Education
2018 Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK), Practice-based Research in Visual Arts
2015 – 2017 The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent (KASK), Film MA2014 Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel, photography, Erasmus exchange
2011 – 2015 Estonian Academy of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Photography BA
Upcoming exhibitions /Screenings
2019
May IDFF CRONOGRAF, Chisinau, Moldova 2019 May Exhibition on Dom Hans van der Laan and Jan De Jong, Doornburgh
May HISK Open Studios, Gent, Belgium
May Antwerp Art Weekend HISK group show, MHUKA, Anwerp, Belgium
Exhibitions /Screenings
2019
36e Festival International du Film sur l'Art official competition, Montreal, Quebec
Cinema Biestebroek: The Afterlife of Religious Buildings, Brussels, Belgium
2018
Solo Exhibition ’You Have Become The Space’, Contemporary Art Museum Estonia, Tallinn. Curated by Laura Toots
Brief History of Estonian Film film programme, Tretyakov Gallery, Moskow, Russia.
PÖFF Shorts National Competition, Tallinn, Estonia (Best Estonian Short Film 2018 prize)
Estonia Now film programme, Tramway 5, Glasgow, Scotland. Curated by Kulla Laas, Kaisa Maasik
BAFF – Brussels Arts Film Festival, Cinematek, ISELP & Bozar, Brussels, Belgium. 2018 Where Widowed Objects Meet Orphaned Ideas, CIAP, Hasselt, Belgium. Curated by Alicja Melzacka 2018 Antarctica group exhibition, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria. Curated by Vanessa Joan Müller, Nicolaus Schafhausen
Gezelschap group exhibition, Former Cotton Mill FLORIDA, Gent, Belgium. Curated by Eline Vansteenkiste
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam. Rotterdam, Holland
DokuBaku International Documentary Film Festival, Baku, Azerbaijan
Open City Documentary Festival, London, UK
Architektur. Film. Sommer. Vienna, Austria
Theater aan Zee Theatre Festival, Oostende, Belgium
Finno-Ugric Film Festival, Võru, Estonia
Marko Raadi kuurikino, Läänemaa, Estonia
Athens International Short Film Festival Psarokokalo, Athens, Greece
Unraveling Slowness group exhibition, Zwarte Zaal KASK, Gent, Belgium. Curated by KASK Curatorial Studies.
Asolo Art Film Festival, Asolo, Italy
Krakow Film Festival, Krakow, Poland
Le Kabinet Film, Brussels, Belgium
Filmhuis deSpiegel, Naalden, Holland
International Film Festival of Film and Urbanism ’86’, Slavutych, Ukraine
Lichter FilmFest Frankfurt International, Frankfurt, Germany
Millenium International Documentary Film Festival, Brussles, Belgium 2018 Docpoint Documentary Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia 2017 Màntica Theatre Festival, Cesena, Italy 2017 A House for the Mind, deSingel Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 2017 How Do Buildings Care? La Loge, Brussels, Belgium 2017 Lundäng International Film Festival, Lundäng, Sweden 2017 ’Roosenberg’ World Premiere at International Film Festival Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Holland
2017
Festival International du Film d’Aubagne, Aubagne, France
Estonian Music Video Festival, Valga, Estonia
LAA Carnival, 2ANNAS Baltic Short Film Competition, Riga, Latvia
’Efterglow’ premiere, Sõrpus cinema, Tallinn, Estonia 2016 CinEast – Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2016
Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS, Riga, Latvia
City Agents / Linna mõjutajad, EKKM, Tallinn, Estonia. Exhibition curated by Jussi Koitela
Lundäng International Film Festival. Lundäng, Sweden
Transmodern Forum ’Utopias and Realities: Socialist Modernism’. Berlin, Germany
Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen. Nijmegen, Holland
Maailmafilmi festival / World Film Festival, Tartu, Estonia 2016 Place Oddity / Kõverruum, EKA gallery space, Tallinn, Estonia. Exhibition curated by Francisco Martinez
Budapest Architecture Film Days. Budapest, Hungary
2015
Rencontres Internationales NOUVEAU CINÉMA ET ART CONTEMPORAIN. Paris, France
Travak Brabant Tram Video Art Night. Ghent, Belgium. Curated by Rachel Monosov 2015 24. dokumentART – European Film Festival for Documentaries. Neubrandenburg, Germany
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam. Rotterdam, Holland
Architektur. Film. Sommer 2015. Vienna, Austria
’The House Guard’ premiere, Artis Cinema, Tallinn, Estonia
Ilmutis/Apparition. Hausma, Kärdla, Hiiumaa. Exhibition in-collaboration Urmo, Tüüne-Kristin ja Ann Mirjam Vaikla
2012
Art or Life. Katarsis project space, Tallinn, Estonia. Curated by Marge Monko
Art as Text. Text As Art. The Poetics of the Open Work. Valand School of Fine Arts, Gothenburg, Sweden
It Turns Out / Kohapeal selgub. Muhu island, Estonia. Curated by Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo
How long is the life of a building? Estonian National Exhibition at the 13th International Architecture Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, Arsenale, Italy. Curated by Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla
2011
Noblesse Oblige – Spatial Snapshot. Pärnu, Estonia. Exhibition in-collaboration with Urmo and Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla.
