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Rait Prääts
- Born 1952 Tallinn, Estonia
- Studied: Estonian State Institute of Art 1970-1975
- Participating in exhibitions since 1975
- Member of the Estonian Artists’ Union since 1984
- Lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Art 1993-2003
- Curator of the KUNSTISUVI / ART SUMMER festival 1995-2008
- Freelance artist since 2003
Solo / duo exhibitions:
2022 CHIP CRISIS, HOP gallery, Tallinn
2021 AUGMENTED REALITY, Okapi gallery, Tallinn
2019 RECYCLED TIME II Estonian National Museum
2016 RECYCLED TIME / Open Air Museum, Tallinn
2015 SAME HOUSE XV (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) Estonian National Library gallery
2015 SAME HOUSE XIV (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) Kuressaare Town Hall gallery
2014 SAME HOUSE XIII (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) Anu Pentik gallery, Posio, Lapland, Finland
2013 SAME HOUSE XII (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) Pärnu City Gallery in Town Hall
2012 SAME HOUSE XI (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) Haus gallery, Tallinn
2012 IN BIGGER HURRY STILL? / ETDM stairwell gallery, Tallinn
2011 ANTIQUE IS EVERYWHERE II Tartu University Art Museum
2011 SAME HOUSE X (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) /Laterna magica gallery, Helsinki (Finland)
2010 WOOD AND GLASS (with Finnish sculptor Teuvo Tuomivaara) / PENTIK Gallery, Kuusankoski, Finland
2010 ANTIQUE IS EVERYWHERE I HOP Gallery, Tallinn
2009 SAME HOUSE IX (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) Laterna magica gallery, Helsinki (Finland)
2009 SIMPLE QUESTIONS / Vabaduse Gallery, Tallinn
2008 SAME HOUSE VIII Estonian Parliament gallery Tallinn with prints of Sirje Eelma
2007 SAME HOUSE VII (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) Pärnu Artist`s House gallery
2007 THEGLASSERY Gallery / Stockholm, Sweden
2006 LIKE DAY AND LIKE NIGHT / National Library, Tallinn
2006 SAME HOUSE VI (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) Kastellaanimaja gallery, Tallinn
2005 IN THE COMMON EUROPEAN HOUSE / Kastellaanimaja Gallery, Tallinn
2005 GLASS HOUSES / Viieristi Gallery, Haapsalu
2004 BRANDT CONTEMPORARY Glass Gallery / Torshälla, Sweden
2004 SAME HOUSE V (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) Hansa gallery, Kuressaare
2003 YES / National Library, Tallinn
2002 SAME HOUSE IV (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) Viljandi Town gallery
2002 WALLS / Tallinna Art Hall Gallery
2000 SAME HOUSE III (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) Pärnu Town gallery
1999 SAME HOUSE II (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) Sebra gallery, Tartu
1999 SAME HOUSE I (with Sirje Eelma – graphics) Kastellaanimaja gallery, Tallinn
1998 THE NORTH with prints of Sirje Eelma Kuressaare Town Hall gallery
1995 studio MAPIRE gallery in Helsinki, Finland
1994 studio MAPIRE gallery in Helsinki, Finland
1993 Liivakell gallery in Tallinn
1992 Molen gallery in Tallinn
1991 PENTIK gallery in Kuusankoski, Finland
1990 PENTIK gallery in Kuusankoski, Finland
1987 Draakon gallery in Tallinn
1983 Writers’ House in Tallinn
Major group exhibitions since 1994:
2023 Spring exhibition Tallinn Art Building
2023 SHALLOW SPRING Spring, Kohta gallery, Helsinki
2022 EMPIRE, Okapi gallery, Tallinn
2022 European Glass Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
2022 Art Vilnius`22, Lithuania
2022 CONSERVED MATTER annual exhibition of sculptors, Viinistu, Estonia
2021 Spring exhibition Tallinn Art Building
2021 Pisiplastika exhibition, Pallas gallery, Tartu
2021 Exhibition at Pärnu Library
2020 Spring exhibition Tallinn Art Building
2020 ART VILNIUS`20, Lithuania
2020 WOOD AND RED sculptors’ annual exhibition, Estonian National Library
2020 SLOW LIGHT, Rapla Contemporary Art Center
2020 REVENGE, Voronja Gallery, Estonia
2020 BOTTOBAAPA II, guest speaker of Sirje Eelma’s exhibition, Türi Culture Center gallery
2019 Spring exhibition Tallinn Art Building
2019 SPRING EXHiBITION Tallinn Art Hall
2019 MERCURY Tallinn Art Hall
2019 RESONANCE Estonian Glass Annual Exhibition, Võru
2019 GROSSING PATHS GARDEN Estonian Sculptors Annual Exhibition, Tallinn Botanical Garden
2018 SPRING EXHIBITION Tallinn Art Hall
