BIO_EST Mihkel Maripuu (snd 1987) loomingut iseloomustab multidistsiplinaarne, eri meediume kaasav praktika, milles sisaldub lisaks visuaalsele ka füüsiline ja heliline platvorm. Uurimusalusteks teemadeks on post-interneti olemus kaasaegses kunstis, neo-materialism ja muud subkultuurilised ilmingud ning digitaalajastu omapärad, mis on mõjutanud kaasaegse visuaalkeele kujunemist. Lahates tehnoloogia ja orgaanika vahelisi erisusi ning nende potentsiaalsete ühisalade kattuvuslikke printsiipe. Mihkel Maripuu on lõpetanud Tartu Ülikooli maaliosakonna (BA) ja Eesti Kunstiakadeemia vabade kunstide maalikunsti osakonna (MA).
BIO_ENG Mihkel Maripuu’s (b 1987) oeuvre is characterized by a multidisciplinary practice involving various media and containing a physical and aural platform beside the visual one. He works with the nature of post-internet in contemporary art, neo-materialism and other subcultural phenomena and unique qualities of the digital era that have influenced the development of the contemporary visual language. He dissects the distinct attributes of technology and organics and the principles of their shared existence. Mihkel Maripuu has graduated from the Painting Department of the University of Tartu (BA) and the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Estonian Academy of Arts (MA).
CV Born in Estonia 1987 Lives and works in Tallinn
Lectorer at Estonian Academy of Arts since 2013 Member of Estonian Artists' Union since 2013 Freelance artist since 2010
EDUCATION 2010 - 2014 Estonian Academy of Arts, Painting Department (MA) 2011 - 2012 Working on masters thesis project as a scholarship recipient in Berlin 2006 - 2010 Tartu University, Philosophy faculty, Institute of art and cultural science, Painting Department (BA)
NOMINATIONS Young Painters Prize 2013, AkzoNobel Art Prize 2019, Konrad Mägi Art Award 2019, Kristjan Raud Art Award 2020
PORTFOLIO OF EXHIBITIONS
Selection of visual art solo exhibitions 2022 "Fatamorgaana/ Fata Morgana". Draakon gallery, Tallinn 2021 "*(meta)morphosis". ARS Art Factory's Projectspace. Tallinn 2020 "Tuleviku ootamatu ilmumine / The Unexpected Presence of the Future". duo-solo exhibition with artist Laivi. Tartu Art House Monumental gallery 2020 "Draft". solo exhibition. ARS Showroom 2019 "Ex Nihilo". Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn 2017 "Maine igatsus: leida ja kaotada / Killer Image: Shifting Modes of Desire" Duo-Solo exhibition with Laivi. Hobusepea gallery Tallinn 2014 "#anonymous(im)possibilitiesintheinvorytower#xoxo". Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn 2014 "Color is Chaos". Nassau 42 Fine Arts Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium 2013 "My Job is Making Windows Where There Were Once Walls". Galerii008, Tallinn 2012 "Hiilgav generatsioon / Glowing Generation". Draakoni gallery, Tallinn 2012 "Spectrum of Vitamins". Berliini Eesti Suursaatkond / Estonian Embassy in Berlin 2010 "Neon Toybox", Rael Artel gallery, Tartu
Selection of sonic performances 2022 "body slam / ihu ramm" Sound artist for performance / exhibition. ARS Art Factory's Projectspace, Tallinn (In collaboration with Keithy Kuuspu, Liisa Saaremäel and Tarvo Porroson) 2021 "False Falling / Läbi Kukkumine". Sound artist for durational performance. Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava (STL), Tallinn. 2019 Video and sound artist for installative fashion performance "Posteden". Kanuti Gildi Saal, Tallinn. 2018 Solo audio-visual project "Liminal Phase". ARS Art Factory's Projectspace, Tallinn. 2018 NU Performance festival. Sound design for artist Laivi's installative fashion performance "Mystifying Mundane". ARS Project Space, Tallinn. 2018 Sound design for artist Laivi Suurväli's installative fashion performance "Long Live Trashed Bodies". ARS Project Space, Tallinn. 2017 Live sound design for artist Laivi Suurväli's installative fashion performance "When I Was a Girl & Life Was Yet Ahead". ARS Project Space, Tallinn 2016 Sound design for audio-visual performance "Substraat II". (Collaboration with Hannes Aasamets and Arolin Raudva). Theatre NO99, Tallinn 2016 Sound design for artist Laivi's exhibition "Poor Girl / Too Cool". Tartu Kunstimuuseum, Tartu 2016 Tallinn Music Week. Live audio-visual performance "Imperial Shadow" under the moniker of 'Compound Minerals'. (Collaboration with Mark Kuslapuu and Hannes Aasamets). Balti Jaama Pavilion 2014 Sound design for artist Laura Põld's exhibition "The Night Your Mate Danced Like a Tree". Hobusepea galerii, Tallinn
Selection of group exhibitions 2023 “Fragmentary Relations”. Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Germany 2019 "Aruanne publikule. Tartmusi kunstiostud". Tartu Art House 2019 "4D". ARS Project Space, Tallinn 2017 "Right Now!". Pärnu Museum of New Art 2015 "Youth Mode". Tartu Art Museum 2014 "Võimatu minna, Kindlasti minna / Can't Go On, Must Go On". Tallinn Art Hall 2014 "TASE 2014". Estonian Architecture Museum, Tallinn 2014 "SUND". Tallinn Art Hall 2013 "Young Painter Prize 2013". Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius 2013 "Kaasaütlev. Ilmaütlev". Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn 2013 "Two-Way Street. Contemporary Estonian Painting". Mon Repos Palace, Corfu town, Greece 2012 "Eesti kunstiskeenede arheoloogia ja tulevik". KUMU, Tallinn 2011 "Seanahk III". International art and peformance festival. Haapsalu, Estonia 2009 "Freedom. Freedom. Sexy". Tbilisi State Academy of Arts gallery. Tbilisi, Georgia
