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EDUCATION

1996 - 1997 M.A Hypermedia course at the University of Westminster, London

1994 - 1996 M.A. studies at Estonian Academy of Arts

1990 - 1995 Estonian Academy of Arts, faculty of painting

1984 - 1988 Tartu Art School

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS

2004

Strangers to Ourselves, 201 St John Street, London

Breakthrough, Grote Kerk Den Haag, The Netherlands

Fantastiline Realism, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

On Air, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany

in between, The British Red Cross, London

Similar Spaces, House of Parliament, London; Cercle des Voyageurs - Travel Arts Café, Brüssel and European Commission, Brusels

Crossing Over Time, Side Cinema, Newcastle, UK

Alle Gegen Alles, The Gallery of the Academy of Arts, Berlin

Estonian Film Days 2004, Tallinn

2003

(un)dressed. Body in the Baltic Photo Art, Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin

Strangers to Ourselves, The Metropole Galleries, Folxestone, UK

Last Hero, Exhibition Hall Of Estonian Art Museum In Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia

LEGACY '03, ICA Digital Studio, London

Smog, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London

57th Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland

Purchases of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia

2002

'Breath. Recent Video Art from Estonia', Ludwig Museum Budapest - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary

Mons Veneris: Female Geographies, Austrian Cultural Forum, London

Darklight 4. Digital Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland

'VideoMedeja', Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

'vsionsinthenunnery2002', Bow Arts Trust & thenunnery, London

'8th Pärnu Fideo & VilmFestival', Pärnu, Estonia

'Digital weekend', The Red House - Centre for Culture and Debate, Sofia, Bulgaria

2001

'Double Life Identity and Transformation in Contemporary Art', Generaly Foundation, Viena, Austria

'Cybersalon - The Shape of Nets to Come', ICA, London

'Crossing Over microfestival of Digital film culture', The Union theartre, Liverpool, UK

'Sybaris' Baltic Contemporary Art Biennale, Szczecin, Poland

'Money', Stockholm Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden

'Mehitamine', Exhibition Hall in Rotermann Salt Storage, The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn

'Cyber and my sp@ce', Mexican House, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

festival SESTAIS ELEMENTS (The 6th Element), Riga, Latvia

'Media Forum', XXIII Moscow International Film Festival, Moscow

Periphery - the Chronicle an online exhibition

2000

'Spacecraft', Video Positive 2000, Bluecoat Display Center,Liverpool, UK

'VR finassage', Video Positive 2000, Unity Theatre, Liverpool, UK

'ArtPort 2000', Kotka City Space, Finland

'Duchamp's Suitcase', Arnolfini, Bristol, UK

s, Wexner Center, Columbus Ohio, USA

'VideoMedeja', Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

1999

'In memory of the 20th Century Artist', The Knighthood House, The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn

'Interstanding 3', 6th Annual Exhibition of the Center for Contemporary Art, Estonia, Exhibition Hall in Rotermann Salt Storage, The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn

'Video Archeology', international video-festival, Sofia, Bulgaria

'Fairy-tales', international symposium, Plasy Metamedia Center, Plasy, Czhec Republic

'Private Views', ICA-Hungary, Dunajuvaros, Hungary

'M.O.O.D', Exhibition Hall in Rotermann Salt Storage, The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn

'Aeroflot', flat-exhibition, Manchester, UK

1998

'Freedom of Choice', Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

'Private Views', Exhibition Hall in Rotermann Salt Storage, The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn

'Junge Kunst International '98', Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lybeck, Germany

'VR 1/4', Sofia, Bulgaria

ISEA'98, Manchester, England

'VideoMedeja', Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

online-offline, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia

'Young Estonian painting Õ98', former cinema Võit at Nõmme, Tallinn, Estonia

1997

'Persona', Exhibition Hall in Rotermann Salt Storage, The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn

'Video Positive'97', Liverpool, England

'Virtual Vulgarity', Reading, England

'MAP' (Media.Art.Project), Myyrmakitalo, Vantaa, Finland

'Interstanding2', 5th annual exhibition of Soros Center, Exhibition Hall in Rotermann Salt Storage, The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn

'Beyond Technology', Lux Centre, London

1996

'OUT 30.02.96', open air space in Tallinn, Estonia

'Artgenda', Nikolaj, Kopenhagen, Denmark

IV Festival Franco - Balte d'Art Video, Vilnius, Lithuania

'Estonia as a Sign', 4th annual exhibition of Soros Center, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia

'VideoMedeja', First International Video Summit, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

