SHORT CV

Born in Räpina, Estonia 29. XII 1947
1966–71 Studied architecture at the Tallinn Art University
since 1990 Teacher and since 1995 professor in Tallinn Art Academy
since 1991 Editor in chief of Estonian Architectural Review “EHITUSKUNST”
1992- 1998 Teacher in Helsinki Art School “MAA”
1994- visiting professor in Helsinki University of Technology, faculty of architecture
2001- Art professor in University of Tartu

PRIZES
1973 Ljubljana Print Biennial prize
1974 Tokyo Print Biennial prize
1987 Soviet architectural prize
1989 Tallinn City Art prize
1989 The Kristjan Raud Prize for painting
1997 The Estonian State’s Cultural prize
1997 The Baltic Watercolor Triennial prize
2001 The Estonian State´s Order of the White Star

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1973-2002 - 63 solo exhibitions f.e.
1975 Langsam Gallery, Armadale, Australia
1986 Stockholm City Theatre
1987 Pori Art Museum, Finland Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
1991 Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
1992 P.U.N.K.T. Gallery, Hamburg Gallery “ROMA”, Liepaja, Latvia
1994 Gallery “EPHÉMáRE, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium
Matisse Museum, Le Cateau-Cambresis, France
Gallery “D’ARTE”, Helsinki
Gallery “TITANIK”, Turku, Finland
1995 Finnish Museum of Architecture, Helsinki
1996 Helsinki Art Hall Studio, Finland
Latvia Museum of Foreign Art, Riga
1997Tartu Art Museum
Estonian Art Museum,Tallinn
1998 Gallery”LATERNA MAGICA”,Helsinki
Gallery “RUBEN FORNI”,Bruxelles
1999 Pärnu City Gallery, Estonia
Kuressaare Gastle Gallery, Estonia
2000 Latvian Press House Gallery, Riga
Gallery “RAATUSE”, Tallinn
2001 Museum of Rakvere, Rakvere City Gallery, Estonia
Gallery “RAATUSE”, Tallinn
Zimmerly Art Museum, USA
Art Museum of University of Tartu, Estonia
2002 Galery “PROMENAD”, Hyvinkää, Finland
Gallery “MINNA”, Kuopio, Finland

SELECTED INSTALLATIONS
1987 Pori Art Museum (Finland) – “Homage to Finland
1989Helsinki Art Hall – “Noah’s Ark”
1990 Groningen ,Holland – architecton “Urania”
1990 Kotka ,Finland – “Obelisk to Substance”
1990 Helsinki City – architecton “Tree”
1991 Linköping, Kalmar, Stockholm Art Museums -Sweden– “Socialist Work”
1991 Stockholm Kulturhall– “Order and Spontaneity II”
1992 Rostock Art Museum,Germany – “Broken Time”
1994 São Paulo 22. Biennial – “Estonian Forest I”
1998 Huittinen City, Finland-Suprealistic City II
1999 Paide City, Estonia- Mirrored Cross
2001 Fire-installation “Ode to the Officer”, Rakvere, “Kananahk”-Festival, Estonia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1969 “SOUP’69”, Cafe Pegasus, Tallinn
1973 “Saku’73”, Estonian Institute of Agriculture, Saku, Estonia
1975 “Harku’75”, National Institute of Experimental Biology, Harku, Estonia
1992 “Contemporary Art from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania”, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada
1993 “Rationalized Eternity”, Contemporary Art Centre of Vilnius
1994 “Graveurs Baltes”, Gallery Détour, Jambes, Belgium
“Pro Natura Baltica”, Helsinki, Tallinn, Stockholm, Lübeck
International Multimedia Workshop “Island Project”, Gdansk, Poland
1996 “Silence of Maa”, Väinö Aaltonen Museum, Finland
1998 Estonian Painting,Borchette Centre,Bruxelles
2000 “Word Wild Flags” , Liege, Aachen, Knokke, Luxembourg

