CV
1965 - born in Viljandi, Estonia
1993 - BA in Printmaking, Estonian Academy of Arts
1995 - MA in Fine Arts, Estonian Academy of Arts
Lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia
Contact: marko.maetamm@gmail.com
HOMEPAGE: www.maetamm.net
UPCOMING PROJECTS
2024
- Serenissima East, curated by Krzysztof Stanislawsky, Riga, Latvia
- Hellalt hoia mind/ Hold Me Tender, curated by Siim Preiman, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Jaan Toomik, Kaido Ole, Marko Mäetamm, Kondas Centre, Viljandi, Estonia
- NADA NewYork, together with Gallery Iragui, New York, USA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
- Kunst ja raha/ Art and Money, gallery Art & Tonic, Tartu, Estonia
- Ego Disco, ARS Showroom, Tallinn, Estonia
- Retsospective, PoCo, Pop & Contemporary Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2022
- Exercises for Dream-keeping, curated by Anita Kodanik, Typa Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
- The Say, Gallery Maksla XO, Riga, Latvia
- Ritual Theory, curated by Mareli Reinhold, Pärnu City Gallery's Artists` House, Pärnu, Estonia
- Tantra Mantra Kamasantra, Karksi-Nuia Kultuurikeskus, Karksi-Nuia, Estonia
- Mutionu maja lahtiste uste päev, site specific installation, Viljandi mnt 2B, Karksi-Nuia, Estonia
- Flowers From The End of The World, Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Tantra Mantra Kamasantra Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2021
- Garage Stories or What Those Ugly Fat Horny Men Were Blabbing About Again, curated by Stella Mõttus, Kanal Gallery, Võru, Estonia
2020
- Connections, Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Hmm... What Should I Write..., curated by Gabriela Uhl, FUGA, Budapest Center of Architecture, Budapest, Hungary
- Sex, Death and Holy Moly, curated by Airida Rekstyte, Gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas, Lithuania
2019
- Serious Things, Galerie Iragui, Moscow, Russia
- Answer Me!, Gallery Maksla XO, Riga, Latvia
- The World Around Me (is moving faster and faster) Gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas, Lithuania
- Once Upon A Time in Tartu, Tartu Art House, Monumental Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
2018
- One Month in Canada, with Rita Bozi, Ken Cameron, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
- Sit Back, Relax And Enjoy The Rest of Your Life, Vilnius Art Fair, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017
- I'm Only streaming - 2, curated by Jonathan Watkins, KIM? Riga, Latvia
- Tragic Timing, Marko Mäetamm & Pavel Pepperstein, Curator Alistair Hicks, Odile Ouizeman Gallery, Paris, France
- I'm Only Streaming, Tallinn City Gallery, Estonia - March 31 - April 30
2016
- I Want To Tell You Something, Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, NY, USA
2015
- The Meaning of Life, Marko Mäetamm & Kaido Ole, curated by Gabriella Uhl, FUGA, Budapest, Hungary
- Home and Away. Raymond Pettibon: Living the American Dream / Marko Mäetamm: Feel at Home, Curated by Alistair Hicks, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
- Come on, Shoot! Gallery Saariaho Järvernpää, Helsinki, Finland
2014
- LOVE, video screening, IKON Gallery, UK
- Love, Love, Love. Family Stories and Many Other Stories, Gallery Iragui, Moscow, Russia
2013
- The Alphabet of Lies, Gallery Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn, Estonia
- Painting and Waiting, Gallery Hobusepea and Gallery Draakon, Tallinn, Estonia
2012
- Our Daddy is A Hunter, NADA Art Fair, Miami, USA
- Once Upon A Time, Galerija Centar, Podgorica, Montenegro
- 10 Last Days, Haapsalu City Gallery, Haapsalu, Estonia
- Walking in My Hunting Ground, Nettie Horn, London, UK
2011
- Nouvelles Vagues & Other Hunting Stories, Nettie Horn, London, UK
2010
- 30 Stories and 4 Cockroaches, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Van Damme, A Hair and Many Other Things, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- I Have Never Told These Stories to My Wife. I Have Never Told Them to Anybody,
Galerie Anton Weller-Isabelle Suret, Paris, France
- Love, Fear and Warning Signs, Nettie Horn, London, UK
2009
- Happily Ever After, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, USA
- Another Day With My Family, KunstRaum Goethestrasse, Linz, Austria
- Family, WAM Studio, Wäinö Aalto Museum, Turku, Finland
- All We Have is Love, State of Affairs, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
- About Domestic Paranoya…, Galerie Anton Weller &Isabelle Suret, Paris, France
- Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, USA
- Another Day With My Family, Gallery Go North, Beacon NY, USA
