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Neeme Külm

Born in December 27, 1974, in Meremäe, Estonia.
Lives and works in Tallinn.

Education

2003–2006 Estonian Academy of Arts, Interdisciplinary Art Department, MA studies
1994–1998 Estonian Academy of Arts, Department of Sculpture, BA
1993–1994 Sütevaka College, Department of Art

Work Experience

Since 2012 Valge Kuup, head of exhibition design and installation, founder, together with Jaana Jüris
2010–2015 Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, chairman of the board
Since 2006 Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, member of the board
2007–2011 Estonian Artists’ Association Vabaduse Gallery, technical expert
2006–2011 Estonian Artists’ Association  Hop Gallery, technical expert
2006–2008 Pärnu Endla Theater Gallery, gallerist
2004–2011 Estonian Artists’ Association Hobusepea Gallery and Draakon Gallery,
technical expert
2001–2003 Vaal Gallery, technical expert

Solo Exhibitions

2021 In Vanity Alone (with Alice Kask), Tallinn City Gallery, Estonia, curated by Tamara Luuk
2018 Alice, Neeme & Jass (with Alice Kask and Jass Kaselaan), Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland, curated by Tamara Luuk
2017 Heat Wave (with Maarja Kask and Ralf Lõoke), Loov Kultuur/Culture Créative festival, Cité de la Mode et du Design, Paris, France
2016 Between the Archive and Architecture (with Taavi Talve and Krista Mölder), Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
Face to Face: The Story of the Baltic Exchange (with Maarja Kask and Ralf Lõoke), Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallinn, Estonia
2014 The Crystal, Hop Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2012 Being Present (with Krista Mölder), Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia
Shimmer on the Surface, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2011 the container #3, International Culture Festival Kultuuritolm 2011, Patarei Sea Fortress Prison, Tallinn, Estonia
3 Seas, (with Dénes Farkas) Labor, Budapest, Hungary
2010 Tomorrow Comes Today, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Concorde (with Alice Kask), Gallery 2, Riga, Latvia
2007 Ideal.Total. (with Dénes Farkas), Tallinn City Gallery, Estonia
2006 Fountain, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2004 how, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2003 Surrender (with Tjika Rebane and Karl Nagel), Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2002 No Dependence On Words, Jazz Café, Pärnu, Estonia
Buffer Surface, Kilpkonna Gallery, Viljandi, Estonia
1998 New Generation, Rüütli Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
Ice Water (with Juha Stahlberg and Kalle Pruuden), Tallinn City Gallery, Estonia

Group Exhibitions

2021 Art in the Comfort Zone? The 2000s in Estonian Art, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, curated by Eha Komissarov and Triin Tulgiste
2019 Xenos, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), curated by Anders Härm
Game of Four, exhibition of Alice Kask, Neeme Külm, Jass Kaselaan and Holger Loodus, Joensuu Art Museum ONNI, Finland, curated by Tamara Luuk
2017 We are about to come up with a title, please bear with us, Tallinn Art Hall, curated by Kirill Tulin
2016 Pseudo, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, curated by Marten Esko
2014 Horror Stories, Haapsalu City Gallery, Estonia, curated by Anneli Porri
Black House. Notes on Architecture, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, curated by Anders Härm
Feeling Queezy?!, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, curated by Rebeka Põldsam
2013 Art from Estonia – Dénes Farkas, Soho Fond, Neeme Külm, Jüri Ojaver, Tõnis Saadoja, Jaan Toomik, Artist Union of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2012 Speed of Darkness and Other Stories, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, curated by Eha Komissarov
2011 Mutantmateeria (with Dénes Farkas), Raja Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia, curated by Kirke Kangro
If it’s Part Broke, Half Fix it, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, curated by Margit Säde
2010 Revenge, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia, curated by Kirke Kangro
Painting in Process, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, curated by Eha Komissarov
Next to Nothing, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, curated by Anders Härm
2009 TDK, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, organised by Neeme Külm
State of Affairs (with Maarja Kask and Ralf Lõoke), Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, curated by Eha Komissarov and Maria-Kristiina Soomre
Art festival Pigskin, Haapsalu, Estonia, curatd by Jaan Toomik
Dylan Thomas, Locws International: Art Across The City, Swansea, Wales
2008 GAS PIPE, Estonian exposition at the Biennale di Venezia – 11th International Architecture Exhibition (with Maarja Kask and Ralf Lõoke), Venice, Italy, curated by Ingrid Ruudi
La Cinema Extraordinaire! (with Villu Plink), Art Container-Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, Estonia, curated by Erik Alalooga
2007 Artist in Wonderland, Technology Park, Gdynia, Poland, curated by Agata Rogos
October. Exit, Memory and Desire, gallery ARTRA, Milan, Italy
Ich war hier, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
Sculpture Speaks: Power and Freedom, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia, curated by Kirke Kangro, Elin Kard and Mari-Liis Tammi
Backward Blues, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, curated by Johannes Saar
Product, Haapsalu City Gallery, Estonia, curated by Agur Kruusing
2006 Flowers of Evil, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia, curated by Elin Kard
Emergency Biennale in Chechnya, Paris, Brussels, Bolzano, Milan, Riga, Tallinn and Istanbul, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
Shiftscale – Sculpture at the Extended Field, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, curated by Mika Hannula, Villu Jaanisoo and Hanno Soans
2004 Me and Other (with Alice Kask), Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia, curated by Ants Juske
2002 Tempo di scultura, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia, curated by Aili Vahtrapuu, Toomas  Mikk and Mari-Liis Tammi
[`hændsfri:], Gallery G, Tallinn, Estonia, curated by Erki Kasemets
Recovery, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
Drawing 2002, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia, curated by Loit jõekalda, Jüri Hain and Tea Tammelaan
2001 Young British Art, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia, curated by Hanno Soans, Anders Härm and Kiwa
1 (with the artist group Nagi), Finnish Institute, Tallinn, Estonia
2000 So Away Things, Estonian Academy of Arts Gallery, Tallinn
Non Grata, The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia, curated by Al Paldrok
1994/1998 Exhibition of The Department of Sculpture, Estonian Academy of Arts Gallery, Tallinn

