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MARI MÄNNA
b. 1991 Kuressaare, Estonia
Based in Tallinn
 

Education:
 

2020 Estonian Academy of Arts, Contemporary Art, MA cum laude

2019 Aalto University, Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art, Erasmus Stipend 
2018 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Fine Arts, Erasmus stipend
2017 Tartu Art College, BA in photography 
2016 Kunstuniversitat Linz, Erasmus stipend
2013 University of Tartu, BA in Semiotics and Culture Theory 

Self-Organized Courses:
 

2022 [upcoming] Fossils of the Future. Workshop by Mari Männa, Kuressaare 

2019 Analogue Photography Course for the Young by Mari Männa, Saaremaa

2018 Silicone Molding Workshop by Lorena Solis Bravo, Amsterdam

Residencies:

2021 spring, HANGAR residency, Lisbon

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Exhibitions: 
 

2022 [upcoming] solo exhibition, Draakoni Gallery, Tallinn
2022 [upcoming] solo exhibition, Editorial Project Space, Vilnius

2021 

Artist Talk and Presentation, HANGAR Residency, Lisbon

"Spring Exhibition 2021", Tallinn Art Hall
"Remnants", solo exhibition, Tartu Art House
Estonian Sculptors Union Annual Exhibition "Flows Into Being", Pallas Gallery, Tartu
End Of Year Exhibition – Põhjala Tehas, Tallinn
 

2020

"EKA TASE 2020", EKA Gallery, Tallinn

"Like There Is No Tomorrow", solo exhibition, Vent Space, Tallinn

The Annual Exhibition of Tartu Art "Tightrope Walker", Tartu Art House

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2019
"Safe Pair of Hands", group exhibition, Aalto University’s project space, Helsinki

"Ways of Making", Aalto University's lobby, group exhibition, Helsinki
"Kevätpörriäinen", group exhibition, Haapaniemenkatu 14, Helsinki

2018

"Muse", group exhibition, Gallery 3.14, Tallinn

"Great Results On All Machines", Green Room at Telliskivi, Tallinn 

"Cruise", Kanuti Gild, group show, Tallinn

Mari and Piret Männa’s solo exhibition, "Change of Repertoire", Saaremaa Kunstistuudio

"Doorloop", group show, Gerrit Rietveld’s project space, Amsterdam
 

2017
"Afterparty", group show in Raja 11A, Tallinn
Diploma work "The Sound of Light", Tolstoi 3, Tartu
"Black Friday", group installation at Aparaaditehas, Tartu
 

2016
"Suspicious Images", group exhibition, gallery Noorus, Tartu

"Department of Photography", group exhibition, gallery Noorus, Tartu

 "The Birth of a Frame", group show, Elektriteater, Tartu

Zukunftsmusik: Closed Loops and Open Futures, "Creating Your Own Sound", KAPU, Linz

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Other: 
 

2020 – present
Estonian Academy of Arts. Open Academy's photographer