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Merle Kannus. was born in 1972 and studied glass art at the Estonian Academy of Art. She has worked, besides creating art, in various professions: animator, florist, decorator, translator, lecturer in color theory etc etc… and currently makes a living as party decorator at EKDesign.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Solo exhibitions:<\/h6>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1997 MIRALDA’S HOUSE, Arttia gallery, Tallinn
2003 TOURIST IN AMERICA, St. Paul Art Crawl\/ Kloostri Ait, Tallinn
2004 PURE CHANCE (with Erki Kannus) City Gallery, Tallinn
2004-2005 THE SECOND NORTH AMERICAN EXPEDITION: MINNESOTA 2004, Museum of Occupations, Tallinn; Ulemiste supermarket, Tallinn
2005 DO IT YOURSELF, Viinistu Museum of Art (with Erki Kannus)
2012 SERGEANT TIRR AND THE CASE OF THE FINGERPRINT, Rapla County Centre for Contemporary Art, Rapla
2013 SACRED SECRETION, Museum of New Art, P\u00e4rnu
2017 WEED, Cafe Fabrik, Tallinn
2018 WEED, Amandus Adamson Museum, Paldiski
2019 WEED, BDO offices, Tallinn
2020 PRE-TIME, Amandus Adamson Museum, Paldiski
2021 THE HUMAN FACTOR, Rapla County Centre for Contemporary Art, Rapla
2023 A SHIMMERING HOME (with Jeff Zimmer), The Glass Factory, Boda Glasbruk, Sweden<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Selected group exhibitions and events:<\/h6>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1997 YOUNG GLASS 97, Ebeltoft,
Danish Glass Museum
1997 ESTONIAN GLASS 60, Tallinn Art Hall
1997 MOVEMUS, Rotermann’s Salt Storage, Tallinn
1998 SUPREALISM, Chaplin Arts Center, Parnu
1999 SPACE IN LIGHT, LIGHT IN SPACE, Tallinn Art Hall
2001 THE GROUNDING OF ART, Palamuse\u00a0(curator)
2002 LAND IMPROVEMENT, Palamuse\u00a0 (curator)
2002 KONSENSUS, National Library, Tallinn
2003 HEAVY ESTONIAN AIR, Glass Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2003 TIME\/SPACE\/MOVEMENT, Paide, performance with Sheer Joy group
2005 TEMPORARY GARDENS, Tartu, land art festival
2005 BORN FROM A TEST TUBE,\u00a0Museum of Health, Tallinn
2006 BEAUTIFUL (annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artist’ Union, curator), Tallinn Art Hall\u00a0gallery
2006 PLEKTRUM, Culture Factory, Tallinn
2006 TILINATORIUM, Albu\u00a0Manor
2007 ESTONIAN GLASS 70, Museum of Applied Art, Tallinn
2007 PLEKTRUM, Von Krahl Theatre, Tallinn
2007 TRANSPARENT\u00a0GENERATION, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
2008 WORKING MEMORY, V\u00f5ru city gallery, P\u00e4rnu city gallery
2009 MY\u00a0DEAR PARANOIA, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
2010 SAPIENT\u00a0MACHINES, Design Gallery, Tallinn
2010 HAPPY NEW YEAR,\u00a0videomapping at Vabaduse v\u00e4ljak, Tallinn
2011 WORLD OF GLASS, \u00a0video\u00a0background for\u00a0concert
2011 MAN, WOMAN,\u00a0AND\u00a0EELCTRICITY, P\u00e4rnu Museum of New Art
2015 MARKS LEFT, Haapsalu Art School Gallery
2016 CIVILIZATION 2: THE TROUSERS OF TIME, annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artist’ Union, curator, Seaplane Harbour’s aquarium, Tallinn (co-curator)
2016 2D, international glass art exhiibition, Vilnius and P\u00e4rnu
2016 \u00d5, Kuressaare Castle
2016 WHATIF, Jurbarkas, Lithuania
2017 GLASS ART IN CAFES, satellite of the Tallinn Applied Art Triennial
2017 BIOGLASS,\u00a0Evald Okas Museum, Haapsalu
2018 A DIFFERENT ANGLE, international glass art exhiibition, \u00a0Evald Okas Museum, Haapsalu
2018 ESTONIA: A MINDSCAPE, Rapla County Centre for Contemporary Art
2018 PIMENEMINE \/ DARKENING, Janina Monkute-Marks Museum, Kedainiai, Lithuania
2019 RESONANCE, annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists\u2019 Union, Vana-V\u00f5romaa Cultural Centre, V\u00f5ru
2019 EUROPEAN GLASS FESTIVAL – BEAUTY AND HIS BEAST, Wroclaw, Poland
2020 SLOW LIGHT, Rapla County Centre for Contemporary Art, Rapla
2020 VITRUM BALTICUM \/ PULSE, Kaunas, Lithuania
2021 EUROPEAN GLASS CONTEXT, Bornholm, Denmark
2022 EUROPEAN GLASS FESTIVAL – MELTING BORDERS, Legnica, Poland
2023 GENIUS LOCI IV: LIFE, annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists\u2019 Union, Reigi pastoraat, Hiiumaa
2023 A LEGENDARY TIMES, .annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists\u2019 Union, Paul Kondas Centre, Viljandi\u00a0 (curator and deisigner)
2024 Estonian Artists’ Union Spring Show, Tallinn Art Hall – Lasnam\u00e4e Pavilion
2024 IMAGINE, glass and print exhibition, ARS Project Space, Tallinn (curator and deisigner)
2025 NEGOTIATIONS, glass and print exhibition, P\u00e4rnu Museum of New Art (curator and deisigner)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Awards, recognitions:<\/h6>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2022 nominee for Appreciated Glass Artist 2020\/2021<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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