Name: Kaarel Kütas
Birth date: 23.05.1981.
Member of the Estonian Artists' Association
Education and work experience:
2016 - presently working as visual artist
2013 - 2016 Estonian Academy of Arts, department of Fine Arts, MA
2009 - 2013 Estonian Academy of Arts, department of Fine Arts, BA
2003 - 2009 active service in Estonian Border Guard, border guard sergeant
2003 - 2004 Border Guard School
2002 - 2003 military service, Pärnu Single Infantry Battalion
1997 - 2002 Tihemetsa Agricultural Technical School, forest management
1988 - 1997 Pärnu Rääma Elementary School
Additional studies:
2017 Erasmus alumnus traineeship at Villu Jaanisoo studio (Finland)
2015 Erasmus exchange studies at the Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania)
2014 Erasmus traineeship at Villu Jaanisoo studio (Finland)
2012 Erasmus exchange studies at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (Hungary)
2007 - 2009 Andrus Joonas´ painting studio (Estonia)
2005 - 2007 Academia Non Grata (Estonia)
2005 Painting course at Tartu Art College (Estonia)
1996 -1997 Pärnu Children's Art School (Estonia)
1990 -1992 Pärnu Children's Art Studio (Estonia)
Solo exhibitions:
2024 "Surface excitement", together with Triinu Jürves at Pärnu Artist's House (Estonia)
2020 "Performative province of Pärnu" Pärnu City Gallery, Pärnu (Estonia)
2017 "Can you feel the warmness of my heart?", Art salon Kilingi, Kilingi-Nõmme (Estonia)
2016 "Don't be afraid!", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
Group exhibitions:
2025 "The prayer robot's Christmas bells jangle of Bach", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2025 "On Branch Road", together with Triinu Jürves and Villem Jahu, Tartu Art House (Estonia)
2025 Interdisciplinary Art Festival "Baltic Nights", gallery Laiptai, Šiauliai (Lithuania)
2025 "Group exhibition 55 スヴェン友達", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2024 "Annual exhibition of Pärnu Art", Pärnu City Gallery (Estonia)
2024 "The Ideal Exhibition", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2024 "Liquid (art group Vedelik) lands in Pärnu", Pärnu City Gallery (Estonia)
2024 Exhibition of landscape art and open-air sculptures at the festival "Kaera- Jaan" (as part of European Capital of Culture
.............Tartu 2024 program), Vooremäe (Estonia)
2024 "Peculiarities of southwest Estonian anarchism", Tartu Art House (Estonia)
2023 "Village ArtEevening," Sigaste (Estonia)
2023 "Art in a golden frame," Castle Tower, Paide (Estonia)
2023 "Underwear Exhibition," gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2022 Recycling exhibition "GIVE NEW LIFE: SPARK", MONA The Museum of New Art, Pärnu (Estonia)
2022 "Open (Eyes) Minds", Curatorial exhibition of Association of Estonian Printmakers, gallery RÜK, Viljandi (Estonia)
2022 "52, Magical Geometry", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2022 "Estomania III", Haihatus Art Center, Joutsa (Finland)
2022 "Aledoia Forever", memorial exhibition of Andrus Joonas, gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2021 "From there to there / Let's take the Romantic Way", gallery ArtDepoo, Tallinn (Estonia)
2021 "Global Happiness", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2020 "Interruption. Appearance and disappearance of man-made landscapes", together with Triinu Jürves and Villem Jahu, TAKKK Art Centre, Tammiku (Estonia)
2019 "YouTube comes from Satan!", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2019 "CHECK IN, CHECK OUT", together with Triinu Jürves and Villem Jahu, Working Man Gallery, Salford (England)
2018 "Estonia's 100th anniversary exhibition: Self-Identity ", gallery Kuja, Helsinki (Finland)
2018 "Vedelik: Hattunäytetly", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2018 "Classics from Kalamaja", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2017 "Supersonic", ARS project space, Tallinn (Estonia)
