Born 24.08.1972, Pärnu.
Lives and works in Tallinn.
galerii@eaa.ee
http://www.eaa.ee/hobusepea
http://www.eaa.ee/draakon
http://elenasmakova.wordpress.com/
Lives and works in Tallinn.
galerii@eaa.ee
http://www.eaa.ee/hobusepea
http://www.eaa.ee/draakon
http://elenasmakova.wordpress.com/
Studies:
2000-2003 Estonian Academy of Arts, MA
1996-2000 Estonian Academy of Arts, BA
1995-1997 Technical School of Light Industry, BA
Work experience:
2004 - ..... Estonian Academy of Arts - visiting lecturer
2003 - ..... Estonian Artists´Association, Hobusepea gallery, Gallery Draakon - curator
2005 - 2007 Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia - project coordinator
2000 - 2003 Gallery VAAL - consultant
1990 - 1995 ETKVL Euration Manufacture "Vikero"
Membership:
Since 2003 member of the Estonian Artists´Association
Since 2006 charter member of the EKKM / CAME - The Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia
Since 2010 charter member of the EKKL - The Contemporary Art Union of Estonia
Projects:
2010 EAA Yearbook 2008-2009 (compiler-editor)
2009 EAA 9th annual exhibition catalogue "Enesepaljastus / Disclosure" (compiler-editor)
2008-2009 After-War – Kristina Norman, Marco Laimre. Estonian exposition at 53rd Venice Biennial
(deputy commissioner)
2008 EAA 8th annual exhibition catalogue „Vabaduse väljak / Vabaduse square” (compiler-editor)
2008 Hobusepea galerii 2003-2007 / Hobusepea gallery 2003-2007, catalogue (compiler-editor)
2008 EAA Yearbook 2007 (compiler-editor)
2007 Losers Paradise – Marko Mäetamm, Mika Hannula. Estonian exposition at 52th Venice Biennial
(deputy commissioner)
2007 Skulptuur räägib: võim ja vabadus. Tallinna Kunstihoone (kuraator - koos Kirke Kangro ja Mari-
Liis Tammiga)
2007 EAA Yearbook 2007 (compiler-editor)
2007 Asjade seis 2007 (catalogue, editor)
2007 Elamise kunst / The Art of Living. EAA 7th annual exhibition catalogue (compiler-editor)
2007 EAA Yearbook 2006 (compiler-editor)
2007 Skulptuur räägib: võim ja vabadus / Sculpture speaks: power and freedom (curator with Kirke
Kangro and Mari-Liis Tammi), Tallinn Art Hall
2006 Kurja lilled / Flowers of evil. 6th Annual Exhibition Project of Estonian Artists´Association
(curator)
2005 Estonian Artists´Association Yearbook 2004 (compiler-editor)
2004 kunst.ee 3/2004 Estonian Magazine of Visual Culture addition compiler with Eha Komissarov
2004 Breakthrough. Grote Kerk Den Haag - curator Estonian part of exhibition
2004 Eksiil/inExile. 13th Tallinn Print Triennial (PR manager)
2003 Chart. Estonian Painters Union Annual Exhibition 2003 (curator)
2002 X mistakes Y for Z, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Centre (project coordinator)
Writings:
2010 as Elena Šmakova. Sotsiaalne kunst kui kodanikuõigus- ja kohustus. Sirp, 30.04.2010
2010 as Elena Šmakova. Mees tagaistmel. KUNST.EE 2009/3-4
2009 as Elena Śmakova. sirpsuvelpuhkab.blogspot.com. Sirp, 24.07.2009 (weekly)
2009 as Elena Šmakova. Kinnine kohus. KUNST.EE 2009/1-2
2009 as Elena Śmakova. Meistri kutsumine. Sirp, 24.04.2009 (weekly)
2009 as Elena Śmakova. Naistest ja solidaarsusest. Sirp, 03.04.2009 (weekly)
2009 as Elena Šmakova. Muid võimalusi ei ole! Intervjuu Kristina Normani ja Marco Laimrega. Sirp,
13.03.2009 (weekly)
2008 Tartu laulupeo patroon on Andrus Ansip. Sirp, 17.10.2008 (weekly)
2007 Kodanikud ja valdkonnad: Veneetsia biennal, näiteks. Postimees AK, 16.06.2007 (daily)
2007 Kommenteerimata jäänud geopoliitika, turumajandus ja amneesia Moskvas. PM, 24.03.2007
(daily)
2007 Stabiliseerumine kestab. Positiivne intensiivsus. EPL, 13.01.2007 (daily)
2006 Acrimony needs. Addenda to Estonian art history 4. CCA, Estonia 2006.
2006 Is ketchup blood or something else?. Addenda to Estonian art history 4. CCA, Estonia 2006.
2006 Is ketchup blood or something else?. Estonian Art 1/2006
2006 Of young art without maintaining distance. Addenda to Estonian art history 3. CCA, Estonia
2006.