1995

'Painting'95', Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia

'Artell of History', Saaremaa Biennale 'Fabrique d'Histoire, Kuressaare, Estonia

'Est.Fem', Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

'Wait we're Loading', Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden

'Biotopia', 3.annual exhibition of Soros Center for Contemporary Arts Estonia, The Gallery of the Institute of History, Tallinn, Estonia

1994

'Unexisting Art', the 2nd annual exhibition of Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn

'Balic Jubilee', Malmo, Sweden

1993

'Young Painters Exhibition', Munkade Taguse Torni Gallery, Tallinn

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003-2004

Whirligig, MacRoberts Centre, Sterling, Scotland

2000

"Safe Society", Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

1999

"To Sit into Bright Future", Sebra Gallery, Tartu, Estonia

1996

"Basements", Mustpeade Maja Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

"Second-hand Love Stories", Vaal Gallery Tallinn, Estonia

"Untitled", Poltsamaa, Estonia

1995

"Untiteld videoinstallation", Vaal Gallery, Tallinn

"Relation", Poltsamaa Culture House, Estonia

1994

"Relation", Mustpeade Maja Gallery, Tallinn

1992

"A Trip from Tallinn to Paldiski", an alternative space in Tallinn, Estonia

DIGITAL ART

2004

Whirligig, an interactive installation, comissioned by new Media Scotland

2001

'Keep East-Europe happy!', an interactive object

2000

"Sing With Me", interactive video-inlstallation

1999-2000

"Virtual Revolutions" collective CD-Rom design and realisation

1999

"eyeBlimp", an interactive object, commisioned by The Center for Contemporary Art, Estonia

"How was now then", 8 stories on CD-Rom

CD-Rom "Aurora", collaboration with Nina Czegledy

"Virtual Revolutions" web-site design and managing www.yourserver.co.uk/vr

"To sit into bright future", interactive-installation

1998

"Private Views" www.yourserver.co.uk/vr/private/views.html

Virtual Revolutions "Word game a` la Sofia"

1997

website "Loveline" www.artun.ee/~trimadu/love.html

CD-ROM "her.space" (first version in 1996)

"Eurogame" shockwave game for BA web-site www.british-airways.com/regional/scandinavia/eurogame/eurogame.shtml

SCCA web-site "Artists of Estonia", www.oef.org.ee/scca/estart/

1996

www.artun.ee/homepages/mare/kmm.html

"Sell Yourself Big", (website, was up untill 1998)

VIDEOS

2001

'Plovdiv', 4'

2000

"Felt Boots", 3'01"

"Virtual Revolution", 5'

"Virtual Revolution", dance performance visuals 20'

1999

"DIY Tallinn Fashion House", 5'12"

"Fairy tale", 2' loop

1996

"Ice Drift", 6'

1995

"A Toy" 9'

"Com.Rel.Int", 8' loop

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

1996

videoperformance "Ice Drift", Mustpeade Maja and Glehni Loss, Tallinn, Estonia

"Home", Tampere International Performance Fesitval "AMORPH", Finland

"Kiss", City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

"Estonian Dream", Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia

1995

"Funural of Mashine", group Trimadu, Tallinn Art University, Estonia

"Sun-Time-Games", group Trimadu, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

performance on Poltsamaa River with Jaan Toomik, Poltsamaa, Estonia

1994

"Blackwhite", Baltic Jubilee, Malmo, Sweden

1993

"Breaking Illusions", Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

"Rebirth of Antropometries", group Trimadu, Tallinn Art University, Estonia

"All Saints Day", on streets of Tallinn, Estonia

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2001

editor of Digital Art issue of 'Kunst.ee', 4/2001

co-curator (with Ando Keskküla) of an international new media conference and exhibition 'Interstanding 4. end repeat', Tallinn

Lecture in a series of 'Digital Media Culture: practices, concepts & aesthetics', Department of Media Studies, University of Turku

presentation at Watching People, Watching You, Warsaw, Poland

2000

presentation at Communication Front 2000 and Communication Front 2000 website design http://www.idea.org.uk/cfront/intro/index.html

1999

presentation at Next Cyberfeminist international, De Unie, Rotterdam, Holland

curator of Estonian video works at VideoArchaeology: International VideoArt Festival Sofia, Bulgaria

presentation at n5m3, De Bali, Amsterdam, Holland

teaching workshops at Protoacademy, Edinburgh

1998-2000

co-editor (with Pam Skelton & Angela Dimitriakaki) of an academic book "Private Views. Spaces in Contemporary Art from Estonia and Britain"

1998/99

co-curator (with Pam Skelton) of "Private Views", Tallinn, Estonia & Dunajuvaros, Hungary