Video works

2008 Bring back Estonian boys from Iraq (with Villu Plink)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (with Villu Plink)
2006 Gate
A Old Woman
Fountain
Statue
Elevator
2004
Fall
Coffin
Sleep
Beslan
Dance

Performances (selection)

2005 Funeral, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2004 Another, Viinistu, Estonia
First, Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, Estonia
2003 Milk, Murru Prison, Estonia

Symposiums

2002 Water Supply, Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum, Latvia
International Snow Sculpture Symposium, San Martino, Italy
2001 Baltic Cultural Festival in the Nordic Countries, Roskilde & Trondheim, Sweden
2000/2001 Baltic Sea Art Symposium, Kellonkoski, Finland
International Snow Sculpture Symposium, Lunglovinjo, Italy
1998/2000 International Wood Sculpture Symposium, Valga, Estonia
1998 Environment and the Human Being, Tammiste Art Summer, Pärnu, Estonia
Limestone Symposium, Paide, Estonia
International Snow Sculpture Symposium, Otepää, Estonia
1997/1998 International Iron Casting Symposium, Tallinn, Estonia
1997 Wood Symposium, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, Estonia

Public art

2021 The Sail, installation within the permanent exhibition of Estonian Art in 1700–1945. With Tõnis Saadoja. Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia  
2020 Kartio, sculpture, service and parking facility Pööli, Hämeenlinna, Finland
2014 House, installation, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
2009 Stage, installation, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
2006 Cow Cast in Concrete, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2003 Concrete, light sculpture, E-Betoonelement, Harku, Estonia (destroyed)

