Biography

MARGE MONKO

born 1976

lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia

www.margemonko.com

 

Education

2005-2008                      Estonian Academy of Arts, photography, MA

2005                               University of Applied Arts, Vienna

2002-2005                     Estonian Academy of Arts, photography, BA

 

Solo exhibitions

2011

Tell me, Platan Gallery, Polish Institute in Budapest

2010

Shaken Not Stirred, Gallery of Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia

2009

Bread and Roses, Draakoni Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2008

Marge Monko and Tanja Muravskaja, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn

2007

Studies of bourgeoisie, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland

Tell me, Tallinn City Gallery

2006

Studies of bourgeoisie, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn

2005

Electronic_city. Portraits, Gallery at the House of Scholars,Tallinn

 

Selected group exhibitions

2012

Archaeology and the Future of Estonian Art Scenes.

Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn.

Curated by Rael Artel, Hilkka Hiiop, Kati Ilves and Eha Komissarov

Connected by Art, Schwerin Museum, Germany.

Curated by Kornelia Röder and Antonia Napp

Manifesta 9, Genk, Belgium. Curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina

Köler Prize 2012 exhibition. Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia

 2011

Generation of the the Place: Image, Memory and Fiction in the Baltics.

Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia. Curated by Vytautas Michelkevicius

Confrontations and Provocations. National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Curated by Eha Komissarov

Water – Sense and Sensation. Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland. Curated by Johanna Kurth

2010

Kunst macht frei. Modern Hungarian Gallery, Pécs, Hungary, curated by Gabriella Uhl and Reet Varblane

Confrontations and Provocations. Museum of Contemporary Art, dept. of the National Museum in Szczecin, Poland. Curated by Eha Komissarov

Artishok Biennale. Tartu Art House, Estonia, curated by Kati Ilves

Take Care. Politics of Emacipation. Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, curated by Jaana Kokko and Johannes Saar

2009

Blue-Collar Blues, Tallinn Art Hall, curated by Anders Härm

Poses and Neuroses. Self-Portraits, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, curated by Kädi Talvoja

Doings or Not, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, curated by Laura Kuusk and Margit Säde

2008

Insanity, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, curated by Dénes Farkas

Doings or Not, Vžigalica Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, curated by Laura Kuusk and Margit Säde

Plaisirs de l’imagination, Castle of Tours, France, curated by Eha Komissarov

Border country, Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Art, China, curated by Reet Varblane

2007

Consequences and Proposals, Biennale of Young Artists, Tallinn, curated by Anneli Porri and Rael Artel

2006

Displaced, group exhibition in Vaal Gallery, Tallinn

Displaced, group exhibition in Tartu Art House

PostPost, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn

Selected Spaces, Culture factory of Polymer, Tallinn

Homo Grandis Natu, Estonian Art Hall, Tallinn, curated by Reet Varblane

2004

Home Sweet Home, Rottermanni Saltstorage, Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn, curated by Eha Komissaarov

 

Screenings

2010

video Forum in PROEKT FABRIKA, Moscow, curated by Eléonore de Montesquiou

 

Residencies

2010

Pro Helvetia AIR Program in Bern (PROGR_Zentrum für Kulturproduktion), Switzerland

 

Awards

Henkel Art.Award. 2012

 

Curated exhibitions

2008

Up Close and Personal, Hobusepea and Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

I see you looking at me, Evald Okas Museum, Haapsalu, Estonia

 

Works in collections

Kumu Art Museum, Estonia