ARTIST PROFILE

Riin Kaljurand

  • Estonia (b. 1979 in Estonia)
  • Currently in Dublin, Ireland.
  • My paintings are collaged from dried layers of acrylic or household paint, which I manipulate at different stages of drying - by scraping, folding, cutting, drawing into and building up.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016

  • Celebration of Worker, RHA Ashford Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • K-Fest Art Fair, Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland.
  • 'Bare Magazine' Issue 2 launch, NCAD (National College of Art and Design) Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Rotterdam Art Fair, The World Trade Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

2016

  • Art File, The Painting Center Online Gallery, New York, United States.
  • Parnu Annual Art Exhibition, Parnu City Gallery, Parnu, Estonia.
  • Nowhere and Everywhere, Virtual Exhibition, Facebook, San Francisco, United States.
  • Paint is a Thing, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, United States.
  • Veins // Small ..... far away, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Fernisering: SOLO - "POV" af Olav Mathisen & sommerudstilling, Galleri Oxholm, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Impossible Possibilities, Facebook, Virtual Exhibition, 011 Gallery, San Fransisco, United States.
  • Borderlands, Paloma Studios, Los Angeles, United States.
  • Juried '186th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Perennial, The Fumbally Exchange, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Behind the Margin, Wexford, Ireland,The Presentation Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland.

2015

  • Season 12 FRESH PAINT Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Ohio, United States.
  • SCOOP Art Auction and Exhibition, Light House Cinema, Dublin , Ireland.
  • Saw dust, MART Project Space, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Degree Show, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland.
  • We're Painters not Poster Makers, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland.

2014

  • 3, Hendrons Collider, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Pop Up Gallery, Bray to Tara Street Dart Service, Dublin, Ireland.

2013

  • Kiln Paint, Light House Cinema, Dublin, Ireland.

2011

  • First Year Studies End of Year Show, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland.

LOCATION

  • Born 1979 in Estonia, Estonia.
  • Lives and works in Dublin, Ireland.

EDUCATION

  • 2011 - 2015
    National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Dublin, Ireland
    Bachelors of Fine Art in Painting

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2016
    Working Artist Grant/Art Purchase Award for the month of February
    Working Artist Organization, United States
  • 2016
    Painting and Drawing Award Finalist
    Artist Project Initative, United States
  • 2015
    Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Monster Truck Studio Award
    Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Ireland

RESIDENCIES

  • 2016
    Cill Rilaig Artist Residency, Cill Rilaig Artist Residency, County Kerry, Ireland
  • 2015
    Studio Residency, MART Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2015 - Present
    Visual Artists Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

COLLECTIONS

  • Office of Public Works (OPW) Irish State art Collection, Dublin, Ireland