Exhibition design

2023 VENEZIA – Queen of the Seas, display of the relations between Estonia and Venice, the Seaplane Harbour, Tallinn, Estonia
2022 Still Lifes on National Motifs, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, curated by Jaanus Samma
2020 Egypt of Glory: Art from the Nile Valley, with Jaana Jüris, Estonian Art Museum, Kumu's Great Hall, curated by Paolo Marini (Museo Egizio) and Jaanika Anderson
2019 Be Fragile! Be Brave! (2nd edition), with Maarja Kask (Salto Architects), Pori Art Museum, Finland, curated by Rebeka Põldsam
Open Collections: The Artist Takes the Floor, Estonian Art Museum, Kumu's Great Hall, curated by Eha Komissarov, coordinated by Tiiu Parbus
Open Collections. Art Museum in Your Town. Valga, Gallery of the Valga Museum, curated by Eha Komissarov, coordinated by Tiiu Parbus
Open Collections. Art Museum in Your Town. Haapsalu, Haapsalu Old Town Hall, curated by Eha Komissarov, coordinated by Tiiu Parbus
2018 Alice, Neeme & Jass, Kunsthalle Helsinki, curated by Tamara Luuk Archaeology of the Screen, with Jaana Jüris, Estonian Art Museum, Kumu exhibition spaces, curated by Eha Komissarov and Triin Tulgiste
2017 Eksperimenta! Disruption of Economy, with Jaana Jüris, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn City Gallery and Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia, curated by Annely Köster and Tamara Luuk
Kärt Ojavee and Johanna Ulfsak Live Streams, design for Tallinn Creative Hub
100 objects from Finland, with Jaana Jüris and Kärt Kukkur, Helsinki Design Museum, Estonian History Museum, the Technical Museum of Oslo, Spanish National Museum of Decorative Arts, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Latvia, curated by Anna Kortelainen and Pekka Toivanen.
The Archaeology of the Screen. The Estonian Example, BOZAR Lab, Brussels, Belgium, curated by Eha Komissarov
Exhibition of Anu Põder, Be Fragile! Be Brave!, with Maarja Kask, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, curated by Rebeka Põldsam
2016 Silence. Darkness, with Jaana Jüris, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia, curated by Anneli Porri
Personal exhibition of Kärt Ojavee and Johanna Ulfsak, Live Streams, HOP Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
Personal exhibition of Jaanus Samma, NSFW. A Chairman’s Tale, Museum of Occupations, Tallinn, Estonia
Personal exhibition of Tiit Pääsuke and Kris Lemsalu, Beauty and the Beast, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia, curated by Tamara Luuk
Personal exhibition of Andres Lõo, Phantom Platform, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2015 Personal exhibition of Alice Kask, Tallinn City gallery, Estonia
Personal exhibition of Tarvo Hanno Varres, Shadow of a Flame, Tartu Art House, Estonia
Photographic Art Fair 2015, Telliskivi Creative City, Tallinn, Estonia
From explosion to expanse. Estonian Contemporary Photography 1991–2015. Tartu Art Museum, Estonia, curated by Anneli Porri
Personal exhibition of Eleriin Ello, Closer, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia
“TL;DR”,Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia, curated by Stacey Koosel
Personal exhibition of Jaanus Samma NSFW. A Chairman’s Tale. Estonian Pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Italy, curated by Eugenio Viola Scripta Manent V “Young Estonian Poetry”, with Lennart Mänd, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn
Studio design for the children’s song contest “Laulukarussell 2015” in the Estonian Public Broadcasting, with Jaana Jüris, Tallinn, Estonia
2014 Personal exhibition of Kristi Kongi, Then. Now. Between All Those Times, Tallinn City Gallery, Estonia
Can’t go on. Must go on, with Jaana Jüris, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia, curated by Mihkel Ilus and Elin Kard
Photographic Art Fair 2014, Telliskivi Creative City, Tallinn, Estonia
Horror stories, Haapsalu City Gallery, Estonia, curated by Anneli Porri
2012 Personal exhibition of Kärt Ojavee, UUO, with Ralf Lõoke, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn
Content and Form I – Contemporary Estonian Graphic Design 2001-2011, with Ralf Lõoke, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, curated by Indrek Sirkel
The 15th Tallinn Print Triennial For Love Not Money, with Ralf Lõoke. Kumu Art Museum, Estonia, curated by Simon Rees (Lithuania), Eve Kask and Eha Komissarov
2009 I Love Malmö, with Ralf Lõoke, Kumu Art Museum, Estonia, curated by Eha Komissarov and Maria-Kristiina Soomre

Works in collections

Art Museum of Estonia
Contemporary Arts Museum of Estonia
Private collections

Awards

2015 Annual award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia (together with Anders Härm) for the management and development of the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, establishing and organizing of the Köler Prize contemporary art award, and the creation of a creative and developing environment.
2012 Annual award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, endowment for Visual and Applied Arts for memorably shifting the definition of place-specificity in the personal exhibition Shimmer on the Surface at the Hobusepea Gallery.
2008 Annual award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia (together with Maarja Kask, Ralf Lõoke, Ingrid Ruudi) for environmental and geopolitical spatial installation Gas Pipe at the 11th Venice Biennale of Architecture.
2008 Annual award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, endowment for Architecture (together with Maarja Kask, Ralf Lõoke, Ingrid Ruudi) for an architectural vision crossing borders and houses – Estonian exposition Gas Pipe at La Biennale di Venezia 11th International Architecture Exhibition