2006 Vestlus Kaido Olega. Vikerkaar 1-2/2006
2005 I hate life. Life makes me sick and sad. Vikerkaar 6/2005
2005 Tätoveeritud daamid. Avenüü. Magazine of Fashion.
2004 Pioneers of the periphery Spseeking the breaking point. Breakthrough: Perspectives on art from
the ten new EU member states. Catalogue
2004 Schizophony for the ethnically instable. Manifesta 5. European Biennial of Contemporary Art.
Catalogue
2004 Intellectual cobbler Orgussaar. Estonian Art 1/2004
2004 Perifeeria pioneerid murdepunkti otsimas. Sirp. 09.07.2004 (weekly)
2003 Heli Sarapuu murelik sentimentalism. Eesti Päevaleht. 09.12.2003 (daily)
2003 Künnapu and Maasik-just married. Eesti Päevaleht. 11.10.2003 (daily)
Solo exhibitions:
2004 Samadhi. Tallinn City gallery
2002 Naked. Cloaked. Gallery of the Tallinn Art Hall
2001 Forgive Me. Haapsalu Gallery
2001 3-act-suicide. Pärnu Jazz Café
2000 Forgive Me. Theatre "Endla", Pärnu
2000 Forgive Me. Theatre "Ugala", Viljandi
2000 Forgive Me. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
2000 Drawings. Tabasalu Grammar School
1999 Drawings. Jõhvi School of Arts
1999 Drawings. Kiviõli Gallery
Group exhibitions:
2006 Violence and Propaganda. With Marco Laimre, Marko Mäetamm, Andres Tali.Tallinn Art Hall
2005 Selfportrait. Estonian Painters Union Annual Exhibitiob.Tartu Art House
2005 Voices. Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Centre, curator Marco Laimre
2004 Home, Sweet Home!. Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Centre, curator Eha Komissarov
2003 Notes. Szentendre Art Mill, Hungary, curator F.F.F.F.
2002 Cantico delle Creature, Italy
2002 Artgenda 2002. Hamburg,Germany, curator Anders Härm
2002 Memory & Play. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
2001 Estonian Institute Exhibition, Reijkjavik, Island
2001 3-rd International Triennial, Gallery Arka, Lithuania
2001 PIN. Pärnu City gallery
2001 Lost Property. Hansa bank Gallery, curator Ado Lill
2001 Baltic States Culture, Odense, Denmark
2001 Estonian Institute Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001 Art Primeur´2001. Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Dordrecht, Dutch, curator Sirje Helme
2001 Estonian Institute Exhibition in Ervin Szabo Mainlibrary, Kalocsa, Hungary
2001 Artlink. International Young Art, New York, USA
2001 Apocalypse. Gallery 5020, Salzburg, Austria
2000 In the Light of Binding. Tartu University Library
2000 2nd International Artist`s Book Triennial Apocalypsis, Vilnius, Lithuania
2000 Scripta Manent`II. Tallinn Art Hall
2000 Diplom`2000. Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Centre
2000 You can see oneself rarely. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
2000 Estonian art. Estonian possibilitys. Naturalism. Gallery of the Tallinn Art Hall, curator Peeter Allik
2000 Cut & Paste II. Jõhvi School of Arts
2000 Story of Book. Viljandi Art Hall
2000 Cut & Paste. Kiviõli Gallery
2000 Discovering Canvas. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1999 Chaos. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1999 Memory. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts, curator Lennart Mänd
1999 Artsummer`99-Motive. Haapsalu City gallery
1999 Painting`99-Identity. Tallinn Art Hall, curator Eha Komissarov
1999 Lake. Põlva Gallery
1999 Portrait. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1999 Attracts and sticks. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1998 International mini-book exhibition, Estonian Academic Library
1998 Mythological Anatomy. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1998 Drawings. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1998 Resident of Pärnu in 20 Century. Pärnu Modern Art Museum
1998 Strategic painting. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts, curator Jaan Elken
1998 International Self-portrait Salong. Pärnu Modern Art Museum
1998 Painting`98. Vaal Gallery, curator Kaido Ole
1998 Man and Woman. International Exhibition of the Nude, Pärnu Modern Art Museum
1998 Collected Connections. National Library of Estonia
1998 Empty Bag. Raevangla Gallery, Tallinn
1998 Musik in der Kunst. Theatre "Endla", Pärnu
1997 Drawings. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1997 Paintings. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts, curator Kaido Ole
Collections:
AS Estonian Art Gallery, Estonian Academy of Arts; private collections in Estonia, Sweden, Australia, Latvia
Selected publications:
Aaron Moulton. From Kosovo to Kalinigrad Part 2. Flash Art November-December 2006
Paul Morton. Artists study blood and words. The Baltic Times. 2006.03.05.
