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FORMATION
2005- ...     Estonian Academy of Arts (Master programme in Photography)
2003-         Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle (Socrates Erasmus programme, exchange student)
2000-2005 Tartu University (BA of Arts, Semiotics and Culture Theory)
1994-2000 Hugo Treffner Grammar School
1989-1994 Tartu Central Town Highschool

EXHIBITIONS
2007-2008 Stalker project in Tallinn, Paris and Moscow, assisting Dove Allouche
11.2006 Dislocated. Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
10.2006 Taivas. About the Vepsaland with Love. (exhibition of the fenno-ugric expedition to the Vepsa nation by Estonian Academy of Arts)
08.2006 Dislocated (with Margot Kask, Marge Monko, Anu Vahtra, Tanja Muravskaja, Krista Mölder and Reio Aare) in Tartu Art Hall
06.2006 Post Post (curated by Marco Laimre) in Draakon Gallery, Tallinn
04.2006 Sincerely Yours (curated by Rael Artel) in exhibition space TAZ Tallinn
11.2005 Interspace (curated by Elo Liiv and Steffen Glöge). Tallinn Light Festival 2005, Hirvepark, Tallinn
2004 With Eyes Wide Open (curated by Ruudu Raudsepp), a travelling exhibition of the young photographers' group „Kannel“

WORK EXPERIENCE
2006 „Estonian Artists III“, an issue by Estonian Center of Contemporary Art, co-author
2006 Expedition to the Vepsa nation in Russian Federation, member of the group
2006 photography project „Stalker“ by french artist Dove Allouche, assistant
2005 Vaal gallery, project manager
2004-2005 Sõprus cinema, programme of films for children, curator
2004-2006 international youth exchange „Connecting Borders“, manager and curator
2004- ... publications in the issues „Cheese“, „Kunst.ee“, „Teater.Muusika.Kino“, „Sirp“, Acta Semiotica Estica III“ etc., co-author

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
„Contact-impressions” Estonian Artists III. Estonian Center for Contemporary, will be published in 2007.
„Meaning mechanisms in photography: case study of Peeter Laurits/Ain Mäeots "Dining with Whorms"". Acta Semiotica Estica III. 2006.
„Eyes, eyes and something else. DeStudio’s Eyes” Estonian Art 1/2006, p. 24-25.
„Dislocated meetings”. Cheese 17/06, p. 12-14.
„Elina Brotherus' photo-paintings”. Cheese, 15/06, p. 2-7.
„Scenes from Cannes”. Theater. Music. Cinema, 7/2004, p. 116-120.
“A Gourmet for the Photophiles. Lisboa Photo 2005”. Cheese, 13/2005, p. 18-21.