Articles

2022 Hanno Soans. Märatse, kunstnik, valguse surmale vastu! – Postimees 05.01.2022
2021 Mari Tossavainen. Kartio pysäyttää. – TAIDE 1/2021
2019 Sini Mononen. Nähtamatud jõud. – Sirp 11.01.2019
Kadri Karro. Elieli valgus ja Kekkoneni käsi – eesti kunstnikud Taidehallis. – Eesti Ekspress 08.01.2019
2018 Timo Valjakka. Metafyysisyys ja yllättävyys yhdistävät Taidehallin näyttelyn virolaistaiteilijoita. – Helsingin Sanomat 21.12.2018
Teemu Mäki. Kolme eesti kunstniku näitus Helsingi Taidehallis. – Tuglase Selts 18.12.2018
Teemu Mäki. Kolmen virolaisen taiteilijan näyttely Helsingin Taidehallissa. – Tuglas Seura 05.08.2018
2017 On Neeme Külm’s Main Obsession (9.8 m/s²), or in the Grip of the Deceptiveness of Gravity. Hanno Soans delves into Neeme Külm’s portfolio. – Kunst.ee 4/2017
Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti. Can Institutional Critique Be Performed as an Act of Love? – Estonian Art 17/1
2016 Carl-Dag Lige. The Baltic Exchange. – Estonian Art 16/1
2013 Johannes Saar. Neeme Külm in abstract autarchic ambience. – Estonian Art 1/2013
Taavi Talve. Ruumide üksiolu. – KUNST.EE 1/2013
2012 Ingrid Ruudi. Jalutuskäik galeriides: Libisev ruum. – Sirp 20.12.2012
Ingrid Ruudi. Kunst on päris. – Sirp 24.04.2012
Maria Arusoo. Must auk valges kuubis: Neeme Külma totaalmaailm(ad) ja sügavuste taga peituvad uued dimensioonid. – KUNST.EE 2/2012
2010 Juta Kivimäe. Hargnevate skulptuuriruumide aeg. – Sirp, 28.05.2010
Martin Rünk. Marco Laimre ja Neeme Külma hetkeseisud. – Sirp, 04.06.2010
Anna-Liisa Villmann. Neeme Külm: esmakordselt on kunstnikud seljatanud meie muuseumi maja. – Eesti Päevaleht 14.08.2010
2009 Rebeka Põldsam. Võrdlev analüüs: “Seanahk”, “Global Container VIII” – KUNST.EE 3-4/2009
Maria Juur. “Music from the Death Factory” : TDK. – KUNST.EE 3-4/2009
2008 Anders Härm, Gaas, kapital, impeerium. – Gaasitoru / Gas Pipe, Estonian exposition at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition.
2007 Andreas Trossek, Exhibition leaflet for “Backward Blues/Блюз наоборот” at the National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, 20.09.–7.10.2007
Peeter Laurits, Neeme Külm answers the questions by Peeter Laurits. – Estonian Art 2007/2
2006 Tehnobia. Diverse Universe ll. Kurja Lilled / Flowers of Evil. – Catalogue. 6th Annual Exhibition of Estonian Artists’ Association, 2006
Moraalsed valikud / Moral Choises. – Lisandusi eesti kunstiloole / An Addenda to Estonian Art History. Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia, 2006
Anu Allas. Segaste aegade küsimus. – Sirp,01.09.2006
Ave Randviir. Kurja lilledele laidub alati soodne pinnas. – Eesti Päevaleht, 29.08.2006
Teet Veispak. Kurja lilled, kurja kunstnikud. – Postimees, 22.08.2006
Mari Laanemets, Killu Sukmit, Kadi Estland. Kunstinõukogu. – Sirp,15.09.2006
Mari Kartau. Utoopia ja kurjuse valguses. – Kunst.ee 3/06
Margit Tõnson. Protestibiennaal suukorvistamise vastu. – Eesti Ekspress 25.04.2006
Juta Kivimäe. Betooni valatud lehm. – Art Museum of Estonia, Agent 9/2006
Kunstnikud räägivad. – Art Museum of Estonia, Agent 6/2006
Skaalanihe-skulptuur avatud mänguväljal / Shiftscale–Sculpture at the Extended Field. – Catalogue, Art Museum of Estonia, Kumu, 2006
Anneli Porri. Varuväljapääs. Haamer on bussijuhi käes. – Sirp 5.05.2006
2005 Anneli Porri. Unenäo vabrikust hullud uned tulevad. – Vikerkaar 3/2005
Karin Laansoo. Polümeerne kultuuritegemine. – Maja, 27.06.2005
Framework, February-May 2005
2003 Johannes Saar. Poodu maandus jalgadele ja ta näos ei liikunud ükski lihas. – Eesti Päevaleht, 2003
Johannes Saar. Noorte kunstnike grupinäitus “Alistu” Hobusepea galeriis. – Eesti Päevaleht, 06.03.2003