SELECTED gROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 1996 |
installation "Admiral's
Box" with Urmas Luure, Nordic-Baltic Architectural Triennial,
Tallinn, Estonia |
| 1997 |
"Kopli,
Kalamaja ning veel" with Külli Mariste, Jan Kaus, Estonian
Institute of Humanities, Tallinn, Estonia |
| Since 1999 |
Annual
Painting Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia |
| 2000 |
"AIDS
in Culture", Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2000 |
short
film "Lasnamäe", Artgenda, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2000 |
Estonian
Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2000 |
Slade
Gallery, London, Great Britain |
| 2000 |
Slade
School of Fine Art, London, Great Britain |
| 2001 |
"Young
British Art", Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia |
| 2001 |
"Kalamaja"
with Karli Luik and Toomas Paaver, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn,
Estonia |
| 2001 |
Wallpaintings
at oil shale factory at Kohtla, with Renee Puusepp |
| 2001 |
Greetings
From London (with Casagrande Laboratory), Selfridges, London, GB |
| 2002 |
Annual
Painting Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia |
| 2002 |
"Elav
klassika" with Raoul Kurvitz, Urmas Muru, Peeter Pere, Lilian
Mosolainen, Tiina Tammetalu, Vilen Künnapu, Mihkel Mutt and
Ken Saan; Haapsalu
City Gallery, Haapsalu, Estonia |
| 2002 |
Two-dimensional
Houses: Architectural Photo from 1860s until today, Rotermann's
Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2002 |
Recovery,
North-Estonia Regional Hospital, Mustamäe Buiding |
| 2002 |
New
Old School, IBID Projects, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 2002 |
Contemporary
Baltic Art, Byggeriets Hus of Frederiksberg, Kopenhaagen, Denmark |
| 2003 |
Meeting
Place, travelling exhibition of young Baltic and Scandinavian artists,
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Norway |
| 2003 |
Modern
Baltic Paintings, Filosofgangen, Odense, Denmark |
| 2003 |
Technopolis,
Athens, Greece |
| 2003 |
Last Hero, Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2003 |
Someplace
Unreachable, IBID Projects, London, GB |
| 2004 |
Mothers,
Oxford House, London, GB |
| 2004 |
Mothers,
North Edinburgh Arts Centre, GB |
| 2005 |
Ajaleht
eesti kunstis. Vaal Gallery, Tallinn; Pärnu City Gallery;
Viljandi City Gallery; Tartu Art House; Rakvere Theatre; Adamson-Eric
Museum, Tallinn; Art Gallery of Narva Museum |
| 2005 |
Night
on Earth, Oxford House, London, GB |
| 2005 |
Future Pavilion, Taiwan Design Expo 2005, Kaoshioung, Taiwan |
| 2006 |
The Library Project, Rael Artel Gallery, Tartu, Estonia |
| 2007 |
Black and White. Ibid Projects, London, UK |
| 2007 |
How Men Are. Sartorial Contemporary Art Gallery, London, UK |
| 2008 |
I Minsk International Biennial of Contemporary Painting. Minsk National
Library, Minsk, Belorussia |
| 2008 |
Flera Fedjukova August Künnapu Arne Maasik Andris Vitolinš
Konschthaus beim Engel, Luxembourg |
| 2009 |
Salon CDH 2009. Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia |
| 2009 |
Nord Art 2009. Büdeldsdorf and Rendsburg, Germany |
| 2009 |
House-Party. Haus gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2010 |
House-Party vol 2. Haus gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2010 |
We Are Fine (curator: Andris Vitolinš). ArtDepoo, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2010 |
Lucky Strike. Pack of Fifteen. Marcus Cope's Studio-Gallery, London, UK |
| 2010 |
Albu Manor (with Mare Vint and Andres Tolts), Estonia |
| 2010 |
14. Vilnius Painting Triennial, Vilnius Contemporary Art Centre, Lithuania |
| 2012 |
Privatized Art. Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn |
| 2014 | Valge maika (curator: Flo Kasearu), Tartu Art Museum, Estonia |
| 2014 | 30 x 40. Haus gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2015 | 30 x 40 duubel 2. Haus gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2017 | By the Sea (curator: Harry Pye). Mainstream Gallery, Kent, UK |
| 2018 | Freedom in the 21st Century. Võru City Gallery, Estonia |
| 2019 |
Ekspressiivne! Lokaalsest kõnepruugist globaalsel ajastul (curator: Jaan Elken). Latvian Artists’ Union gallery, Riga, Latvia |
| 2019 | Painted Architecture. Venice Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2019 | Aktimaal. Haus gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2020 |
Park sinu südames (Park in Your Heart, curator: Vilen Künnapu).