- Happy End, Marko Mäetamm & Anne Bregeaut, Gallery Nettie Horn, London, UK
2008
- Kicsiny Balàzs & Marko Mäetamm, Gallery of Hungarian Institute, Tallinn, Estonia
2007
- Distilled Love, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- From There to Here, Nosbaum & Reding – Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
- Loser`s Paradise, Estonian Pavilion at 52. International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2006
- Artists' Studio, London, UK
2005
- The End, Marko Mäetamm & Kaido Ole, Tallinn City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Big Project, Marko Mäetamm & Kaido Ole, Rotermann Salt Storage (Art Museum of Estonia), Tallinn, Estonia
- Memorial Show Tallinn City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2004
- Speaking Houses, kArton Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- Contemporary Art Centre Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
-Blood Olympics, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Over the Mercury River, Pärnu City Gallery, Pärnu, Estonia
2003
- Design Jet 5000, Marko Mäetamm & Kaido Ole, Gallery Viviann Napp, Tallinn, Estonia
- Marko und Kaido by John Smith, Marko Mäetamm & Kaido Ole, 50th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
- Feelings, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- John Smith. Marko und Kaido, Marko Mäetamm & Kaido Ole, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
2002
- X MISTAKES Y FOR Z, Marko Mäetamm, Lucy Harrison & Pete Nevin, Rotermann Salt Storage, Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
- John Smith. The world of Gods, Marko Mäetamm & Kaido Ole, The Gallery of Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
2001
- Amentia, Gallery Platan, Budapest, Hungary
2000
- Me Supernatural, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1999
- The Chemistry of Being, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia; Estonian Embassy in Riga, Latvia
1997
- Exhibition of UNDP annual AWARD, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Human Life, Obu Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
1996
- Eternal Things, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1995
- Surprise, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Car World, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1994
- 24 h, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1993
- Stories of Jesus, Culture Hall of East Centre, Helsinki, Finland; Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1992
- Subjective Pop, Marko Mäetamm & Hannes Starkopf, Sammas Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Gentle Shapes, Pikk 7 Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Print exhibition, City Library, Kotka, Finland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2024
- Meestelt Naisele/From Men to Women, curated by Mauri Gross, Artdepoo Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Meestelt Naisele/From Men to Women, curated by Mauri Gross, Vana-Võromaa Kultuurikoda, Võru, Estonia
- Kusagil üle vikerkaare/Somewhere Over The Rainbow, curated by Jaan Elken, MONA The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2023
- Serenissima East, curated by Krzysztof Stanislawsky, Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Torun, Poland
- Tegelikkus ja kujutlus/ Reality and Imagination, curated by Jaan Elken, MONA The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
- Spring Exhibition 2023, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- Hellalt hoia mind/ Hold Me Tender, curated by Siim Preiman, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
2022
- Abundant Places. Wooden Architecture of Tartu in Art, curated by Brita Karin Arnover and Joanna Hoffmann, Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
- Mees ja mees/ Man and Man, curated by Jan Leo Grau, Pärnu City Gallery, Pärnu, Estonia
- Warm. Checking Temperature in Three Acts, the main exibition of The 18th Tallinn Print Triennale, curated by Róna Kopeczky, KAI Art Center, Tallinn, Estonia
- We'll be Right Back, You Just Keep Playing, curated by Tamara Luuk, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- Armastuse lugu/ Love Story, curated by Jaan Elken, Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2021
- Uus Naivism/ Neonaivism, curated by Vilen Künnapu, Kadrioru Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia
- Kui kaasaegne on kaasaegne?/ How Contemporary is Contemporary?, curated by Jaan Elken, Raplamaa Kaasaegse Kunsti Keskus, Rapla, Estonia
- Kunst mugavustsoonis? Nullindad Eesti Kunstis, curated by Eha Komissarov and Triin Tulgiste, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