2017 "Untitled Lovestory / Závrat", gallery Zuš, Litptovský Mikuláš (Slovakia)
2017 "The Estonian Artists Association and Maaleht present: Life on Earth and in the Country", Tallinn Art Hall (Estonia)
2016 "White Humour on Black Background", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)0
2016 "Peculiarities of southwest Estonian anarchism", Contemporary Art Space Batumi (Georgia)
2016 "TASE'16", Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn (Estonia)
2016 "Another dimension", Snelli park, Tallinn (Estonia)
2015 "Oтpaжeния пeтepбуpгcких эcтoнцeв", St. John's Church, St. Petersburg (Russia)
2015 "Futu Muhu", EKA gallery, Tallinn (Estonia)
2015 "Spring review", Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2015 "Loading... 100 %", Tartu Art House, Tartu (Estonia)
2014 "Artist`s are preparing for the war", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2014 "Rituals on gonditions of clarity", ISFAG@EKKM, Tallinn (Estonia)
2014 "Estonian thorns and German leaves", Kreuzberg Pavillon (Berlin / Germany) and Tokonoma (Kassel / Germany)
2014 "Circus Non Grata", Pärnu City Gallery (Estonia)
2014 "Portrait of Unseen", ISFAG@EKKM, Tallinn (Estonia)
2014 "6m2", gallery TAM and gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2014 "Books!", Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn (Estonia)
2014 "Suspicious matter", Haapsalu City Gallery (Estonia)
2013 "With. Without", gallery Hobusepea, Tallinn (Estonia)
2013 "Estomania II ", (together with Arrowgroup) gallery Huuto, Helsinki (Finland)
2013 "Dimensions Variable", Vaal Gallery, Tallinn (Estonia)
2013 "Lahjomattomat/ Untouchables", gallery 3H+K, Pori (Finland)
2013 "Igavuse ilu", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2013 "MUUTTUUM", Pärnu Artist`s House and gallery Draakon, Pärnu / Tallinn (Estonia)
2012 "Pärnumaa Foto", Artist`s House, Pärnu (Estonia)
2012 "Annual exhibition of Pärnu Art", Pärnu City Gallery (Estonia)
2012 "Estomania",Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki (Finland)
2012 "Vendégjárás", Erasmus flat exhibition, Budapest (Hungary)
2012 "Remake", Fészek Művészklub, Budapest (Hungary)
2011 "Beneetsia Viennaal", Raja Gallery, Tallinn (Estonia)
2011 "Meri valvoo - The Sea is Awake", Turku City Library (Finland)
2011 "Annual exhibition of Pärnu Art", Pärnu Town Hall (Estonia)
2011 "All pictures have an illustrative meaning", Port Artur shopping center, Pärnu (Estonia)
2011 "Eight estonian cultural figures", foamsculptures at Tallinn Old Town Days (Estonia)
2011 "Rakvere is a gallery", public space in Rakvere (Estonia)
2011 "Speaking Houses", Raja Gallery / Univeristy of Tartu Library, Tallinn / Tartu (Estonia)
2011 "Us, founders", Town Hall Gallery, Kuressaare (Estonia)
2011 "Does art have a gender?", Noorus Gallery, Tartu (Estonia)
2010 "Tin and paint", Aatrium Gallery, Tallinn (Estonia)
2010 "Annual exhibition of Pärnu Art", Pärnu Town Hall (Estonia)
2010 "FIDEOsuperMARKET", Port Artur shopping center, Pärnu (Estonia)
2010 "Useless / Useful present", Raja Gallery, Tallinn (Estonia)
2010 "Mudorkõz. Roots at ancestors and canopy in heaven", Kuressaare Castle Park (Estonia)
2010 "Vijana na Anahangaika", Gallery of Tartu Children Art School (Estonia)
2010 "Objective monumentalism", Art Gallery of Central Estonia- pART, Põltsamaa (Estonia)
2010 "Beautiful furnishings", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2010 "Hybrid", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2010 "Delucion 2010", University of Tartu Pärnu College, "In Graafika" Print Festival (Estonia)
2009 "Under the flags", Pärnu Art Hall (Estonia)
2009 "Annual exhibition of Pärnu Art", Pärnu City Gallery (Estonia)
2009 "In five years within the five richest countries", Pärnu City Gallery (Estonia)