Kastellaanimaja gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2021 | Seven Estonian Painters (with Lembit Sarapuu, Laurentsius, Mauri Gross, Maarit Murka, Mall Nukke, Karl-Kristjan Nagel; curators: Mall Nukke, Tiiu Rebane). Galleria HAA, Helsinki, Finland. |
| 2020 - 2021 | Highwire Walker (Annual exhibition). Tartu Art House, Estonia |
SELECTED PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
| 2001 |
Gallery
"Vaal",
Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2002 |
Jazz
Café, Pärnu, Estonia |
| 2003 |
Estonian
Bank, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2003 |
Endla
Theatre (with Tarvo Hanno Varres), Pärnu, Estonia |
| 2003 |
Hobusepea
Gallery (with Arne Maasik), Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2004 |
Viinistu
Art Museum, Estonia |
| 2004 |
Ugala
theatre gallery, Viljandi, Estonia |
| 2004 |
24
H Gallery |
| 2005 |
Tallinn
City Gallery |
| 2006 |
Artdepoo
Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2006 |
Architecture
and Design Gallery (with Vilen Künnapu), Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2006 |
Artdepoo, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2007 |
Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2007 |
Pärnu City Gallery, Estonia |
| 2007 |
Paide Vallitorn, Estonia |
| 2007 |
Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2008 |
24 Hour Gallery |
| 2008 |
Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament), Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2008 |
National Commission for Culture and the Arts Gallery, Manila, Philippines |
| 2008 |
St Donats Arts Centre (with Vilen Künnapu), Wales, U.K. |
| 2008 |
ArtDepoo Gallery (with Andris Vitolinš), Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2009 |
Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin, Germany |
| 2009 |
Gallery 21, Riga, Latvia |
| 2010 |
Artdepoo Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2010 |
Hop Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2010 |
Parikaste maja, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2011 |
Gallery 21, Riga, Latvia |
| 2012 |
Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 2013–2014 |
Tartu Art Museum, Estonia |
2014 | Vabaduse Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
2014 | Tower of Estonian Firefighting Museum (curator: Eve Arpo), Tallinn, Estonia |
2015 | Kondas Centre, Viljandi, Estonia |
2016 | Galleria Emil (City Gallery), Tampere, Finland |
2017 | Haus gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
2017 |
Nelja Nurga Galerii, Kärdla, Hiiumaa, Estonia |
2017 | Ruhnu Cultural Center, Estonia |
2018 | Fahle Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia |
2019 | Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia |
2019 |
Rüki galerii, Viljandi, Estonia |
2020 | Rakvere Theatre Gallery, Estonia |
2021 | Galleria Live, Helsinki, Finland |
PRIZES
| 2007 |
The Konrad Mägi painting prize |
| 2018 |
The Kristjan Raud Art Award |
CURATOR
PROJECTS
| 2002 |
Recovery,
North-Estonia Regional Hospital, Mustamäe Buiding |
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
| |
Art Museum of Estonia |
| • |
Tartu
Art Museum |
| • |
Viinistu
Art Museum |
| • |
