CATALOGUE 2002-2003
Jaan TOOMIK : Untitled 2001
Vidéo expérimentale | beta-sp, dv | couleur | 00:01:45 | Estonie | 2001

(c) photo: Jaan Toomik


Incapacité de se passer des passions mortelles.


Unfähigkeit, tödliche Passionen abzuschütteln.


Inability to toss off mortal passions.


___ Note biographique


Jaan Toomik est né le 2 octobre 1961 à Tartu en Estonie. De 1985 à 1991 il a étudié à la faculté de peinture de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts estonienne où il travaille aujourd'hui comme professeur.


Jaan Toomik wurde am 2. Oktober 1961 in Tartu in Estland geboren. Von 1985 bis 1991 hat er an der Fakultät für Malerei der estnischen Kunstakademie studiert, wo heute als Professor arbeitet.


Jaan Toomik was born on October 2, 1961 in Tartu, Estonia.He Works at the Estonian Academy of Arts, professor.From 1985 to 1991, he studied at the Estonian Academy of Arts, faculty of painting.


___ Expositions individuelles / Solo exhibitions

2003
- Artists' House, Tartu, Estonia
2001
- Peeter Mudist, paintings. Jaan Toomik, videoinstallations. Cultural Centre Elzenveld, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Contemporary Film and Video Programme, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
1999
- Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1998
- bI- 20 Gallery, New York, USA
1997
- The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
- Art Pace, San Antonio, Texas, USA

___ Expositions de groupe (sélection) / Selected group exhibitions, actions, performances

2003
- Extra Strong Super Light, Szczecin Contemporary Art Museum, Poland
- Veden Runoutta, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Mohni 2003, international festival of contemporary art, Estonia
- Dreams and Conflicts: Dictatorship of the Viewer. Clandestine. Arsenale, 50th International - Exhibition of Visual Arts of the Biennale di Venezia, Italy
- Art Moscow, Russia
The Paths of Europe, Contemporary Art Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Paris - Berlin International Meetings, Paris, Berlin
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebandengo Torino, Itaalia
2002
- Evidence, Esso Gallery, London, England
- Les Boréales, Caen, France
- Museum of Hafnarborg, Iceland
- Gooseflesh 3, international live-art and video art festival, Rakvere, Haapsalu; Estonia
- Roots, Taidehalli, Helsinki, Finland
- Breath, The Ludwig Museum Budapest, Hungary
- Video ROM, Milano, Bergamo, Rome; Italy
- Closing the Distance, Laznia Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
- The Baltic Times, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria
2001
- The Baltic Times, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia; Škuc Gallery, Slovenia
- International Film and Video Festival, Split, Croatia
- Gooseflesh 2, international video and performance festival, Rakvere, Estonia
- Valencia Biennale. Section Video ROM., Valencia, Spain
- On the Way to the Screen. "Art Moscow", 5th International Art Fair, Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia
- Nights In. Gasworks Gallery, London, UK
- Estonian Energies. WUK Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2000
- Grosse Kunstausstellung Düsseldorf, Messe Düsseldorf, Germany
- Inverse Perspectives, Edsvik, Sweden
- Bac-Présence Balte, The Human Project, Visby, Sweden; Athens, Greece; Barcelona, Spain
- OPEN2000. Venice, Italy
- I-20 Gallery, New York, USA
- Bleibe. Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
- L'autre moi tie de l'Europe. Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
- Videolisboa. International Video Festival of Lisbon, Portugal
1999
- After the Wall. Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Ludwig Museum, Budapest; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin.
- Near and Elsewhere. The Photographers Gallery, London
1997
- Interstanding 2. 5th Annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia
- Letter and Event, Apex Art C.P., New York, USA
- La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
- Site Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, USA
1996
- Survival. Rauma Biennale Balticum 96, Rauman Taidemuseo, Finland
- Container '96 - Art Across Oceans, international exhibition of contemporary art, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Manifesta 1, European biennial of modern art, Rotterdam Art Hall, The Netherlands
- Personal Time, Art of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 1945 - 1996, Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
1995
- UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts, Paris, France
- ARS 95, international exhibition of contemporary art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
- Avant-garde Walk a Venezia 1995, Venice, Italy
1994
- 22nd International Biennial of São Paulo, Brazil

___ Prix / Grants and awards

2000
- NIFCA Artists' Residencies, Hafnarborg, Iceland
1999
- State Prize of the Republic of Estonia
- Chicago Artist International Program, USA
1997
- Prize from the 5th annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia
- Sinebrychoff Eesti Ltd.
- Art Pace, San Antonio, Texas, USA
1995
- UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts, special mention, Paris, France
1994
- Kristjan Raud annual art award, Estonia

___ Bibliographie (sélection) / Selected bibliography

- La Biennale di Venezia. 50. Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, 2003.
- Art Moscow. Programme. 5th International Art Fair, April 24 - 29, 2001. Central House of Artist, Moscow 2001.
- Fresh Cream. Contemporary Art in Culture. 10 curators, 10 writers, 100 artists. Phaidon Press Limited, N.Y, USA, 2000.
- L'autre moi tie de l'Europe. Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2000.
- New Media in Late 20th Century Art.(Video Installation Art). Thames and Hudson, London 1999.
- After the Wall. Art and Culture in post-Communist Europe. Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, 1999.
- Jaan Toomik. Baltic. I-20 Gallery, New York, 1998.
- Site Santa Fe. Truce: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions, The New York Times Company, 1997.
- La Biennale di Venezia. XLVII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, 1997.
- Survival. Rauma Biennale Balticum 96, Rauman Taidemuseo, Finland, 1996,
- ARS 95. Private / Public. Nykytaiteen Museo, Valtion Taidemuseo, Helsinki, 1995.
Manifesta 1. Catalogue of the first edition of a new European Biennial of contemporary art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1996.
- Container '96. Art Across Oceans. Europaesk Kulturby, Kobenhavn, 1996.
- UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts 1995. The World of Art in 1995. UNESCO, Paris, 1996.
- Avant-garde Walk a Venezia 1995 I, II. Edizioni d'Arte Fratelli Pozzo, 1995, 1996.
- Lapin. Toomik. 22nd International Biennial of São Paulo, Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia, Tallinn, 1994.

___ Magazines:

- Keskküla, A. Jaan Toomik. Flash Art May/June, 1999
- R.Roos. Tomorrow is a new day. Jaan Toomik escapes the stereotypes. Siksi, The Nordic Art Review, no 3, 1996.