Born in 1969 in Tallinn, Estonia
Education:
1995 Estonian Academy of Arts, scenography
Selected exhibitions:
2007 Kava Kava, Facetten der Angst, Kunstmuseum Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany
2006 Six Feet Under, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
2006 Ene-Liis Semper, solo show, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
2006 Melancholie, Genie und Wahnsinn in der Kunst, Neue National Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2006 Oasis, solo show, Museum Moderne Kunst Kärnten, Austria
2006 Wunder der Prärie, solo show, Zeitraum_ex!tBüro für Kunst, Mannheim, Germany
2005 Ene-Liis Semper, solo exhibition, art agents gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2005 Shadow, Kunsthallen Brandts Kaederfabrik, DK
2005 Solo Exhibition, Fruchthalle, Kaiserlautern, Germany
2005 Project Migration Kölnischer Kuntverein, Cologne, Germany
2005 Ene-Liis Semper, solo exhibition Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2004 Realm of the Senses, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2004 The New Ten, Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, Germany
2004 Cordially Invited, Basis voor Aktuele Kunst, Utrecht, Netherlands
2004 Ene-Liis Semper, solo exhibition, Galerie Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna, Austria
2004 Faster than History, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Art Focus 4, Jerusalem, Israel
2003 Orifice, Melbourne Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2003 Extra Strong Super Light, Muzeum Narodowe, Szczecin, Poland
2003 Art, Lies and Videotape, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England
2003 Ambivalence, opening exhibition, Z platz Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2003 Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
2003 Four Works/Quatre Œuvres, solo exhibition, Galerie Taran, Montréal, Canada
2003 Ene-Liis Semper, solo exhibition, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
2003 Ene-Liis Semper, solo exhibition, art agents gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2002 Ene-Liis Semper, solo exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2002 Les Boréales 2002, Caen, France
2002 Fluxus and the Influences, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
2002 Attitude 2002, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan
2002 OPEN 2002, imaginaire féminin, Venice, Italy
2002 Basic Elements, Rauma Biennale Balticum, Rauma, Finland
2002 Four Works, solo exhibition, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2002 Breath, The Ludwig Museum Budapest, Hungary
2002 Closing the Distance, Łaźnia Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
2002 The Baltic Times, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria
2002 Last Minute. To the End of Eternity, Vecchio Ospedale Soave, Codogno (Lodi), Italy
2002 Matrix of Collaboration, Center for Contemporary Art at NaUKMA, Kyiv, Ukraine
2002 The Video Lounge, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome, Italy
2002 ARCO 2002, Madrid, Spain
2002 New Video Installations, Solo Exhibition¸Tallinn, Estonia
2001 Artissimo, Torino, Italy
2001 Looking at You, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
2001 Plateau of Humankind, 49th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennial,
Italian Pavilion, Venice, Italy
2001 49th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennial, Estonian participation at the exhibition,
Levi Foundation, Venice, Italy
2001 Male, Gallery of Contemporary Art Celje, Slovenia
2001 Vertigo, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim, Germany
2001 The Baltic Times, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia;
Škuc Gallery, Slovenia
2001 Oasis, Begane Grond, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Schwaz Gallery, Schwaz, Austria
2001 Bac-Présence Balte, The Human Project, Visby, Sweden; Barcelona, Spain
2000 / 2001 Grosse Kunstausstellung Düsseldorf, Messe Düsseldorf, Germany
2000 Inverse Perspectives, EDSVIK Gallery, Sweden
2000 He and She, (with Raoul Kurvitz) Gallery Noas, Riga, Latvia
2000 10Paar, Art from Estonia and Flanders, Castle of Kuressaare, Estonia;
Hoeve Vandewalle – Kuurne, Flanders
2000 Borderline Syndrome, Manifesta 3, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2000 PICAF, Seoul, Korea
2000 Here, solo exhibition (with Marko Laimre), Rotermann's Salt Storage Arts Centre
Tallinn, Estonia
1999 Solo exhibition (with KIWA), New Videoinstallations, Gallery Sebra, Tartu, Estonia
1999 Private Views, Budapest, Hungary
1998 Solo exhibition (with Mark Raidpere), Rotermann's Salt Storage Arts Centre, Tallinn, EE
1998 ArtGenda, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
1998 Distant Lighthouses, Fabrica Porto Brandao, Lissabon, Portugal; EDSVIK Gallery, SE
1998 Art from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1998 Solo exhibition (with KIWA), Breathing Circle, Gallery Sebra, Tartu, Estonia
1997 Solo exhibition, videoinstallations, Gallery Vaal, Tallinn, Estonia
1996 Rühm T - 10, Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn
1995 Wait We're Loading, group exhibition of Estonian artists, Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden
1995 Biotoopia, 3rd annual exh.of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia; Tallinn
1994 Unexistent Art, the 2nd annual exh.of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia, Tallinn
Selected bibliography:
Catalogues:
SHADOW, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaederfabrik, Linz, Kiel und Odense, 2005
Ene-Liis Semper, Fruchthalle Kaiserslautern, 2005
Gegenwärtig: Selbst, inszeniert, Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2005
FRESH CREAM 3, Ene-Liis Semper by Igor Zabel, Phaidon Press, 2003
ATTITUDE 2002, One Truth in Your Heart, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, 2002
OPEN 2002, imaginaire féminin, Arte Communications, Venice. 2002
Ene-Liis Semper / Marko Laimre. 49th International exhibition of Contemporary Art. Tallinn, 2001.
La Biennale di Venezia. 49. Esposizione Internazionale d’arte. Plateau of Humankind. Venezia, 2001.
The Baltic Times. Contemporary Art from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, 2001.
Vertigo, Herausgegeben von Gerald Matt für die Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Triton Verlag; Wien, 2001.
Borderline Syndrome. Manifesta3, European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, 2000.
10Paar. Art from Estonia and Flanders. Eesti ja Flaami kunst. Kunst uit Estland en Vlaanderen, Tallinn, 2000.
Bac-Présence Balte. The Human Project. Contemporary Art from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden within the concept of Présence Balte, Baltic Art Center Visby, Sweden 2000.
Distant Lighthouses, Fabrica Porto Brandao, Lissabon, Portugal, 1998.
Art from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1998.
Biotoopia, 3rd annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia; Tallinn, 1996.
Rühm T - 10, Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn, 1996.
Wait We're Loading, group exhibition of Estonian artists, Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden, 1995.
Unexistent Art, the 2nd annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia, Tallinn, 1994.
Magazines (selected):
Flash Art, 237/ 2004, Ene-Liis Semper, Review by Anders Härm
CAMERA AUSTRIA , 82/2003, Ene-Liis Semper, Interview by Hildegund Amanshauser
"Has the title stolen the show? Three views of Manifesta 3 from three different European ports". NU: The Nordic Art Review, Vol.II No.5/00.
“Ene-Liis Semper”. NU: The Nordic Art Review, Vol.III No.2/01.
“Venice Biennale / Ene-Liis Semper”. Tema Celeste, Contemporary Art, Summer 2001.
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