime", City Centre, Stockholm Sweden; "Ferromenaalne", Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn Estonia; "Estonian and Danish Jewelry", Sammas Gallery Tallinn; "M.O.O.D.",(with group F.F.F.F) Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn Estonia; "Mind Seduction", Applied Art Museum Tallinn; "Art Across the Lands", Fossekleive Berger Norway;
• "Private Views II",(with group F.F.F.F.) Dunaujvaros Hungary; "Estonian and Lithuanian jewelry", Gallery Beeld&Aambeeld, Enchede Holland.
• 2000 "Estonian and Danish Jewelry", Applied Art Museum, Copenhagen Denmark; "Estonian and Lithuanian Jewelry, Kunstpaviljoen, Nieuw-Roden, Holland; "Papuo‰alai/Jewellery", The Mizgiris' Artists' House, Nida, Lithuania.
• 2001 "Ehted - Ékszerek - Schmuck - Jewelry", (with group F.F.F.F.), Péter-Pál Gallery Szentendre, Hungary; "Our Daily Bread" (with group F.F.F.F.), Gallery Johan S., Porvoo Finland, Town Hall Gallery, Turku Finland.
• 2002 "Closing the Distance", (with group F.F.F.F.), Laênia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk Poland; "Our Daily Bread", (with group F.F.F.F.), the Gallery of Hansa Bank, Tallinn Estonia; "Pentagram", (with group F.F.F.F.), Applied Art Museum, Tallinn Estonia; "Capital", (with group F.F.F.F.), Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn Estonia.
• 2003 "Where is East and West", OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore USA; "Our Daily Bread", (with group F.F.F.F), Gallery HNOSS, Gothenburg Sweden; "KORU - International Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry ", South Carelia Museum, Lappeenranta Finland.
• 2004 "Estonian Jewelry", Beijing Museum of Art&Crafts, China: "Contact - International Jewelry Event", (with group F.F.F.F.) Mobilia Gallery, Bakalar Gallery, Boston Massachusetts USA.
• SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA

Awards / Grants:

• 1994 Grant by Estonian National Foundation
• 1995 Grant by Estonian National Foundation (with group F.F.F.F.)
• 1996 Grant by Rotalia Foundation; Scholarship by Tempus.
• 2002 Annual Prize of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia (F.F.F.F.)
• Collections (Private & Museum):
• Since 1991 Collection of Metal Art Department of Estonian Academy of Arts.
• 1997, 1998 Acquisition Estonian Art Museum( with group F.F.F.F.).
• Since 1997 Acquisition Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design.
• 1999 Acquisition Collection of Svelvik Community Centre, Norway.
• 2000 The Mizgiris' Artists' House, Nida Lithuania.
• Since 2001 Acquisition Lasse Pahlmans private collection, Finland.
• 2003 Acquisition Kadri Mälk private collection, Estonia.

Publications:

• 1998 "Subjects Narratives", catalogue. Finland
• 1998-1999 "Ornament as a Crime", catalogue. Estonia
• 2000 "F.F.F.F." catalogue. Estonia
• 2003 "Koru", catalogue. Finland

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