Margus Tamm
Award-winning independent interdisciplinary artist, designer, writer and researcher
b 1977
Tallinn, Estonia
phone: 551 84 86
e-mail: margusugram@gmail.com
Education
- 2009 Chelsea College of Art and Design, research department
- 2008 — ... Doctoral School of EAA, researching in theory and practice interventionist strategies
- 2002 Department of Interdisciplinary Arts at Estonian Academy of Arts, MA
- 2000 Department of Printmaking at Estonian Academy of Arts, BA
Work
- Graphic designer (since 1997)
- Lecturing in Pallas University of Applied Sciences (since 2020)
- Lecturing in Estonian Academy of Arts (since 2007)
- Contributing as a cultural critic to various publications
Awards
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FINE ARTS
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2012 Köler Contemporary Art Prize nominee
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2008 Eduard Wiiralt fine art grant
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2004 Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Fine Arts Annual Award to the performance group Avangard (together with Sandra Jõgeva),
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DESIGN
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2024 Golden Egg / ADC Estonia Creativity Festival, Seasonal branding - SILVER
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2022 Art Designers Club Europa Awards, Typography - SILVER
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2022 Golden Egg / ADC Estonia Creativity Festival, Typografy - GOLD
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2022 Golden Egg / ADC Estonia Creativity Festival, Seasonal branding - GOLD
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2022 25 Best Designed Estonian Books
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2021 Golden Egg / ADC Estonia Creativity Festival, Typografy - SILVER
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2021 Golden Egg / ADC Estonia Creativity Festival, Print - SILVER
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2021 HGDF, 10 Best Contemporary Estonian Cultural Posters
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2020 Golden Egg / ADC Estonia Creativity Festival, Illustration - GOLD
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2019 Estonian Design Awards, Typografy - GOLD
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2019 Estonian Design Awards, Print - BRONZE
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2019 HGDF, 10 Best Contemporary Estonian Cultural Posters
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2017 Estonian Design Awards, Print - GOLD
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2017 Estonian Design Awards, Interactive application design - GOLD (Estonian National Museum, team work)
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2017 Estonian Design Awards, Infographics - GOLD (Estonian National Museum, team work)
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2017 Estonian Design Awards, Exhibition design - BRONZE (Estonian National Museum, team work)
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2017 HGDF, 10 Best Contemporary Estonian Cultural Posters
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2016 Baltic Bookfair, Best designed Estonian book
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2015 HGDF, 10 Best Contemporary Estonian Cultural Posters
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2015 25 Best Designed Estonian Books
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2014 Estonian Design Awards, Print - BRONZE
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2013 HGDF, 10 Best Contemporary Estonian Cultural Posters
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2013 25 Best Designed Estonian Books
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2012 25 Best Designed Estonian Books
