Andres Koort (born 17 May 1969) is an

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painter,

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, exhibit designer and curator. He is a member of the

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and member of the board of the Estonian Painters' Association since 2002 and has curated and designed some EPA's exhibitions.

Biography

Koort was born 17 May 1969 in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

. He studied stage design and painting 1987–1993 in

Estonian Academy of Art The Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonian: ''Eesti Kunstiakadeemia'', EKA) is the only public university in Estonia providing higher education in art, design, architecture, media, art history and conservation-restoration. It is based in Tallinn. Acc ...

. Later he studied painting in

Academie Minerva Academie Minerva is a Dutch art academy. The academy was founded in 1798 in Groningen as a school for arts, architecture, construction engineering, and seamanship.Dijk, F. van (1998) ''Leraren van de Academie Minerva. Een keuze uit twee eeuwen ...

, Netherlands (1991). Andres Koort is a great-grandson of the sculptor

Jaan Koort Jaan Koort (6 November 1883, Sootaga Parish ( Äksi), Tartu – 14 October 1935 in Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), ...

Works

Andres Koort has been exhibiting his paintings since 1991, from 2002 he has designed stages for theatres

Estonian Drama Theatre The Estonian Drama Theatre () is a theatre in Tallinn, Estonia. It has the role of a national theatre for Estonia. The Estonia Theatre is located next door. History The building that houses the Estonian Drama Theatre was originally built for the ...

Tallinn City Theatre Tallinn City Theatre () is a repertory theatre located in the medieval old town of Tallinn, Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from ...

, the Estonian Puppet Theatre, Theatrum (all in Tallinn) and Endla Theatre (in

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth-largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second-largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of ...

Tartu Art Museum The Tartu Art Museum (Estonian language, Estonian: ''Tartu Kunstimuuseum'') is a state-owned museum of art located in Tartu, Estonia. It was founded in 1940 on a private initiative by the members of local art school Pallas. This is the largest ar ...

and

Lithuanian Art Museum Lithuanian National Museum of Art () is the largest national museum in Lithuania collecting, restoring, and conserving art as well as historical objects of cultural value while presenting artefacts of national importance in an astonishing number o ...

have some Koort's works in their collections.

Personal exhibitions

*2010 "Past continius" Tam gallery *2009 "Constantly" e-exhibition *2009 "Constantly" Draakoni gallery, Tallinn *2009 "Constantly" Estonian embassy, Moscow *2009 "Constantly" KU Gallery *2009 "The Field Was a Sea" Pärnu Town gallery *2008 "Constantly" Pärnu Endla theatre gallery *2001 "Synchronised" Tallinn City gallery *2000 "Horizon" Haapsalu town gallery *2000 "Up and Down" Raatuse gallery, Tallinn *1999 "Stridberg’s DNA" Pärnu Endla theatre gallery *1999 "Closer to the earth" Tallinn City gallery *1997 "Paintings" Sammas gallery, Tallinn *1995 "Seven Heads" Gallery Kauno Langas, Lithuania *1994 "Visitor" Estonian National Library, Tallinn *1993 "Aino" Tallinn's Mustpeade maja gallery *1991 "Deep" Gallery Illegaard, Tartu

Group exhibitions

*2009 "Painted message vol.2" Tartu Art museum *2009 "Constantly Onetwo" Narva Art museum gallery *2009 "Freestyle" Võru town gallery *2008 "XL" EPA year exhibition, Tartu Art museum *2008 "PEA" Rakvere theatre gallery *2008 "Waking!" EML year exhibition, Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn *2008 "Crossing the line" EPA year exhibition, Narva Art museum gallery *2007 "the Right Choice" EPA year exhibition, Tartu Art Museum *2007 "Bland Painting" EPA year exhibition, Haapsalu town gallery *2006 "Free Willie!" EPA year exhibition, Vaal gallery, Tallinn *2006 "Beautiful paintings" EPA year exhibition, Aaspere mansion *2005 "in the United line" EPA year exhibition, Tartu Art museum *2005 "Hyper exhibition" Sakala 9, Tallinn *2004 "Three rooms, bathroom and a corridor" Sakala 9, Tallinn *2004 "P.E.A. sixth" Kärdla gallery *2003 "Painting paradise" EPA year exhibition, Gallery 008, Tallinn *2003 "Pause" gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania *2003 "I’ve been to New York" EPA year exhibition, Pärnu Town gallery *2003 "Hiiu Sign" Kärdla Gallery *2002 "IN Graafika" Pärnu town gallery *2002 "Another Seascape" Palanga, Lithuania *2001 "Seaside Romanss" Palanga, Lithuania *2001 "Sidestep" Pärnu town gallery *2001 "P.E.A. Facade" Raatuse gallery, Tallinn *2001 "P.E.A." Haapsalu town gallery *1998 "Three squared" Pärnu town gallery *1992 Painting exhibition Tartu University Library *1992 Autumn exhibition Tallinn Arthall

Stage designs

*1990 ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'' (Molière) Estonian Dramatheatre *1996 ''The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant'' (R.W.Fassbinder) Tallinn City Theatre *1999 ''Hades'' (A. Strindberg) Pärnu theatre "Endla" *2000 ''Stairway to heaven'' Estonian Puppet theatre *2001 ''Vader'' (G.Görgey) Theatrum *2005 ''In front of the Jewelry store'' (K.Wojtyla) Theatrum *2007 ''Coctail Party'' (T.S.Eliot) Theatrum *2008 "The Tidings Brought to Mary" (P.Claudel) Theatrum

Gallery

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References

External links

The artist's personal homepage

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koort, Andres 1969 births Living people 20th-century Estonian painters 21st-century Estonian painters 20th-century Estonian male artists 21st-century Estonian male artists Artists from Tallinn