1/01/2007

MARCO LAIMRE



laimre@gmail.com

Born in 1968 in Pärnu, Estonia. Lives and works in Tallinn.

Education:
1992 - 1996 Estonian Academy of Arts, BA in Painting.

Work:
2005 – ... Estonian Academy of Arts, Professor of Photographic Department.

Solo exhibitions:
2007 Bad Joke, Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn
2005 Very complicated rock'n'roll, (together with Killu Sukmit), Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia.
2005 Estonian Art, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2004 Everything is coming out, (together with Tarmo Salin), VAAL Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2004 Questions and Answers, the Art Museum of Estonia, Rottermann Salt Storage Arts Center,

Tallinn, Estonia.
2002 Black Ball, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia.
2001 Super Lights, City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2001 Stere - ereo, Hansapank Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2000 Here, (together with Ene-Liis Semper), the Art Museum of Estonia, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts

Center, Tallinn.
1999 Bonj - Nonj - Nonj - Non - Now!, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia.
1999 On the City, Sebra Gallery, Tartu, Estonia.
1998 Egoistically Correct, (together with Andrus Kõresaar), the Art Museum of Estonia, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn.
1997 Worldmaps, (Oudor of Freedom), Muu-ry Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
1996 Divided Territories, Blackheads'Guild Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
1995 Head!, Blackheads'Guild Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
1994 Isolaris, (together with Jaanus Koov), Blackheads'Guild Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
1994 Me & Art, Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia.

Group exhibitions:
2006 Violence and Propaganda. With Elin Kard, Marko Mäetamm, Andres Tali.Tallinn Art Hall
2006 Evil Flowers, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2006 Collected Crises, KUMU, Tallinn, Estonia.
2006 Shiftscale, KUMU, Tallinn, Estonia.
2006 Violence and Propaganda, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2005 IKG, Without Borders, Rottermann Salt Storage Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2005 Homo Grandis Natu, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2005 Identities, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2005 Ljubljana International Graphic Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004 E.U.Positive. Kunst aus dem Neuen Europa., Akademie der Künste Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2004 Home Sweet Home, the Art Museum of Estonia, Rottermann Salt Storage Art Center, Tallinn,

Estonia.
2004 Dream Island, NOAS Gallery, Riga, Latvia.
2003 Taide voi tappaa luovuuden, Taidepanimo, Lahti, Finland.
2003 Last Hero, Rotermann Art Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
2003 Art Moscow, 21 minutes, Moscow, Russia.
2003 Screensaver, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2002 Social Exhibitionism, Riga, Latvia.
2002 Mare Balticum, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Danmark.
2002 Breath, RecentVideoArt from Estonia., Ludwig Museum Budapest, Hungary.
2001 Young British Art, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2001 49th International Venice Biennial, Estonian exposition, (together with Ene-Liis Semper), Palazzo

Giustinian Lolin, Venice, Italy.
2000 Mechanics of Rituals, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2000 Aids in Culture, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
2000 Shop of the Curiosities, Center of Arnolfini, Bristol, England.
2000 Analog Television (in Artgenda 2000), Lasipalatsi, Helsinki, Finland.
1999 International Ljubljana Graphic Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
1999 Backdoor Media (Facades for the Homeless), Tallinn, Estonia.
1999 Interstanding 3, (6th annual exhibition of the Center for Contemporary Arts), Estonia,

Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn.
1999 East - West Sofa, Frankfurt (AM), Germany.
1999 Mood, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn.
1999 Retrett Art Centre, Finland.
1998 Suitcases, Kotka, Finland.
1998 Egoistically Correct, (together with Andrus Kõresaar), the Art Museum of Estonia, Rotermann

Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
1998 Author X Author, Tartu Artists' House, Estonia.
1998 Free Choice (Estonian Art in 90s), Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
1998 Best Before, Vilnius Contemporary Art Centre, Lithuania.
1998 EKG, the Art Museum of Estonia, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn.
1998 Out of the Shadows, Wellington B Gray Gallery, East Carolina, Greenwille, USA.
1998 Interaction & Integration, Artgenda Biennial '98, Kulturhuset Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
1997 Mediterranian Youth Biennial, Rijeka, Croatia.
1997 Neopop, the Art Museum of Estonia, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn.
1997 Invasion, Saaremaa Biennial '97, Kuressaare, Estonia.
1997 Persona, the Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn.
1997 Hortus Hostium, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
1997 Archaeology of Dreams, Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia.
1997 Healty Pictures, Narva Art Gallery, Estonia.
1996 Inventory on the Museum of Aesthetics, Estonian Museum of Architecture, Rotermann Salt

