Heiki Trolla (born 10 August 1970 in

Võru Võru (; vro, Võro; german: Werro) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish. History Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, according to the wish of the Empress Ca ...

), better known by his artist name Navitrolla, is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

n painter whose work has been described as naivistHeidmetsa ilmutusraamat
Allan Valge, Teater.Muusika.Kino, December 2003 or

surrealist Surrealism is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. Its aim was, according to ...

. Most of his works depict fantastic landscapes and animals. He spent his childhood in the villages of

Trolla Trolla is a village in the municipality of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Midtbyen borough, along the Trondheimsfjord on the north coast of the Bymarka area. It is about northeast of the village of Langørjan ...

and Navi near

, which is the source of his pseudonym. He works in his atelier in Tartu, but has a gallery in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

. Navitrolla's uncle is philosopher of science

Enn Kasak Enn Kasak (born on 24 September 1954 Navi, Võru County) is an Estonian philosopher and astrophysicist. 1981 he graduated from University of Tartu in astrophysics speciality. 1981-1995 he worked at Tõravere Observatory. 1998-2007 he taught at ...

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1970 births Living people People from Võru 21st-century Estonian painters {{estonia-bio-stub