Hotel-sanatory
Rüütli, Kuressaare |
| • |
Starman,
Tallinn |
| • |
Radisson
SAS, Tallinn |
| • |
private collections in Estonia, Latvia, Denmark, Germany and USA |
EXHIBITION
DESIGN
| 2002 |
Two-dimensional
Houses: Architectural Photo from 1860s until today,
(with Kristjan
Holm ),
Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia |
BOOK DESIGN
| 1998 |
Elo
Viiding "V" (central word with Elo Viiding) Tuum 1998 |
| 2002 |
Karl – Martin
Sinijärv "Artutart & 30" Tuum 2002 |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 1996 |
Villu
Tamme "Admiral's Box" Eesti Ekspress, September |
| 2000 |
Johannes
Saar "Aidsi apoloogia" Arter, 29.04 |
| 2001 |
Jaan
Elken "Young Estonian Art" kunst.ee 2/2001 |
| 2001 |
Jana
Maevskaja "Zatshem rõbe domik?" Molodjozh Estonij,
04.06. |
| 2001 |
Eha
Komissarov "Noorem Künnapu maalidega Vaalas" Sirp,
31.08 |
| 2001 |
Johannes
Saar "August Künnapu – kultuurikosmeetik",
Eesti Päevaleht, 03.09 |
| 2001 |
Hanno
Soans "Autoportree haiglana" Eesti Päevaleht, 07.09 |
| 2001 |
Ilja
Sundelevitsh "Teperj o võstavkah" Molodjozh Estonij,
08.09 |
| 2001 |
Heie
Treier "Helge tunne meediast" Eesti Ekspress, 13.09 |
| 2002 |
Kerttu
Soans "Meistri hüpe Haapsalu galeriis" Postimees,
1. juuli |
| 2002 |
Maria
Ulfsak "Mustamäe haigla keldrikoridoris avati tervendav
kunstinäitus" Päevaleht,
23.09 |
| 2002 |
Johannes
Saar "Tervenemine kunsti abil" Päevaleht, 24.09 |
| 2002 |
Riin
Kübarsepp "Tervenemine kirgastumise kaudu" Sirp,
4.10 |
| 2003 |
Hanno
Soans "Võluri tagasitulek" Vikerkaar 3 / 2003 |
| 2003 |
Elin
Kard "Künnapu
ja Maasik - just married" Eesti Päevaleht, 11.10 |
| 2003 |
Margaret
Tali "Märke majadest, elitaarsusest ja struktuurist" Eesti Ekspress,
Areen, 23.10 |
| 2003 |
Edgar
Schmitz "Someplace Unreachable" Kunstforum Bd. 167, Nov-Dez
2003, p. 345-346 |
| 2005 |
Johannes
Saar "Linnagaleriis näeb 18. sajandi prantsuse utoopilist
modernismi" Eesti Päevaleht, 1.03 |
| 2005 |
Anu
Allas "Galeriid – mälestusi
tegelikkusest" Sirp,
4.03 |
| 2006 |
Heie Treier "Kaks Künnaput ja elu põhiväärtused" Sirp, 24. nov |
| 2006 |
Karen Jagodin, Aleksander Tsapov "Künnapute ühisväli"
(Interview with A. & V. Künnapu) kunst.ee 4 / 2006 |
| 2009 |
Harry Pye "15 Future Art Stars" Saatchi Gallery Magazine Art & Music Winter 2009, p. 10-15 |
| 2010 |
Indrek Schwede "August Künnapu maalib jalgpalli" Jalka,
jaanuar 2010, lk 30-31 |
| 2010 |
Tanel Veenre "August Künnapu oskab maalida kasse tiigriteks" Eesti Päevaleht, 22.05 |
| 2010 |
Pille Epner "Arhitektid ja pärismaalased" Sirp, 19.11
|
| 2011 |
Maris Sander, Kadri Karro "Kaks Buratinot" Eesti Ekspress, Käbid ja kännud, 24.03 |
| 2012 |
Andri Ksenofontov "Subjektiivsed perspektiivid" Sirp. 07.06
|
| 2013 |
Andres Eilart "Kunstigurmaanidele: imelaps August Künnapu kolm maali" Eesti Päevaleht, 17.09 |
| 2013 |
Reet Varblane "August Künnapu hea uus ilm" Sirp, 01.11
|
| 2013 |
Raimu Hanson "Maalidele jäid elu värvilised hetked" Tartu Postimees, 05.11 |
| 2013 |
Krista Piirimäe "Prints Augusti õnn" Postimees, 12.11
|
| 2013 |
Eve Arpo “Elurõõmus ja elevandiga” Diivan nr 10, detsember |
| 2013 |
Silvia Pärmann “10 asja, mis teevad õnnelikuks kunstnik August Künnapu” Diivan nr 7, september |