1998

presentation on Art and Technology conference, Birmingham, England

1997

presentation on LEAF"97 conference, Liverpool, England

curator of "Odours of Freedom", MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

1996

presentation on "Media and Ethics" conference, Helsinki, Finland

1995

curator (together with Eha Komissarov and Reet Varblane) of the Est.Fem project, Tallinn

editor of the catalogue "Est.Fem"

1994-1995

author (together with Mari Sobolev and Marko Laimre) of the TV monthly program JAEI (YESNO), ETV, Estonia

since 1994 contributor to many Estonian newspapers and magazines

SELECTED AWARDS

1999

Estonian Culture Endowment grant for "Private Views"

1998

travel grant form British Council

Arts Council of England and SCCA, Estonia grant for "Private Views" book

1996 - 2002

several grants from Estonian Culture Endowment, National Culture Fondation, Open Estonia Fondation and Soros Center for Contemporary Art

1995

Estonian Culture Endowment special prize for young artist group for the exhibition "Artel of History", Kuressare, Estonia

special prize of the Est.Fem exhibition, Tallinn, Estonia

1994

prize of the 2nd annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2002

'Maalikunstiga saavutatud vabadusest', Kunst.ee 1/2002, Tallinn, p.72

2001

'sissejuhatus/Introduction' ja 'Digitaalse kunsti seis Eestis/ The situation of digital art in Estonia', 'Kunst.ee', 4/2001 Tallinn

'yBa ehk young British art(ists) = nEk ehk noor(ed) Eesti kunst(nikud)?/ yBa alias young British art(ists) = nEk alias noor(ed) Eesti kunst(nikud) (young Estonian artists)?', "kunst.ee" 2/2001, Tallinn, p. 8- 10

Keep East-Europe Happy http://www.crac.org/money/money

2000

'E-Media Centre (Tallinn)', ACOUSTIC.SPACE 3 for intercultural jamming, net.audio issue', Riga, 2000

1998

"Disgusting Girl", Moscow Art Magazin nr.22 http://www.guelman.ru/xz/english/XX22/X2221.HTM, Moscow 1998
also published at on-line magazine Combain

"Leonhard Lapin - The big figure of Estonian Art", magasin "Estonian Art", vol 1 1998, Tallinn

1997

"Heroines of the Socialist Labour", in Deep Europe Syndicate Publication Series 001, Inke Arns / Andreas Broeckmann (eds.) Deep Europe: The 1996 - 97 edition. Selected texts from the V2_East / Syndicate mailing list (143 pp.), Berlin, October 1997 http://colossus.v2.nl/syndicate/synr1.html

"T.Est.Art : A View of Estonian Feminism", n.paradoxa, Issue 5, November 1997, London

"Vabaduset kriitilise pilguga/Critically about freedom", "Eesti Ekspress. Areen", October 24th 1997

"All you need is love" Thing, 1997http://www.thing.at/face/debate/mare.htm

"Second-hand lovestories. Kirpputorirakkautta", "contemporary imagery review [valo]KUVA" 5-6/97, Helsinki, Finland

1996

"Nähtav ja nähtamatu/ Visible and Invisible", "Eesti Ekspress, November 15th 1996

"Heroines of the Socialist Labour", Nettime 1996, Holland

"Internet, vabadus ja eetika/ Internet, freedom and ethics", weekly "Eesti Ekspress", October 4th, 1996

"Naine on alati olemas/ The woman is always ready", weekly "Eesti Ekspress", March 1, 1996

"Kaameranarkomaan/ A Cameranarcomaniac", weekly "Eesti Ekspress', Feb. 23, 1996

"Põhjamaade meediakunsti massazhe/ Massages of Nordic Media Art", newspaper "Sõnumileht", Feb. 02. 1996

"Paber ja kunst(iekspert)/ Paper and Art(expert)", newspaper "Sõnumileht", Jan. 22, 1996

"Kanada kuulsuse manipulatsioonid Helsingis/ Manipulations by Canadian Renown in Helsinki", newsaper "Sõnumileht", Jan. 17, 1996

1995

"Armas Mare..." interview with Leena-Maija Rossi, estFem. catalogue, Tallinn 1995

"Problemmatiliselt Eesti kunstist/ Problematically about estonian Art", cultural weekly "Kultuurileht", Oct. 20, 1995

"Ihaledes armastust, ihaledes valu/ Longing Love, Longing Pain", cultural weekly "Kultuurileht", Sept. 29, 1995

