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Born in Räpina, Estonia 29. XII 1947

1966–71 Studied architecture at the Tallinn Art University
since 1990 Teacher and since 1995 professor in Tallinn Art Academy
1991- 2004 Editor in chief of Estonian Architectural Review “EHITUSKUNST”
1992- 1998 Professor in Helsinki Art School “MAA” , Finland                                                   
1994- visiting professor in Helsinki University of Technology, faculty of architecture
2001- 2002  Art professor in University of Tartu, Estonia

PRIZES

1973 Ljubljana Print Biennial prize
1974 Tokyo Print Biennial prize
1987 Soviet architectural prize
1989 Tallinn City Art prize
1989 The Kristjan Raud Prize for painting
1997 The Estonian State’s Cultural prize
1997 The Baltic Watercolor Triennial prize
2001 The Estonian State´s Order of the White Star
2003 Estonian Graphic Association prize of Year
 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 

1973 -2004  73 solo exhibitions  f.e.
1975  Langsam Gallery, Armadale, Australia
1986  Stockholm City Theatre
1987  Pori Art Museum, Finland
1987  Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
1991  Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
1992  P.U.N.K.T. Gallery, Hamburg
1992  Gallery “ROMA”, Liepaja, Latvia
1994  Gallery “EPHÉMáRE, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium
1994  Matisse Museum, Le Cateau-Cambresis, France
1994  Gallery “D’ARTE”, Helsinki
1994  Gallery “TITANIK”, Turku, Finland
1995  Finnish Museum of Architecture, Helsinki
1996  Helsinki Art Hall Studio, Finland
1996  Latvian Museum of Foreign Art, Riga
1997 Tartu Art Museum
1997  Estonian Art Museum,Tallinn
1998  Gallery”LATERNA MAGICA”,Helsinki
1998  Gallery “RUBEN FORNI”,Bruxelles
1999  Pärnu City Gallery, Estonia
1999  Kuressaare Castle Gallery, Estonia
2000  Latvian Press House Gallery, Riga
2000  Gallery “RAATUSE”, Tallinn
2001  Museum of Rakvere, Rakvere City Gallery, Estonia
2001  Gallery “RAATUSE”, Tallinn
2001  Zimmerly Art Museum, USA
2001  Art Museum of University of Tartu, Estonia
2002 Gallery “PROMENAD”, Hyvinkää, Finland
2002  Gallery “MINNA”, Kuopio, Finland
2002  Ćiurlonis National Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
2002  Gallery Kay Forsblum, Helsinki, Finland
2003  Tartu Art Museum, Estonia
2003  Tallinn Art Hall gallery, Estonia
2003  Gallery Draakon, Tallinn, Estonia
2003  Gallery Deco, Tallinn, Estonia
2003  Valga City Gallery, Estonia
2003  Taagepera Castle Gallery, Estonia
2004  Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
 

SELECTED INSTALLATIONS

1987  Pori Art Museum (Finland) – “Homage to Finland”                                              
1989  Helsinki Art Hall – “Noah’s Ark”                                           
1990  Groningen ,Holland – architecton “Urania”
1990  Kotka, Finland – “Obelisk to Substance”
1990  Helsinki City – architecton “Tree”
1991  Linköping, Kalmar, Stockholm Art Museums -Sweden– “Socialist Work”
1991  Stockholm Kulturhall– “Order and Spontaneity II”
1992  Rostock Art Museum,Germany – “Broken Time”
1994  São Paulo 22. Biennial – “Estonian Forest I”
1998  Huittinen City, Finland-Suprealistic City II
1999  Paide City, Estonia- Mirrored Cross
2001  Fire-installation “Ode to the Officer”, Rakvere, “Kananahk”-Festival, Estonia
2003  “Labyrinth”, Viinistu Art Museum, Estonia
2003  “Clock of Freedom”, Tallinn City (together with Kristel Jaanus)
 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1969  “SOUP’69”, Cafe Pegasus, Tallinn
1973  “Saku’73”, Estonian Institute of Agriculture, Saku, Estonia
1975  “Harku’75”, National Institute of Experimental Biology, Harku, Estonia
1992  “Contemporary Art from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania”, Walter Phillips Gallery,                                     
          Banff, Canada
1993  “Rationalized Eternity”, Contemporary Art Centre of Vilnius
1994  “Graveurs Baltes”, Gallery Détour, Jambes, Belgium
1994  “Pro Natura Baltica”, Helsinki, Tallinn, Stockholm, Lübeck
1994  International Multimedia Workshop “Island Project”, Gdansk, Poland
1996  “Silence of Maa”, Väinö Aaltonen Museum, Finland
1998  Estonian Painting,Borchette Centre, Bruxelles
2000  “Word Wild Flags” , Liege, Aachen, Knokke, Luxembourg
2004  “ WWW.Transeuropa ”, Kulturverband Favoriten, Wien
 