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2011 HGDF, 10 Best Contemporary Estonian Cultural Posters
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2008 HGDF, 10 Best Contemporary Estonian Cultural Posters
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Advertising awards Golden Egg and Golden Hammer under agencies Publicis Kolma Karu, DDB Estonia 2002-2008
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LITERATURE
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2011 Betti Alver award for the best literary debut, novel Unesnõiduja
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ARCHITECTURE
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2021 Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Architecture Annual Award: for exhibition "The Houses We Need" (together with Jarmo Kauge, Eva Kedelauk & Kristel Niisuke)
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2021 Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2022 international curatorial competition II place, project "HOME" (together with Eerika Alev, Eva Kedelauk, Kristel Niisuke and Kristiina Way)
Lectures
- 2023 public talk "When is Design?", Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
- 2022 public talk "From disruption to innovation: protestivals and design activism", European Design Awards conference: "Beyond Design"
- 2022 public talk "Satanic Panic and Typography", Kirjak typography conference
- 2021 guest lecture "Artistic Interventions in Public Spaces", Estonian Academy of Arts & DAMA
- 2021, 2022 guest lecture "Art and Authorship", Estonian Academy of Arts
- 2021, 2020 lecture course "History of Consumer Culture", Pallas University of Applied Sciences, Department of Media and Advertising design
- 2020 seminar "Research Feamework: Things, Places, and Autonomous Zones", Estonian Academy of Arts, Faculty of Architecture, MA
- 2018, 2020 guest lecture "(H)ACKTIVISM: Anti-Hegemonic Practices and the Return of Utopia", Estonian Academy of Arts, MA
- 2018 public lecture "Peeter Linnap & the Factory of History – a Trick With Two Mirrors and Four Reflections", Riga Photography Biennial symposium
- 2018 guest lecture "Tactical Media", Estonian Academy of Arts, MA
- 2014, 2013 lecture course "Introduction to problematics of contemporary art", Estonian Academy of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, MA
- 2011 TED Talk "What is poster"
Writings and editorials
- 2011 novel Unesnõiduja (A Chukchi Fairytale)
- Short fiction in literary magazines Vikerkaar, Looming, Sirp
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- 2018 editor in chief for the reader Art is a Jam on Life's Bread: Artishok's Collection of Articles 2006-2018
- Essays, reviews, cultural criticism and research papers in various publications
Curatorial Projects
- Artishok Biennale 2008 til present
- 2008 Artishok First Annual Exhibition, Tallinn City Gallery, founding the Artishok Biennale (in co-operation with Maarin Ektermann)
- 2008 "Blood and Honour", Tartu Art Hall
Personal exhibitions
- 2014 “Raymond the Diamond”, Tartu Art House (with Marta Stratskas)
- 2014 “First Three Minutes”, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery
- 2013 “Novella”, Haapsalu City Gallery (with Marta Stratskas)
- 2013 „Are We Not Drawn Onward To New Era“, Tartu Art House (with Marta Stratskas and Kristi Kongi)
- 2013 „Never Odd Or Ewen“, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn (with Marta Stratskas)
- 2011 "Let's Face It" Hop Gallery, Tallinn
- 2008 "Horror Mirror", Y Gallery, Tartu (in cooperation with Mihkel Kleis)
- 2008 "Blood and Honor", Tartu Art Hall (in cooperation with Liisi Eelmaa)
- 2008 "That Was The Best Party. And I Wasn't There." Town Gallery, Tallinn
- 2006 "Black Ceiling", Culture Factory, Tallinn (Avangard)
- 2005 “Bomb”, Enjoy Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand (Avangard)
