Juss Piho (1963) began his artistic career in 1978 as a caricaturist in the columns of various Estonian newspapers and magazines. It is therefore no surprise that Piho's contemporary paintings are often both of the people and for the people. His characters meet the spectator where the moment has paused. The paintings act as simplified stop-motion pictures of everyday stories around us, perhaps trying to help us understand the ever more complicated and fast-moving world we live in. Piho's cold and Northern colour palette is balanced by his warm and playful plots. The artist's characters always tell a story while the geometric planes in the background leave enough room for the spectator to fill in the empty spaces.
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Member of Estonian Artist Association
Member of Estonian Painters Association
Konrad Mägi Award nominee 2020, 2021
Solo Exhibitions
1988 – Galerii G, Tallinn
1990 – University of Tartu Gallery
1993 – Raatuse Gallery, Tallinn
1994 – Raatuse Gallery, Tallinn
1997 – Raatuse Gallery, Tallinn
1998 – Gallery Passage, Tallinn
2001 – Gallery Passage, Tallinn
2001 – Gallery of Ühispank, Tallinn
2001 – Obu Gallery, Tartu
2002 – Haus Gallery, Tallinn
2002 – Obu Gallery, Tartu
2003 – Gallery of Ühispank, Tallinn
2003 – Rakvere Theatre
2003 – Gallery Artline, Tallinn
2003 – The Ugala Theatre, Viljandi
2004–2005 – exhibition of “Communicators” in HAUS Gallery (paintings)
2005 – Art exhibition in Valga’s Culture Center
2005 – Masterpieces 2002-2005 in Gallery of Tartu Lastekunstikool
2005 – Exhibition “Moments”, 24h Gallery at kunstikeskus.ee
2005 – Hobusepea Gallery
2005 – Lemonstreet Gallery of Dublin, Ireland
2006 – Exhibition in New Art Museum, Pärnu
2006 – Exhibition in Estonian Embassy in Helsinki
2008 – Exhibition in Estonian Embassy in Moscow
2008 – Tam Gallery, Tallinn
2009–2010 – Haus Gallery, Tallinn
2010 – Võru Linnagalerii
2010 – Eesti Draamateater, Tallinn
2011 – 24h Gallery at kunstikeskus.ee
2011 – Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
2011 – Exhibition “Common Denominator” Ugala Theatre Gallery, Viljandi
2012 – Exhibition “January” Gallery of Jõhvi Art School, Jõhvi
2012 – Exhibition “Episodes” Estonian Drama Theatre, Tallinn
2013 – Exhibition “Intermediate”, MONA The Museum of New Art, Pärnu
2013 – Exhibition “Transitions” Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
2014 – Exhibition “Summarum”, HAUS Gallery, Tallinn
2014 – Exhibition “Summarum 2”, Rakvere Teatrigalerii, Rakvere
2015 – Gallery of Võru Museum, Võru
2016 – Exhibition “Colored solitude” Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
2016 – Exhibition “Paintings 2011-2016” Estonian Embassy in Berlin (Curator Harry Liivrand)
2016 – Exhibition “Painting 2010-2016 ” Art priori, Tallinn
2017 – Exhibition “Departures”, Art Place, Rae, Harjumaa
2017 – Exhibition “Figures”, Viinistu Art Museum
2017 – Exhibition “Raport”, MONA The Museum of New Art, Pärnu
2017 – Exhibition “Raport” Theatre Endla Gallery, Pärnu
2018 – Exhibition “Format” Paintings. Haus Gallery,Tallinn
2018 – Exhibition “Contemporary figures” Paintings. Gallery Noorus, Tartu
2019 – Exhibition “Corner of freedom” Vabaduse Gallery, Tallinn
2019 – Exhibition ”New Figures” Pärnu City Gallery, Pärnu,Estonia