Malle Leis

Malle Leis (7 July 1940 – 9 August 2017) was an Estonian painter and graphic artist. Her works mostly represent abstract forms in nature, including flowers, fruits, and vegetables. She developed a silk screen technique that became her trademark.

Early life and education Malle Leis was born on July 7, 1940, in the town Viljandi, Estonia, a country on the Baltic Sea across from Finland. Leis began her education at the Tartu Art School attending from 1958 to 1961 and attended the Estonian Academy of Arts (also called Art Institute of Tallinn, see Wiki for associated names in past) from 1961 to 1967.

In 1964, a group of young artists in Tallinn formed an organization called ANK '64.

List of exhibitions and collections Selected one-person exhibitions (1968-1989, 2014) Source: 1968: Art Salon, Estonian Union of Artists, Tallinn, Estonia 1973: House of Artists, Estonian Union of Artists, Tartu, Estonia 1974: Theater Lydia Koidula, Parnu, Estonia 1975: Art Salon, Estonian Union of Artists, Tallinn, Estonia 1975: Gallery Arsenal Zapiecek, Ponsan, Poland 1975: Gallery Arsenal Zapiecek, Warsaw, Poland 1980: Museum of Art, Tallinn, Estonia 1981: Russian Images, ltd., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US 1984: Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 1984: Galerie im Zentrum, Luckenwalde, East Germany 1984: International Images, ltd., Sewickley, Pennsylvania, US 1988: Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk, Russia 1988: Audiovisual Gallery, Limerick, Ireland 1988: University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia 1989: Harjupaviljonki, Heinola, Finland 1989: International Images, ltd., Sewickley, Pennsylvania, US - This exhibition held sixty of Leis' works, including oils, watercolors, and serigraphs. At the time, it was the most extensive collection of Leis' art ever shown in the United States. - This exhibition was open for about three months and featured an overview of Leis' artwork.

Selected group exhibitions (1970-1989) Source: 1970: First Riga Watercolor Triennial, Riga, Latvia 1971: II Graphics Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia 1972: International Biennial of Graphic Art, Krakow, Poland 1972: Graphics of Estonia, Italy 1978: International Meeting of Fine Art Dealers, Washington, D.C., US 1978: Lazarus Assembly Centre, Ohio, US 1978: Pratt Institute Gallery, New York, US 1978: Pratt Manhattan Center, New York, US 1978: Russian Images, ltd., Sewickley, Pennsylvania, US 1979: Boston World Art Exhibition, Boston, Massachusetts, US 1979: Fourth Riga Watercolor Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia 1979: International Meeting of Fine Art Dealers, Washington, D.C., US 1979: St. Mary's College, St. Mary's City, Maryland, US 1980: Center Gallery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, US 1980: Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, Georgia, US 1980: V Graphics Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia 1980: International Art Exposition, New York, US 1980: Kilcawley Center Art Gallery, Youngstown, Ohio, US 1980: Western Carolina University, Cullouhee, US 1981: Augusta College, Augusta, Georgia, US 1981: Austin College, Sherman, Texas, US 1981: International Art Exposition, New York, US 1981: International Biennial of Graphic Art and Painting, West Germany 1981: University Museum, Oxford, Mississippi, US 1982: Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, St. Paul, Minnesota, US 1982: Center Gallery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, US 1982: Contemporary Russian Art Center of America, New York, US 1982: Fifth Riga Watercolor Triennial, Riga, Latvia 1982: Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, Georgia, US 1982: International Images, ltd., Sewickley, Pennsylvania, US 1982: Lutheran Brotherhood Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US 1982: McKissick Museum, Columbia, South Carolina, US 1982: Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida, US 1982: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, US 1983: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US 1983: VI Graphics Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia, US 1983: Washington Cathedral, Washington, D.C., US 1984: The Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C., US 1984: Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, US 1984: Glen Helene Association, Yellow Springs, Ohio, US 1984: Missoula Museum of Arts, Missoula, Montana, US 1984: The Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US 1984: Thames Science Center, New London, Connecticut, US 1984: Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco, California, US 1984-1985: Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen und Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, West Germany 1985: Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, US 1985: Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, West Germany 1985: Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California, US 1985: Rauma 85 Biennial, Rauma, Finland 1985: Santa Cruz City Museum, Santa Cruz, California, US 1985: Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, West Germany 1985: Szepmuveszeti Museum, Budapest, Hungary 1985: University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Colorado, US 1986: VII Graphics Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia 1986: Kieler Stadtmuseum, Kiel, West Germany 1988: Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana, US 1988: Sydney, Australia 1989: Cultural Center, Trento, Italy 1989: VII Graphics Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia 1989: Melbourne, Australia

Selected museum collections Source: Cremona Foundation, Maryland, US Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, US Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., US Museum of Art, Tartu, Estonia Museum of Modern Art, New York, US Museum Lodz, Lodz, Poland Museum Ludwig, Cologne, West Germany Museum Narodowe We Wroclawiu, Warsaw, Poland Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia Szepmuveszeti Museum, Budapest, Hungary The Russian Museum, Leningrad, Russia The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia