AWARD WINNER 2008

Mark Raidpere

b. 23. 8. 1975

EDUCATION
2000-03 Tallinn Pedagogical University, film studies
1993 Tallinn School of Communications, photography

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Mark Raidpere. Espace Croisé, Roubaix, France (March-June)
Mark Raidpere. Screening program. Kunsthalle Wien

2008
Sven Johne | Mark Raidpere. Fondazione Morra Greco, Napoli, Italy
International. Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
Andrey/Andris. Gallery Potocka, Krakow, Poland
Alles. City Gallery Art Hall, Pärnu, Estonia

2006
5 Works. Vilnius CAC, Vilnius
5 Works. Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
Videos. Platform Garanti CAC, Istanbul, Turkey
Shifting Focus. Tramway, Project Room, Glasgow, UK
Vidéos. Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
5 Works. Hansabank Art Award exhibition, Gallery Noass, Riga

2005
Videos. City Gallery, Tallinn
Isolator. Estonian exhibition at the 51st Venice Biennale, Palazzo Malipiero, Venice, Italy
Ene-Liis Semper | Mark Raidpere. Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

2002
Tallinn. House of the Blackheads´ Guild, Tallinn

1998
Jeu à 4 mains. Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn, together with Ene-Liis Semper
Portraits. Vaal Gallery, Tallinn

1997
Io. Vaal Gallery, Tallinn

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Everywhere. From Discrimination and Stigma to the Queer Years. Santiago de Compostela, Spain (May – Sept.)
Windows Upon Oceans – 8th Baltic Biennial of Contemporary Art. Dystopian Realms – Idyllic Meadows. Museum of Contemporary Art, Szczecin, Poland (May – July)
The Space Between. Gävle konstcentrum, Sweden

2008-09
Ars Fennica 2008: Maria Duncker, Tea Mäkipää, Katrina Neiburga, Mark Raipere & Seppo Renvall
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
Estonian Art Museum KUMU, Tallinn

2008
record, record. Shift Festival, Basel, Switzerland
The Greenroom: Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art. Hessel Museum of Art & Center for Curatorial Studies Galleries at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
Action Field Kodra. Camp Kodra, Thessaloniki, Greece
L´Homme Marveilleux. Chateau de Malbrouck, Manderen, France
Borderlives. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Helsinki, St. Petersburg und Tallinn. Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
North by North-East: The Continental Unconscious. Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
The Space Between. Museum Anna Nordlander, Skellefteå, Sweden

2007
Body of Evidence: Imprisonment. CAC Ticino, Bellinzona, Switzerland
Ich war hier – Künstlerinnen und Künstler aus Estland. Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Perspektive 07. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, München, Germany
Enclaves d'Europe. Centre culturel suisse, Paris
The Word and the Image. Russian Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
Progressive Nostalgia. Centro Pecci, Prato, Italy
Baltic Mythologies. Prague Biennial
Prison. Bloomberg SPACE, London
Portraits. Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
Rotterdam Film Festival. Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2006
Crime & Punishment. Tallinn Art Hall
Knowing You, Knowing Me. Camera Austria, Graz, Austria
ARS 06. Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Videoart from the Baltics. Scene: Estland, Lettland, Litauen. Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Face the Unexpected. Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
Don Quijote. Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Arte Fuori Uso. Metaphysics of Youth. Ex Cofa, Pescara, Italy
Oberhausen Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
Stage of Life – Rhetorics of Emotions. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München, Germany
Carnets du sous-sol. Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
1:1. PM Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia

2005
Home Sweet Home. Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn
Generations. Lithuania
Pilot 2. Farmiloe Building, London
Identities. Annual exhibition of the Estonian Artists' Association, Tallinn Art Hall

2004
Similar Spaces. House of Commons, London; European Commission, Brussels
Emotion Eins. Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany

2003
Kapital. The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
Moscow Art Fair
The Last Hero. Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn
(un)dressed. Body in the Baltic Photo Art. Vol. 2. Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin

2002
Closing the Distance. Gdansk, Poland

2001
go Europe. The Kaleidoscopic Eye. Braunschweig, Germany
Sybaris. Szczecin, Poland

2000
Red. House of the Blackheads´ Guild, Tallinn

1999
M. O. O. D. Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn
Together Again? Århus, Denmark
Ars Baltica. Can You Hear Me. Kiel, Dresden, Rostock and Leipzig, Germany; Odense, Denmark; Vilnius; Gdansk, Poland; Helsinki; Bergen, Norway; Stockholm

1997
Persona. Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn

WORKS ON STAGE
2003 Opera. Piano: Rein Rannap, Estonia Theatre concert hall, Tallinn – video
2003 Mandragora. Dir. Jaanus Rohumaa, Linnateater theatre, Tallinn – photographs & videos
2002 Fluxus. Dir. Teet Kask, Vanemuine theatre, Tartu, Estonia – photographs & videos

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Eugenio Viola: Sven Johne/Mark Raidpere. Fondazione Morra Greco. Flash Art. Edizione Italiana No. 273. Dic. 2008-Gen. 2009
Elda Oreto: Stato e famiglia crollano il segreto è un´isola felice. La Repubblica 15 09.2008
Anu Allas: After the Isolator: Voices and Talks. Ars Fennica 2008: Maria Duncker, Tea Mäkipää, Katrina Neiburga, Mark Raipere & Seppo Renvall. Catalogue, 2008
Philippe Dagen: Les vidéos familiales et politiques de Raidpere. Le Monde, 13. 09. 2008
Hanno Soans: The Shifting Focus of Self-Portraits – Answers Re-Dubbed as Questions. Artists of Estonia 3. 2008
Jörg Heiser: Up Close and Personal. Frieze, May 2007
Maren Lübbke-Tidow: Nearness and Distance. Camera Austria International, No. 97, 2007
Ahu Antmen: Mark Raidpere – Platform Garanti. Flash Art International, No. 252, 2007
Jack Mottram: Loaded and shooting at home truths. The Herald, 27.10.2006
Gekwelde dameskunst wint het van het experiment. De Volkskrant, 16.6.2005
Philippe Dagen: La Biennale de Venise dans une actualité cruelle. Le Monde, 16.6.2005
Isolator. Estonian Exhibition at the 51. Venice Biennial. Catalogue, 2005

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
Art Museum of Tartu, Estonia
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Fonds National d´Art Contemporain, Paris
Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
La Gaia collection, Italy
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, München, Germany
Museu d'art Contemporani de Barcelona – MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Domaine de Chamarande, France
LVMH, Paris
Neuflize Vie, Paris

AWARDS
2008 Ars Fennica, Finland
2008 Prix Gilles Dusein/Neuflize Vie, France
2008 LOOP´08 Video Art Fair. First Prize, Prize Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
2005 Hansabank Art Award, Estonia
1998 Cultural Endowment of Estonia, annual award

RESIDENCIES
2008 artBox.gr, Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki, Greece
2007 IASPIS, Stockholm