Heie Treier. Biennial 911. Flash Art July-September 2006
Johannes Saar. Ja päästa meid ära vägivallast ja propagandast. Vikerkaar 6/2006
Mari Laaniste. Taas kord sotsiaalpoliitiliselt teadliku eesti kunsti otsinguil. EE.2006.12.04. (weekly)
Reet Varblane. Vägivald ja propaganda. Sirp. 2006.07.04. (weekly)
Anu Aaremäe. Poliitiliselt küll ebakorrektne, aga erakordselt vajalik näitus. PM. 2006.10.04. (daily)
Ants Juske. Kunstnikud propagandasõjas. EPL. 2006.12.04. (daily)
Reet Varblane. Schizophrenic - Elin Kard. Sirp. 2004.06.02. (weekly)
Johannes Saar. By hooked to Nirvana. Eesti Päevaleht.2004.28.01. (daily)
Karin Laansoo. 1,6 m2 used skin. Sirp.2002.08.11. (weekly)
Rainer Vilumaa. Dead doesn´t ask forgiveness. EE.2002.07.11. (weekly)
Johannes Saar. Exhibition with skin. EP.2002.01.11. (daily)
Ilja Sundelevitsh. Naked. Cloaked. ME.2002.02.11. (daily)
Katrin Kivimaa. Word becomes flesh. "Vikerkaar", 4/2001
Ele Praks. Scripta Manent or writing about applied art. "Estonian Art", 2/2000
Jan Kaus. Nakedness in hiding. "Sirp", 2000.17.11. (weekly)
Kädi Talvoja. Tracks of the poetic love in the body. "Eesti Päevaleht", 2000.26.10. (daily)
Anders Härm. Estonian painting inside carved frame. "Eesti Päevaleht", 1999.28.06. (daily)
Felix Krapp. Man and woman on the stairs. "Pärnu Postimees", 1998.05.08. (daily)
Anu Allas. Find my face. "Sirp", 1998.02.10. (weekly)
Awards:
2008 Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Prize
2000 "Scripta Manent`II" Premium
2000-2003 Estonian Academy of Arts, MA
1996-2000 Estonian Academy of Arts, BA
1995-1997 Technical School of Light Industry, BA
Work experience:
2004 - ..... Estonian Academy of Arts - visiting lecturer
2003 - ..... Estonian Artists´Association, Hobusepea gallery, Gallery Draakon - curator
2005 - 2007 Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia - project coordinator
2000 - 2003 Gallery VAAL - consultant
1990 - 1995 ETKVL Euration Manufacture "Vikero"
Membership:
Since 2003 member of the Estonian Artists´Association
Since 2006 charter member of the EKKM / CAME - The Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia
Since 2010 charter member of the EKKL - The Contemporary Art Union of Estonia
Projects:
2010 EAA Yearbook 2008-2009 (compiler-editor)
2009 EAA 9th annual exhibition catalogue "Enesepaljastus / Disclosure" (compiler-editor)
2008-2009 After-War – Kristina Norman, Marco Laimre. Estonian exposition at 53rd Venice Biennial
(deputy commissioner)
2008 EAA 8th annual exhibition catalogue „Vabaduse väljak / Vabaduse square” (compiler-editor)
2008 Hobusepea galerii 2003-2007 / Hobusepea gallery 2003-2007, catalogue (compiler-editor)
2008 EAA Yearbook 2007 (compiler-editor)
2007 Losers Paradise – Marko Mäetamm, Mika Hannula. Estonian exposition at 52th Venice Biennial
(deputy commissioner)
2007 Skulptuur räägib: võim ja vabadus. Tallinna Kunstihoone (kuraator - koos Kirke Kangro ja Mari-
Liis Tammiga)
2007 EAA Yearbook 2007 (compiler-editor)
2007 Asjade seis 2007 (catalogue, editor)
2007 Elamise kunst / The Art of Living. EAA 7th annual exhibition catalogue (compiler-editor)
2007 EAA Yearbook 2006 (compiler-editor)