- 2005 “Avant-Garde or Death, The Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (Avangard/Pinkpunk)
- 2004 “Bomb”, Town Gallery, Tallinn (Avangard)
- 2002 "Smells like Teen Spirit", Rakvere Museum, Rakvere (Avangard)
- 2002 „Avangard Presents-The Classics“, Town Gallery, Tallinn (Avangard)
Group Exhibitions / Events
- 2022 Tolerance Poster Show, around the world
- 2022 Haapsalu Graphic Design Festival
- 2021 Haapsalu Graphic Design Festival
- 2020 Golden Bee Moscow Design Biennale
- 2019 Cyprus Poster Triennial
- 2019 Haapsalu Graphic Design Festival
- 2018 Trnava Poster Triennial
- 2018 Riga Photo Biennale (in co-operation with Reinis Hofmanis)
- 2018 Golden Bee Moscow Design Biennale
- 2018 Estonian Design Awards exhibition
- 2018 HGDF design festival, Haapsalu
- 2017 HGDF design festival, Haapsalu
- 2016 Best Designed Estonian Books of 2015, National Library, Tallinn
- 2015 HGDF design festival, Haapsalu
- 2015 From Explosion to Expanse. Estonian Contemporary Photography 1991—2015, Tartu Art Museum
- 2015 Distant Moods On a Blue Evening, Cesis, Latvia
- 2014 Size Doesn't Matter: Design from Estonia, Design Flanders Gallery, Brussels
- 2014 HGDF design festival, Haapsalu
- 2014 Lahti Poster Triennial, Finland
- 2014 Best Designed Estonian Books of 2013, National Library, Tallinn
- 2013 Best Designed Estonian Books of 2012, National Library, Tallinn
- 2013 Contemporary Estonian Poster, Museum of Architecture, Tallinn
- 2013 HGDF design festival, Haapsalu
- 2013 Contemporary Estonian Poster, Central House of Artists, Moscow
- 2012 Golden Bee design biennale, Moscow
- 2012 Contemporary Estonian Poster, Estonian embassy, Berlin
- 2012 Köler Prize contemporary art exhibition, EKKM, Tallinn
- 2012 Contemporary Estonian Poster, Central House of Artists, Moscow
- 2011 Contemporary Estonian Poster, Museum of Architecture, Tallinn
- 2011 LIFT11 City Installation Festival, Tallinn
- 2011 HGDF graphic design festiva, Haapsalu
- 2010 Brno Biennale of Graphic Design
- 2010 2nd Artishok Biennale, Tartu
- 2010 HGDF, Haapsalu
- 2009 Fair Enough, Vilnius Art Fair
- 2009 HGDF, Pärnu Concert Hall
- 2009 Contemporary Estonian Poster, Pärnu Concert Hall
- 2009 Go F Yourself, Peerr Gallery, Sydney, Australia
- 2009 Go F Yourself!, Dont Come Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- 2009 Narration in Pictures, Artdepoo, Tallinn / book presentation
- 2008 Syntheastwood 06, Dublin
- 2008 Black and White, Kultuurikatel, Tallinn
- 2008 Narration in pictures, Kultuurikatel, Tallinn
- 2008 Identity / Energy, SooSoo Gallery, Tallinn
- 2008 Contemporary Estonian Video Art, Akhmatova Museum, St. Petersburg
- 2008 White Nights / Estonian Video-Art, NOASS, Riga
- 2008 Contemporary Estonian Poster, Haapsalu Town Gallery
- 2008 Diverse Universe, Tallinn Art Hall
- 2008 Individuality / Energy, Haapsalu Town Gallery
- 2008 Freedom Square, Tallinn Art Hall
- 2008 Soul Spectrum, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn
- 2007 Propaganda, SooSoo Gallery, Tallinn
- 2007 New Wave, NG Art Container, Tallinn
- 2007 Diverse Universe, Tartu Artists House (Avangard)
- 2007 Diverse Universe, Polymer, Tallinn (Avangard)
- 2007 "Actual Design from Estonia", Stuttgart Design Centrum, Germany
- 2007 Art of Living, Tallinn Art Hall
- 2007 90s Culture Club, KUMU
- 2007 Printmaking IN, Eestonian Contemporary Poster, Pärnu Concert Hall
- 2006 Empty Spaces and their Occupants, Maneezh, St Peterburg, Venemaa (Avangard, PinkPunk)
- 2006 Isikupära, Tallinn Architecture and Design Gallery
- 2006 Isikupära, Estonia, Haapsalu City Gallery
- 2006 Tehnobia / Diverse Universe, Tallinn Art Hall (PinkPunk)
- 2005 Estonian Contemporary Culture Nights In the Culturefactory Tüzraktár, Budapest, Hungary (Avangard)
- 2005 26th International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Lyubljana, Slovenia (Avangard)
- 2005 “Version 05”, Chicago (Avangard)
- 2005 “Identity”, Tallin; Estonia (Avangard)