2018 100 SCULPTURES, Vaal, Tallinn
2018 Estonian Glass Annual Exhibition, Haapsalu and Hiiumaa,
2017 Estonian Sculptors Annual Exhibition, Tartu
2017 Estonian Glass 80, Kultuurikatel, Tallinn
2016 2D International Glass Biennale Vilnius-Pärnu-Rapla
2016 A SQUARE AT A CROSSROADS, Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn
2016 ArtSummer RESPECTABLE Pärnu Artist`s House
2016 CIVILIZATION 2: THE TROUSERS OF TIME Annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists’ Union, Seaplane Harbour, Tallinn
2016 Skulpture exhibition in Võru, Estonia
2015 annual SPRING EXHIBITION Tallinn Art Hall
2015 MOMENT (annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists’ Union) Järvakandi
2014 BORN / MADE (annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists’ Union) Artists’ House, Tartu
2014 ZU GAST: Estland, Glass Museum Alter Hof Herding, Germany
2014 international glass exhibition 2D->, gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 ArtSummer in Pärnu, City Gallery in Town Hall
2014 Annual SPRING EXHIBITION Tallinn Art Hall
2013 FROM ARTIST TO LIBRARY Estonian National Library, Tallinn
2013 VOICE of ART group exhibition Salzburg Berchtoldvilla, Austria
2013 MURMURES International group exhibition Carcassonne, France
2012 CONTEMPORARY ESTONIAN GLASS Jelagin Glass Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia
2012 CREATIVE CYCLE international group exhibition Gentle gallery, London GB
2012 ESTONIAN GLASS / Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn
2012 IS PLOKSTUMOS Lithuanian Artists Association gallery, Vilnius, Vincas Grybas Museum, Jurbarkas, Lithuania
2012 SINCERELY, YOURS… Pärnu Museum of New Art, Estonia
2012 GRAND FRAGILITY Annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists’ Union, Art Hall, Tallinn
2011 PAIR Annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists’ Union, Kullo Gallery, Tallinn
2011 ESTONIAN GLASS Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki
2010 STATES Annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists’ Union, Design and Architecture Gallery,Tallinn
2010 ESTONIAN GLASS / Gernheim Glass Museum, Germany
2010 MAN AND WOMAN Pärnu Museum of New Art
2009 SELF-REVELATION Annual exhibition of the Estonian Artists’ Union, Art Hall, Tallinn
2009 NATIONAL HERITAGE Annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists’ Union, Rakvere Gallery, Pärnu City Gallery
2008 OPEN Annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists’ Union, Paide Town Hall
2008 EUROPEAN GLASS CONTEXT 2008 / Bornholm, Denmark
1995-2008 ART SUMMER / Pärnu, Haapsalu, Kuressaare – curator and participant
2007 ESTONIAN GLASS /Albu Manor
2007 ESTONIAN GLASS Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
2007 TABLE / Hungarian Institute, Tallinn – international group exhibition
2006 FURN`ART Veurne Town Hall, Belgium, Izegem, Belgium – international group exhibition
2006 TWO CLOSE ONES / Tallinn Applied Art Triennial
2004-2007 100 OPEN WINDOWS – international photo exhibiion / Kuressaare, Narva, Tammisaari (Finland), Salzburg (Austria), Ieper and Kuurne (Belgium), Den Burg (Texel Island, Netherlands). Pärnu Concert Hall – participant, exhibition design
2005 ARS BALTICA / Berchtoldvilla Salzburg, Austria
2005 GLASSTRIENNIAL 2005 / Steninge Palace, Sweden
2005 BROKEN THINGS Annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists’ Union, Jaani Seegi Museum, Tallinn
2004 NOTES 3-dimensional Estonian art Szentendre Art Mill, Hungaria
2004 PAIN Narva Art Gallery
2003 FOUND EXHIBITION / Gallery 008, Viru Centre, Tallinn
2003 BOWL Annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists’ Union, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
2003 NOTES – 3 Dimensional Estonian Art / Szentendre Art Mill, Hungary
2002 ART SUMMER 2002 / Gotland (Sweden)
2002 GLASSTRIENNIAL 2002 Steninge Palace, Sweden
2002 FACING THE SEA Annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists’ Union, Maritime Museum, Tallinn
2002 International glass exhibition in Karlskrona, Sweden
2000 – 2002 NORDIC GLASS: Warehouse Chritianshavn (Denmark), The Finnish Glass Museum Riihimäki (Finland), Tallinn Art Hall (Estonia),The Museum of Applied-Decorative Art Riga (Latvija), Ciurlionis Art Museum Kaunas (Lithuania), Fossekleiva Brukssenter Berger (Norway)