2007 Skulptuur räägib: võim ja vabadus / Sculpture speaks: power and freedom (curator with Kirke
Kangro and Mari-Liis Tammi), Tallinn Art Hall
2006 Kurja lilled / Flowers of evil. 6th Annual Exhibition Project of Estonian Artists´Association
(curator)
2005 Estonian Artists´Association Yearbook 2004 (compiler-editor)
2004 kunst.ee 3/2004 Estonian Magazine of Visual Culture addition compiler with Eha Komissarov
2004 Breakthrough. Grote Kerk Den Haag - curator Estonian part of exhibition
2004 Eksiil/inExile. 13th Tallinn Print Triennial (PR manager)
2003 Chart. Estonian Painters Union Annual Exhibition 2003 (curator)
2002 X mistakes Y for Z, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Centre (project coordinator)
Writings:
2010 as Elena Šmakova. Sotsiaalne kunst kui kodanikuõigus- ja kohustus. Sirp, 30.04.2010
2010 as Elena Šmakova. Mees tagaistmel. KUNST.EE 2009/3-4
2009 as Elena Śmakova. sirpsuvelpuhkab.blogspot.com. Sirp, 24.07.2009 (weekly)
2009 as Elena Šmakova. Kinnine kohus. KUNST.EE 2009/1-2
2009 as Elena Śmakova. Meistri kutsumine. Sirp, 24.04.2009 (weekly)
2009 as Elena Śmakova. Naistest ja solidaarsusest. Sirp, 03.04.2009 (weekly)
2009 as Elena Šmakova. Muid võimalusi ei ole! Intervjuu Kristina Normani ja Marco Laimrega. Sirp,
13.03.2009 (weekly)
2008 Tartu laulupeo patroon on Andrus Ansip. Sirp, 17.10.2008 (weekly)
2007 Kodanikud ja valdkonnad: Veneetsia biennal, näiteks. Postimees AK, 16.06.2007 (daily)
2007 Kommenteerimata jäänud geopoliitika, turumajandus ja amneesia Moskvas. PM, 24.03.2007
(daily)
2007 Stabiliseerumine kestab. Positiivne intensiivsus. EPL, 13.01.2007 (daily)
2006 Acrimony needs. Addenda to Estonian art history 4. CCA, Estonia 2006.
2006 Is ketchup blood or something else?. Addenda to Estonian art history 4. CCA, Estonia 2006.
2006 Is ketchup blood or something else?. Estonian Art 1/2006
2006 Of young art without maintaining distance. Addenda to Estonian art history 3. CCA, Estonia
2006.
2006 Vestlus Kaido Olega. Vikerkaar 1-2/2006
2005 I hate life. Life makes me sick and sad. Vikerkaar 6/2005
2005 Tätoveeritud daamid. Avenüü. Magazine of Fashion.
2004 Pioneers of the periphery Spseeking the breaking point. Breakthrough: Perspectives on art from
the ten new EU member states. Catalogue
2004 Schizophony for the ethnically instable. Manifesta 5. European Biennial of Contemporary Art.
Catalogue
2004 Intellectual cobbler Orgussaar. Estonian Art 1/2004
2004 Perifeeria pioneerid murdepunkti otsimas. Sirp. 09.07.2004 (weekly)
2003 Heli Sarapuu murelik sentimentalism. Eesti Päevaleht. 09.12.2003 (daily)
2003 Künnapu and Maasik-just married. Eesti Päevaleht. 11.10.2003 (daily)
Solo exhibitions:
2004 Samadhi. Tallinn City gallery
2002 Naked. Cloaked. Gallery of the Tallinn Art Hall
2001 Forgive Me. Haapsalu Gallery
2001 3-act-suicide. Pärnu Jazz Café
2000 Forgive Me. Theatre "Endla", Pärnu
2000 Forgive Me. Theatre "Ugala", Viljandi
2000 Forgive Me. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
2000 Drawings. Tabasalu Grammar School
1999 Drawings. Jõhvi School of Arts
1999 Drawings. Kiviõli Gallery
Group exhibitions:
