Erki Kannus
E-mail: erki [dot] kannus [at] gmail [dot] com
Phone: +372 56985131

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Born 23.05.1958 Tallinn, Estonia
Studied: 1977-1981 Estonian Art Academy, glass department
Member of the Estonian Artists’ Union since 2019
Member of the Estonian Watercolour Society 2021

Solo exhibitions:
1993 THE BEAUTY OF DESTRUCTION, cafe-gallery Franklin25, Minneapolis, USA
1998 SKARPO, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, USA
1999/2001 Open Studio Project, StPaul Art Crawl, StPaul, USA
2003 87,3 SOUND LITRES, St Catherine’s Church, Tallinn, Estonia
2003 UNTUNED, R.Sagrits Museum, Karepa, Estonia
2003 BIRD ANTON AND THE REST, Kondas Centre, Viljandi, Estonia
2004 PURE CHANCE, City Gallery, Tallinn (with Merle Kannus)
2004 STAINS OF CHANCE dance performance in Tallinn and Tartu.
2005 DO IT YOURSELF, Viinistu Art Museum (with Merle Kannus)
2006 TILINATORIUM (Tilinatorium 3), Albu manor (with Merle Kannus & Others)
2008 ERKI KANNUS 50, Viinistu Art Museum
2011 TILINATOORUIM 5, Rapla County Centre For Contemporary Art
2011 TILINATOORIUM 6, Pärnu Museum of New Art
2013 TILINATOORIUM 8, Kostivere Manor
2013 TILINATOORIUM 9, Loo Cultural Centre
2014 TILINATOORIUM 10, Tallinn Lilleküla High School
2014 TILINATOORIUM 12, Järvakandi Glass Gallery
2019 REAL AND SURREAL (with Merle Kannus), Elva Cultural Centre
2019 SEDNA, Rapla County Centre for Contemporary Art (with Kairi Orgusaar)
2021 DEPARTURE FROM MARS, A. Adamson Studiogallery, Paldiski
Group exhibitions and events:
1976 PARNU’76, Parnu, Estonia
1976, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986 Annual State Art Shows, Tallinn
1982, 1988 Annual Young Art Shows, Tallinn, Tartu
1988 Baltic Applied Art Triennial (with Kristel Kannus) , Jurmala, Latvia
1989 AKTA (with Kristel Kannus), Tallinn, Estonia
2002 Site-specific Art Workshop MEHR SCHNEE IN PALAMUSE, Jogevamaa, Estonia
2002 KONSENSUS , Tallinn, Estonia
2003 HEAVY ESTONIAN AIR, Glass Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2003 TIME/SPACE/MOVEMENT, Paide, Estonia
2003 St. Paul Art Crawl
2005 WHITE GLASS, Haapsalu, Evald Okas Museum
2005 TEMPORARY GARDENS, Tartu, land art festival (with Merle Kannus and Ave Avalo)
2006 PLEKTRUM, Culture Factory, Tallinn
2007 PLEKTRUM, Von Krahl Theatre, Tallinn
2007 EKS.NäIB, Cultural Centre Kannel, Võru
2008 OPERATIIVMÄLU, Võru City Gallery, Pärnu City Gallery
2009 MINU KALLIS PARANOIA, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
2010 MÕTLEVAD MASINAD, Design Gallery, Tallinn
2010 KAHEMÕTTETU, Rapla County Centre for Contemporary Art
2012 ME USUME(Tilinatoorium 7), Chateau Saint Auvent, France
2014 PÜHAD(Tilinatoorium 11), Ukraine’s spiritual Treasures’ Museum, Kiev
2014 RUUM RUUMIS(Tilinatoorium 13) Cultural Centre Kannel, Võru
2015 JÄETD JÄLJED, Haapsalu Kunstikooi galerii
2016 THE IDEALISTS, Tallinn Art Hall
2016 Õ, Kuressaare Castle
2016 WHATIF, Vincas Grybase muuseum, Jurbarkas, Lithuania
2017 BIOGLASS, Evald Okas Museum, Haapsalu
2018 A DIFFERENT ANGLE, Evald Okas Museum, Haapsalu
2018 ESTONIA: A MINDSCAPE, Rapla County Centre for Contemporary Art
2018 PIMENEMINE / DARKENING, Janina Monkute-Marks Museum, Kedainiai, Lithuania
2019 INTERPLAY, hot glass workshop and exhibition in Haapsalu
2019 ARTS AND LIGHTS IN TALLINN, fountain at Apollo Square
2019 MAN. WOMAN. FREEDOM. Pärnu Museum of New Art
2020 SLOW LIGHT, Rapla County Centre for Contemporary Art
2021 MENTAL IMAGE, EWS Annual Exibition
2021 IMPULSE Tallinn Drawing Triennial
2021 MAN. WOMAN. ESTONIAN WOMAN – POWER AND SPIRIT. Pärnu Museum of New Art
2021 SUMMRFUSION, Pärnu Museum of New Art
2021 MENTAL IMAGE 2, Cultural Center KAJA Tallinn
2021 QUINTESSENT Türi Cultural Center
Installations:
2001 FLYING TEXTILE, Skulpturens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden
2005 AN ODE FOR TRAVELERS, Haapsalu railway station
Videos:
2002 VIOLI
2003 HUMANS’ ROOM, MORNING
2003 FAUCETS
2003 6 SOUND LITERS
2004 BOXCAR PROJECT (with Brian Jeans and Stephen Rife)
2004 MINNESOTA: THE NATIVE AMERICAN NAME FOR LEMONADE (with Stephen Rife)
Scholarships:
1996 Grant for Emerging Artist, Jerome Foundation, USA
Commissions:
1985 AGRO stained glass window, Ministry of Agriculture, Tallinn, Estonia
1985 KOOPERATOR stained glass window, Tallinn, Estonia
1986 MOOD stained glass window, Tallinn, Estonia
1986 LINN stained glass window, Tallinn, Estonia
1987 MAINOR stained glass window, Tallinn, Estonia
1996 PLAY stained glass window, Edina Library, Edina, USA
1999 READ stained glass window, Merriam Park Library, StPaul, USA
1987 AWARD glass sculpture
Teaching:
2002-2004 Estonian Art Academy