ANU PÕDER
1947–2013
EDUCATION:
1967–1970 Tartu Art School
1970–1976 Estonian State Art Institute, department of sculpture
EMPLOYMENT:
1993–2011 lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Arts
1989–2012 teacher at the Tallinn Art School
1976–1986 freelance artist
AWARDS:
2008 Kristjan Raud Art Award
2000 Award of the Sculpture Quadrennial Riga
1995, 1997 Annual scholarships of the Estonian Ministry of Culture
1994 Teacher of the Year
1990 Award of the Estonian Artists’ Association
1979 Annual Award of the Young Artists’
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Ruum minu ihu jaoks Une pièce pour mon corps Space for my body. Curated by Barbara Sirieix at La Galerie Noisy-Le-Sec, Paris, France
2007 Super at Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1999 Tested Profit at Tallinn City Gallery, Estonia
1996 Softly in Light at Tartu Art Museum, Estonia
1994 Solo at Kotka City Gallery, Finland
1985 Form and Colour in Textile at Tallinn Town Hall, Estonia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2020 To the River. Curated by Laura Windhager at Gianni Manhattan gallery, Vienna, Austria
2019 Be Fragile! Be Brave! Curated by Rebeka Põldsam at Pori Art Museum, Finland
2018 Border Poetics. Estonian Art 1918–2018. Curated by Eha Komissarov and Tatjana Zelukina at National Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2018 Chthonic Rift at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, Germany
2018 Give Up the Ghost! Baltic Art Triennial exhibition. Curated by Vincent Honoré at CAC Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 Anu Põder. Be Fragile! Be Brave! Curated by Rebeka Põldsam at Kumu Art Museum, Estonia
2016 Every Letter is a Love Letter. Curated by Marge Monko at Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2013 A Sketch for Estonian Feminist Art Canon. Ladyfest Tallinn 2013. Curated by Rebeka Põldsam. Y-Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
2009 Small Sculptures at Tartu Art House, Estonia
2009 Annual exhibition of the Sculptors’ Union, Pärnu, Estonia
2007 Sculpture Speaks: Power and Freedom at Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2006 Shiftscale at Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2005 Homo Grandis Natu at Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2005 Duo show with Jaan Elken at Deco gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2005 Trace at Tartu Art House and the University of Tartu Botanical Gardens, Estonia
2004 Me and Other, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2004 Estonian Sculptors’ Union sculpture union show at Pärnu Concert Hall, Estonia
2003 Group exhibition with Mare Mikoff and Aili Vahtrapuu at Intro gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002 Expressions around the Baltic at Karlskrona, Sweden
2002 Tempo di sculptura at Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2002 Closing the Distance at Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
2001 I and You, Deco gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2000 AIDS in Culture. The Loss of Immunity at the Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallinn
2000 International Sculpture Quadrennial, Riga, Latvia
2000 International art project of Hanseatic towns, Lübeck, Germany
2000 The Teacher and the Student, Sammas gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1999 Aquarium at the Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallinn
1999 Mothers and Daughters, Tallinn University, Estonia
1999 10 sculptors at Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
1996 Estonia As a Sign. 4th annual exhibition of the Soros Centre for Contemporary Arts in Estonia. Curated by Ants Juske at Tallinn art Hall, Estonia
1994 10 sculptors, Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1994 Nude in Art, Chaplin Art Centre, Pärnu, Estonia
1994 International sculpture exhibition, Porvoo, Finland
1994 Code-ex, gallery of the Institute of History, Tallinn City Gallery, Draakon gallery, Estonia
1992 10 sculptors, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
1990 Group Para ’89, Tartu Art Museum, Estonia
1989 Estonian Sculpture, St. Petersburg, Russia
1988 Baltic Young Artists’ Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania
1987 Object in Art, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
1984 Young Artists’ Exhibition, Tartu Art Museum, Estonia
CATALOGUES:
Anu Põder. Ruum minu ihu jaoks Une pièce pour mon corps Space for my body. Edited by Barbara Sirieix. La Galerie, centre d’art contemporain. 2019
Anu Põder. Be Fragile! Be Brave! Edited by Rebeka Põldsam. Art Museum of Estonia. 2017
Anu Põder. Edited by Reet Varblane. Tallinn Art Hall. 2009
PUBLICATIONS:
Kathrin Heinrich. Coming up for Air. PW-Magazine. 29 June 2020
Merilin Talumaa. Scattered Space(s). Anu Põder. Echo Gone Wrong. 2 August 2019
Neringa Černiauskaitė on Anu Põder. Artforum International. September 2017
Jennifer Boyd, A Tactile Dialect of Strong and Soft and Spiked: Anu Põder at Kumu Art Museum. Afterall. 1 August 2017
Gabriela Acha, Anu Põder. Frieze. 31 May 2017
Agnese Pundiņa. Two steps forward, one step back. Arterritory. 5 April 2017
Mari Laanemets. Dissected Bodies. An insight into the works of sculptress Anu Põder. Estonian Artists 2, 2000. Center for Contemporary Arts
MEMBERSHIPS:
Estonian Artists’ Association
Estonian Sculptors’ Union
COLLECTIONS:
Anu Põder Estate, Art Museum of Estonia, Tartu Art Museum