THEME EXHIBITIONS
First showing at the young Estonian artists’ exhibition in 1970. Lapin has taken part in national exhibitions since 1971, and in the Tallinn exhibitions since 1972.
Tallinn Graphics Triennial in 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2001
Ljubljana Graphics Biennial, 1971, 1973, 1975
Rijeka Drawing Biennial 1974, 1975
Vienna Graphics Biennial 1973, 1975
1973 Joan Miro Prize Exhibition, Barcelona
1974 Tokyo Print Biennial
Warsaw Poster Biennial
“Modern Soviet Art”, Budapest
1975 “Eastern Prints”, St-Laurent-Du-Point, France
1976 “New Art from the Soviet Union”, St. Louis, US
1977 New York Drawing Biennial
1977 “Soviet Avant-garde”, The Art Club of Washington; The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca
“Soviet Avant-garde”, Budapest
1980 “Russian Images”, Pittsburg, USA
1981 “Estonian Art”, Toronto, Canada
1982 “Russian Samizdat Art”, New York
1983 “Russian Samizdat Art”, Washington, Vancouver
1984 “Russian and Soviet Art”, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Hannover, Germany
“Russian Samizdat Art”, Los Angeles, New York
1988 V European Print Triennal, Heidelberg, Germany
“Glasnost IV”, Sewickley, USA
“Art Work of the Soviet Union”, New York
1989 “Dialogue II”, Arbat Gallery, Moscow
“The New Soviet Avant-garde”, International House Gallery, New York
“Structure/Metaphysics”, Pori Art Museum; Rowaniemi Art Museum; Helsinki Art Hall-Finland; Stadtgalerie, Kiel, Germany
1990 “Structure/Metaphysics”, Linköping, Kalmar, Kulturhuset Stockholm, Sweden
“Radar”, Kotka, Finland
Biennale Baltikum, Rauma Art Museum, Finland
“Estonian Prints”, Zutphen, Holland
1991 “Estonian Prints”, La Louisiere, Belgium
“Estonian Painting”, Cooremans Institut, Brusse
1992 “Estonian Art”, Karlsruhe, Germany
“Baltic Art During the Brezhnev Era”, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Contemporary Art from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania”, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada
Ostsee-Biennial 1992, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
“Quality”, Riga ,Exhibition Hall“Latvia”,Latvia
“Helsinki Art School MAA”, Helsinki Art Hall
1993 “Baltic Graphic”, Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden
“Contemporary Baltic graphic”,Falun Art Museum,Sweden
1994 Stockholm Art Fair
22. Biennial of São Paulo, Brazil
1995 “From Gulag to Glasnost”,Zimmerli Art Museum ,USA
1996 “From Gulag to Glasnost”, New York
“Personal Time”, Zacheta Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland;ST.Peterburg Art Hall
“Tallinn–Moskva 1956–1985”, Tallinn Art Hall
“Tribute to Ilmar Laaban”, Stockholm ,Liljevalchs Konsthall
1997 Baltic Watercolor Triennial ,Exhibition Hall”Latvia”,Tallinn
“Conteptual Works of nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union”,Rutgers University,USA
1998 Kanagawa Graphic Triennial,Japan
Mini-print biennial,Tokio
Malaysia International Graphic Exhibition,Kuala Lumpur,Malaisia
Graphic Triennial “Inter-Kontakt-Grafik”,Praha
1999“Art and Spirituality” in Latvian Museum of Foreign Art, Riga
2000 “Word Wild Flags”,Exhibitions in Liége, Aachen, Knokke, Luxembourg
“Duchamp´s Suitcase” , Arnofini Gallery, Bristol, England
2001 Mini Print biennial, Gluj, Romania
XII Tallinn Graphic Triennial, Estonia
“Estonian Art”- Gallery Tersaeus, Dansens Hus, Stockholm
“Estonian Art”- Gallery of Grinnell College, USA
International Art Festival “KANANAHK”, Rakvere, Estonia
“Estonian Architecture”, Gallery of Art Academy of Germany, Berlin
2002 “Estonian Architecture”, Gallery of Free Art Academy of Hamburg, Germany

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