KADRI TOOM
Born 1984, Estonia
Lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia
Memberships
2025 Hea Uus Graafika (HUG) MTÜ, board member
2015– member of the Association of Estonian Printmakers, (Board Member 2020–2024)
2014– member of the Estonian Artists’ Association ( Elected council member 2025-2028)
Education
2006–2009 Estonian Academy of Arts, Department of Graphic Art, MA
2005 Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, exchange studies
2002–2006 Tartu Art College (now Pallas University of Applied Sciences), Department of
Paintings, BA
Selected personal exhibitions
2025 SURROUNDED, together with Helle Vahersalu, Vabaduse Gallery, Tallinn
2025 THE HEIGHT OF LIGHTNESS, Artrovert Gallery, Tallinn
2024 IN THE SHADOW OF A FOG WALL, University of Tartu Library, Tartu
2023 ABOVE AND BEYOND LANDSCAPE, Toompea Castle exhibition hall, Tallinn
2023 THE GLASSHOUSES AND A BALLOON, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
2022 WAYS OF SEEING THE PERIPHERY, Draakoni Gallery, Tallinn
2021 DREAMSCAPES AND UTOPIAS, together with Kalli Kalde, Kunstverein Meissen, Germany
2021 WRAPED CITIES, TYPA Gallery, Tartu
2021 WRAPPED CITIES, RÜKI Gallery Viljandi
2018 SCREEN DREAM, Tartu Art House, Tartu; 2017 Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
2015 SECRET GRADEN, Amandus Adamson Studio Museum, Paldiski
2015 ANONYMOUS SPACE, Draakoni Gallery, Tallinn
2014 LONGING FOR…, Aizpute, Latvia
2014 TENT, MoKS Gallery, Mooste, Estonia
2014 NURGATAGUSED, Draakoni Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2013 NURGATAGUSED, Y Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
2013 BOTAANILISED, Tartu Centre for Creative Industries, Tartu, Estonia
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
Selected group exhibitions
2025 CITY UTOPIA II, Pärnu City Gallery, Pärnu
2025 METSIK AED, METSIK AEG, Voronja Gallery, Varnja
2025 SPRING EXHIBITION, Tallinn Art Hall’s Lasnamäe Pavilion2024 SHAPELESS (“Kujuta”), ARS Art Factory, Tallinn
2024 CITY UTOPIA, Truus Gallery, Tallinn
2024 12th International Latgale Graphic Art Symposium, Mark Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, Latvia
2024 TRANSFORMING THE BOOK: an International Artists’ Symposium in the Library”, Šiauliai Library, Lithuania
2023 OF SURFACES, LINES, AND EIGENRAUMS, Rapla County Centre for Contemporary Art, curator Britta Benno
2023 SETTING SAIL: Tiit Pruuli’s Art Collection, Mikkel Museum, Tallinn.
2023 SPRING EXHIBITION, Tallinn Art Hall’s Lasnamäe Pavilion
2023 SECRET GARDEN, Tartu Art House, curator Kalli Kalde
2022 IMPACT 12, Bristol UWE, United Kingdom
2022 WIIRALT PRIZE 2022. Estonian Contemporary Graphic Art Exhibition, ARS Art Factory, Tallinn
2022 “(RE)COLLECTIONS, Užutrakis mansion, Lithuania
2022 “Ava oma (s)ilmad”, Rüki gallery, curators Lilli-Krõõt Repnau, Mari Prekup
2022 “Colour Go-Go”, Vana-Võromaa Museum and Tampere Maja, curators Michael Haagensen, Katrin Repnau.
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
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 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 ALL WHAT SHINES IS GOLD, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
2005 PUUDUMISE KOHALOLU, Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, Estonia
2005 SPRING EXHIBITION, Imatra Library, Imatra, Finland
2004 SELFPORTRAIT, University of Tartu Library, Tartu, Estonia
Projects/ residendies
2025 COTTON FACTORY Nordic Artist Exchange, Cotton Factory, Hamilton, Canada
2025 IMPACT13, Multidisciplinary Printmaking Conference, Trois Riviers, Canada
2025 ARTVILNIUS Art Fair, represented by Artrovert Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2025 BALTIC PRINTMAKERS CONFERENCE, ARS Art Factory, Tallinn
2025 MUHU FOTO, analog photography workshop, Muhu A.I. Residency, Muhu
2024 THE FUTURE OF PRINTMAKING ARTS, Nordic Printmakers network meeting, Odense, Denmark
2024 “12Th International Latgale Graphic Art Symposium”, Mark Rothko Muuseum, Daugavpils, Latvia
2024 “Transforming the Book: an International Artists’ Symposium in the Library” Šiauliai, Lithuania
2022 IMPACT12, Multidisciplinary Printmaking Conference, Bristol, UK
2020 PRINTS EXPANDING INTO SPACE, co-curator, ARS Project Space, Tallinn
2018- 2024 MUHU PRINT co-curator, A.I. Residency, Muhu
2017 APOCALYPSE NOW, International Art Workshop, Paldiski.
2014 SERDE Residency, Aizpute, Latvia
2014 MOKS residency, Mooste, Estonia
2013 Tomma Rum Residency, Unnaryd, Sweden
2012 ÕNNEKONVERENTS: Äärmused ja äärealad, Tartu
Professional work
2020– Printmaking workshops at the Estonian Academy of Arts and Kumu Art Museum
2013– Printmaking courses at Tartu Art College (now Pallas University of AppliedSciences), Department of Painting and Textile
2008–2012 Tartu Art College (Pallas), Department of Paintings, Assistant Head of Department
2008–2021 Tartu Art College (Pallas), Lecturer (printmaking workshops, creative projects)2004- 2010 St. Anthony’s Guild, Stained Glass House, artist
Works in collections:
Tartu Art Museum, Rothko Museum (Daugavpils, Latvia), Cooton Factory’s collection (Can), various private collections erakogud