2008 "Pärnu Autumn exhibition", Pärnu City Gallery (Estonia)
2008 IX International Print Biennale "Kaliningrad-Koeningsperg 2008", Kaliningrad (Russia)
2008 "Edela-Eesti koolkond", Pärnu Concert Hall (Estonia)
2008 "Wake up", Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn (Estonia)
2007 "Open Space Festival of Free Arts", Fasslager Halle, Berlin (Germany)
2007 "Marin club", Uuskasutuskeskus, Tallinn (Estonia)
2007 "Art in Pärnu on 21-st century", Pärnu old Mud Baths (Estonia)
2007 "New wave", Nongrata Artcontainer, Tallinn (Estonia)
Solo performances:
2025 "Mouth full of hats", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2024 "Goodness or Evil", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2024 "The queue is reaching us...", Tartu Art House (Estonia)
2024 "Wolf as an insurance broker," Telliskivi office area, Tallinn (Estonia)
2022 "Eu estava aqui - Eu estou aqui", Galerii Ana Lama @ Cosmos Campolide, Lissabon (Portugal)
2022 "With a low salt content", at the ending event of "Estomania III", Haihatus Art Center, Joutsa (Finland)
2022 "The excavator is here!", at the opening of exhibition "Open (Eyes) Minds", gallery RÜK, Viljandi (Estonia)
2022 "Crime and Punishment /Преступление и наказание", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2020 "Conservative <--> Liberal", City Gallery at Town Hall, Pärnu (Estonia)
2019 "Interweaving," at the KUKU club, Tallinn (Estonia) and Working Man Gallery, Salford (England)
2019 "Friendly reception!", at the festival New World Spectacle, Center of Contemporary Art Pispala, Tampere (Finland)
2019 "Happy Soldier", at the event Good Mood Experimentary, Tallinn (Estonia)
2019 "The new life of "Wolf Scratcheye", 9'th March performance art festival, gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2018 "The wooden guy", Lapinlahti former mental hospital, Helsinki (Finland)
2018 "Blue square", Vaba Lava theatre house, Tallinn (Estonia)
2017 "Závrat", at festival Mobilis, Litptovský Mikuláš (Slovakia)
2017 "Falls down or do not fall?", KuKu Club, Tallinn (Estonia)
2017 "Don Giovanni - The Rake will be Punished", Grace Exhibition Space, New York (USA)
2017 "100 years...", at festival Futu Muhu, A.I Recidency, Muhu island (Estonia)
2017 "It goes as you pull it", Tallinn Art Hall (Estonia)
2017 "He lie on the way!", Vaba Lava theatre house, Tallinn (Estonia)
2016 "Freedom! / თავისუფლება", Contemporary Art Space Batumi (Georgia)
2016 "Don´t afraid!", at Gallery Metropol and in the exhibition TASE`16 at Rauaniidi factory, Tallinn (Estonia)
2015 "Ну, погоди! ", art event "Blue blood" at old railway depot in Balti Station, Tallinn (Estonia)
2015 "Future- Horizon", festival Future- Horizon, A.I. Recidency, Muhu island (Estonia)
2015 "How to become lithuanian!", Gallery Post, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2014 /2015 "Deutsche - Ugrische", Kreuzberg Pavillon (Berlin / Germany), Tokonoma (Kassel / Germany) and
Tartu Art House (Tartu/Estonia)
2014 "Lorelei", art and performance event "Decay " Karepa (Estonia)
2013 "I didn`t want to flip throught!", Raja Gallery, Tallinn (Estonia)
2013 "Cutting out," Estonian Art Academy, Tallinn (Estonia)
2013 "Boxhead", Raja Gallery and Vaal Gallery (Estonia) also city space in Pori (Finland)
2012 "The Prayer for the Holy Father", Budapest (Hungary)
2012 "The Prisoner", "Anymous performance festival" / "Diverse Universe", Prague (Czech Republic)
2011 "I love fishes", art event " Meri valvoo - The Sea is Awake", Turku (Finland)
2011 "The Grim Reaper", festival „Survival kit 3", Riga (Latvia)
2011 "White", festival „Diverse Universe", Tallinn (Estonia)
2010 "Kummallinen kynsimies / Tullihirviö", „Performanssifiesta", Tampere (Finland)
2010 "Mickey Mouse", Rüütelkonna hoone, Tallinn (Estonia)