1947–2013
EDUCATION:
1967–1970 Tartu Art School
1970–1976 Estonian State Art Institute, department of sculpture
EMPLOYMENT:
1993–2011 lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Arts
1989–2012 teacher at the Tallinn Art School
1976–1986 freelance artist
AWARDS:
2008 Kristjan Raud Art Award
2000 Award of the Sculpture Quadrennial Riga
1995, 1997 Annual scholarships of the Estonian Ministry of Culture
1994 Teacher of the Year
1990 Award of the Estonian Artists’ Association
1979 Annual Award of the Young Artists’
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Ruum minu ihu jaoks Une pièce pour mon corps Space for my body. Curated by Barbara Sirieix at La Galerie Noisy-Le-Sec, Paris, France
2007 Super at Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1999 Tested Profit at Tallinn City Gallery, Estonia
1996 Softly in Light at Tartu Art Museum, Estonia
1994 Solo at Kotka City Gallery, Finland
1985 Form and Colour in Textile at Tallinn Town Hall, Estonia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2020 To the River. Curated by Laura Windhager at Gianni Manhattan gallery, Vienna, Austria
2019 Be Fragile! Be Brave! Curated by Rebeka Põldsam at Pori Art Museum, Finland
2018 Border Poetics. Estonian Art 1918–2018. Curated by Eha Komissarov and Tatjana Zelukina at National Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2018 Chthonic Rift at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, Germany
2018 Give Up the Ghost! Baltic Art Triennial exhibition. Curated by Vincent Honoré at CAC Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 Anu Põder. Be Fragile! Be Brave! Curated by Rebeka Põldsam at Kumu Art Museum, Estonia
2016 Every Letter is a Love Letter. Curated by Marge Monko at Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2013 A Sketch for Estonian Feminist Art Canon. Ladyfest Tallinn 2013. Curated by Rebeka Põldsam. Y-Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
2009 Small Sculptures at Tartu Art House, Estonia
2009 Annual exhibition of the Sculptors’ Union, Pärnu, Estonia
2007 Sculpture Speaks: Power and Freedom at Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2006 Shiftscale at Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2005 Homo Grandis Natu at Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2005 Duo show with Jaan Elken at Deco gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2005 Trace at Tartu Art House and the University of Tartu Botanical Gardens, Estonia
2004 Me and Other, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2004 Estonian Sculptors’ Union sculpture union show at Pärnu Concert Hall, Estonia
2003 Group exhibition with Mare Mikoff and Aili Vahtrapuu at Intro gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002 Expressions around the Baltic at Karlskrona, Sweden
2002 Tempo di sculptura at Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2002 Closing the Distance at Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
2001 I and You, Deco gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2000 AIDS in Culture. The Loss of Immunity at the Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallinn
2000 International Sculpture Quadrennial, Riga, Latvia
2000 International art project of Hanseatic towns, Lübeck, Germany
2000 The Teacher and the Student, Sammas gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1999 Aquarium at the Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallinn
1999 Mothers and Daughters, Tallinn University, Estonia
1999 10 sculptors at Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
1996 Estonia As a Sign. 4th annual exhibition of the Soros Centre for Contemporary Arts in Estonia. Curated by Ants Juske at Tallinn art Hall, Estonia
1994 10 sculptors, Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1994 Nude in Art, Chaplin Art Centre, Pärnu, Estonia
1994 International sculpture exhibition, Porvoo, Finland
1994 Code-ex, gallery of the Institute of History, Tallinn City Gallery, Draakon gallery, Estonia
1992 10 sculptors, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
1990 Group Para ’89, Tartu Art Museum, Estonia
1989 Estonian Sculpture, St. Petersburg, Russia
1988 Baltic Young Artists’ Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania
1987 Object in Art, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
1984 Young Artists’ Exhibition, Tartu Art Museum, Estonia
CATALOGUES:
Anu Põder. Ruum minu ihu jaoks Une pièce pour mon corps Space for my body. Edited by Barbara Sirieix. La Galerie, centre d’art contemporain. 2019
Anu Põder. Be Fragile! Be Brave! Edited by Rebeka Põldsam. Art Museum of Estonia. 2017
Anu Põder. Edited by Reet Varblane. Tallinn Art Hall. 2009
PUBLICATIONS:
Kathrin Heinrich. Coming up for Air. PW-Magazine. 29 June 2020
Merilin Talumaa. Scattered Space(s). Anu Põder. Echo Gone Wrong. 2 August 2019
Neringa Černiauskaitė on Anu Põder. Artforum International. September 2017
Jennifer Boyd, A Tactile Dialect of Strong and Soft and Spiked: Anu Põder at Kumu Art Museum. Afterall. 1 August 2017
Gabriela Acha, Anu Põder. Frieze. 31 May 2017
Agnese Pundiņa. Two steps forward, one step back. Arterritory. 5 April 2017
Mari Laanemets. Dissected Bodies. An insight into the works of sculptress Anu Põder. Estonian Artists 2, 2000. Center for Contemporary Arts
MEMBERSHIPS:
Estonian Artists’ Association
Estonian Sculptors’ Union
COLLECTIONS:
Anu Põder Estate, Art Museum of Estonia, Tartu Art Museum