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Kärt Summatavet
born on 27 November 1963, graduated from the Metal
Art Department at the State Art Institute of the Estonia in 1987. She is currently an assiciate
professor of the Department of Metal Art of the Estonian Academy of
Arts. Since 1985, her graphic works and finery have been exhibited
in galleries of the USA, UK, Germany, Russia, Finland, Norway,
Poland and Slovakkia. The artist has been portayed in the film
Touch ("Puudutus", 1994). Kärt Summatavet's MA thesis concerned
the female world view and its depiction in traditional applicational
art and was in the form of an exhibition. In 1998, Kärt
Summatavet became the first Estonian Doctor of Art student, at
Taideteollinen korkeakoulu (UIAH), Helsinki, Finland.
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In her works, the artist makes use of Estonian and
Finno-Ugric mythology and folk art. The influences come, one the one
hand, from lullabies that describe the child her future life and teach the wisodm of ancestors, and, on the other hand, from Estonian brooches and the idea expressed by an old Setu singer: "My brooch is
so old, my mother's voice is in it."
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The current exhibition displays her graphic works that are strongly influenced by
Finno-Ugric mythology.
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| | Read more about her career and work: |
| | http://haldjas.folklore.ee/rl/pubte/ee/kart |
| | http://haldjas.folklore.ee/rl/pubte/ee/kart/cv.htm |
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| | Estonian Academy of Art |
| | Faculty of Applied Arts |
| | Department of Metal Art |
| | Tartu mnt.1, 10145 Tallinn, Estonia |
| | Phone: +372-626-7315 |
| | kart@kiirtee.ee |