ABOUT – ANNE TÜRN

Anne Türn is an Estonian ceramist who has won many international and local awards. Her art has been presented at a variety of exhibitions worldwide.

Anne´s ceramic bowls, extraordinary lights and glass works are just a few examples of her work, that are decorating many households.

The “Dancing wolves” artwork, an award made by Anne, has been handed over to Looduse Aasta Foto winners for many years now. Magnificent photos of animals and nature that amaze viewers of all ages. Just like Anne´s ceramics, every piece has its uniqueness.

Anne Türn was born in Tallinn, Estonia in 1964. She studied in Tallinn Academy of Arts and in the Institut of Keramik, in Höhr-Grenzhausen Germany.

There are many awards and exhibitions that Anne has won and taken part of. Anne has enclosed these below.

ANNE TÜRN

annetyrn@gmail.com

phone +3725035749

1964 Born in Tallinn Estonia

1984-1991 studies at Tallinn Academy of Arts , Master of arts

1992 studies at Institut of Keramik, Höhr-Grenzhausen

1993-1994 studies at Kassel University , prof Busz

Member of Estonian Artists` Association and Estonian Ceramic Artists` Association Member of International Academy of Ceramics

AWARDS

2021 Spring Exhibition, Art House Tallinn, Viewers`Choice Award 2020 Kristjan Raud`s Award

2020 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale ,Recommendation Award

2018 Ceramics and Colours Award Faenza, Italy, Special Prize

2017 GIC Biennale Icheon Special Prize

2015 GIC Biennale Icheon Viewer`s Choice Award, Second place 2011 Ceramist of the Year, Estonia

2004 EuCeCo Athens, Greece, SILVER MEDAL

2003 Prize de Caroque, Prize of the Ceramics Association Switzerland 1998 The Second Biennale of Ceramics, Monterrey, Mexico,Grand Prix 1997 Fletcher Challenge Award, Auckland, NZ, Merit Award

1997 The 5-th Triennale of Small Ceramics, Zagreb, Croatia,Grand Prix

INVITATIONAL and Group EXHIBITIONS

2021 „Future Cemetery” Põhjala Factory (Tallinn Design Festival ) 2021 „Annyversary exhibition”Northern Clay Centre, Minneapolis 2021 „Vase”, ARS Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2021 „Incubator” , Telliskivi Centre, Tallinn, Estonia

2021 „Creo Ergo Sum,” Art and Design Museum of Riga, Latvia

2021 „Nordlichter”, Villa Streccius, Landau, Germany

2021 „ Second Chance”, Venice Biennale

2020 „Memories from Water” Põhjala factory( Tallinn Design Festival) 2020 „Genius Loci I”, Reigi , Hiiumaa, Estonia

2020 Light installations in Tõrva, Toila, Nõmbra. Estonia

2020 IAC New Members` Exhibition, Peking, China

2019 „Õ” , Rapla Centre of Modern Art, Estonia

2019 „Basics”, Daugavpils, Latvia

2018” Under the Black and Baltic Deep”, Northern Clay Centre, Minneapolis, USA 2017 “5”, exhibition in Minsk History Museum, Belorussia

2017 Pavsaris, Lithuania

2015 International Ceramics Exhibition, Gzhel, Russia, Design Award 2015 Goat-teapot exhibition, Shanghai

2014 Horse-teapot exhibition Shanghai

2012 Dragon-teapot exhibition Shanghai

2011 Modern Ceramics, Pavsaris, Lithuania

2009 Camard Associes, Paris, France

2007 International Exhibition of Modern Ceramics, Jingdezhen, China 2006 European Ceramic Context, Bornholm, Denmark

2004 International Emerging Ceramic Artists Invitational, Fuping,China 2004 Keramik Dieser Welt, Koblenz, Germany

INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2021 The 12-th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Jaapan, Honorable Mention 2019 Blanc de Chine, Xiamen, China

