artist name:     Eda Lõhmus

official name:   Eda Van Nerum

date of birth:    August 4, 1978

place of birth:  Tartu, Estonia

nationality:       Estonian

contact:             van.nerum.eda@gmail.com

                         

EDUCATION:

2016 - 2017     Advanced Business Management / Culture Management, University College Leuven-Limburg, Leuven, Belgium

2014 - 2016     Social-cultural studies, University College Leuven-Limburg, Leuven, Belgium

2005 - 2008   Tartu University, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Cultural Researche and Fine Arts, MA in painting, Estonia

2005 - 2006   Supplement studies in art pedagogics, Teachers Education Center, Estonian Art Academy, Tallinn, Estonia

1996 - 2001     Tartu University, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Arts, Tartu, Estonia, BA in painting

                          graduation work Thoughts preserved in the collection of Tartu Art Museum

1985 - 1996     Tartu Art Gymnasium Tartu, Estonia

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WORK:

2019 - ... Skip The Gallery, staff member, Hoegaarden, Belgium

2019 - ... Acerta social-accounting secretariat, Leuven, Belgium

2017     Internship in Cas-co, Leuven, Belgium (www.cas-co.be)

2016     Internship in the community center Elzenhof, Elsene,, Brussel, Belgium

2004 - 2005   Tartu Art College, special assistant (composition, drawing), Estonia

2004 - 2005   Tartu Children’s Art School, instructor of free painting class, Estonia

2003 - 2004   Tartu Children’s Art School, teacher (composition, colour theory), Estonia

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INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP:

2009 - 2020  Estonian Artists Association

2009   Estonian Painters Association

2004   Tartu Artists Association

2003   Alumna Association of Tartu University Chair of Painting

2003/2004   Academic drawing club of Tartu University Art Department

 

PROJECTS AND GRANTS:

2015 - ... Skip The Weekend!, annual exhibition, different locations, Belgium, photos

2014   't Schipweekend, Het Schip, Hoegaarden, Belgium (expo/ film club/live perfomances), photos

2013   't Schipweekend, Het Schip, Hoegaarden, Belgium (expo/film club/live-performances), photos

2012   't Schipweekend, Het Schip, Hoegaarden, Belgium (expo/film club), photos

201 1   Loviisa Artists Studio, Loviisa, Finland

2009  Loviisa Artists Studio, Loviisa, Finland

2005  Committee member of Tartu annual exhibition, Tartu, Estonia

2004  World Without War, 2nd International Plein-Air of young artists, Pskov, Russia

2003  Tartu Young Creator of the Year, Tartu, Estonia

2003  Annual grant of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia

2003  Grant of Tartu Young Artist, Tartu, Estonia

1995   International Art Summer, Karjaa, Finland

 

SELECTION OF PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:

2015   The Field, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia, photos

2014   Personal exhibition at festival Triad, Freetown House, Paide, Estonia

2014   Sic transit gloria mundi, Rakvere Theatre, Rakvere, Estonia

201 1   Postlandscapes, Cultural Center of Võru, Võru; Pärnu Artists' House, Pärnu; Cultural Center of Türi, (2010), Estonia

2010   In Observatie, Atelier NERM 161, Hoegaarden, Belgium

2009  Postlandscapes (in collaboration with ansamble Resonabilis, www.resonabilis.com), Art Depoo Gallery, Tallinn

2008  Thoughts II, Monumental Gallery, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia

2007   Personal exhibition in the Estonian Embassy in Belgium, Brussels, Belgium

2007   Personal exhibition (in collaboration Luc Dethier), Galerie Prince de Condé, Spa, Belgium

2007   Upwards (in collaboration with Resonabilis, www.resonabilis.com), Art Depoo Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2006  Connection (in collaboration with Leho Rubis, www.lehorubis.com), Tampere House Gallery, Tartu, Estonia

2005/06  Personal exhibition in Estonia Concert House, Tallinn, Estonia

2005  The Lines, Y-Gallery, Tartu, Estonia

2005   Real.Unreal, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2004   Personal exhibition at festival Eclectica, Tartu, Estonia