- Kunstiturg, elu ja surm, curated by Helene Bosecker, Kogo Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
- Survival Kit for The Art Market, curated by Helene Bosecker, project room ROAM, Berlin, Germany
- Ajutine pind, curated by Jaan Elken, Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2020
-EAST END(S)?, curated by Maria Helen Känd, Põhjala Factory, Tallinn, Estonia
2019
-Human Condition, Session V: Teleology of the Human. Biography, Destiny, Hope, Faith. Biography: A Model Kit, curated by Viktor Misiano and Anna Zhurba, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
-Müstika ja Eros, Mysticism and Eros, curated by Amar Annus and Kadri Mägi, Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
-Helena Heinrihsone and Marko Mäetamm, Gallery MakslaXO, Riga, Latvia
-Baltic Drawing II, curated by Juhani Järvinen, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland
-Drawing A New World, curated by Alistair Hicks, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2018
- Related By Sister Languages - Estonian-Hungarian Contemporary Art Exhibition, curated by Krisztina Szipöcs, The Ludwig Museum-Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
- Man in Art, Gallery Maksla XO, Riga, Latvia
- Comics Form and Coming From, curated by Karim Tall, Odile Ouizeman Gallery, Paris, France
- Floating World, Curated by IKON Gallery, The Ruya Shop, Baghdad, Iraq
2017
- Performa 17 Biennal, Estonian Film Program, New York City, USA
- Treviso Comic Book Festival, Treviso, Italy
- Summer of Love, curated by Katerina Gregos, Art Space Pythagorion, Greece
- Doublethink: Doublevision, Curator Alistair Hicks, Group show in Pera Museum, Istambul, Turkey
- Art Bahrain Across Borders (ArtBAB 2017) VIP Programme - Bahrain. March 21
- Hall Tsoon/Gray Zone, curated by Mari Laaniste, Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
2016
- Cyclone-3, curated by Mari Krappala, Gallery Titanik, Turku, Finland
2015
- Ruum minu ümber - kodune interjöör kunstis. The Space Around Me - Domestic interior in art, Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
2014
- 1 in 3, a multi-disciplinary art exhibition on gender-based violence (GBV) organized by the World Bank Art Program and its partners, World Bank Main Complex, Washington DC, USA
- FAX, traveling exhibition curated by guest curator Joao Ribas, in collaboration with KARST and co.organised by The Drawing Center, and Independent Curators International (ICI) New York, USA
- Cyclone, curated by Mari Krappala, Listasafn Arnesinga Museum, Iceland
- Side Effects II, curated by Laura Kuusk and Pascal Rion, Ancien Musee de Peinture, Grenoble, France
- Õudsed lood, curated by Anneli Porri, Haapsalu City Gallery, Estonia
2013
- Modern Families. Relatives and Relationships in Art, curated by Chris Clarke and Matt Packer, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- The XI Baltic States Biennale of Graphic Art “Kaliningrad-Koenigsberg 2013”, Kaliningrad Art Gallery, Kaliningrad, Russia
- “Merry Melancholy”, Nordic Art Station – Word, Art, Sound, curated by Lars-Erik Wahlberg, Eskilstuna Museum of Art, Eskilstuna, Sweden
- Kõrvalnähud/Side Effects, curated by Laura Kuusk and Pascale Riou, Contemporary Museum of Art, Tallinn, Estonia
- Witnessing the Wilderness, curated by Ian Brown and Geraint Evans, Wimbledon Art Space, London, UK
2012
- Waterpieces#12, international contemporary and video art festival, NOASS, Riga, Latvia
- Silent Revolution, curated by Anu Juurak, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
- Graphica Creativa 2012, 13th International Print Triennial, Jyväskylä Art Museum/Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä, Finland
- The Aspiration Factory, Gallery Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels
- Family Album, Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn, Germany
- Köler Prize 2012, Contemporary Museum of Art, Tallinn, Estonia
- Eksootika/The Exotic, curated by Kirke Kangro, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- Festival Mundial de Cine Extremo “San Sebastian de Veracruz”, Mexico
- Memoirs from a Cold Utopia, Contemporary Easten European Artists` Reflections on Social Transformation, curated by Eve Kask, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- Liquidation of Art Academies, III International Print Festival in Tartu, curated by Al Paldrok and Peeter Allik, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
- Therefore I Am, curated by Greg Slick, Garrison Art Center, NY, USA
2011
- Liberté/Vabadus 2011, curated by Kaia Kiik, Asniéres castle, Paris, France
