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August Künnapu
| 1996 |
Tallinn Secondary School No 21 |
| 1991–1996 |
Tallinn Art School |
| 1991–1996 |
published youth magazine "Suri Muri" with Tim Kolk |
| 1996–1997 |
studied at the Estonian Institute of Humanities |
| 1997–2000 |
studied architecture and painting at the Estonian Academy of Arts |
| 2000 |
studied art at the Slade School of Fine Art – the Slade Summer School UCL, London |
| 2000–2002 |
M.A.-studies at Estonian Academy of Arts |
personal exhibitions
| 2010 |
"Masks" ArtDepoo Gallery, Tallinn
Hop Gallery, Tallinn |
| 2009 |
Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Gallery 21, Riga |
| 2008 |
Naerukuu aprill, Viimsi koduloomuuseum
24 Hour Gallery
Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament), Tallinn |
| 2007 |
Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
P䲮u City Gallery
Paide Vallitorn
Vaal Gallery, Tallinn |
| 2006 |
ArtDepoo Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
Architecture and Design Gallery (with Vilen K�nnapu), Tallinn, Estonia
ArtDepoo, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2005 |
Tallinn City Gallery |
| 2004 |
Viinistu Art Museum, Estonia
Ugala theatre gallery, Viljandi, Estonia
24 H Gallery |
| 2003 |
Estonian Bank, Tallinn, Estonia
Endla Theatre (with Tarvo Hanno Varres), P䲮u, Estonia
Hobusepea Gallery (with Arne Maasik), Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2002 |
Jazz Café, P䲮u, Estonia |
| 2001 |
Gallery "Vaal", Tallinn, Estonia |
group exhibitions
| 2009 |
Salon CDH 2009. Central House of Artists, Moscow
Nord Art 2009. Büdeldsdorf and Rendsburg, Germany |
| 2008 |
I Minsk International Biennial of Contemporary Painting. Minsk National
Library, Minsk
Flera Fedjukova August Künnapu Arne Maasik Andris Vitolinš
Konschthaus beim Engel, Luxembourg |
| 2007 |
Black and White. Ibid Projects, London, UK
How Men Are. Sartorial Contemporary Art Gallery, London, UK |
| 2006 |
The Library Project, Rael Artel Gallery, Tartu, Estonia |
| 2005 |
Ajaleht eesti kunstis. Vaal Gallery, Tallinn; P䲮u City Gallery; Viljandi City Gallery; Tartu Art House; Rakvere Theatre; Adamson-Eric Museum, Tallinn; Art Gallery of Narva Museum
Night on Earth, Oxford House, London, GB
Future Pavilion, Taiwan Design Expo 2005, Kaoshioung, Taiwan |
| 2004 |
Mothers, Oxford House, London, GB
Mothers, North Edinburgh Arts Centre, GB |
| 2003 |
Meeting Place, travelling exhibition of young Baltic and Scandinavian artists, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Norway
Modern Baltic Paintings, Filosofgangen, Odense, Denmark
Technopolis, Athens, Greece
Last Hero, Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia
Someplace Unreachable, IBID Projects, London, GB |
| 2002 |
"Elav klassika" with Raoul Kurvitz, Urmas Muru, Peeter Pere, Lilian Mosolainen, Tiina Tammetalu, Vilen K�nnapu, Mihkel Mutt and Ken Saan; Haapsalu City Gallery, Haapsalu, Estonia
Two-dimensional Houses: Architectural Photo from 1860s until today, Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia
Recovery, North-Estonia Regional Hospital, Mustam䥠Buiding
New Old School, IBID Projects, Vilnius, Lithuania
Contemporary Baltic Art, Byggeriets Hus of Frederiksberg, Kopenhaagen, Denmark
Annual Painting Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia |
| 2001 |
"Young British Art", Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
"Kalamaja" with Karli Luik and Toomas Paaver, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
Wallpaintings at oil shale factory at Kohtla, with Renee Puusepp
Greetings From London (with Casagrande Laboratory), Selfridges, London, GB |
| 2000 |
"AIDS in Culture", Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia
short film "Lasnam䥢, Artgenda, Helsinki, Finland
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
Slade Gallery, London, Great Britain
Slade School of Fine Art, London, Great Britain |
| 1999 |
Annual Painting Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia |
| 1997 |
"Kopli, Kalamaja ning veel" with K�lli Mariste, Jan Kaus, Estonian Institute of Humanities, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 1996 |
installation "Admiral's Box" with Urmas Luure, Nordic-Baltic Architectural Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia |
curator projects
| 2002 |
Recovery, North-Estonia Regional Hospital, Mustam䥠Buiding |
prizes
2007 The Konrad M䧩 painting prize
publications
| 2007 |
August K�nnapu (painting catalogue) (Epifanio) |
| 2006 |
"Image" (Radisson SAS)
August K�nnapu & Vilen K�nnapu "Common Field" (Epifanio)
Andrus Elbing "Ciao, it's Babyface! Trouble from the Streets of a Blind City" (Epifanio) 2006 |
| 2005 |
Night on Earth (Harry Pye & His Friends)
22 Young Estonian Artists (Estonian Academy of Arts) |
| 2004 |
Mothers (Harry Pye & His Friends)
Ruth Huimerind "Koka kunst" (MAP Eesti AS) |
| 2003 |
Vikerkaar/Raduga 3/2003 (Estonian literary magazine)
Riigikogu Toimetised 7/2003
Reeli K�iv, Mare Joonsalu "Lapsep�lv. Laps Eesti kunstis" ("Childhood. Child in Estonian Art") Lastekaitse Liit |
| 2002 |
Meeting Place. North European Contemporary Art |
| 2001 |
Vilen K�nnapu "Across the Red River. Selected Texts 1972–2001", Tallinn |
articles
| 2001 |
'August K�nnapu "Young British Art" kunst.ee 2/2001
2001 August K�nnapu "Dennis Hopper" kunst.ee 3/2001 |
| 2002 |
August K�nnapu "Golden Fields at Kohtla" kunst.ee 4/2001 |
| 2003 |
"August K�nnapu"s Interview With Himself" Estonian Art 2/2003
"511 Best Photographs of Mars" Estonian Art 2/2003 |
| 2004 |
"Outhouse" Estonian Art 2/2004
"The New Face of Rakvere" Estonian Art 2/2004 |
films
| 2003 |
Architectural Space in the Basque Country |
| 2002 |
Gordon Matta-Clark Donald Judd Rachel Whiteread (M.A.- work) |
works in collections
Tartu Art Museum; Viinistu Art Museum; Hotel-sanatory R��tli, Kuressaare; Starman, Tallinn; Radisson SAS, Tallinn; private collections in Estonia, Denmark and USA
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