THEME EXHIBITIONS

First showing at the young Estonian artists’ exhibition in 1970. Lapin has taken part in national exhibitions since 1971, and exhibitions in Tallinn since 1972.
1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2004  Tallinn Graphics Triennial 
1971, 1973, 1975  Ljubljana Graphics Biennial
1974, 1975  Rijeka Drawing Biennial
1973, 1975  Vienna Graphics Biennial
1973  Joan Miro Prize Exhibition, Barcelona
1974 Tokyo Print Biennial
1974  Warsaw Poster Biennial
1974  “Modern Soviet Art”, Budapest
1975  “Eastern Prints”, St-Laurent-Du-Point, France
1976  “New Art from the Soviet Union”, St. Louis, US
1977  New York Drawing Biennial
1977  “Soviet Avant-garde”, The Art Club of Washington; The Herbert F. Johnson Museum
          of Art, Ithaca
1977  “Soviet Avant-garde”, Budapest
1980  “Russian Images”, Pittsburg, USA
1981  “Estonian Art”, Toronto, Canada
1982  “Russian Samizdat Art”, New York                                                                          
1983  “Russian Samizdat Art”, Washington, Vancouver
1984  “Russian and Soviet Art”, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Hannover, Germany
1984  “Russian Samizdat Art”, Los Angeles, New York
1988  V European Print Triennal, Heidelberg, Germany
1988  “Glasnost IV”, Sewickley, USA
1988  “Art Work of the Soviet Union”, New York
1989 “Dialogue II”, Arbat Gallery, Moscow
1989  “The New Soviet Avant-garde”, International House Gallery, New York
1989  “Structure/Metaphysics”, Pori Art Museum; Rowaniemi Art Museum; Helsinki Art                      
          Hall-Finland; Stadtgalerie, Kiel, Germany                                                                    
1990  “Structure/Metaphysics”, Linköping, Kalmar, Kulturhuset Stockholm, Sweden
1990  “Radar”, Kotka, Finland
1990  Biennale Baltikum, Rauma Art Museum, Finland
1990  “Estonian Prints”, Zutphen, Holland
1991  “Estonian Prints”, La Louisiere, Belgium
1991  “Estonian Painting”, Cooremans Institut, Brussels                                        
1992  “Estonian Art”, Karlsruhe, Germany
1992   “Baltic Art During the Brezhnev Era”, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1992  “Contemporary Art from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania”, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff,                
          Canada
1992  Ostsee-Biennial 1992, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
1992  “Quality”, Latvia Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia
1992  “Helsinki Art School MAA”, Helsinki Art Hall
1993  “Baltic Graphic”, Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden
1993  “Contemporary Baltic graphic”,Falun Art Museum,Sweden
1994  Stockholm Art Fair
1994  22. Biennial of São Paulo, Brazil
1995  “From Gulag to Glasnost”, Zimmerli Art Museum, USA                                            
1996  “From Gulag to Glasnost”, New York
1996  “Personal Time”, Zacheta Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland; St.Peterburg Art Hall
1996  “Tallinn–Moskva 1956–1985”, Tallinn Art Hall
1996  “Tribute to Ilmar Laaban”, Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall
1997  Baltic Watercolor Triennial, Exhibition Hall ”Latvia”, Tallinn
1997  “Conteptual Works of nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union”, Rutgers University,    
          USA
1998  Kanagawa Graphic Triennial, Japan
1998  Mini-print biennial, Tokio
1998  Malaysia International Graphic Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaisia
1998  Graphic Triennial “Inter-Kontakt-Grafik”, Praha
1999  “Art and Spirituality” in Latvian Museum of Foreign Art, Riga
2000  “Word Wild Flags”, Exhibitions in Liége, Aachen, Knokke, Luxembourg
2000  “Duchamp´s Suitcase” , Arnofini Gallery, Bristol, England
2001 Mini Print biennial, Gluj, Romania
2001  XII Tallinn Graphic Triennial, Estonia
2001  “Estonian Art”- Gallery Tersaeus, Dansens Hus, Stockholm
2001  “Estonian Art”- Gallery of Grinnell College, USA  
2001  International Art Festival “KANANAHK”, Rakvere, Estonia
2001  “Estonian Architecture”, Gallery of Art Academy of Germany, Berlin
2002 “Estonian Architecture”, Gallery of Free Art Academy of Hamburg, Germany
2003 “Estonian Architecture”, Moscow Art Hall, Russia
2003  “Estonian Graphic”, Lemonstreet Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2003  “Academics from Estonia”, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithaunia
2003  “Friends of Iceland”, Hafnarborg, Iceland
2004  “Estonian Graphic”, Retrett Museum of Art, Finland
 

BOOKS

“Void and Space”. Helsinki University of Technology. Helsinki, 1994
“Pimedystä valoon” (Estonian avant-garde art). Otava. Helsinki, 1996
“Kaks kunsti” (Two Arts). Kunst. Tallinn, 1997
“Tühjus ja ruum. Void and Space”. Estonian Art Academy. Tallinn,1998
“Tühjus. Void.” Estonian Art Academy. Tallinn, 2003
“Avangard” (Estonian avant-garde art). Tartu University. Tartu, 2003
“Tühjus ja ruum II. Void and Space II.” Estonian Art Academy, 2004