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Flo Kasearu 1985 born in Pärnu, Estonia. Lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia. Since 2013 director of Flo Kasearu’s House Museum, Tallinn. Studies 2008 – 2013 MA Photography. Estonian Academy of Arts. 2006 – 2007 Multimedia. Universtität der Künste Berlin (R.Horn studio). 2004 – 2008 BA Painting. Estonian Academy of Arts. Solo/Duo Projects 2018 Great great great grandscribble-weasel. Koidula Memorial Museum, Pärnu, Estonia. (part of Artists in Collections) 2018 Holes, Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2018 Festival of the Shelter, Pärnu women’s shelter, Pärnu, Estonia 2017 Costume Drama (with Andra Aaloe). 16th Drugajanje festival. Maribor, Slovenia. Curator Alma Selimovic. 2017 Members Only. Performa 17, New York, USA. Curator RoseLee Goldberg. 2017 Contact. The Photography Museum, Tallinn, Estonia. 2016 Illustrating the Request for Privacy (with Pärnu women shelter). Artishok biennale, NO99, Tallinn, Estonia. Curator Evelyn Raudsepp. 2015 Korean Garden. Backyard of Flo Kasearu House Museum, Tallinn, Estonia. 2015 House Music (with Riina Maidre). In front of Flo Kasearu House Museum, Tallinn, Estonia. 2015 Uprising. Fuga, Budapest Center of Architecture, Budapest, Hungary. 2015 Uprising. Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. 2014 We Are On the Way. Zacheta Project Room, Warsaw. 2013- Flo Kasearu’s House Museum. Flo Kasearu House Museum, Tallinn, Estonia. 2011/2012 21.05.09 / 14.06.09 (with Tõnis Saadoja). Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania. 2011 21.05.09 / 14.06.09 (with Tõnis Saadoja). Artists House, Tartu, Estonia. 2010 21.05.09 / 14.06.09 (with Tõnis Saadoja). Arthall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. 2009 Untitled painting project (with Tõnis Saadoja). Art Hall, Pärnu, Estonia. 2008 Untitled painting project (with Tõnis Saadoja). City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. 2008 Frog in the Well. House of Arts, Pärnu. 2007 It‘s hard to talk with the frog in the well. Artdepoo gallery, Tallinn. 2006 Houses, show your inside! (with Alide Zvorovski). videoinstallation, Tallinn cityspace.  Selected Group Exhibitions 2018 Freiheit zur freiheit II. Albrechtsberg castle, Dresden, Germany. Curated by Kunsthaus Dresden. Related by sister languages. Estonian-Hungarian Contemporary art exhibition, curated by Szipocs Krisztina, Ludwig museum, Budapest, Hungary. The State is not a Work of Art. Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia. Curator Katerina Gregos. There and Back Again, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland. Soon Enough: Art in Action, curated by Maria Lind, Tensta Konsthall, Spanga, Sweden. 2017 Bridge, curated by Veikko Halmetoja, Virka Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Failure/Afterlife, curated by Annika Toots and Merilin Talumaa, Tallinn Photomonth, Telliskivi, Tallinn The Travellers: Voyage and Migration in New Art from Central and Eastern Europe. KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn. Curator Magdalena Moskalewicz. Back Home. Museum of the Nizhny Novgorod Intelligentsia, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Curator Artem Filatov. Return Flight Ticket. Max Estrella gallery, Madrid. Curator Nerea Ubieto. Videobox Festival “Of Sounds and Movements”, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris. Curator Odile Burluraux. Dissolution – Raivo Puusemp in dialogue with. Tallinn Arthall gallery, Estonia. Curator Krist Gruijthuijsen. 2016 The Eigth Climate (What does art do?), 11th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea. Curator Maria Lind. Pseudo. EKKM, Tallinn, Estonia. Curator Marten Esko. Identity. Behind the Curtain of Uncertainty. Namu (National Art Museum of Ukraine.) Curator Solvita Krese. Seeking Company for the Marshal. Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland. Final selection by the Finnish State Art Commission International Fun. Temnikova & Kasela gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. Curator Alina Astrova 2015  DOings & kNOTs. Tallinna Art Hall, Tallinn. Curator Margit Säde-Lehni Smugglers. Narracje Festival, Gdansk, Poland. Curator Anna Smolak New Building. Tartu Art Museum, Estonia. Curators Rael Artel, Mare Joonsalu, Tiiu Talvistu. Critical Mass. Gromov and Lopukhinsky Cottage Garden, St Peterburg. Curator Anna Bitkina Survival K(n)it 7. the National Library of Latvia, Riga. Curator Solvita Krese and Inga Lace. Holy Night. New Dance showcase in Drama Festival, Tartu, Estonia. Metamorphoses of the Black Square. Interpretations of Malevich’s Work in Estonian Art. KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn. Curator Elnara Taidre. 