- Memoirs from a Cold Utopia, Contemporary Easten European Artists` Reflections on Social Transformation, curated by Eve Kask and Zhivka Haskiya, Londonprintstudio, London, UK
- TUMEDUS, TUME/DARKNESS, DARK, Contemporary Museum of Art, Tallinn, Estonia
- Sie irren sich!, curated by Jana Müller, mauren Gallery, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- A Rendevouz In Berlin, 91mQ art project space, Berlin, Germany
- Gothenburg International Film Festival 2011, Gothenburg, Denmark
- Art of Estonia, Provocations and Confrontations, An Insight into Contemporary Estonian
Art, curated by Eha Komissarov, The National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
2010
- Kunst Macht Frei, Contemporary Estonian Art, curated by Reet Varblane,
Gallery of the Museum of Pècs, Pècs, Hungary
- Confrontations and Provocations, An Insight into Contemporary Estonian Art,
curated by Eha Komissarov, Museum of Contemporary art, Dept. of the National Museum
in Szczecin, Poland
- Kättemaks/Revenge, curated by Kirke Kangro, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- LA MAIN NUMÉRIQUE, curated by Dominique Païni, National Museum of Fine Arts Taiwan
- The Collective, Nettie Horn, London, UK
- XIII Brooklyn International Film Festival, Brooklyn, USA
- Take Care – Politics of Emancipation, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
- We Are Fine, Gallery Artdepoo, Tallinn, Estonia
- Olemise paine. 21. sajandi kunsti Tartu Kunstimuuseumi kogust,
Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
2009
- LA MAIN NUMÉRIQUE, curated by Dominique Païni, Maison d´art Bernard Anthonioz, Norgent-sur-Marne, France
- That`s all folks! curated by Michel Dewilde and Jerome Jacobs, Stadshallen, Bruges, Belgium
- Home Sweet Home, Gallery Arts.I, Religare Arts Initiative, New Delhi, India
- Heroes of Our Time, ART FESTIVAL CESIS`09, Latvia
- Mosstoo. Gathering, Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK
- Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid/…, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin, Germany
- LIGNE A LIGNE/GARIS KE GARIS, curated by Michel Nuridsany, Galerie Nationale d`Indonésie, CCF Jakarta
- XII Brooklyn International Film Festival, Brooklyn, USA
- locws international 4, Swansea, UK
- Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid/…, CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
- Hors Pistes 2009, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- SAISON VIDEO 2009 #3, I CIA/SEAL, A Look At New Art in Estonia and Lithuania, curated by Mo Gourmelon, www.saisonvideo.com
- Floromaania/Floromania, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
- Autoportreed, Poosid ja diagnoosid/Self-Portraits, Poses and Diagnoses, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
- Suburbian Beauty, curated by Neringa Cerniauskaite, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Home Sweet Home, curated by Ombretta Argó Andruff, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, NYC, USA
- ELU 69. EROOTIKA EESTI KAASAEGSES KUNSTIS/LIFE 69. EROTICS IN ESTONIAN CONTEMPORARY ART, Rakvere Exhibition House, Rakvere, Estonia
2008
- Dessins etc…, Galerie Anton Weller &Isabelle Suret, Paris, France
- Paradise Is Not Lost, curated by Eha Komissarov & KUMU, Gallery Zurab Tsereteli, Moscow, Russia
- Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid/…, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Elephant Bullet, International Video Art Project in KUMU, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
- Flixation, Underground Film Club From London, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
- Helsinki Biennale 2008, Helsinki, Finland
- Bad Joke, curated by Johannes Saar, Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
- Familienangelegenheiten, curated by Elke Falat, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Galerie im Kehrwiederturm, Hildesheim, Germany
- Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid/…, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin, Germany
- Borderlives. Contemporary Art from Helsinki, St. Petersburg and Tallinn, curated by Ritva Röminger-Czako and Andreas Vowinckel, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
- LA MAIN NUMÉRIQUE, curated by Dominique Païni, Ecole d´art de la Communauté de l´agglomération d´Annecy, Annecy, France
- Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid/…, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
- Piiririik/Border State, Exhibition of the Tallinn Art Hall at the Guangzhou Art Academy Art Museum, curated by Reet Varblane, Guangzhou, China
- Who Cares? Coleman Project Space, London, UK