Storage Arts Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
1996 Estonia as a Sign, 4th annual exhibition of the Soros Centre for Contemporary Arts, Tallinn Art

Hall, Estonia.
1996 Nature Morte, the Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn.
1996 Carnival, Mobil Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
1996 Personal Time, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian art 1945 - 1996, Centre for Contemporary Art,

Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland;
1996 Personal Time, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian art 1945 - 1996, Central Exhibition Hall Manezh,

St. Petersburg, Russia.
1996 Habitat II, Istanbul, Turkey.1996 Archaeology of Dreams, Panevezhys Art Hall, Lithuania.
1995 By the Ruins, Gothenburg Photographic Fair, Svenska Mässan, Gothenburg, Sweden.
1995 Watching (The Roots and the Tops), Mobil Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
1995 Biotopia, (3rd annual exhibition of the Soros Centre for Contempory Arts), Vaal Gallery, Tallinn,

Estonia.
1995 Fabrique d'Histoire, Saaremaa Biennial '95, Kuressaare Art Studio, Estonia.
1994 Estonian Art 1994, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.

Performances:
2006 God, Georg and Guantanamo. Newspaper office of Eesti Ekspress (weekly). Tallinn. Estonia.
2006 Captivity. BaltoScandal Theater Festival. Rakvere. Estonia.
2005 Dedicated to the occasional Bullet.(Victorya). Living Sculptures. Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2005 Rotten Harry, Theatre NO 99, Tallinn, Estonia.
2004 30 % , VAAL Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2002 Nässu is a good Dog!, Rakvere City Gallery, Estonia.
2001 Cure of ills, controlled..., Tallinn, Estonia.
1997 Rifle Range, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
1996 Emptyness & Democracy, old watertower, Tallinn, Estonia.
1995 On Behaviour, Saaremaa Biennial '95, Trimadu group, Kuressaare, Estonia.
1995 The Machine 1972 - 1995, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn.
1994 Opening of the Cave Drawing Department, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn.
1994 Where are you - C?, (together with Mari Sobolev), M/F Kronborg, Tallinn, Estonia.
1994 Isolaris,(together with Jaanus Koov), Blackheads'Guild Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
1993 Rebirth of Antropometries, group Trimadu, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn.

TV activities:
1994 -1995 Scriptwriter for Ja/Ei, (together with Mare Tralla and Mari Sobolev) series about

contemporary art (Estonian National Television).

Designing activities:
2004 exhibition design for Estonian Art Museum, "In My own Juice. Contemporary art from Lithuania.",

in Rottermann Salt Store Arts Centre.
2004 exhibition design for Estonian Art Museum, "New Art from Poland", in Rottermann Salt Store Arts

Centre.
2002 exhibition design for Estonian Art Museum, "Kapital!".
2001 exhibition design for Estonian Art Museum, "Ülo Sooster".
2001 exhibition design for Estonian Art Museum, "New Art From St. Peterburg", in Rotermann Salt

Store Arts Centre.

Curatorial activities:
EKKM / CAME exhibitions since 2007
2005 HÄÄLED / VOICES, Rottermann Salt Store Arts Centre.
1997 Hortus Hostium, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
1995 Artel of History, exhibition for Fabrique d´Histoire, Saaremaa Biennial'95, Kuressaare, Estonia.

Awards:
Second Prix from Cultural Endovment 2004
Art award from Hansabank 2001.
Second Prix from Cultural Endovment 2000.
International Ljubljana Graphic Biennial, Slovenia (2nd prize) 1999.
Art award from Päevaleht 1997.
The Bikem memorial award for young graphic designers (Turkey) 1996.
UNDP contemporary art award 1996.

