Kirke Kangro

artist, curator

Education:
2006 - 2009 Estonian Academy of Arts, MA, interdisciplinary arts
1996-2000 Estonian Academy of Arts, BA, sculpture

Currently working as head of the Installation and Sculpture Department
in Estonian Academy of Arts

Solo exhibitions:

NATURE AND UNCANNY
Europos Parkas, Lithuania / 14.07.2013
BROKEN AIR
Haapsalu City Gallery /12.04.-5.05.13
DISCRETE ELEPHANT
Dragon Gallery, Tallinn / 13.02 - 25.02.2012
ROOMS
Tartu Art House, Tartu / 28. 04 - 29. 05. 2011
BUNCH OF HOME
Monumental Gallery, Tartu / 28. 04 - 29. 05. 2011
HOME AND UNCANNY
Peters Gallery, Paris / 1.04 - 31. 04. 2010
curator Kinga Kappe
APOCALYPSIS I, II
Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn /19.08 - 14.09.2009
PARTY
(with Andrus Lauringson), City Gallery, Tallinn / 02.07 - 12.07.2009
WAR AND PEACE
Estonian Embassy of Finland, Helsinki / 07.10 - 10.12.2008
curator Anu Liivak
DEEP SCRATCHES
Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn / 27.07 - 14.08.2006
EATHERN MAN
City Gallery, Tallinn / 9.03 - 26.03. 2006

Group exhibitions:

AFTERLIFE OF GARDENS
KUMU Art Museum / 10.05 - 8.09.2013, curator Eha Komissarov
CONTINGENT OBJECT
Raja gallery / 14.12.-28.12.12
ANATOMY OF INTEGRATION
Riga Sculpture Quadriennale
7.10.-21-11-2012,  curators Aigars Bikše, Ivars Drulle, Inese Baranovska
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
Tartu Art House /17.02 - 13.03.2011, curator Reet Varblane
LIBERTÉ / FREEDOM
Asnières Castle / Paris / 18.11 - 4.12.2011
Curator Kaia Kiik
VIDEO 
Tbilisi, Georgia / 11.09 - 14.09 2011
Jaan Toomik, Jüri Ojaver, Kirke Kangro, Neeme Külm, Paul Rodgers
Curator Teet Veispak
DARKNESS
Estonian Contemporary Art Museum / 03.09 - 03.10 2011
curator Anders Härm
MUTANT MATERIA
Raja Gallery / 29.08 - 06.10.2011
Marko Mäetamm, Taavi Piibeman, Jüri Ojaver, Terje Ojaver, Liina Siib, Neeme Külm, Denes Farkas, Taavi Talve, Kirke Kangro, Paul Rodgers
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
KEUKENHOF, Holland / 18.03 -16.05 2010
Paul Berghuis, Christiane Haase, Leo Jongenotter, Kirke Kangro,Lev Kazachenko, Nika Neelova, Joshua Pennings, Else Ringnalda, Ary Suiker,
Ine van der Horn, Fred van de Siepkamp, Marcel van Zijp, Mirjam Wieringa
PIGSKIN
contemporary art festival
Haapsalu 27.07 - 19.07.2010
curator Jaan Toomik
REVENGE
Tallinn Art Hall 23.10 - 28.11. 2010
curator of the exhibition
PERFECT MEMORIES
In Graafika, Pärnu Kontserdimaja / 17.01-01.02.2009
curator Liina Siib,
SIMPLE LIFE
05. 02 – 28.02.09, Tartu Art Hall Gallery
OTHER HISTORY
Freedom Square, EMTA, Tallinn 17.04.-01.05. 2009
MISERABLE BEAUTY
EKA gallery / 13.11 - 24.11.2008
HELP FROM SPACE
Tartu Pärmivabrik / 17.10.-31.10.2008
TRANCENDENTAL SOCIAL POLITICAL ART
curator Raoul Kurvitz / EKA Gallery, Tallinn / 17.05. 2008
COURSE OF INTERVENTION
Istanbul, Türgi 19.01.-03.02.2008
PRESSION
Pärnu mnt. 27, Tallinn / 30.05.2007
SCULPTURE SPEAKS: POWER AND FREEDOM
Tallinn Art Hall 25.08 – 07.10. 2007
curator of the exhibition (with Elin Kard); artis
VERNISSAGE/FINISSAGE
Karlsruhe Harbour, Germany/ 3.10 – 13.10.2007
TALLINN XIV PRINTMAKING TRIENNAL
Marinists Club
9.10 −28.10. 2007
Curators Martin Rünk, Jaanus Samma
RE-DO
Dragon Gallery, Tallinn 2006
REVOLUTIONS
Viinistu Art Museum 2005
GIANTS - European Conversation pieces
HAGUE SCULPTURE
Stephan Balkenhol - Esther Bruggink - Pedro Cabrita Reis -Nikos Charalambidis - Anton Cierny - Tom Claassen -Wim Delvoye - FA+ - Malachi Farrell - Andras Galik -Bruno Gironcoli - Antony Gormley - Balint Havas -Damien Hirst - Florence Hoffmann - Berry Holslag - Donatas Jankauskas
-Kaarina Kaikkonen - Kirke Kangro -George Lappas -Francisco Leiro - Little Warsaw - Hannes Ludescher - Marino Marini - Björn Nörgaard -Giuseppe
Penone -Tobias Putrih - Jean Pierre Raynaud - Monika Sosnowska -Johan Tahon - Raphael Vella -Henk Visch
Hague, Holland /04.06 - 12.09.2004
curator Marie Jeanne de Rooij
LAYER
EKA Gallery, Tallinn / 27.08. - 14.09.2004