Workshops / Residencies
2019
IZOLYATSIA residency in Kyiv, Ukraine
2016
Narva Art Residency, Narva, Estonia
International Master in Composition for Screen/ICSS. Lyon, France
International Master in Composition for Screen/ICSS. Bologna, Italy
2014
Sound in Space, Space in Sound. SISU Symposium, held by Helena Tulve
Make Your Own Press. Bergen, Tallinn. Brett Bloom, Brandon LaBelle, Indrek Sirkel, Laura Toots, Anu Vahtra
2013
Okta centrum. Rapla KEK. Architectural workshop in Rapla, Estonia, Failed Architecture; Mark Minkjan and René Boer
Re-Vitalization. Architectural workshop in Hiiumaa, Estonia. Tom Callebaut and Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla
2012
The Poetics Of an Open Work: Text as Art. Art as Text, Valand School of Fine Arts, Gothenburg. Matthew Rana
2010
Sound landscape. Vj and video art workshop. Plektrum festival in Tallinn, Estonia. Marge Paas, Piibe Piirma, Herkko Labi
Scholarships and Awards
2018
PÖFF Shorts - Best Estonian Short Film 2018
Asolo Art Film Festival, Asolo, Italy: 36° Asolo Art Film Festival Grand Prix
National Cultural Scholarship, Estonian Ministry of Culture 2018 Scholarship for Creative Activity and Self-development, Estonian Artists‘ Association
Scholarship for Full Time Students, ESFUSA: Estonian Students Fund in USA
One-year Creative Grant of Visual and Applied Arts, Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Lichter Art Award Nominee, Lichter FilmFest Frankfurt International, Frankfurt, Germany
2017
Cultural Study Scholarship, Cultural Endowment of Estonia 2017/2018
Efterglow - “Estonian Best Music Video” award - Estonian Music Video Festival, Valga, Estonia. 2016 Apparition - Nominee for the annual prizes of EAIA, Tallinn, Estonia. 2016 Kristjan Jaak Scholarship, Archimedes Foundation, Ministry of Education and Research
2016
National Cultural Scholarship, Estonian Ministry of Culture
2018
Wiiralt Scholarship, Estonian Ministry of Culture
2015
Cultural Study Scholarship, Cultural Endowment of Estonia 2015/2016
Ingel Vaikla
Education2018 Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK), Practice-based Research in Visual Arts2015 – 2017 The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent (KASK), Film MA2014 Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel, photography, Erasmus exchange2011 – 2015 Estonian Academy of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Photography BAUpcoming exhibitions /Screenings2019May IDFF CRONOGRAF, Chisinau, Moldova 2019 May Exhibition on Dom Hans van der Laan and Jan De Jong, DoornburghMay HISK Open Studios, Gent, BelgiumMay Antwerp Art Weekend HISK group show, MHUKA, Anwerp, BelgiumExhibitions /Screenings201936e Festival International du Film sur l'Art official competition, Montreal, QuebecCinema Biestebroek: The Afterlife of Religious Buildings, Brussels, Belgium2018Solo Exhibition ’You Have Become The Space’, Contemporary Art Museum Estonia, Tallinn. Curated by Laura TootsBrief History of Estonian Film film programme, Tretyakov Gallery, Moskow, Russia.PÖFF Shorts National Competition, Tallinn, Estonia (Best Estonian Short Film 2018 prize)Estonia Now film programme, Tramway 5, Glasgow, Scotland. Curated by Kulla Laas, Kaisa MaasikBAFF – Brussels Arts Film Festival, Cinematek, ISELP & Bozar, Brussels, Belgium. 2018 Where Widowed Objects Meet Orphaned Ideas, CIAP, Hasselt, Belgium. Curated by Alicja Melzacka 2018 Antarctica group exhibition, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria. Curated by Vanessa Joan Müller, Nicolaus SchafhausenGezelschap group exhibition, Former Cotton Mill FLORIDA, Gent, Belgium. Curated by Eline VansteenkisteArchitecture Film Festival Rotterdam. Rotterdam, HollandDokuBaku International Documentary Film Festival, Baku, AzerbaijanOpen City Documentary Festival, London, UKArchitektur. Film. Sommer. Vienna, AustriaTheater aan Zee Theatre Festival, Oostende, BelgiumFinno-Ugric Film Festival, Võru, EstoniaMarko Raadi kuurikino, Läänemaa, EstoniaAthens International Short Film Festival Psarokokalo, Athens, GreeceUnraveling Slowness group exhibition, Zwarte Zaal KASK, Gent, Belgium. Curated by KASK Curatorial Studies.Asolo Art Film Festival, Asolo, ItalyKrakow Film Festival, Krakow, PolandLe Kabinet Film, Brussels, BelgiumFilmhuis deSpiegel, Naalden, HollandInternational Film Festival of Film and Urbanism ’86’, Slavutych, UkraineLichter FilmFest Frankfurt International, Frankfurt, GermanyMillenium International Documentary Film Festival, Brussles, Belgium 