- Borderlives. Contemporary Art from Helsinki, St. Petersburg and Tallinn, curated by Ritva Röminger-Czako and Andreas Vowinckel, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Biennale Cuvèe 08, OK Center, Linz, Austria
- Vabaduse Väljak, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- Parim sõber, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2007
- Bad Joke, curated by Johannes Saar, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid/…, Place de la Concorde, Paris, France
- Provokatörer? KonstBio, Biografen Sture, Stockholm, Sweden
- WARSAW DOES NOT EXIST, exhibition as a book, curated by Sebastian Cichocki, 2007
- STILL HERE: humour in post-communist performance video, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
- Political&Poetical, 14th Tallinn Print Triennial, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
- Baltic States, part III, Contemporary Art From Estonia, curated by Martin Schibli, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
- Innocence and Despair, g39, Cardiff, Wales
- Ich was here, Galerii Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
- Priroda i društvo/Parallel Lines, curated by Silva Kalcic and Robin Mason, Muzej Rupe (Dubrovacki muzeji), Dubrovnik, Croatia
- We like it a lot, Nettie Horn Gallery, London, UK
- Swan, Pike and Cancer, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- anger_aggression, KunstRaum Goethestrasse, Linz, Austria
- Another Roadside Attraction, The Griffin Pub, London, UK
- POMO SAPIENS: See on tõesti midagi, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Flixation, The Miller of Mansfield, London, UK
- Exploding Cinema, The Half Moon, London, UK
- Dialogues, 13 Vilnius Painting Triennial, Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
2006
- Violence and Propaganda, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- Fiktive Bauten und Städte in der Literatur, Architekturmuseum TU München, Pinakothek der Moderne, München, Germany
- Pain In The Class! 12th International Pärnu Video- and Film Festival 2006. Pärnu, Estonia
- Cannibal Ferox, T1+2 Gallery, London, UK
- Collected Crises, Estonian Art in the 1990s. KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
- Flowers of Evil, 6th Annual Exhibition of Estonian Artists´Association. Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
- Wake Up! Rauma biennale Balticum 2006. Rauma Art Museum, Finland
- Geld spielt keine Rolle, No Budged Video/Film Festival. Weimar, Germany
- Videoart From The Baltics Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Emergency Biennale, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- Tähendusterikas linn, Tartu Art Hall, Tartu, Estonia
- Two Close Ones, 4th Tallinn Applied Art Triennial. Estonian Museum of applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
- Shiftscale – Sculpture at the Extended Field KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2005
- The 6th Baltic Contemporary Art Biennale HABITAT, curated by Magdalena Lewoc and Marlena Chybowska-Butler, Museum of Contemporary Art dept. of the National Museum in Szczecin, Poland
- Blur of The Otherwordly, Center for Art and Visual Culture, Baltimore, USA
- Reading in Absence, Trafo Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- Message, The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
- Tallinn-Kotka, 12 artists from Tallinn in Kotka. Galleria Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland
- Thrust, 26th International Biennial of Graphic Art. Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Pyyteetön Rakkaus/ Undemanding Love, Rauma Art Museum, Finland
- No Painting, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- Island Art Film & Video Festival '05, Prenelle Gallery, London, UK
- ON25 Artstar Project, Luxemburg
- Hääled/Voices, Rotermann Salt Storage (Art Museum of Estonia), Tallinn, Estonia
2004
- Home Sweet Home, Rotermann Salt Storage (Art Museum of Estonia), Tallinn, Estonia
- Here, But Not Now, Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
- EU-Positive, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, Germany
-13th Tallinn Print Triennial, Rotermann Salt Storage (Art Museum of Estonia), Tallinn, Estonia
- MAK NITE special EUROPA JETZT, MAK, Vienna, Austria
- Salt of Life, Contemporary art from The Baltic States, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003
- 2nd Biennial in Painting, Väsby Konsthall, Sweden
2002
- Printmaking in Europe: Trends and Perspectives, Art Gallery of the Municipality of Neapoli, Greece
- Cinematheque Vivante, The City Gallery of Pärnu, Estonia
- About Belief, South London Gallery, London, UK
- Closing the Distance, Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