2010 "Blind for six hours", festival "Diverse Universe", Pärnu (Estonia)
2009 "Lejupslide", festival „ Balta Nakts", Riga (Latvia)
2009 "Cutting in," Estonian Art Academy, Tallinn (Estonia)
2008 "Speechless", IX International Print Biennale "Kaliningrad-Koeningsperg 2008", (Russia)
2007 "Your life-desicion makers", Pärnu Video and Filmfestival (Estonia)
2007 "Working class holiday", festival „Diverse Universe", Tallinn (Estonia)
2007 "Human creates media- media creates human", festival "In Graafika", Pärnu (Estonia)
2006 "Nameless performance", festival "Eclectica", Tartu (Estonia)
Group performances:
2016 – Performances with experimental punk band "Toores õlu", at gallery Metropol 6m2, Grafodroom and Cabaret Volta, Tallinn (Estonia), A.I. Residency, Muhu (Estonia) and Hirvitalo- Cener of Contemporary Art Pispala, Tampere (Finland)
2015 – Performances with Glove Puppet Theatre "Fumblers", gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2011 – Performances with Circus-Art-Theatre "Giraffe with the Flaming Neck", Tallinn, Pärnu, Mooste, Luunja, Kihnu, Muhu, Eisma, Viljandi, Sigaste, Valga, Süvahavva, Vaskjala, Tartu, Laupa, Seljametsa (Estonia), Pori, Helsinki, Tampere, Joutsa (Finland)
and Riga (Latvia)
2009 – A large number of smaller performances at the openings of various artists' exhibitions in the Metropol 6m2 gallery
2025 At the opening of KUKU at Tallinna Kinomaja, together with Taave Tuutma, Meeland Sepp and Erno Võsa
2025 Group performance together with Villem Jahu and Triinu Jürves at Tartu Art House
2024 Performance at the opening of the Estonian Painters Association exhibition "Your Body" at Kadrioru Gallery (Estonia)
2024 "Ghosts of an abandoned cultural house", my supervised joint work at the summer camp for art teachers in Keskküla at Western County (Estonia)
2023 "Es uztaisīju svilpi no vītola mizas,” for the memory of Andrus Joonas, Pedvāle Art Park (Latvia)
2020 "Watermelon at the gates of hell", together with Katarina Meister and Panu Luukkonen, Tori Community Center (Estonia)
2020 "102- the last rate", experimental performance by Sandra Jõgeva and Teet Raudsep, Art Depoo, Tallinn
2017 Reruned performances of "More than naked", performance by Doris Uhlich, Vaba Lava theatre space, Tallinn (Estonia)
2017 "The miraculous life of pigs", Estonian Writer's house, Tallinn (Estonia)
2017 Fashion show "Rebellious fashion", at festival Ökomäss, Balti Railway station, Tallinn (Estonia)
2016 "To the barricades!", Estonian Drama Theatre, Tallinn (Estonia)
2015 "More than naked", performance by Doris Uhlich, Vaba Lava theatre space, Tallinn (Estonia)
2015 Non Grata perfortmance at festival Diverse Universe, Alytus Art School (Lithuania)
2015 Non Grata performance at festival Diverse Universe, Gallery Post, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2014 "Over the hump!" in the former prison Patarei, Tallinn (Estonia)
2014 Experimental concert at Pärnu Contemporary Music Days, Vanalinna Põhikool, Pärnu (Estonia)
2013 "We are famous!", gallery 3H+K, Pori (Finland)
2013 "Happy vappu mr. Niinistö!", gallery 3H+K, Pori (Finland)
2013 Experimental concerts at Global Container XXVI (Tallinn / Estonia) and "Pärnu Contemporary Music Days" (Pärnu / Estonia)
2012 At the opening of the flat exhibition "Vendégjárás" together with Ettore Garbellotto, Budapest (Hungary)
2012 Non Grata performance at the old town of Prague, "Anymous performance festival," (Czech Republic)
2011 Jasper Zoova´s performance "Princesscat in boots", Pärnu (Estonia)
2011 "What are they building in there?", Global Container XVI, Polymer, Tallinn (Estonia)
2011 "Air and frequency", opening performance for the "Cromatico" sculpture, Tallinna Lauluväljak (Estonia)
2011 Non Grata performance, Ptarmigan, Tallinn (Estonia)
2011 "On the snowy and dark beach", 9th March Performance Festival, Tallinn (Estonia)
2011 Opening performance for Arrowgroup's exhibition „Full of love…", Metropol Gallery, Tallinn (Estonia)
2010 "Egg", Cultural Factory Polymer, Tallinn (Estonia)
2010 Fire installation in memorial for soldiers who drowned in Kurkse straits, Kurkse (Estonia)
2010 "Servataguse Muusika ventures to Performance Art", East Creative Space, Tallinn (Estonia)
2010 "Banquet", together with Arrowgroup, Seanahk festival, Haapsalu (Estonia)
2010 "Stupid white men," Gallery MÄSU, Tallinn (Estonia)
2010 Performaces with group C.n.o.p.t. at the very last party in the old building of Estonian Academy of Arts (Tallinn / Estonia), Imatra (Finland), at festivals "Diverse Universe" (Pärnu / Estonia) and "Performanssifiesta" (Tampere / Finland)
2009 "Pig slaughter- gay's out of the cupboard!" gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2009 On tour together with group C.n.o.p.t. / Tatjana Kristall, Tallinn- Tartu- Paide (Estonia)
2008 Opening performance for Non Grata's exhibition "Art of the Invisibles", Pärnu Art Hall (Estonia)
2008 "Action in cube", Polymer Cultural Factory, Tallinn (Estonia)
2007 Four different performances with group "C.n.o.p.t." in festival "Peptalk is all you need", Ronneby and Karlskrona (Sweden)
2007 "Parakinematical fantasmagooria", Tartu Artists´ house (Estonia)
2007 "Big Performance", Pärnu Concert Hall (Estonia)
2006 Opening performance for festival "Pärnu Art Summer" (Estonia)
2006 Festival „In Graafika", Pärnu (Estonia)
Curatorial works:
2010 – curatorial work in gallery Metropol 6m2, Tallinn (Estonia)
2023 "Village ArtEevening," Sigaste (Estonia)
2020 personal exhibition “Performative Pärnumaa, Pärnu City Gallery, expanded into a curatorial project
2019 Estonian coordinator of the festival "New World Spectacle", at Center of Contemporary Art Pispala, Tampere (Finland)
2016 "Paintings", for the memory of Priit Kütas, Art salon Kilingi, Kilingi-Nõmme (Estonia)
2011 "For the memory of the model. Eero Puust 1974 – 2011. Together with Triinu Jürves, main building of Estonian Art Academy, Tallinn (Estonia)
2009 "In five years within the five richest countries", as part of „In Graafika" festival, Pärnu City Gallery (Estonia)
Published articles:
Bianka Soe, Kaarel Kütas "Eesti staažikaim kunstikommuun (Estonias most experienced art community)", in the collection "Õhus on Kalamaja (Kalamaja in the Air)", 2020
"Kujundite potentsiaaliks võib võtta ka ainult punkti (Potential of the images can also be the point)", Müürileht nr. 12, autumn / winter 2010
Bibliography:
Anu Jürisson "Kaarel Kütas ja Triinu Jürves mängivad linnagalerii näitusel pindpõnevusega (Kaarel Kütas and Triinu Jürves are playing with surface excitement at the City Gallery)" Pärnu Postimees, 29.04.2024
Anu Jürisson "Kisakänd, kodutu hunt ja nimetu kivihunnik linnapea kabinetis" (Screaming stump, homeless wolf and unnamed pile of stones in the mayor's office)" Pärnu Postimees 23.09.2020
Mikko I. Elo "Villiä ja luovaa taidetta nautinnon kautta (Wild and creative art through enjoyment)" Satakunnan Kansa, 04.05.2013
Ville-Karel Viirelaid "Kaarel Kütasel jätkub kodanikujulgust (Kaarel Kütas continues to have civic courage)" Pärnu Postimees, 18.02.2009
Rewards:
2014 Hungarian Institute award for series: "Peko`s adventures in Budapest"
2008 "Sword and Lynx", chest badge of Estonian Border Guard
Works in collections:
2024 Open air sculpture "Axe-zither" in Estonian University of Life Sciences Styding and Testing Forest department at Järvselja
2023 RVFT collection, managed by the D’Albret Collection (Switzerland)
2017 "It goes as you pull it" on Estonian Agricultural Museum permanent exhibition "Discover and wonder", Ülenurme (Estonia)
2014 Imago Mundi Collection, Le Gallerie Delle Prigioni, Treviso (Italy)
2006 – in various private collections of Estonia