Bibliography in english:
The Baltic Times august 18 – 24. 2005 Art that doesn´t mince words.
KUNST.EE, 2/2004 Collected Connections by Marco Laimre. Hanno Soans.
Estonian Art, 2003/1 Where is Home, Where is Home, Where is One`s Homestead?, Jan Kaus.
Estonian Art, 2002/2 Black Ball and Theoretical Sneakers, Anders Härm. (http://www.einst.ee/)
Ene-Liis Semper. Marko Laimre. 49th International exhibition of contemporary art. Catalogue of the Estonian exposition, Tallinn 2001, ISBN: 9985932110
Estonian Art 2000/2 Interview with Hanno Soans.(http://www.einst.ee/ )
International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, 1999.
Out of the Shadows, Wellington B Gray Gallery, East Carolina, Greenwille, 1998.
Biennale of Young Artists - Rijeka 1997, Moderna galerija, Rijeka, 1998.
Invasion. Saaremaa Biennial 1997, Center for Contemporary Photography, Tallinn, 1997.
Personal Time. Art in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 1945 - 1996, The Zacheta Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, 1996. Estonia as a Sign, 4th annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia, Tallinn, 1996.
Biotopia, 3rd annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia, Tallinn, 1995.

Selected bibliography in estonian:
1995 Postimees 05.12. KIVIMAA, KATRIN. Läbi elu olemise poole
1996 Vikerkaar /10 TREIER, HEIE. Marko Laimre skeptiline subjektiivsus
1996 Päevaleht 05.10.TREIER, HEIE. Mida õpetab meile Eesti kui märk II
1996 Postimees 02.27. SAAR, JOHANNES. Marko Laimre märgistab oma territooriumi
1996 Postimees 09.10. SOANS, HANNO. Sooroos rukkipõllul
1999 Postimees 19.02. TRALLA, MARE. Vabaduse aroomid
1999 Postimees 23.07. SOANS, HANNO. Laimre istub vabaduse vanglas
1999 Postimees/Arter 04.12. HÄRM, ANDERS. Sport on sõda. Sõda on sport. 1999 Päevaleht 17.03.

JUSKE, ANTS. Ernst, Vaga ja Laimre Tartus
1999 Päevaleht 17.07. JUSKE, ANTS. Laimre sai tööd1999 Sirp nr. 12, lk. 9. HÄRM, ANDERS. “Meta- ja

pseudosemiootiline Laimre”, Marko Laimre näitus Tartus Sebra galeriis
1999 Eesti Ekspress 18.03. LIIVRAND, HARRY. Apokalüptiline Laimre
1999 Eesti Ekspress 19.07. MÄGI, MARKO. Mõtteid puurist
2000 Sirp 19.05. SOBOLEV, MARI. Haiguste ravi. Kontrollitud
2000 Sirp 01.09. TREIER, HEIE. Kaheksa küsimust kunstnikutasu asjus
2000 Postimees 17.08. SOANS, HANNO. Käik presidendi patroneeritud maalinäitusele
2000 Päevaleht 20.11. TALVOJA, KÄDI. Ene-Liis Semperi ja Marko Laimre painajate labürint
2000 Eesti Ekspress 30.11. HÄRM, ANDERS. Privaatse vaatenurga võimalus. (Anders Härm lahkab

Semperi ja Laimre psycho-trip'i.)
2000 Eesti Ekspress 06.04. TREIER, HEIE. Mittepateetiline juubel Kunsti-hoones.
2001 Eesti Ekspress 26.07. HELME, SIRJE. Kõnelemine platoo servalt.
2001 Eesti Ekspress 15.03. SOANS, HANNO. Vajuv vesi. Vesi ise. Iseseisev Eesti.
2001 Päevaleht 15.03. SOANS, HANNO. Marko Laimre jäi paljudel nägemata.
2001 HÄRM, ANDERS. Lily is killing me, killing you. O – aaah… (ENE-LIIS SEMPER / MARKO LAIMRE. 49.

RAHVUSVAHELINE VENEETSIA KUNSTIBIENNAAL / 49TH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF

CONTEMPORARY ART. EESTI EKSPOSITSIOON / EXPOSITION OF ESTONIA), Kaasaegse Kunsti

Eesti Keskus ISBN 9985-9321-1-0
2002 Päevaleht 08.08. SAAR, JOHANNES. Kunstnik hullumajas.
2002 Päevaleht 14.08. SAAR, JOHANNES. Trikoloori patrioodid.
2002 Päevaleht 23.12. SAAR, JOHANNES. Jõulud jälle nässus.2002 Sirp SOANS, HANNO. Tühjus ja

demokraatia. Aktsioon ideoloogia keskmes. Nr. 46, lk. 13.
2002 Sirp SOANS, HANNO. Sipelgad ei alistu. (Marko Laimre aktsioonid).Nr. 18, lk. 7.
2002 Sirp MÄNNIK, TRIIN. Musta palli piiluvaated. (Marko Laimre näitus Tallinna Kunstihoone galeriis).

