merle kannus cv & contact

merle.kannus@mail.ee

GSM +372 56 66 44 52
Idakaare 23-5, Tallinn, Estonia

born merle hiis 5.04.1972 tallinn, estonia studied:

1979-1990 Tallinn Secondary School no. 21
1990-1991 animators' courses, Studio B
1994-1997 Estonian Art Academy,
glass department
1997-2002 Estonian Art Academy, m.a.

worked:

1990-1991 translation bureau Kodamu
1991-1993 Studio B, animator
1998-2003 Palamuse Glass House
2000-2001 Estonian Art Academy, lecturer in colour theory
2001-2002 glass designs for the Lorup factory

exhibitions:

1997 MIRALDA'S HOUSE, Arttia gallery, Tallinn
2003 TOURIST IN AMERICA, St. Paul Art Crawl/ Kloostri Ait, Tallinn
2004 PURE CHANCE (with Erki Kannus) City Gallery, Tallinn
2004-2005 THE SECOND NORTH AMERICAN EXPEDITION: MINNESOTA 2004, Museum of Occupations, Tallinn; Ulemiste supermarket, Tallinn
2005 DO IT YOURSELF, Viinistu Museum of Art (with Erki Kannus)

group exhibitions and events:

1995 REPLY, National Library, Tallinn
1996 CHARM OF GLASS, Town Hall Jail, Tallinn
1997 YOUNG GLASS 97, Ebeltoft,
Danish Glass Museum
1997 ESTONIAN GLASS 60, Tallinn Art Hall
1997 MOVEMUS, Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn
1997 LANDMARKS, Haapsalu City Gallery
1998 Annual exhibition of watercolour painters, National Library, Tallinn
1999 Annual exhibition of watercolour painters, Narva City Gallery
1998 TRUE PEARLS, traveling exhibition with Palamuse Glass House
1998 SUPREALISM, Chaplin Arts Center, Parnu
1999 SPACE IN LIGHT, LIGHT IN SPACE, Tallinn Art Hall
2001 THE GROUNDING OF ART, Palamuse, organizer
2001 SLOW-TECH, Tartu
2002 MEHR SCHNEE IN PALAMUSE
2002 LAND IMPROVEMENT, Palamuse, organizer
2002 PRIMITIVE GLASS, Glass Gallery, Riga
2002 KONSENSUS, National Library, Tallinn
2002 FACING THE SEA, Marine Museum, Tallinn
2003 HEAVY ESTONIAN AIR, Glass Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2003 TIME/SPACE/MOVEMENT, Paide, performance with Sheer Joy group
2005 TEMPORARY GARDENS, Tartu, land art festival
2005 WHITE GLASS, Haapsalu, Evald Okas Museum

videos:

1998 RUBIES
2001 GLASS PEOPLE
2002 THE GROUNDING OF ART
2002 MEHR SCHNEE IN PALAMUSE


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