2018 Docpoint Documentary Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia 2017 Màntica Theatre Festival, Cesena, Italy 2017 A House for the Mind, deSingel Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 2017 How Do Buildings Care? La Loge, Brussels, Belgium 2017 Lundäng International Film Festival, Lundäng, Sweden 2017 ’Roosenberg’ World Premiere at International Film Festival Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Holland2017Festival International du Film d’Aubagne, Aubagne, FranceEstonian Music Video Festival, Valga, EstoniaLAA Carnival, 2ANNAS Baltic Short Film Competition, Riga, Latvia’Efterglow’ premiere, Sõrpus cinema, Tallinn, Estonia 2016 CinEast – Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg, Luxembourg2016Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS, Riga, LatviaCity Agents / Linna mõjutajad, EKKM, Tallinn, Estonia. Exhibition curated by Jussi KoitelaLundäng International Film Festival. Lundäng, SwedenTransmodern Forum ’Utopias and Realities: Socialist Modernism’. Berlin, GermanyGo Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen. Nijmegen, HollandMaailmafilmi festival / World Film Festival, Tartu, Estonia 2016 Place Oddity / Kõverruum, EKA gallery space, Tallinn, Estonia. Exhibition curated by Francisco MartinezBudapest Architecture Film Days. Budapest, Hungary2015Rencontres Internationales NOUVEAU CINÉMA ET ART CONTEMPORAIN. Paris, FranceTravak Brabant Tram Video Art Night. Ghent, Belgium. Curated by Rachel Monosov 2015 24. dokumentART – European Film Festival for Documentaries. Neubrandenburg, GermanyArchitecture Film Festival Rotterdam. Rotterdam, HollandArchitektur. Film. Sommer 2015. Vienna, Austria’The House Guard’ premiere, Artis Cinema, Tallinn, EstoniaIlmutis/Apparition. Hausma, Kärdla, Hiiumaa. Exhibition in-collaboration Urmo, Tüüne-Kristin ja Ann Mirjam Vaikla2012Art or Life. Katarsis project space, Tallinn, Estonia. Curated by Marge MonkoArt as Text. Text As Art. The Poetics of the Open Work. Valand School of Fine Arts, Gothenburg, SwedenIt Turns Out / Kohapeal selgub. Muhu island, Estonia. Curated by Reimo Võsa-TangsooHow long is the life of a building? Estonian National Exhibition at the 13th International Architecture Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, Arsenale, Italy. Curated by Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla2011Noblesse Oblige – Spatial Snapshot. Pärnu, Estonia. Exhibition in-collaboration with Urmo and Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla.Workshops / Residencies2019IZOLYATSIA residency in Kyiv, Ukraine2016Narva Art Residency, Narva, EstoniaInternational Master in Composition for Screen/ICSS. Lyon, FranceInternational Master in Composition for Screen/ICSS. Bologna, Italy2014Sound in Space, Space in Sound. SISU Symposium, held by Helena TulveMake Your Own Press. Bergen, Tallinn. Brett Bloom, Brandon LaBelle, Indrek Sirkel, Laura Toots, Anu Vahtra2013Okta centrum. Rapla KEK. Architectural workshop in Rapla, Estonia, Failed Architecture; Mark Minkjan and René BoerRe-Vitalization. Architectural workshop in Hiiumaa, Estonia. Tom Callebaut and Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla2012The Poetics Of an Open Work: Text as Art. Art as Text, Valand School of Fine Arts, Gothenburg. Matthew Rana2010Sound landscape. Vj and video art workshop. Plektrum festival in Tallinn, Estonia. Marge Paas, Piibe Piirma, Herkko LabiScholarships and Awards2018PÖFF Shorts - Best Estonian Short Film 2018Asolo Art Film Festival, Asolo, Italy: 36° Asolo Art Film Festival Grand PrixNational Cultural Scholarship, Estonian Ministry of Culture 2018 Scholarship for Creative Activity and Self-development, Estonian Artists‘ AssociationScholarship for Full Time Students, ESFUSA: Estonian Students Fund in USAOne-year Creative Grant of Visual and Applied Arts, Cultural Endowment of EstoniaLichter Art Award Nominee, Lichter FilmFest Frankfurt International, Frankfurt, Germany2017Cultural Study Scholarship, Cultural Endowment of Estonia 2017/2018Efterglow - “Estonian Best Music Video” award - Estonian Music Video Festival, Valga, Estonia. 2016 Apparition - Nominee for the annual prizes of EAIA, Tallinn, Estonia. 2016 Kristjan Jaak Scholarship, Archimedes Foundation, Ministry of Education and Research2016National Cultural Scholarship, Estonian Ministry of Culture2018Wiiralt Scholarship, Estonian Ministry of Culture2015Cultural Study Scholarship, Cultural Endowment of Estonia 2015/2016