2019 GIC Biennale, Icheon, Korea

2017 Memory Boxes, Daugavpils, Latvia

2016 and 2018 Martinsons Award, Daugavpils, Latvia

2015 International Ceramics Competition Carouge, Switzerland

2015 Premio Faenza, Italy

2014 Westerwald Prize, Germany

2014 Mino, Japan, Honorable Mention

2013 Premio Faenza, Italy

2010 Mixed Media, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany

2009 At the Moment, Kapfenberg, Austria

2009 Wewsterwald Prize, Germany

2006 19-th Biennale of Contemporary Ceramics, Vallauris, France

2004 The First Taiwan Ceramics Biennale

2003 The Second Ceramics Biennale, Korea

2000 The Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Award

2000 ALTEC Ceramics Biennal, South-Africa.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 „Virvatuled” Saaremaa Art Studio, Estonia

2020 „Light” Gallery ArtDepoo, Tallinn, Estonia

2020 „Window ” Gallery Kunstiaken, Tallinn, Estonia

2020 „Waves” ARS Gallery

2019 Light, Installation In Noblessner Shipyard

2019 Birth of Light, Noblessner Foundry Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2018 Rain, Gallery HOP Tallinn, Estonia

2013 Winter, Gallery HOP Tallinn, Estonia

2013 Sea of Clay ,Maritime Museum, Tallinn, Estonia

2011 Gaby Freymann`s Gallery, Schweinheim, Germany

2011 Art Institute of Gzhel, Russia

2010 Gisela von zur Mühlen`s Gallery, Kassel, Germany

2003 Gallery of the Diplomatic School in Bonn, Germany

1999 Gallery Fromme Contempora, Graz, Austria

Since 1994 I have participated at workshops and conferences in Germany, Austria, Lithuania, Finland, USA, China, Croathia, Korea, New Zealand, etc

I have made speeches and slideshows at NCECA, Ashville, USA; Fairbanks University, USA; Northern Clay Centre, Minneapolis, USA; Kassel University, Germany. Also at symposions in Zagreb, Auckland, Helsinki, Gmunden, Gzhel, Bonn, Icheon , etc.

I have given demonstrations and led workshops in Icheon Ceramic Centre, Korea; Shenhou, China ; Auckland, New Zealand and in my own studio in Tallinn , Estonia. I have been a guest lecturer in Tallinn Academy of Arts , a practice supervisor of students of ceramics and participated as a facilitator in a training porgram for unemployed.

Together with Juhani Püttsepp and Estonian TV we made a short film “ Month of the Wolves” where my ceramic figures were “playing” .

Main Publications

The New Ceramics. Paperclay. Art and Practice by Rosette Gault

Paperclay: the Perfect Union by Astrid Sänger and Otakar Silvia

Ceramics Art and Perception, issue 33 “ Wind, Snow, Clouds and Porcelain”

Neue Keramik 1994 “Anne Türn aus Estland”

Several articles in Estonian and German media.

Works in collections of Estonian Applied Art Museum; Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Croatia; Art Museum of Monterrey, Mexico ;Auckland Museum, NZ; Art Museum of Amaroussin, Athens,Greece; Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan; Fuping Ceramics Museum, China; Noble Seafood

Restaurant, Shanghai; Ashville Ceramics Centre, USA, Icheon, Korea, and in private collections from Australia to Russia.

MEDIA

Näitus “second Chance”

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Goodnews “Veneetsias avati Eesti jätkusuutliku disaini näitus “Teine võimalus””

Associazione Italia Estonia “L’Estonia porta alla Biennale di Design di Venezia un messaggio ecologico: “Second Chance”

Arte.it “Second change”

Estonia Magazine: “Il design sostenibile è estone”

Venice Design Biennal: “Within the VDB – Second Chance: Estonian Association of Designers”

Rohegeenius: “Veneetsias saab näha Eesti jätkusuutlikku disaini”

Best Marketing: “Veneetsias disainibiennaalil avatakse jätkusuutliku Eesti disaini näitus”