2001
- ARS01, Kiasma, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
2000
- Grosse Kunst Ausstellung Düsseldorf NRW, Germany
- 10 PAAR, The Castle of Kuressaare, Estonia; Kuurne, Belgium
- Painterly Issues, Vilnius Painting Triennial. Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
1999
- 23rd International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1998
- Kaliningrad-Königsberg '98, International Print Triennial, Russia
- Estonian Art in Denmark, Randers Art Museum, Denmark
- 11th Tallinn Print Triennial, Rotermann Salt Storage (Art Museum of Estonia), Tallinn, Estonia
1996
- Estonia as a Sign, 4th Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia; Tallinn, Tartu, Estonia
- ArtGenda, Exhibition of young artists from Baltic Sea region, Oksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995
- Wait We're Loading, Group exhibition of Estonian artists. Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden
- 10th Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
- Self-Portrait, Group exhibition of Estonian artists. Moscow Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- Misfits, 6th Triennial of Young Baltic Art. Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
BOOKS
- Mäetamm, M. Kolmas raamat / Third Book, Tallinn 2021
- Once Upon A Time in Tartu, Tartu Art House, 2019
- Tales of Messenger, Paranoia Publishing, 2017
- The Alphabet of Lies, Lugemik, 2014
- Mäetamm, M. Perekonnalood ja igasugused teised lood …ja mõned tööd aastatest 2006 kuni 2013 / Family Stories and Many Other Stories …and some works from 2006 to 2013
- Painting and Waiting, Lugemik, Tallinn 2013
- Our Daddy Is A Hunter, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn 2012
- Mäetamm, M. marko mäetamm (second edition), Center for Contemporary Arts, Tallinn 2007
- Mäetamm, M. marko mäetamm, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn 2006
- Mäetamm, M./Mänd, L. Rääkivad majad Speaking Houses, R/I/B/O/P, Tallinn 2003
ARTIST IN RESIDENCIES
2021
- One month Artist Residency in Berlin, Germany
2019
- Two months Artist Resicency in Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
2017
- One month Artist Residency in COTTON FACTORY, Hamilton, Canada
- 2 weeks, Leighton Artist's Colony in BANFF, Centre For Arts and Creativity, Canada
2016
- 4 months Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Artist-in-Residence'16, Colgate University, NY, USA
2014
- 6 weeks, The Fountainhead Residence, Miami, USA
2013
- 1 month, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Italy
2011
- 3 months, Ville De Paris, Residences Internationales aux Recollets,
Paris, France, Lauréat du programme de résidences internationales Ville de Paris /
Institut francēais aux Récollets
2010
- 1 month, Point B Worklodge, Brooklyn NYC, USA
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
2019
- State Culture Prize
2012
- Nominated to KÖLER PRIZE 2012
- Grand Prix award of the best audiovisual art work at Waterpieces#12, international contemporary and video art festival, NOASS, Riga, Latvia
2011
- Annual Award 2011 of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2010
- State Culture Prize
2009
- Baltic Assembly Prize for the Arts
2008
- Estonian State Decoration, The Order of the White Star, V class
2004
- City Prize of 13th Tallinn Print Triennial
2003
- Sadolin Art Award, Estonia
- Hansapank Art Award, Estonia
2002
- Annual Award 2002 of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia
- Painting Prize of the Estonian Painters' Association
2000
- Kristjan Raud Annual Award, Estonia
- Harpoon. Annual art award of Vaal Gallery, Estonia
1997
- UNDP Annual Award
CATALOGUES AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- The 18th Tallinn Print Triennial, Checking Temperature in Three Acts, KAI Art Center, Tallinn 2022
- Kunst Mugavustsoonis? Nullindad Eesti Kunstis, KUMU, Tallinn, 2022
- MAN IN ART, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia, 2018
- Contemporary Art From Estonia, European Central Bank, 2018
- Summer of Love, Art Space Pythagorion, Samos, Greece, 2017
- Double Think Double Vision, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2017
- Koomiksinäitus HALL TSOON / Comic Exhibition GREY AREA, Tartu Art Museum, 2017
- I Want To Tell You Something, Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 2016
- Side Effects, Le Syndrome de Stendhal, Museum of Museum, 2014
- Modern Families, Relatives and Relationships in Art, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, 2013
- Witnessing the Wilderness, Camberwell Press, 2013
- KÕRVALNÄHUD / SIDE EFFECTS, EKKM, 2013
- Merry Melancholy, Eskilstuna Art Museum, 2013