| 2014 |
Kaarel Kressa “August Künnapu saadab positiivseid võnkeid” Eesti Päevaleht (LP), 28.06 |
| 2014 |
Andres Eilart “Uue andeka põlvkonna pealetung” Eesti Päevaleht, 4.11> |
| 2015 |
August Künnapu 9 maalireprot erinevate artiklite juures. Sirp, 4.09 |
| 2016 |
Mari Niitra “Peeter Sauter, Lapsepõlvelõhn” (joonistused A.K.) Sirp, 1.04 |
| 2017 | Triinu Soikmets “Assortii, mille üks osa on SPORT” Sport, juuni |
| 2017 | Triinu Soikmets “Kaunid maalid loomadest” Lemmik, juuni |
| 2018 |
Hanno Soans “Lihtsast ja keerulisest Künnapu pildil” Estniska Dagbladet, Veebruar, Nr 2 |
| 2018 |
Marian Kivila “Kunstnik August Künnapu värvikas elamine Kadriorus” Eesti
Päevaleht (LP), 29.09 |
| 2019 | Rubriik “Kultuuripeegel” Golf nr 2 |
| 2019-2020 | Tiina Kolk “Elu keset kunsti” Eesti Kodu |
SELECTED RADIO PROGRAMS
| 2020 |
Intro. Ida Radio, 20.11 |
SELECTED TV PROGRAMS
PUBLICATIONS
| 2001 |
Vilen
Künnapu "Across the Red River. Selected Texts 1972–2001", Tallinn |
| 2002 |
Meeting
Place. North European Contemporary Art |
| 2003 |
Vikerkaar/Raduga
3/2003 (Estonian literary magazine) |
| 2003 |
Riigikogu
Toimetised 7/2003 |
| 2003 |
Reeli
Kõiv, Mare Joonsalu "Lapsepõlv. Laps Eesti
kunstis"
("Childhood. Child in Estonian Art") Lastekaitse
Liit |
| 2004 |
Mothers
(Harry Pye & His Friends) |
| 2004 |
Ruth
Huimerind "Koka kunst" (MAP Eesti AS) |
| 2005 |
Night
on Earth (Harry Pye & His Friends) |
| 2005 |
22
Young Estonian Artists (Estonian Academy of Arts) |
| 2006 |
August Künnapu & Vilen Künnapu "Common Field" (Epifanio) |
| 2006 |
Andrus Elbing "Ciao, it's Babyface! Trouble from the Streets of a Blind City" (Epifanio) 2006 |
| 2006 |
"Image" (Radisson SAS) |
| 2007 |
August Künnapu (painting catalogue) (Epifanio) |
| 2012 | Aavo Kokk, Andres Eilart “Pintsliga tõmmatud linnad” (Hea lugu) |
| 2013 | Ruth Huimerind, Rein Pakk "Puhkepäevaraamat. Kalender 2014" (Rannarahva Muuseum) |
| 2013 |
August Künnapu "Elujõgi / The River of Life" (Painting catalogue, Menu Kirjastus) |
| 2013 |
August Künnapu "Kau küla mehed" Go Reisiajakiri, 6/2013 |
| 2015 |
Peeter Sauter “Lapsepõlvelõhn” (joonistused A.K., Petrone Print) |
| 2018 |
August Künnapu “∞” (Epifanio) Painting catalogue |
| 2018 |
“Debating New Approaches to History”
Edited by Marek Tamm & Peter Burke, cover painting by A.K. (Bloomsbury) |
| 2018 |
Villem Valme “Öömüük aknast” (joonistused A.K., Kirimiri) |
| 2019 |
Andri Luup “Käblik” (joonistused A.K., Kaarnakivi Selts) |
| 2019 |
Juri Lotman - Culture, Memory and History: Essays in Cultural Semiotics
Edited by Marek Tamm, cover painting by A.K. (Palgrave Macmillan) |
ARTICLES
| 2001 |
August
Künnapu "Young British Art" kunst.ee 2/2001 |
| 2001 |
August
Künnapu "Dennis Hopper" kunst.ee 3/2001 |
| 2002 |
August
Künnapu "Golden Fields at Kohtla" kunst.ee 4/2001 |
| 2003 |
"August
Künnapu"s Interview With Himself" Estonian Art
2/2003 |
| 2003 |
"511
Best Photographs of Mars" Estonian Art 2/2003 |
| 2004 |
"Outhouse" Estonian
Art 2/2004 |
| 2004 |
"The
New Face of Rakvere" Estonian Art 2/2004 |
FILMS
| 2003 |
Architectural
Space in the Basque Country |
| 2002 |
Gordon
Matta-Clark Donald Judd Rachel Whiteread (M.A.- work) |
HOBBIES
Badminton
Squash
Walking |
