Kadri Toom

About / CV

Born 1984, Estonia

Currently living and working in Tallinn, Estonia

Since 2014 member of the Estonian Artists’ Association

Since 2015 member of the Association of Estonian Printmakers

EDUCATION

2006- 2009 Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia. MA Printmaking, Masters of Arts

2005 Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, 4 months Erasmus exchange, Finland

2002– 2006 Tartu Art College, Department of Paintings BA

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2021 ENWRAPPED CITIES, TYPA, Tartu

2021 DREAMSCAPES AND UTOPIAS, together with Kalli Kalde, Kunstverein Meissen, Germany

2021 ENWRAPPED CITIES, TYPA Gallery, Tartu

2021 BACK TO THE GARDEN, Kunstiaken, Tallinn

2021 WRAPPED CITIES, RÜKI Gallery Viljandi

2018 SCREEN DREAM, Tartu Art House, Tartu

2017 SCREEN DREAM, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn

2015 PAIKNEMISED, Supreme Court of Estonia, Tartu

2015 SALAAED, Amandus Adamson Studio Museum, Paldiski

2015 ANONYMOUS SPACE, Draakoni Gallery, Tallinn

2014 LONGING FOR…, Aizpute, Latvia

2014 TELK, MoKSi Galerii, Mooste, Estonia

2014 NURGATAGUSED, Draakoni Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2013 NURGATAGUSED, Y Gallery, Tartu, Estonia

2013 BOTAANILISED, Tartu Centre for Creative Industries, Tartu, Estonia 

2013 SILENT NONTHOUGHTS, La Barje de Volunteers, Geneva, Switzerland

2012 SILENT CITY, Estonian Embassy in Prague, Prgue, Czech Republic

2011 FREQUENCY OF PEACE, Festival of the New Era 2011, Põlva, Estonia

2012 SILENCE, Tartu City Library, Tartu, Estonia

2011 ENLIGHTENED, Y galerii, Tartu, Estonia

2008 RECORDED, Võru City Gallery,Võru, Estonia

2007 I WON’T EAT THAT SOUP, Lindakivi Culture House, Tallinn, Estonia

2006 PARADISE, The Botanical Garden of the University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

2006 NOISE OF THE MEMORY, Tartu Old Department- store, Tartu, Estonia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 COLOUR AS AN IDEA, ARS Project Space, Tallinn, curator Kristi Kongi

2020 “TIME TO DREAM OR FEAR?”, KOGO Gallery, Tartu

2020 PRINTS EXPANDING INTO SPACE, ARS Project Space, Tallinn

2019 AS ABOVE, SO BELOW, Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, Armenia, curator Gudrun Koppel

2019 DARK MATTER, Tartu Art House, curator Lilli-Krõõt Repnau

2019 WIIRALT PRIZE 2019. Estonian Contemporary Graphic Art Exhibition”, National Library of Estonia, Tallinn

2018 TONDILOOD Vabaduse Gallery, Tallinn

2018 ESTONIA 100 IN LATVIA, Mark Rothko Art Center, Latvia

2018 SCALA CROMATICA, Budapest, Hungary

2018 GRAPHIC WEATHER, Estonian Print and Paper Museum, Tartu

2018 BORDER LINE, Valga Museum Gallery, Valga. Curator Peeter Talvistu

2017 INSPIRATION, The Estonian Print and Paper Museum, Tartu

2017 BEYOND REALITY, Tartu Art House, Tartu. Curator Lilli-Krõõt Repnau

2017 APOCALYPSE NOW, Amandus Adamson Studio Museum, Paldiski. Curators Tamara De Laval, Rait Rosin

2016 PRINTPROOF, Hungarian Institute Tallinn

2016 SPRING EXHIBITION, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia

2015 MUHU PRINT 2015, Hungarian Institute Tallinn

2013 ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF TARTU ARTISTS, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia

2013 VÄRVILISED LEHEKÜLJED, National Library of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia

2012 SEA, Kunstbygningen Filosoffen, Odense, Denmark

2012 SEA, Nooruse Gallery, Tartu, Estonia

2012 SELECTED– art from Estonia and Finland, Gallery Aula, Brno, Czech Republic

2012 DAYLIGHT II, The Museum of New Art Pärnu, Pärnu, Estonia

2011 5 SENCES, Imatra Culture House, Finland

2011 DAYLIGHT, Nooruse Gallery, Tartu, Estonia

2011 SELF REFLECTIVE, Nooruse Gallery, Tartu, Estonia

2010 FREQUENCY OF LOVE, Põlva, Estonia

2009 TASE 09, Rüütelkonna building, Tallinn, Estonia

2008 GAPHIC VISIONS, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia

2008 WE AND I, Jõhvi City Gallery, Jõhvi, Estonia

2008 LAKE, Põlva Culture House, Põlva, Estonia

2008 SELF, University of Tartu Library, Tartu, Estonia

2007 PRINT DIALOGUES: EMERGENCE, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia

2007 STUDIO VANA OPENING, Studiovana, Glasgow, Scotland

2007 I MA, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia

2007 BETWEEN BORDERS, Bradford, UK and Tartu, Estonia

2007 TRIVIAL PRINTMAKING, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2007 AHNE 5, International Art Festival, Patarei Cultural Park, Tallinn, Estonia

2007 JUNK, Y- Gallery, Tartu, Estonia

2006 CODE, University of Tartu Library, Tartu, Estonia

2006 MILIUS LOOKS TO FUTURE, Tallinna Kodulinna Maja, Tallinn, Estonia

2006 TKK STUDENT SKETCHES ,Tartu Public Library, Tartu

2006 ALL WHAT SHINES IS GOLD, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia

2005 PUUDUMISE KOHALOLU, Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, Estonia

2005 TWO OF US, Põltsamaa Culture House, Põltsamaa, Estonia

2005 SPRING EXHIBITION, Imatra Library, Imatra, Finland

2004 SELFPORTRAIT, University of Tartu Library, Tartu, Estonia

PROJECTS/ RESIDENCIES

2017 Apocalypse NOW, International Art Workshop, Paldiski.

2016 International Printmaking Workshop, EAA Art & Innovation Residency, Muhu, Estonia

2015 International Printmaking Workshop, EAA Art & Innovation Residency, Muhu, Estonia

2014 Serde Residency, Aizpute, Latvia

2014 MOKS, Mooste, Estonia

2013 Tomma Rum Residency, Unnaryd, Sweden

2012 Õnnekonverents: Äärmused ja äärealad, Tartu

2010 Tartu Toy Museum “Theatre House” wallpaintings

2009 International Youth Exhange Program “Europe goes green”, Art Workshop

Instructor, Vormsi Island, Estonia

2007 International Youth Exhange Program “Total Art III”, Art Workshop Instructor, Debrechen, Hungary

2007 International Youth Exhange Program “Creativity III”, Greece

2006 Furniture and Interior Decoration Fair SISUSTUS 2006, Tartu, Estonia

2006 Võru Art Festival „Visuaalaktsioon”, Võru City Space, Estonia

2006 Multimedia Happening “Tuuletõmme”, Vanemuise Concert Hall, Tartu, Estonia

2006 Art Month 2006, Tartu, Estonia

SCHOLARSHIPS

2014 Serde Residency Grant

2013- Nordic Culture Point, Mobility Programme

2005- ErasmusSaimaa University of Applied Sciences

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2013- Teaching printmaking at Tartu Art College

2008- 2012 Tartu Art College, Assistant Head of the Painting Department

2008-2012 Lecturer at Tartu Art College (printmaking, creative projects, painting, drawing)

2004- 2010 St. Anthony’s Guild, Stained Glass House, artist