2004   Paintings of Eda Lõhmus, Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2003   Moments, Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia

2002   Alone, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2001    Walking Tour, Tartu University Library, Tartu, Estonia

1999    Theatre, Tartu University Library, Tartu, Estonia

 

SELECTION OF COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES:

2023  De Orangerie, Sint-Janscollege Meldert, Belgium

2022  Kunstroute, Oude Suikerfabriek, Hoegaarden, Belgium

2021   Kunst aan het raam, Hoegaarden, Belgium

2018   De begankenis, Klooster Mariadal, Hoegaarden, Belgium

2017   Skip The Weekend, l'Epicurie, Outgaarden, Hoegaarden, Belgium

2016   The Trees (PUUD), Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia, photos!

2016   Skip The Weekend, l'Epicurie, Outgaarden, Hoegaarden, Belgium

2016   ITHAKA festival, BYOB, St.-Agnes Institute, Municipal Botanical Garden, Leuven, Belgium

2015   I Heard Somebody Say That The War Ended Somewhere, 217m2 Of Pure Expo, Vaartstraat106, Leuven, Belgium

2015   The Master and Margarita, Pärnu City Gallery, Pärnu, Estonia

2015   Skip The Weekend, Gemout, Outgaarden, Hoegaarden, Belgium

2014   't Schipweekend, Het Schip, Hoegaarden, Belgium

2013   OPEN M, Museum M, Leuven, Belgium

2013   Soundperformance with Wim Van Gelder (www.mangenerated.com), Abilene Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2013   't Schipweekend, Hoegaarden, Belgium

2013   Between a Forest and a Sea, Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia

2012   't Schipweekend, Hoegaarden, Belgium

2010   Girl Power, Art Depoo Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2009  Expo in Het Schip, Het Schip, Hoegaarden, Belgium

2008  Wake Up!, Estonian Painters Association, Rotermann´s Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia

2008  Colours of Tartu, Porvoo Art Hall, Porvoo, Finland

2008  Performance Omphalos with Hando Tamm, opening ceremony of Tartu Festival of Visual Culture World Film, Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Est

2007/08  Artists from Baltic States, Hilton Hotel, Brussels, Belgium

2007   Art Depoo Highlights – young Estonian art vol.1, Art Depoo Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2006   Three +, master students of Tartu University Chair of Painting, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2006   Verso Visual Artists, Paksuniemi Gallery, Rääkylä, Finland

2006   Estonian Artists in Kaunas, Architects’ House Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania

2005   The Stories of Tartu Art, Tartu Art Museum’s permanent exhibition 2005-2007, Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia

2005   NORD ART 2005, Carlshütte Gallery, Büdelsdorf, Germany

2005   Performance The Wedding with Hando Tamm and Margus Liivak, festival Eclectica, Tartu, Estonia

2004   New Realms, New Realms’ Gallery, London, U.K.

2004   Modern art from Matti Milius’ collection, Estonian Embassy in Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

2004   Landscapes and Seascapes, K-Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2004   9 Existences Tartu young art, Gallery of the Estonian Art Academy, Tallinn, Estonia

2004   Performance Kill Bill with Hando Tamm and Margus Liivak, Vanemuise Culture Street Festival, Tartu, Estonia

2003   2nd Biennal in Painting, Väsby Art Hall, Infra Gallery, Sweden

2003   Images and Colours, K-Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2002   Healing, Mustamäe Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia

2002   Painting 2002, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

2001    Lost Property Office, Hansa Bank Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

1999    Open-air exhibition Self portrait, festival Dionysia, Tartu, Estonia

 

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS:

Tartu Art Museum, Estonia

Tallinn City Government, Estonia

Pskov City Government, Russia

Matti Milius’ art collection, Estonia

Tartu Tampere House art collection, Finland

Loviisa Town Government, Finland

Private collections in Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Russia, U.K., Belgium and U.S.