Nr. 30, lk. 11.
2002 Eesti Ekspress 21.08. VILUMAA, RAINER. Naeratage – see on teie painaja.
2002 Maja /1 SOANS, HANNO. Ravikontroll – ühe maania ümberpööratud maatriks.
2003 Sirp 03.03. SOOMRE, MARIA–KRISTIINA. La rivoluzione siamo noi!
2003 Sirp KIVIMAA, KATRIN. Kunstnikumüüt ja hullumeelsus. Nr. 42, lk. 14.
2003 21 MINUTES. ESTONIA. ART MOSCOW . Eesti osalus 7. rahvusvahe-lisel Moskva kunstimessil

23.-27.04.2003. Kaasaegse Kunsti Eesti Keskus ISBN 9985-9321-7-X
2003 Sirp 03.01. VEISPAK, TEET. Õunapuu ja Laimre “jõulud” Rakveres.
2003 SAAR, JOHANNES. Võrguportaalide kommentaatorite kunstist kõnelemise viisid / EESTI KUNSTI

SOTSIAALSED PORTREED. Lisandusi eesti kunstiloole. Kaasaegse Kunsti Eesti Keskus ISBN 9985-

9321-3-7
2004 Päevaleht 29.03. SAAR, JOHANNES. Meediaterrori kajad pildi-maailmas.
2004 Eesti Ekspress 01.04. JUSKE, ANTS. Laimre lahendas hoobilt kõik küsimused.
2004 Eesti Ekspress 05.04. SOBOLEV, MARI. Seisukohtade võtja.
2004 www.looming.org/et/kull/ehitus/marco_laimre Küsimused ja Vastused (intervjuud)
2004 Vikerkaar /6 HÄRM, ANDERS. Laimre ja "mina". Marco Laimre isikunäitus "Küsimused ja vastused"

Rotermanni Soolalaos. lk. 52 – 57
2004 Sirp 23.04. SOBOLEV, MARI. Radikaalsus muuseumi kaitsva teki all.
2004 Päevaleht 30.09. SAAR, JOHANNES. Marco Laimre ja Tarmo Salin tõid päevavalgele kogu tõe

kapitalismist.
2004 Eesti Ekspress 06.10. JUSKE, ANTS. Kõik tuligi enam-vähem välja.
2004 Sirp 08.10. VARBLANE, REET. Alati töökorras tõlgendamismasin.
2004 Postimees 13.10. VEISPAK, TEET. Kõik ei tule alati välja, isegi kunstnikul mitte.
2004 Kunst.ee /2 SOANS, HANNO. Generaator M – Marco Laimre kogutud seosed. lk.14-17 ISSN 1406-

6335
2005 Päevaleht 07.02 SAAR, JOHANNES. Soolalaos kuuleb kunsti kinnimüüritud hääli.
2005 Postimees 11.02 JUSKE, ANTS. Laimre paneb kunsti rääkima.
2005 Eesti Ekspress 09.02 TREIER, HEIE. Kelle hääled?
2005 Sirp 18.02. SIRAM. Laimre häälekas kunsti­ajalugu.
2005 Päevaleht 117.05.2005 VILUMAA, RAINER. Lõo, Laimre ja Sukmit rokivad mais Kunstihoones.
2005 Sirp 06.05. ROOSTE, JÜRGEN. Very Complicated, indeed!
2005 Postimees 29.07. JUSKE, ANTS. Suvine kunstielu – torm veeklaasis.
2005 Postimees 09.08. SIRAM. Võitluskunstid kunstigaleriis.
2005 Päevaleht 04.08 SAAR; JOHHANNES. Marco Laimre osutab Hobusepeas märkidele olukorrast riigis.
2005 Sirp 19.09. VARBLANE, REET. Rahvusluse rangid kunsti kaelas.
2005 Päevaleht 23.11. PEEGEL, MARI Tallinna kunstihoones on täna Eesti esimene elavate kujude

näitus.

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