Kiwa (artist)

Kiwa (real name Jaanus Kivaste; born September 11, 1975[1]) is an Estonian artist, composer, curator, publisher and writer.[2][3]

Kiwa in 2017 in Tartu

Education

He studied sculpture at Estonian Art Academy, and philosophy at Tartu University.[2]

Career

He practises experimental and interdisciplinary art, intertwining the action art (Estonian: tegevuskunst), text, sound, visual and organisatorial activity.[2]

According to Kiwa, he often does not like being repetitive or sticking to a single medium in the creative field.[3]

Publications
  • Teekond punktist "mittemidagi" punkti "eikuhugi". Postimees, 3 July 1997, p 19
  • Imedemaal ja agulis. Sirp, 13 October 2000
  • Soome noorkunstnik heiastab oma maailma. Tartu Postimees, 11 February 2003, p 2
  • Rael Artel Gallery: Non-Profit Project Space : short tale of an experimental project's space tactics. Estonian Art, 2009, nr 2, pp 4–7

Books
  • Spiral of Void, Paranoia Publishing Group, 2017[4]
  • Kummiliimiallikad / Sources of Rubber Glue, Tänapäev, 2021[3]

References
  1. "Jaanus Kivaste records".
  2. "Kunstnikupalga saajad selgunud". Kultuur (in Estonian). 9 December 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. "Kiwa's book review".
  4. "Spiral of Void".
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