Eesti esimene kunstioksjon tegelikult - Müügis: "Kauboi" - Mall Nukke
Mall Nukke (born December 6, 1964) is an Estonian artist. A printmaker by training, she is primarily known for her paintings, collages and installations influenced by pop art. Mall Nukke emerged on the Estonian art scene in the early 1990s, her work at the period can be seen as commentary of nascent mass culture and consumer society in newly independent Estonia. Her early collages combined various cultural references and created new media characters based on real entertainers and public figures. Since the 2000s, Mall Nukke has concentrated on creating photo-manipulations and mixed media paintings inspired by Eastern Orthodox icon art.
Mall Nukke was born on December 6, 1964 in Tallinn (Estonia). She went to Children's Art School in Tallinn from 1977 to 1979, Kopli Art School, also in Tallinn, between 1981 and 1983, meanwhile attending Kivihall School of Calligraphic Art (Tallinn, from 1982 to 1983). From 1985 Mall Nukke studied at the Estonian Academy of Arts, graduating from the Department of Graphic Fine Arts in 1992 as MA. She teaches drawing at the Sally Stuudio since 1994. She is a member of the Association of Estonian Printmakers, and of the Estonian Artists' Association since 1992, member of the Estonian Painters' Association since 2009. A short documentary "Mall Nukke", was shot in 1998 by Estonian Television.
Works in collections
Artworks by Mall Nukke can be found at KUMU, Tartu Art Museum, OÜ Sadolin's art collection (Estonia), Rauma City Museum (Finland), Viinistu Art Museum (Estonia), Vexi Salmi art collection (Finland), Nef Gallery (Kiev, Ukraine).
Exhibitions
Mall Nukke's art has been exhibited widely both in Estonia and abroad.
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2011 "Urban Mystic 2" Tartu Art Hall Little Gallery, Estonia
2011 "Urban Mystic" Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2010 "Money Faces 2" Gallery of Parliament of Estonia, Tallinn
2010 "Money Faces" Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 "Collages 1993– 2009" Artdepoo Gallery, Estonia
