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Arno Arrak

Sündinud / Born 1963

Arno Arrak as a creator is special is his peculiar work method. It is a one-of-a-kind painting technique developed by the artist himself that can be called watercolour-monotype and has attracted considerable attention due to its blending of colours, technical intricacy and elegance. Although the author lets himself to be inspired by nature yet his watercolours are not merely blended lines of colour creating landscapes, sunrises, sunsets, rainy cloudscapes or the glowing evening horizons that are cooling off from the heat-radiating day. For the artist the colours and landscapes are only the means for opening the deeper inner worlds of thought, insights into oneself through beautiful vision-like nature. The artist tries to find the way to reach the deep harmony of the soul; tries to find the way to take him through the different states of the soul and which direction might be overwhelming peace merging into one with the world in some far-away distance. Peace that can be captured for a moment only and that through weathers, moods and emotions is fleeting and imaginary yet constant and real at the same time. Just like a moment that today at the end of the day can be unexpectedly long and seem like an instant tomorrow.

In many ways the name Arrak has obtained a somewhat symbolic meaning in the Estonian art scene. It is probably inevitable that here, too, first of all Jüri Arrak and his unmistakably original work comes to mind. And although there is no reason to speak at length about Jüri Arrak at this point, there still is a bond between Arrak and Arrak, and an extremely close one. Arno Arrak, the son of Jüri Arrak was born in 1963 in Tallinn. His father was the one to provide him with his first knowledge about art. Later Arno furthered his learning in various courses at Estonian National Art Institute, in St. Petersburg and Toronto. At the end of the 1980s the artist left Estonia. At first he settled in Sweden, later in Canada and USA.

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EDUCATION:

 

 

1980

 Nude and portrait drawing studies, J.Arrak studio, Tallinn
1981-1982  Pre-courses at the Estonian State Art Institute, Tallinn
1984  Moldmaking studies, Hermitage, Leningrad
1990  Studies in serigraphy, Estonian State Art Institute,    printmaster's studio, Tallinn
1991  Study of printmaking techniques, A.Flint studio, Toronto

 

RESIDENCIES:

 

 

1989  Stockholm, Sweden
1991  Toronto, Canada
1996  San Francisco, USA
1997  Los Angeles, USA
2000  Portland, USA

 

 

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:

 

 

 

1993  Artworks Gallery, Brampton, Canada
   Bayview Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada

 

1994  Framing and Art Centre, St. Catharines, Canada
1995  Gallery of the Estonian House, Toronto, Canada
1997  Arno Studio Galerii, Toronto, Canada
   Arno Studio Galerii, San Francisco, California
1998  Arno Studio Galerii, Los Angeles, California
1999  Prairiebrook Art Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas
   Sunyata Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2000  Estonian Cultural Festival, New York
2001  Artique Gallery, Portland, Oregon
   City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
   Art Home Fine Art, Portland, Oregon
2002  Art Home Fine Art, Portland, Oregon

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

 

 

Every year:  
1992 - 2002 ArtEXPO, New York
1993 - 2002 Atlanta ABC Show, Atlanta, Georgia
1994 - 1997 Galleria, New York
1995 - 1998 ArtEXPO, Los Angeles, California
   
1992 Gallery of the Estonian House, Toronto, Canada
1993 Art Expo, Anaheim, California
  Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
  Spring Exhibition of the Gallery of the Estonian House, Toronto, Canada
1994 Framing & Art Centre, St. Catharines, Canada
  Prisma Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  Autumn Exhibition of the Gallery of the Estonian, Toronto, Canada
  Art Fair, Philadelphia, Delaware
  Art Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada
1995 ABC Show, Orlando, Florida
  Miami Art, Miami, Florida
  New Trends - Art Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  Art Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada
  International Autumn, Birmingham, England
1996 Art Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada
  Philadelphia ABC, Philadelphia, Delaware
  Multiple Impressions, Ltd., New York
1997 Dallas ABC, Dallas, Texas
  Empty Walls Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1998 Art Int'l New York, New York
1999 Art 1999 Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  Sacred Grounds, Los Angeles, California
2000 The Loft Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2001 ArtExpo, Los Angeles, California
  Graystone Gallery, Waterloo, Canada
  Envers Chapin Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2002 Boulevard Fine Art, Oak Park, Illinois
  Artworks Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah
  Eclectic Framing Art, Columbus, Ohio
  Valga Watercolor Spring, Valga, Estonia

 

 

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