2006 Violence and Propaganda. With Marco Laimre, Marko Mäetamm, Andres Tali.Tallinn Art Hall
2005 Selfportrait. Estonian Painters Union Annual Exhibitiob.Tartu Art House
2005 Voices. Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Centre, curator Marco Laimre
2004 Home, Sweet Home!. Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Centre, curator Eha Komissarov
2003 Notes. Szentendre Art Mill, Hungary, curator F.F.F.F.
2002 Cantico delle Creature, Italy
2002 Artgenda 2002. Hamburg,Germany, curator Anders Härm
2002 Memory & Play. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
2001 Estonian Institute Exhibition, Reijkjavik, Island
2001 3-rd International Triennial, Gallery Arka, Lithuania
2001 PIN. Pärnu City gallery
2001 Lost Property. Hansa bank Gallery, curator Ado Lill
2001 Baltic States Culture, Odense, Denmark
2001 Estonian Institute Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001 Art Primeur´2001. Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Dordrecht, Dutch, curator Sirje Helme
2001 Estonian Institute Exhibition in Ervin Szabo Mainlibrary, Kalocsa, Hungary
2001 Artlink. International Young Art, New York, USA
2001 Apocalypse. Gallery 5020, Salzburg, Austria
2000 In the Light of Binding. Tartu University Library
2000 2nd International Artist`s Book Triennial Apocalypsis, Vilnius, Lithuania
2000 Scripta Manent`II. Tallinn Art Hall
2000 Diplom`2000. Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Centre
2000 You can see oneself rarely. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
2000 Estonian art. Estonian possibilitys. Naturalism. Gallery of the Tallinn Art Hall, curator Peeter Allik
2000 Cut & Paste II. Jõhvi School of Arts
2000 Story of Book. Viljandi Art Hall
2000 Cut & Paste. Kiviõli Gallery
2000 Discovering Canvas. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1999 Chaos. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1999 Memory. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts, curator Lennart Mänd
1999 Artsummer`99-Motive. Haapsalu City gallery
1999 Painting`99-Identity. Tallinn Art Hall, curator Eha Komissarov
1999 Lake. Põlva Gallery
1999 Portrait. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1999 Attracts and sticks. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1998 International mini-book exhibition, Estonian Academic Library
1998 Mythological Anatomy. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1998 Drawings. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1998 Resident of Pärnu in 20 Century. Pärnu Modern Art Museum
1998 Strategic painting. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts, curator Jaan Elken
1998 International Self-portrait Salong. Pärnu Modern Art Museum
1998 Painting`98. Vaal Gallery, curator Kaido Ole
1998 Man and Woman. International Exhibition of the Nude, Pärnu Modern Art Museum
1998 Collected Connections. National Library of Estonia
1998 Empty Bag. Raevangla Gallery, Tallinn
1998 Musik in der Kunst. Theatre "Endla", Pärnu
1997 Drawings. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1997 Paintings. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts, curator Kaido Ole
Collections:
AS Estonian Art Gallery, Estonian Academy of Arts; private collections in Estonia, Sweden, Australia, Latvia
Selected publications:
Aaron Moulton. From Kosovo to Kalinigrad Part 2. Flash Art November-December 2006
Paul Morton. Artists study blood and words. The Baltic Times. 2006.03.05.
Heie Treier. Biennial 911. Flash Art July-September 2006
Johannes Saar. Ja päästa meid ära vägivallast ja propagandast. Vikerkaar 6/2006
Mari Laaniste. Taas kord sotsiaalpoliitiliselt teadliku eesti kunsti otsinguil. EE.2006.12.04. (weekly)
Reet Varblane. Vägivald ja propaganda. Sirp. 2006.07.04. (weekly)
Anu Aaremäe. Poliitiliselt küll ebakorrektne, aga erakordselt vajalik näitus. PM. 2006.10.04. (daily)
Ants Juske. Kunstnikud propagandasõjas. EPL. 2006.12.04. (daily)
Reet Varblane. Schizophrenic - Elin Kard. Sirp. 2004.06.02. (weekly)
Johannes Saar. By hooked to Nirvana. Eesti Päevaleht.2004.28.01. (daily)
Karin Laansoo. 1,6 m2 used skin. Sirp.2002.08.11. (weekly)
Rainer Vilumaa. Dead doesn´t ask forgiveness. EE.2002.07.11. (weekly)
Johannes Saar. Exhibition with skin. EP.2002.01.11. (daily)
Ilja Sundelevitsh. Naked. Cloaked. ME.2002.02.11. (daily)
Katrin Kivimaa. Word becomes flesh. "Vikerkaar", 4/2001
Ele Praks. Scripta Manent or writing about applied art. "Estonian Art", 2/2000
Jan Kaus. Nakedness in hiding. "Sirp", 2000.17.11. (weekly)
Kädi Talvoja. Tracks of the poetic love in the body. "Eesti Päevaleht", 2000.26.10. (daily)
Anders Härm. Estonian painting inside carved frame. "Eesti Päevaleht", 1999.28.06. (daily)
Felix Krapp. Man and woman on the stairs. "Pärnu Postimees", 1998.05.08. (daily)
Anu Allas. Find my face. "Sirp", 1998.02.10. (weekly)
Awards:
2008 Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Prize
2000 "Scripta Manent`II" Premium
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