Mall Nukke

Mall Nukke (born December 6, 1964) is an Estonian artist. A printmaker by training, she is primarily known for her paintings, collages and installations influenced by pop art. Mall Nukke emerged on the Estonian art scene in the early 1990s, her work at the period can be seen as commentary of nascent mass culture and consumer society in newly independent Estonia. Her early collages combined various cultural references and created new media characters based on real entertainers and public figures. Since the 2000s, Mall Nukke has concentrated on creating photo-manipulations and mixed media paintings inspired by Eastern Orthodox icon art.

Life and education Mall Nukke was born on December 6, 1964, in Tallinn (Estonia). She went to Children's Art School in Tallinn from 1977 to 1979, Kopli Art School, also in Tallinn, between 1981 and 1983, meanwhile attending Kivihall School of Calligraphic Art (Tallinn, from 1982 to 1983). From 1985 Mall Nukke studied at the Estonian Academy of Arts, graduating from the Department of Graphic Fine Arts in 1992 as MA. She teaches drawing at the Sally Stuudio since 1994. She is a member of the Association of Estonian Printmakers, and of the Estonian Artists' Association since 1992, member of the Estonian Painters' Association since 2009. A short documentary "Mall Nukke", was shot in 1998 by Estonian Television.

Works

Works in collections Artworks by Mall Nukke can be found at KUMU, Tartu Art Museum, OÜ Sadolin's art collection (Estonia), Rauma City Museum (Finland), Viinistu Art Museum (Estonia), Vexi Salmi art collection (Finland), Nef Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine).

Exhibitions Mall Nukke's art has been exhibited widely both in Estonia and abroad.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2011 "Urban Mystic 2" Tartu Art Hall Little Gallery, Estonia 2011 "Urban Mystic" Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2010 "Money Faces 2" Gallery of Parliament of Estonia, Tallinn 2010 "Money Faces" Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2009 "Collages 1993– 2009" Artdepoo Gallery, Estonia 2008 "Rotation" Gallery 008, Tallinn, Estonia 2007 "Possibilities II" Artdepoo Gallery, Estonia 2006 "Possibilities" Pärnu City Gallery, Estonia 2005 "Urban III" Pärnu Theatre Gallery, Pärnu, Estonia

2004 "Icons" Chapelle Saint-Anne, Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, France 2004 "Icon" Estonian Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania 2004 "Icon 2004" Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2004 "Urbans II" Estonian Art Academy gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2003 "Urbans" Pärnu Theatre Gallery, Pärnu, Estonia

2003 "Estonian Gold" SEB Bank Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2003 "Modern Icon" Baroti Gallery, Klaipėda, Lithuania 2003 "Map Tricks" Estonian Embassy gallery in Helsinki Gallery, Finland 2002 "Modern Icon" Lawra Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine 2002 "Human & Relicts" Turtle Gallery, Viljandi, Estonia 2002 "Return to Parnassos" Haapsalu Town Gallery, Haapsalu, Estonia 2002 "20 IKOONI 02" Gallery of Parliament of Estonia, Tallinn 2002 "24 Iconical Moments", Estonian Art Academy Gallery, Tallinn 2001 "Modern Icons" ZDH, Moscow, Russia 2001 "Icons 2001" Estonian Embassy in Riga, Latvia 2000 "Estonian Egos" City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2000 "Icons 2000" Sammas Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 1998 "Playtime" Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 1995 "Idols III" Gallery of Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia 1994 "Idols II" Sammas Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 1994 "Drawings" Hannelore Greve Gallery, Hamburg, Germany 1993 "Idols I" Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 1992 "Abstract Landscapes" Suomi Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

Group exhibitions (selection) 2012 "Painters' Association Annual exhibition" Pärnu Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia 2011 "Artist and City" ZDH, Moscow, Russia 2011 "Abstract" EAA 11. Annual Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia 2011 "What Can You Do With White Color?" Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2011 "Golden City" Pärnu Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia 2010 "Convert!" Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia 2010 "Estonia in Berlin/Brandenburg" Kunstverein Brieselang Gallery, Germany 2010 "Printed Matter from Estonia" Expo 2010, Shanghai, China 2010 "Confrontations" EAA 10. Annual Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia 2010 "The Last Painting" Tartu Art Hall, Estonia 2010 "Blue" Pärnu's Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia 2009 "Wir aus Estland" Gallery Melnikov, Heidelberg, Germany 2009 "Self-exposure" EAA Annual Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia 2009 "Manu Propia" International Drawing Biennale, Gallery Atrium, Tallinn, Estonia 2009 "Haus-party" Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2008 "Estonian Printmaking" Riga Museum of Foreign Art, Latvia 2008 "Art Summer" Viinistu Art Museum, Estonia 2008 "Vabaduse Square" Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia 2007 Tokyo International Screen Print Biennale, Japan 2007 "Impact V" International Graphic Exhibition, Rotermann Salt Storage, Estonia 2007 "The Best Selection" Tartu Art Hall, Estonia 2007 "Estonian Landscape" Tartu Snail Tower, Estonia 2007 "The Art of Living" Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia 2006 "Collected Crises" KUMU, Estonia 2006 "Tehnobia" Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia 2005 "Now Art Now Future" Klaipeda, Lithuania 2005 "VII Biennale of graphics of the Baltic Countries" Kaliningrad, Russia 2005 "Identidiies" Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia 2004 "I & Other" Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia 2003 "Depending/Dependness" Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia 2002 "ZDH Gallery Fair" Dom Hudozhnikov, Moscow, Russia 2002 "100 Portraits" Heidelberg Castle, Germany 2002 "Gotland Art Summer" Roma Gallery, Gotland, Sweden 2002 "Four Artists/ Drawings" Estonian Art Academy Gallery, Tallinn 2001 "Sidestep" Pärnu City Gallery, Estonia 2001 "The Manning" Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia 2000 "Artist and God" Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia 2000 "The naturalism" Gallery of Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia 1999 "M.O.O.D." Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia 1998 Tallinn's XI Graphic Triennale, Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia 1998 "Electrokardiogramm" Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia 1997 "Water. Color" Rotermann's Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia 1996 "Estonia as Sign" 4. Sorose KKK Annual Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia 1996 "Sweet Home" ArtGenda. Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark 1995 "Estonian Printmaking" Stadsgalerie. Gouda, Netherlands 1994 "14th International Triennial of Small Prints" Taller Galereia Fort. Cadaque, Spain 1994 "3rd International Triennial of Small Prints" Chamalières, France 1993 "3rd Triennial of Small Prints" Riga, Latvia 1993 "7th International Varna Printmaking Biennial" Bulgaria 1993 "Estonian Art" Länsi-Keskus, Helsinki, Finland 1991 "Printmaking Gallery Studio" Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland 1990 "Printmaking Gallery Studio" Estonian House, New York, United States

Monumental works 2010 St. Patric's pub (Vana-Posti St. in Tallinn, Estonia) panels 2006 St. Patric's pub ("Foorum", Narva Rd. 7 in Tallinn, Estonia) panneau "Ingel I-III" 2005 St. Patric's pub (Karja St. In Tallinn, Estonia) panneau 1997 "Hollywood II" mural painting in Club Hollywood, Tallinn, Estonia 1996 "Hollywood I" mural painting in Club Hollywood, Tallinn, Estonia