"Projekt Est.Fem", magasin "Eesti Naine", 9/95

"Kunstikiri Veneetsiast I; II; III/ Art Letter from Venezia I; II; III", cultural weekly "Kultuurileht", Juny - July, 1995

"Roosadest unägudest/ About Pink Dreems", newspaper "Hommikuleht", May 27, 1995

"E-mail intervjuu Asko Mäkeläga/ E-mail Interview with Asko Mäkelä", Cultural weekly "Kultuurileht", May 26, 1995

"Projekt Est.Fem kogub jõudu/ The Project Est.Fem gets stronger", newspaper "Hommikuleht", May 13, 1995

"Hoora Akadeemia/ Whore Academy", newspaper "Hommikuleht", Feb. 1995

1994

"Kaks võimalust vaadata iseendasse/ Two possibilities to Look at Yourself", Cultural weekly "Sirp", Oct. 21, 1994

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sirje Helme, 'Eesti aeg', Eesti Ekspress, 24.04.2002

Katrin Kivimaa 'Muutuv ruum - mõningaid meediakunsti näiteid eesti kultuuris', 'kunst.ee' 4/2001

Heie Treier "Mare Tralla, a lady far from being a "Disgusting Woman"', Sybaris catalog, Szczecin, Poland 2001, p.68-71

Katrin Kivimaa 'Relevance of Gender: feminist and other practices in contemporary estonian art', 'Mare Articum. the Baltic Art Magazine' Issue 1 (8) 2001, Szczecin, Poland, p.12-22

Anders Härm 'Nothing matters', 'Estonian art' 2/2001, Tallinn, Estonia

Yvonne Volkart, 'Connective Identities', 'Double life. Identity and transformation in contemporary arts', exhibition catalogue, Wien, Köln 2001, p. 41-70

Katrin Kivimaa "Introducing Sexual Difference into Estonian Art Feminist Tendencies during the 1990s", n.paradoxa, Issue 14, February 2001, London

Rosana Ratkovc(ic''Festival s brojnom publikom', Zarez, vol 47, 18.01.2001

Ando Keskküla "Interstanding 4": eelmistest pragmaatilisem', Eesti Ekspress 15. november 2001

http://www.crac.org/money/money

Rossitza Daskalova "The Ground for Net.Art in the former Eastern Block (Central and Eastern Europe", The CIAC Electronic Art Magazine, Jan. 2001

"The Other side of Zero", Video Positive Catalogue, Liverpool 2000

Sirje Helme, "Zur aktuellen Kunst in Estland", Sonderausstellung 2000, exhibition catalogue, Düsseldorf, 2000

Pauline van Mourik Broekman "State of Play" in "Private Views", Women's Art Library, London 2000

Harri Mannonen, 'Löysin sisäisen lapseni', Seepra, Etelä-Saimaa, 16.06.2000

Illiyana Nedkova "Interview with Mare Tralla", 'Virtual Revolutions Act and Read', CD-Rom, FACT, 2000, Liverpool, UK

Reet Varblane, 'Mare Tralla Ð väikesest tüdrukust iseteadlikuks ning eneseirooniliseks uue meedia haiks', Sirp, 09.06.00

Katrin Kivimaa "Eine Identität oder keine Identität" magasin "Springerin", March-June 1999, Vienna

Katrin Kivimaa "Feminism i iskysstvo v Estonii", "Szenshinõ Baltikii" vol 1, 1999, Riga, Latvia

Katrin Kivimaa "Feminisms un mäksla Igaunijä", "Apkärtraksts", vol 2, 1999, Center of Gender Studies at Latvian University, Riga

Illiyana Nedkova "Interview with Mare Tralla", Virtual Revolutions website

Illiyana Nedkova "Interview with Mare Tralla" "Next Cyberfeminist International" Old Boys Network, Rotterdam 1999

Yvonne Volkart and Faith Wilding "Feminist Activism/Resistance/Intervention/Globalism", OBN, 1999

Reet Varblane, 'Big and Small Women Facing Small Culture', Estonian Art 2/99, Tallinn

"Freedom of Choice", exhibition catalogue, Tallinn 1999

"Interstanding 2" exhibition catalogue, Tallinn 1999

"online/offline" exhibition catalogue, Tallinn 1999

Ahto Reinaru "Mare Tralla, Kyberruumile andunud seksikas paksuke", magazin "Seltskond", May 1998

Vesta Rest, Krister Kivi "Ilge naisterahva triumf", weekly "Eesti ekspress" 5.06.98

