Liisa Jugapuu
Liisa Jugapuu (b. 1990) is a graduate of the Painting Department of the Estonian Academy of Arts (BA 2015, MA 2017). Participated in exhibitions since 2012, incl. several group and solo exhibitions. Jugapuu has taken part in contests such as “Future Stars of Estonian Art 2016”, where she won third place and the Young Painter Prize 2016 (Baltic Young Painter Award 2016), when she managed to reach the 15 finalists. Her way of painting is characterized by strong brushwork and a strong sense of color. At first glance, figurative elements are also present in her paintings, which focus exclusively on the language of abstract painting, manifested through finer lines. According to the artist herself, her paintings are born spontaneously.
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Born 1990 in Haapsalu, Estonia
liisajugapuu@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2015 - 2017 Estonian Academy of Arts (Painting) (Master’s degree)
2011 - 2015 Estonian Academy of Arts (Painting) (Bachelor)
1998 - 2010 – Haapsalu Wiedemanni Gümnaasium
COURSES
Spring 2013 – worked in the management team of ERKI fashion show.
Summer of 2013 – I worked as an intern at the Biennale of Venice, in the
Estonian Pavilion of Dénes Farkas’s exhibition “Evident in Advance”.
2010-2011 – Painting course “Maalimaailm” in Estonian Academy of arts.
2012 – Summer practice in Muhu.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 - KÕNE/Speech, ARS, Tallinn
2016 – Almost honest, Toompea Castle, Tallinn
2015 – CONFESSION POOL, with Pille-Riin Jaik and Helena Keskküla, EKA Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2015 – Almost honest, Haapsalu Linnagalerii
2015 – Almost honest, Hobusepea galerii
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 - Exhibition in Draakoni Galerii kõht
2021 - Spring Exhibition 2021 of the Estonian Artists' Association
2018 - ARS Concept, T1 Mall of Tallinn
2017 - TASE 2017, Noblessner
2016 – YOUNG PAINTER PRIZE, TSEKH Gallery, Vilnius
2016 – Tundmatuse piir, SUVA Sukavabrik, Tallinn, Estonia
2015 – PIND, EKKM, Tallinn, Estonia
2015 – Spring Exhibition. Annual Exhibition of the Estonian Artists’ Association,
Tallinn, Estonia
2015 – JÄRJEPIDEVUS JA UUDSUS, Pärnu Uue Kunsti Muuseum
2013 – TUTTUUS, ARS’s house
2013 – Kaasaütlev.Ilmaütlev, Hobusepea galerii
2013 – MUUTUUM, Draakoni galeri. Tallinn, Estonia
2013 – LOORITATUD LOORITAMATA POOLLOORITATUD
2013 – MUUTTUUM, Pärnu Kunstnike Maja
2013 – Do it, EKA Pseudogalerii. Tallinn, Estonia
2012 – Muster, Von Krahl. Tallinn, Estonia
2012 – 1st cut, Von Krahl. Tallinn, Estonia
COMPETITIONS
Future stars of Estonian Art Competition 2016, III place
YOUNG PAINTER PRIZE 2016, finalist
TEXTS
http://kultuur.postimees.ee/3648751/selgusid-eesti-kunsti-tulevikutahed
10.aprilli Äripäeva Merilin Metsa artikkel „Abstraktselt maalitud ausus. Värvikirevus“
http://publik.delfi.ee/news/mitmesugust/von-krahl-paljastab-kunstitudengite-loominguid=64402132
http://www.cca.ee/keskusest/144-55-veneetsia-biennaal-on-loppen
http://www.sirp.ee/s1-artiklid/c6-kunst/kas-noor-maal-on-kommunikatiivne/
http://www.sirp.ee/s1-artiklid/c6-kunst/maal-kommunikatiivsus-ja-muutuv-tuum/