Curated projects:

EXOTIC
Tallinn Art Hall / 21.04 - 05.06.2012
CONTEMPORARY ART, TECHNOLOGY AND PARANORMAL
(with Marko Mäetamm) Raja Gallery, Tallinn /11.11.- 30.11.2011
MY MIND IS MY MONUMENT
Dragon Gallery cellar, Tallinn / 30.03.- 12.04.2011
REVENGE
Heidrun Holzfeind, Marko Mäetamm, Liina Siib, Michel de Broin, Marco Laimre, Armands Zelchs, Thomas Mailaender, Jaanus Samma, Johnson ja Johnson, Andrus Lauringson, Gustavo Artigas, Taavi Piibemann, Toomas Thetloff, Anssi Kasitonni, Neeme Külm, Mare Mikof ja Kristof Kintera.
Tallinn Art Hall / 23.10 - 8.11.2010
SCULPTURE AND PALIMPSEST
Art Allmägi - Jaanus Samma - Raitis Stiuka - Andrus Lauringson - Rene Reinumäe - Egons Perševics
Eva Labotkin - Maigi Magnus - Berit Talpsepp - Taivo Timmusk - Arrowgroup
Nabaclub, Riga / 7. 05 - 5.06 2010
MISERABLE BEAUTY
EKA Gallery /13.11 - 26.11.2008
SCULPTURE SPEAKS: POWER AND FREEDOM
(with Elin Kard) Johnson & Johnson, Margus Kadarik, Kirke Kangro, Mati Karmin, Edith Karlson, Jass Kaselaan, Tiiu Kirsipuu, Neeme Külm, Marco Laimre, Carmen Lansberg, Mare Mikof, Jüri Ojaver, Terje Ojaver, Anu Põder, Paul Rodgers, Tõnu Smidt, Hannes Starkopf, Mari-Liis Tammi, Vergo Vernik, Ekke Väli, Emmi Vainio / Eero Yli-Vakkuri, Anssi Kasitonni, Little Warsaw aka Bálint Havas / Ándrás Gálik, Angelika Fojtuch, Zeger Reyers
Tallinn Art Hall / 24.08 - 10.10.2007
THROWAWAY THINGS
EKA Gallery / 3.10 - 5.11.2001
THE CONTENT OF FORM
EKA Gallery / 27.06 - 16.07.2001
RETHINK PARK
14.08.2013,Mustamäe park
DIMENSIONS VARIABLE
YOUNG SCULPTOR PRIZE SHOW 2013
Vaal Gallery, 4.05 - 15.05.2013
THINGS THAT DON´T APPEAR. HERE
Jacob Jessen´s solo exhibition
Raja gallery, 30.01.-14.02.13
CUMULATIONS
14.12.- 16.12.2012, KUMU art museum
PERFECT FOREST
4.04.-8.04.2012, EKKM (Estonian Contemporary Art Museum)

Awards:
Estonian Culture Endowment year prize for curating "Revenge" 2010
Estonian Culture Endowment scholarship: 2008, 2011