- 2004 “InPort”, Tallinn, Estonia (Pink Punk)
- 2004 “Images of Violence”, Bucharest, Romania (Avangard)
- 2004 “Version 04”, Chicago (Avangard, Pink Punk)
- 2004 "Alle gegen Alles", Gallery of Berlin Art Institute, Berlin (Avangard, Pink Punk)
- 2004 ”Sweetest Taboo”, Leuven, Belgium
- 2004 “Historiaa nopeammin” Kiasma, Helsinki (Pink Punk)
- 2003 “Performance Art Festival+Archives” Cleveland, Ohio (Pink Punk)
- 2003 „Me and Another”, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (Avangard)
- 2003 „inport”, Tallinn Kanuti Gild, Estonia (Avangard)
- 2003 "Fair Deal", Cleveland Performance Art Festival, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (Pink Punk)
- 2002 "Smells like Teen Spirit", Rakvere Museum, Rakvere (Avangard)
- 2002 „Nagu aamen kirikus“, St Nicholas Church, Tallinn (Avangard)
- 2001 „Estonian Art Since 1990“, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Iowa, USA
- 2001 International art festival "GooseFlesh", Rakvere, Estonia (Avangard)
- 2001 "Young British Art", Tallinn Art Hall (Avangard)
- 2000 “Diploma 2000”, Rotermanni Salt Storage, Tallinn
- 1997 "Together Forever", Tammsaare Museum, Tallinn
Performances
- 2008 State Decorations, Diverse Universe, Tallinn Art Hall
- 2007 SKY IS THE LIMIT AND WE ARE ON THE HALFWAY,Diverse Universe, Tartu Artists House (Avangard)
- 2007 YOU ARE THE ONE I HAVE WAITED FOR,Diverse Universe, NG artcontainer (Avangard)
- 2006 MUST LAGI, Tallinna Kultuuritehas (Avangard)
- 2006 WOOLIGANS, Tehnobia / Diverse Universe, Tallinna Kunstihoone (PinkPunk)
- 2005 “Live Fast Die Old”, Printmaking IN, Pärnu (PinkPunk)
- 2005 “Live Fast Die Old”, NO theatre, Tallinn (PinkPunk)
- 2005 “Give Hate a Chance”, Estonian Contemporary Culture Nights In the Culturefactory Tüzraktár, Budapest, Hungary (Avangard)
- 2005 “Fashion”, Polymer, Tallinn (PinkPunk)
- 2005 “Love Lounge” PostsovkhoZ 5, Mooste (Avangard)
- 2005 I COULD BE YOUR MOTHER! (Pink Punk), Auckland, New Zealand
- 2005 Fair Deal (Pink Punk), Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand
- 2004 “Chicks on Speed” (Avangard), Eclectica, Tartu
- 2004 “City lights” PostsovkhoZ 4, Mooste (PinkPunk)
- 2004 “Art is Great!” (PinkPunk), Paide, Estonia
- 2004 I COULD BE YOUR MOTHER! (Pink Punk), Version04, Chicago
- 2004 Fair Deal (Pink Punk), Version04, Chicago
- 2004 I COULD BE YOUR MOTHER! (Pink Punk), "Alle gegen Alles", Gallery of Berlin Art ?Institute, Berlin
- 2004 “Fair Deal”, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland (Pink Punk)
- 2003 „Black Sabbath”, Tallinn Kanuti Gild, Estonia (Pink Punk)
- 2004 “Leave Home” PostsovkhoZ 3, Mooste (PinkPunk)
- 2003 "This Is Hardcore", Tallinn, Estonia (Pink Punk)
- 2003 "Fair Deal", Cleveland Performance Art Festival, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (Pink Punk)
- 2003 “Hot Art Chat Line”, Tallinn, Estonia (Pink Punk)
- 2003 "Clash of the Civilizations", Pärnu, Estonia (Avangard)
- 2002 "Smells like Teen Spirit", Rakvere Museum, Rakvere, Estonia (Avangard)
- 2002 "Visitors from Future", art festival "GooseFlesh", Haapsalu, Estonia (Avangard)
- 2002 “Happy Holocaust”, art festival "GooseFlesh", Haapsalu, Estonia (Avangard)
- 2002 „War and Money“, St Nicholas Church, Tallinn (Avangard)
- 2002 „Stravinsky's Angels: Back With Vengeance“, DMX Krew concert, Tallinn (Avangard)
Videos
- 2008 "Blood and Honor I" (in cooperation with Liisi Eelmaa)
- 2008 "Blood and Honor II" (in cooperation with Liisi Eelmaa)
- 2007 "Black Ceiling" (Avangard)
- 2007 “Untitled”
- 2005 “Live Fast Die Old” (PinkPunk)
- 2005 "Hot Art Chat Line", New Zealand version (Pink Punk)
- 2004 “Art is Great” (PinkPunk)
- 2003 “Up and Down” (Avangard)
- 2003 "Hot Art Chat Line", (Pink Punk)
- 2002 "Satanic Dancer", (Avangard)
- 2002 "Smells like Teen Spirit", (Avangard)
- 2002 "Visitors from Future", (Avangard)
- 2002 "I am the Resurrection and the Life" (Avangard)