- Marko Mäetamm, Once Upon A Time, Centar savremene umjetnosti Crne Gore, 2012
- Naapurit/Neighbours, Jyväskylä Art Museum, 2012
- Vaikne Revolutsioon/Silent Revolution, Tallinn Art Hall, 2012
- Memoirs From A Cold Utopia, Contemoprary Easten European Artists`Reflections on Social Transformation, Londonprintstudio, 2011
- Koraci, Narodna biblioteka “Vuk Karacih”, Kragujevac, 2011
- SAISON VIDEO 2011 #34, Lille, France 2009
- Kunst macht frei, Janus Pannonius Muzeum, Muzeum Galeria, 2010
- International Experimental Engraving Biennial, IEEB 4, The “Brancovan Palaces” Cultural Center, Mogosoaia, 2010
- La main numérique, une proposition de Dominique Païni, Maison d´art Bernard Anthonioz, Norgent-sur-Marne, France 2009
- DER KRANKE HASE//VERRÜCKT NACH LINZ, THE ILL RABBIT//CRAZY ABOUT LINZ, KunstRaum Goethestrasse xtd, Linz 2009
- LIGNE A LIGNE/GARIS KE GARIS, Galerie Nationale d`Indonésie, CCF Jakarta, 1009
- ART ACROSS THE CITY, Swansea 2009
- BEYOND ARCHITECTURE, Imaginative Buildings and Fictional Cities, gestalten ,Berlin 2009
- SAISON VIDEO 2009 #33, Lille, France 2009
- Salembier, M. Marko Mäetamm, DITS, MAC`s Grand-Hornu, Musée des Arts
Contemporains de la Communauté francaise de Belgique 2008
- Kursi XX, Tartu 2008
- Paradise Is Not Lost, KUMU, Tallinn 2008
- One in the Other, g39, Cardiff, Wales 2008
- Biennale Cuvée, OK Center For Contemporary Art Upper Austria, Linz 2008
- la main numérique, ecole d´art de la Communauté de l´agglomération d´Annecy, 2008
- HOBUSEPEA GALERII/HOBUSEPEA GALLERY, Estonian Artists´ Association, 2008
- BORDERLIVES Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Helsinki St. Petersburg und Tallinn, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, DUMONT 2008
- PIIRIRIIK/BORDER STATE, Tallinn Art Hall 2008
- I LOVE MY FAMILY/ LOSER`S PARADISE, Estonian Pavilion at 52. International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia. Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia. Tallinn 2007
- POLITICAL/POETICAL 14th Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn 2007
- Nature and Society // Parallel Lines, Ethnographic Museum (Rupe), Dubrovnik, Croatia 2007
- Architektur wie sie im Buche steht. Fiktive Bauten und Städte in der Literatur. Architekturmuseum der Technischen Universität München, München 2007
- HABITAT, Museum Narodowe w Szczecinie 9.12.2005-29.01.2006, Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie, Szczecin, Poland 2006
- TEHNOBIA. DIVERSE UNIVERSE II. KURJA LILLED, 6th Annual Exhibition of Estonian Artists' Association, Tallinn 2006
- VIDEOART FROM THE BALTIC SCENE: ESTLAND, LETTLAND, LITAUEN, Kunstraum Düsseldorf 2006
- BLUR OF THE OTHERWORDLY, Contemporary Art, Technology, and the Paranormal. Issues in Cultural Theory Book Series. Center for Art and Visual Culture, University Of Maryland Baltimore County, USA 2006
- Hermann, E. MÄETAMME KAKS LÜHIST, (http://eik.struktuur.ee/maetamm/, 2006)
- Mäetamm, M. TÄHENDUSTERIKAS LINN, Tartu Kunstimaja, Tartu 2006
-WAKE UP! Rauma biennale Balticum. Rauma Art Museum, Finland 2006
- SHIFTSCALE - SCULPTURE AT THE EXTENDED FIELD, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn 2006
- Krese, S. ARTSTARS, Luxemburg 2005
- Lazar, E. READING IN ABSENCE, Trafó Gallery, Budapest 2005
- Mäetamm, M. 1965-2005. GUIDO JA SIGNE SAMMELSELJA KUNSTIKOLLEKTSIOONIST, Tallinn 2005
- Mäetamm, M. KODU, KALLIS KODU, Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn 2005
- Mäetamm, M. VAAL 1990/2005, Tallinn 2005
- Härm, A. NO PAINTING, Tallinn Art Hall Foundation, Tallinn 2005
- Taidre, E. KAIDO OLE. MARKO MÄETAMM. JOHN SMITH. OMAMÜTOLOOGIA JA MÜTOLOGISEERIMINE KAASAEGSES KUNSTIS. Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn 2005 (manuscript of a diploma thesis)
- XIII TALLINN PRINT TRIENNIAL, Tallinn 2004
- Kotov, K. MARKO MÄETAMME "KUJUTISTE GRAMMATIKA", THE "VISUAL GRAMMAR" OF MARKO MÄETAMM, Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi, Studies of Art and Architecture 2004/1(13). Tallinn 2004
- Soans, H. ESTONIAN ART. 101 WORKS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE ART MUSEUM OF ESTONIA, Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn 2004
- Allas, A. HERE, BUT NOT NOW, Kaunas 2004
- SALT OF LIFE, Contemporary Art from the Baltic States. Vilnius 2004
- MARKO UND KAIDO BY JOHN SMITH, 50th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia. Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia. Tallinn 2003
- Kivland, S. X MISTAKES Y FOR Z, Tallinn 2002
- Helme, S. CLOSING THE DISTANCE, Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk. 2002
- Lõugas, A. PRINTMAKING IN EUROPE: TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES, Thessaloniki 2002