Johannes Saar "Eraeluline kunst", "Postimees" 5.06.98

Katrin Kivimaa "Kunst ja feminism EKMi kontekstis/ Art and feminism in the context of EKM", weekly "Sirp" October 23rd, November 6th & 20th, 1998

Reet Varblane, 'Uued ja vanad ruumimängud', Sirp, 19.06.98

Videomedeja 1998, about Mare Tralla, Novi Sad, 1998

Mari Sobolev Klounaad meeste Ÿmber, Combain, 1998

"Eesti kui märk", exhibition catalogue, Tallinn 1997

Kristel Kivi " Kohtumine Trallaga/ Meeting with Tralla", weekly "Eesti Ekspress", March 14th 1997

Maimu Berg "Interviws Mare Tralla", "Estonian Art" 1/97

Sean Cubitt, 'LEAF: Liverpool East European Electronic Arts Forum 12-14 April 1997', Variant issue 3, 1997

Kunstnik Mare Tralla, Diivan, Eesti Ekspress, 14.03.1997

Reet Varblane "Nii me sünnitasime eesti feminsimi?/So we gave birth to Estonian Feminism?", magasin "Kunst. Art in Estonia" vol. 1, 1996, Kunst Publishers, Tallinn

"Ego" magasin "Kunst. Art in Estonia" vol. 1, 1996, Kunst Publishers, Tallinn

Harri Liivrand "Kättemaks suudlustega", Eesti Ekspress, 35/1996

Videomedeja catalogue, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, 1996

Tiina Strauss, "Ilge naisterahvas Mare Tralla tegutseb/ The disgusting woman Mare Tralla in action", "Eesti Ekspress" Aprill 5, 1996

Katrin Kivimaa, 'Argipäevase armastuse lõksus. Mare Tralla näitus ÇSecondÐhand lovestoriesÈ ÇVaalasÈ, Postimees, 29.06.1996

Reet Varblane "Pruugitud armastuslood/ Second-hand Lovestories" 'Kultuurileht', June 21, 1996

Maureen Sharp "That Disgusting Woman Turns In", "Baltic Times", May 1996

Katrin Kivimaa "Biograafia kunstis: Mare Tralla juhtum/ Biography in Art: Mare Tralla", magazin "Vikerkaar" 11-12/1996

Anneli Remme "Heli eesti uues kunstis/ Sound in Estonian Contemporary Art." magazin "Teater. Muusika. Kino." 11/1996

Eha Komissarov, "Pallimäng Mare Trallaga/ Ball Game with Mare Tralla", weekly "Eesti Ekspress', March 03, 1995

Jaan Paavle, "Veendunud Ja telesarjale JaEi/ Confidently Yes to TV program YesNo", newspaper "Postimees", March. 23, 1995

Mari Sobolev "Mare Tralla - olematu undergroundi tunnustatud liider/ Mare Tralla - renoved lider of unexisting underground", Magasin "Elu Pilt" 6/95

Harri Päiväsaari "Historian liukuhihnalta oman elämän sankareiksi", "Helsinkin Sanomat", July 29th 1995

"Est.Fem", exhibition catalogue, Tallinn 1995

Reet Varblane "Nii me sünnitasime eesti feminsimi?/So we gave birth to Estonian Feminism?", "Eesti Päevaleht", August 21st, 1995

Barbi Pilvre "Märtrid, amatsoonid ja meesteõgijad", weekly "Eesti Ekspress", August 25th 1995

Katrin Kivimaa "Nad kõik räägivad naisest.../They all talk about woman...", weekly "Kultuurileht", September 1st, 1995

Pille-Riin Raudpats "Nii me sünnitasime eesti feminsimi?/So we gave birth to Estonian Feminism?", weekly "Eesti Aeg", September 6th 1995

Sulev Teinemaa, interview "Eesti feministlikud kunstnikud andsid endast teada/ Estonian Feminist Artist Gave Note", weekly "Esmaspäev", Sept. 11, 1995

"Ajaloo Artell/ Artell of history", exhibition catalogue, Tallinn 1995

Maria Rudberg "Ester pa väg uti världen", "Nyheterna, October 6th 1995, Sweden

Vappu Vabar, "Ennast modernistlikult lahti riietav naine/ Woman Modern Undress", Cultural weekly "Kultuurileht" Dec. 15, 1995

"Unexisting Art", exhibition catalogue, Tallinn 1994

Mari Sobolev, "Suhe/ Relation", Cultural weekly "Kultuurileht", Dec. 1994

Katrin Kivimaa, "Illusiooni(de) purustamisest/ Deconstruction of Illusion(s)", Cultural weekly " Sirp", Dec. 17, 1993

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