2014 Kohatu. Valga Culture Center gallery; Rapla Center of Contemporary Art; Saaremaa Art Studio gallery. Curators Marten Esko & Anders Härm. Kilometre of Sculpture. Rakvere cityspace. Curator Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk. Shifting Identities. MACRO Testaccio, Rome. Curator Ludovico Pratesi. Present Tense. Kalmar Art Museum, Sweden. Curators Marianna Garin and Andres Kurg. Side Effects. Museum-Library of Grenoble, Grenoble, France. Curator Laura Kuusk and Pascale Riou. White Tank Top. Tartu Art Museum, Estonia. Curator Flo Kasearu. Literacy/Illiteracy. KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn. Curator Maria Kjær Themsen. 2013 Kas me sellist muuseumi tahtsimegi?. Tartu Art Museum, Estonia. Curator Rael Artel. Estonian Dream. Festival of Contemporary Art. Rogaland Kunstsenter, Norway. Curator Anders Härm. Shadows of a Doubt. Tallinna Art Hall, Tallinn. Curator Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk. Where You End, I Begin. Tartu Art House, Estonia. Curator Anneli Porri. Holy Night. Kanuti Gildi saal, Tallinn. Merry Melancholy. Nordic Art Station – Word, Art, Sound. Eskilstuna Museum of Art, Sweden. Curator Lars-Erik Wahlberg. Uni/ja–Uni/on. Lublin, Poland. Curator Anda Rottenberg. 2012 Inside and Out. KIM? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia. Curator Maija Rudovska. Cosmic Underground. In trainstations in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal. Curator Mário Caeiro. Archaeology and the Future of Estonian Art Scenes. KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn. Curators Hilkka Hiiop, Kati Ilves, Eha Komissarov, Rael Artel.  HUH! PFUI! YUCK! AHA! WOW! Estonian contemporary art classics. Tartu Art Museum, Estonia. Curator Rael Artel. Sense of Place. European Landscape Photography. Bozar – Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium. Curator Liz Wells. Köler Prize 2012. Exhibition of Nominees. The Museum of Contemporary Art of Estonia (EKKM), Tallinn. Beaufort triennal 04. Bredene, Belgian coastline. Curator Phillip Van den Bossche. Handsome Hero and Plenty of Still lifes. KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn. 2011 LIBERTÉ. Le château d’Asnières, Paris. Curator Kaia Kiik. After Socialist Statues. KIM? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia. Curator Rael Artel. Acts of Refusal. Fleeing, Dreaming, Repeating, Watching (among others). Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia. Curators Ellen Blumenstein and Kathrin Meyer. Interstice. Cesis Art Festival, Latvia. Curator Inese Baranovska. Lost in Transition. Contemporary Museum of Art (EKKM), Estonia. Curator Rael Artel. O. city-installation festival „Lift 11“, Tallinn. Curators Margit Aule, Margit Argus. Between ideology and identity. Labor gallery, Budapest. Curator Rael Artel. “If it’s Part Broke, Half Fix it”. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania. Curator Margit Säde-Lehni. Count-down. Teatri square, Tallinn. 2010 Confrontations and provocations; An Insight into Contemporary Estonian Art. National Museum in Szczecin, Poland. Curator Eha Komissarov. The Politics of the Invisible Hand. Contemporary art festival ART IST KUKU NU UT. Tartu, Estonia. Curator Rael Artel. Contemporary Art Festival Survival Kit 2. Riga, Latvia. I don’t want Obamat. Transportmuseum, Chišinau, Moldova. a Pool. Tallinn cityspace, Estonia. Two Shadows of the public: Display and Space. Videoist, Tutun Deposu, Istanbul, Turkey; München, Germany. Delicious Polish Sausage. Sõprus Cinema, Tallinn, Estonia. Painting in progress. Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia. Curator Eha Komissarov. Illusion of Inclusion. Vartai gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania. Curator Olga Temnikova. It is a piece of cake to assemble a queue. Freedom square, Tallinn, Estonia. Free Fall. Apartment Project, Istanbul. Curator Selda Asal.  2009 Comechacha. Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn. State of affairs. Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn. Curator Maria-Kristiina Soomre. Border. Espace Croisé. Centre d’art contemporain. La Condition Publique, Roubaix, France. „Kaunas In Art: Contexts“ Kaunas Art festival. Gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas, Lithuania. Allveelaev/ a Submarine. Allveelaev.wordpress.com 2008 Bad beauty. Gallery of Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn. Curator Kirke Kangro. Ost lockt/East Up. Römerapotheke Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland. Curator Olga Temnikova. Serving the System. Museum of Contemporary Art, Szczecin, Poland. Curator Rael Artel. Cinema Mai. Cinema Helios, Tallinn. Lets do it. Tallinn cityspace. Freedom poster. Tallinn cityspace. Welcome to Estonia. Pozycja, Poland. Kas me sellist Eestit tahtsime? Rael Artel Gallery: Non-Profit Project Space, Tartu, Estonia. Curator Rael Artel. 