2001 3+3 DIMENSIONS / Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki
2001 AQUARIUM Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn
2001 G.A.S. international EXPO 2 Tampa U.S.A.
2000 VISITING CARD and MUSEUM – ArtSummer`2000 in Narva
2000 ESTONIAN ART. ESTONIA’S CHANCES. DEJA VU / Tallinn Art Hall
2000 3+3 DIMENSIONS (Estonian-Finnish group exhibition) Museum of Applied Art, Tallinn
2000 PROPERTY / Tallinna Applied Art Triennial Museum of Applied Art, Tallinn
1998 V SOROS Center annual exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall
1997 PAINTED GLASS Kümmersbruck, Germany
1996 ABSTRACTION Tallinn Art Hall
1994 I SOROS Center annual exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall
Public works:
2021 Riia 15 Tartu Office building panel
2015 windows for private Chapelle de Vaissiere (IX-XIc) Lanquedoc, France
2010 Pärnu St Elisabeth’s Church organ – prospect
2008 Estonian Embassy in Georgia, Tbilisi (glass painting 2m2)
2007 Pärnu St Elisabeth’s Church rose window, glass painting (d: 2m)
2004 Sammonlahti Church sacristy, glass painting / object, Finland (3,5m2)
2003 Restaurant „Lydia“/ 3 glass paintings in windows, Tallinn
2003 Rose window, Ristiina Congregation House, Finand (d: 1,2m)
2000 Turu St Michael’s Church Congregation House, Finand, glass object (24m2)
1996 National Library – second small rose window, Tallinn (d: 1,2m)
1995 Haabersti Recreation Centre, Tallinn – stained glass (1,2m2)
1994 Lappeen Church windows (glass painting), Lappeenranta, Finland (1,5m2)
1992 Sammonlahti Church, Filand – painted stained glass (10m2)
1992 National Library – first small rose window, Tallinn (d: 1,2m)
1991 National Library – large rose window, Tallinn (d: 5m)
1991 National Library, Tallinn – interior windows at the art & music section (10m2)
1990 PENTIK pavillion, painted stained glass, Finland (2m2)
1988 Viru Hotel cabaret interior design, Tallinn (with Ignar Fjuk)
1987 SAKALA Centre stained glass, Tallinn (72m2)
1986 Tallinn Drama theatre doors (sandblasting);
1986 WITERMO stained glass Kaarina, Finland (5m2)
1984 Eesti Reklaamfilm stained glass, Tallinn (3m2)
1983 Art Endowment’s Cottage stained glass Moscow, Russia (3m2)
1982 Eesti Energia stained glass, Tallinn (6m2)
1980 St Nicholas’ Church stained glass, Tallinn (76m2)
Symposia and workshops:
2003 Iinternational ice sculpture workshop, Kakslauttase hotel, Lapland , Finland
1999 Saaremaa dolomite workshop in Kuressaare, Estonia (curator and participant)
1998 Saaremaa dolomite workshop in Kuressaare, Estonia (curator and participant)
1998 International ceramic workshop Posio Pot`98 , Finland
1997 Saaremaa dolomite workshop in Kuressaare, Estonia (curator and participant)
Awards:
2020 First prize at the Riga 15 Tartu Office Building art competition
2013 contest exhibition From Artist to Library, National Library 3. Prize
2013 Kristjan Raud Art Award
2008 Recognized Glass Artist 2006-2007
1987 Estonian National Award
1986 1st prize – staned glass design competition for the Sakala Centre, Tallinn
1978 1st prize – staned glass design competition for the St Nicholas’ Church, Tallinn
Works in collections:
Estonian Museum of Applied Art ad Design
Eskilstuna Art Museum, Sweden
Shanghai Modern Art Museum, China
Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki; Finland
Glass Museum Alter Hof Herding, Germany
Gernheim Glass Museum, Germany
Pentik collections, Finland
Private collections
Commissioned works:
2010 Estonian President’s birthday present for the spouse of Finnish President
2008 Estonian President’s present for the Queen of Belgium (glass sculpture)
2007 Estonian President’s present for the President of Georgia (glass sculpture)
2006 Estonian President’s present for the President of Croatia (glass sculpture);
2006 KUMU present for Queen of Geat Britain Elizabeth II (glass sculpture)
1999 Present of the Republic of Estonia for the 80th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia