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EDUCATION

2006-2009 BA (Hons) Photography University for the Creative Arts, Farnham UK
1996-2000 BA (Hons) Economics and Business Administration Tartu University, Estonia

EXHIBITIONS

2010 Fresh Faced & Wild Eyed – Photographer’s Gallery, London UK
2009 Call Me Early (solo) – ArtDepoo Gallery, Tallinn Estonia
2009 New Contemporaries – Fairfields Art Centre, Basingstoke UK
2009 Memory and Migration – Wall Gallery, Oldknows Studios, Nottingham UK
2009 Itchy Scratchy – Permanent Gallery, Brighton UK
2009 Eclectic – Old Truman Brewery, London UK
2009 Open Salon – The Viewfinder Photography Gallery, London UK
2008 Persona – 40Degreez Centre, Farnham UK
2006 Patchwork plus photography – Art Centre, Narva Estonia (joint with artist Natalia Kapajeva)
2004-2006 Annual exhibitions of Estonian Photo Union and Tallinn Photo Club, Tallinn Estonia

Awards

2010, 2008 PMI2 Award of British Council – travelling in India for production of art work (twice)
2010 Finalist of Young Photographers Competition – YPU, shots Magazine
2010 British Council Grant for Artists – support of solo exhibition in ArtDepoo Gallery
2009 Selected for the digital directory e-Creative - London Design Festival by art-s-talker
2009 London Art Book Fair – Whitechapel Gallery, London
2006 The best constructed series – The Estonian Photo Union Contest
2006 4th place in professional category – The Pentax Portrait Photo Contest, Estonia
2006 Special prize for black and white series – The Narva Autumn Contest, Estonia
2005 The best nude photo – The Estonian Photo Union Contest
2005 The best abstract photo – The Tallinn Photo Club Award, Estonia
2004 The best series – The Narva Autumn Contest, Estonia

PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS

2010 The shots Directory – published by shots Magazine and YPU, worldwide
2009 Reviews on the solo exhibition - Newspapers Äripäev, Postimees, Narva Newspaper, Estonia
2009 Catalogue Persona – for the exhibition Persona, UK
2008 Interview about my works – Newspaper Viru Prospektus, Estonia
2008 Article Family – Photomagazine Cheese(27), Estonia
2006 Article Fairy tales in real life and issue cover- Photomagazine Cheese(17), Estonia
2006 Commission for article Fairy Tales - Magazine Avenüü (3/2006), Estonia
2004 The International project New Europe - Catalogue of selected works, Poland

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