2007 Integration is not a sin. Gallery 008, Tallinn. ArtDepoo highlights – estonian young painting vol.1. ArtDepoo Tallinn. Curator Olga Temnikova. Right choice. Artists House Tartu, Estonia. Rundgang. Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Art Meeting. Univerität der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany. 2006 Naked. Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia. Potatoe print. CNOPT gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. Culturefestival. Polümer factory, Tallinn, Estonia. Improvisation. Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia. Bridge. Concert house, Jõhvi, Estonia. Estonian video art. The blood project. Warszawski Aktyw Artystów. Warsaw, Poland. Curator Rael Artel. Open your eyes. Antonio Carvalho masterclass, Academy of Arts Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. Living sculptures. Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia. Curator Anders Härm.  a Sign. Tartu Art Hall, Botanic garden, Tartu, Estonia. Excursion. Tartu, Viljandi, Estonia. Scholarships & Awards 2018 Violence Prevention Award 2017-2019 Artists wage. 2016 Estonian Independent Performing Arts Award. 2016 Estonian Cultural Endowment creativity grant for a year. 2015 Estonian Cultural Endowment creativity grant for a year. 2013 Teatri aastaauhindade muusika-, balleti- ja tantsulavastuste žürii eriauhinna nominent 2013 Estonian Cultural Endowment creativity grant for half a year. 2012 Köler Prize 2011 Annual grant from the Cultural Endowment of Estonia 2009/10 Erasmus Placement in Istanbul 2008 M. Kevend‘s sholarhip 2006 Eduard Viiralt’s fund 2006/07 Erasmus to Universität der Künste Berlin 2005 Helle Kiiss‘s Rotalia fund Art Fairs represented by Temnikova&Kasela gallery 2018 Liste – Art Fair Basel. 2016 Paris International. 2016 Art Brussels. 2015 Viennacontemporary. 2013 Loop Barcelona. 2012 Moving Image Video Art Fair, London. Works in collections Kiasma Art Museum, Finland KUMU Art Museum, Estonia Tartu Art Museum, Estonia Flo Kasearu House Museum, Estonia Stockholm County, Cultural Administration Private collections in Estonia, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, USA etc Eesti Vabariigi Kultuuripreemia valimiskomisjonile 10.01.2019 Põhjendus riigi kultuuripreemia ettepaneku juurde MTÜ Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Arenduskeskus soovitab komisjonil määrata kultuuri aastapreemia kunstnik Flo Kasearule 2018. aasta tabavate, täpsete ja kõrg etasemeliste isikunäituste eest: Näitus “Varjupaiga festival” Pärnu naiste varjupaigas Näitus “Aia auk” Temnikova & Kasela galeriis Näitus “Vana-vana-vana-vana-paberinirk” Koidula muuseumis Flo Kasearu on originaalne mõtleja, kelle looming on loodud tundliku sotsiaalse närvi ja vastutustundega. Kasearu oskab erakordselt tabavalt ja ajakohaselt kommenteerida elu ja ühiskonda enda ümber, tehes seda sageli humoorikate sümbolite ja igapäevaste esemete kaudu. Just viimane teeb Kasearu loomingu sõbralikuks, ligipääsetavaks ja kaasavaks, mis on kaasaegse kunstiga kaasas käiva eksklusiivsuse foonil äärmiselt teretulnud. Möödunud aasta projektidest väärib meie hinnangul erilist esile tõstmist “Varjupaiga festival” Pärnu naiste varjupaigas, mis käsitles lähisuhtevägivallas naiste olukorda ja julgustas neid pöörduma turvakeskustesse. Üksnes varjupaika sattunud naistele ligipääsetav näitusega jõustas kunstnik keerulisse olukorda sattunud naisi, pakkudes neile kunsti kaudu muuhulgas mooduseid kuidas tagasi saada kontroll, julgus ja enesekindlus. See on suurepäraseks näiteks Flo Kasearu praktikast, kus kunst ei ole mitte provotseerimise ja tähelepanu juhtimise vahend, vaid pakub uusi mõttemustreid ja sisulisi lahendusi. Lisaks eelpoolnimetatud näitustele Eestis, osales Flo Kasearu möödunud aastal kõrgetasemelistel grupinäitustel Rootsis (Tensta Konsthall), Soomes (Kiasma), Ungaris (Ludwigi muuseum) ja Saksamaal (Kunsthaus Dresden). Samuti pälvib jätkuvat positiivset rahvusvahelist tähelepanu maailma kontekstis üllatav ja unikaalne Flo Kasearu Majamuuseum. Flo Kasearu looming on meie hinnangul kõrgel tasemel, inimlikult puudutav ja oma originaalsuses alati silmapaistev. Leiame, et see väärib kahtlemata esile tõstmist ja tunnustamist. Lugupidamisega, /allkirjastatud digitaalselt/ Karin Laansoo Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Arenduskeskuse direktor