- EXPERIMENTS & CLASSIC, 8th Pärnu Fideo & Vilmifestival. Pärnu 2002
- ESTONIAN GRAPHIC ARTS, Association of Estonian Printmakers. Tallinn 2001
- Luhta, P. ARS 01, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki 2001
- FIRST INTERNATIONAL DRAWING COMPETITION WROCLAW 1999/2000, Wroclaw 2000
- 10 PAAR, Kunst uit Estland en Vlaanderen, Tallinn 2000
- Grigoraviciene, E. Tapybiśka. PAINTERLY, XI Vilnius Painting Triennial. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius 2000
- Saar, J. EESTI KUNSTNIKUD 2, Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia. Tallinn 2000
- Helme, S. GROSSE KUNSTAUSSTELLUNG NRW DÜSSELDORF, Düsseldorf 2000
- Helme, S., Kangilaski, J. LÜHIKE EESTI KUNSTI AJALUGU, Tallinn 1999
- KINETHIC ART, E-Media Center, Estonian Academy of Arts. Tallinn 1999
- Komissarov, E. 23. INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ART, International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana 1999
- XI TALLINN PRINT TRIENNIAL, Tallinn 1998
- ESTONIA AS A SIGN, The 4th Annual Exhibition of Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia. Tallinn 1996
- ARTGENDA '96, Nordic Council of Ministers. Copenhagen 1996
- MISFITS, 6th Triennial of Young Baltic Arts. The Contemporary Art Centre of Vilnius. Vilnius 1995
- WAIT WE'RE LOADING, Göteborg Art Museum. Göteborg 1995
- Saar, J. SELF PORTRAIT, Moscow 1995
- X TALLINN GRAPHIC TRIENNIAL, Association of Estonian Printmakers, Tallinn 1995
- 3RD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MINIPRINT EXHIBITION, Juniper Gallery, Napa Art Center, California 1993
- ART CONTACT, Professionalno-Tvortšeski Sojuz Hudožnikov I Grafikov, St. Petersburg 1992
- ART EXHIBITION FROM THE BALTIC COUNTRIES, Almnas Södertälje, Sweden 1992
SELECTED MAGAZINES AND CONTRIBUTIONS
- Lowe, R. Short Messages From Life, CCQ, A Creative Conversation, Cardiff, UK, 2016
- Aunapuu, A. How To Visualise A Narrative?, Life In Estonia, Spring 2014
- Kivimaa, K. Mõistatades Mäetamme, Vikerkaar 1/2014
- Mäetamm, M. A Story of A Man Who is Living in The Woods, Paesaggio, Blauer Hase, 2013
- Mäetamm, M. Visual Storytelling, Naturegraffix, Graphic Stories on Topic of Ecology, Vol.2, Graafilise Loojutustamise selts, 2013
- Kosmala, K. Imagining Masculinities, Spatial and Temporal Representation and Visual Culture, Routledge, 2013
- Tsäro, K. Mees, kes sööb oma mürgipajast, Kroonika, 9.08.2013
- Karro, K. Seitse kuud tööd, kümme päeva näitust, Eesti Ekspress, Areen, 4.04.2013
- Albano, C. Fear And Art in The Contemporary World, Reaktion Books Ltd, 2012
- Labowicz-Dymanus, K. The National Representation Beauty Contest, Estonian Art 1/2000
- Laansoo, K. Marko Mäetamm Ameerikat “lausvallutamas”. Marko Mäetamm double-conquering America, kunst.ee 2009/1-2
- Liivak, A. Marko Mäetamm kertoo pieniä julmia tarinoita, taide 3/2008
- Albano, C. Uncanny: A Dimension in Contemporary Art, Peur II/Fear II 62, ESSE
- 10 questions by Andres Tolts to Marko Mäetamm, Estonian Art 1/2000
- Epner, E. Ühest verisest traumast. About a bloody trauma, kunst.ee 2/2004
- Harrison, L., Mäetamm, M., Nevin, P., Kivland, S. x mistakes y for z, Vikerkaar 1-2/2003
- Herkül, K. Autod, konservid, kunst, Eesti Ekspress, TV-nädal. 03.02.1995
- Härm, A. Start kontseptuaalsesse skisomaailma, Vikerkaar 4-5/2003
- Hübl, M. Estland: John Smith (Marko Mäetamm und Kaido Ole) Kunstforum International, Bd. 166 August-October 2003
- Kivimaa, K. Kolm raamistikku Mäetamme unenäole. Three frameworks to Mäetamm`s dream, kunst.ee 3/07
- Kivimaa, K. Kunstniku elu, Pluss üks 3/1994
- Mäetamm, M. Graafikast ja mittegraafikast kunst.ee 4/2001
- Mäetamm, M. Jumal, Kurat ja Marko Mäetamm, Vikerkaar 4/2000
- Mäetamm, M. Part. A Duck, Kirst. The Casket, Surm kämpingus. Death in the Camping, Imeilus valge surm purjetab üle Elavhõbeda jõe. Splendid White Death Sailing Over the Mercurial River, kunst.ee 1/2005
- Mäetamm, M., Pia Fraus, Siib, L. Blood Olympics, Estonian Art 1/2004
- Randviir, A. Artivity in Human Action: From Artist to Rocket, Estonian Art 1/2003
- Riigikogu Toimetised 15/2007
- Saar, J. Marko kutsub kunstnikke enesega sööma, Vikerkaar 8/1993
- Saar, J. Ja päästa meid ära vägivallast ja propagandast…, Vikerkaar 6/2006
- Sobolev, M. Pauk pähe, Noorus 12/1993
- Taidre, E. John Smithi fenomen kui omamütoloogia ja kunstimeetod, kunst.ee 3/2005
- Taidre, E. Kaido Ole, Marko Mäetamm and John Smith, kunst.ee 3/2005
- The International Art Exhibition of Student Works, Nagoya University of Arts, Nagoya 1994
- Volt, M. What has John Smith got to do with the Aesthetic? Estonian Art 1/2003
- Vägivald ja propaganda Emergency Biennale, kunst.ee 2/2006