artist from Tallinn, Estonia
mirroring physical paint with its digital representations
mirroring physical paint with its digital representations
Inquiries about artworks, studio visits and more info are welcome to martvainre@gmail.com
Studio in
ARS Art Factory
Pärnu mnt 154
Tallinn, Estonia
︎︎︎martvainre.com/shop ︎ available works
︎︎︎instagram.com/mart.vainre ︎ process pics
Bio
Mart Vainre (b. 1988) is an artist and lecturer living and working in Tallinn. He graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a BA in Art (Painting, 2011) and an MA in Art (New Media, 2014), and has been teaching since 2014. He currently serves as the head of the MA Contemporary Art programme and visiting associate professor at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Alongside his hand-executed painting practice, Vainre draws on inputs from 3D scanning and modelling as well as data analysis. Through this, he explores how technology imitates the human — and conversely, how we come to adopt what machines produce. Since 2021, Vainre has been working on the Paintman series, whose protagonist is a superhero with the superpower of presenting his paint-body simultaneously in both digital and physical form. It is a project of parallel worlds between the material and its digital twin, through which Vainre imagines, in a techno-psychedelic setting, what mirroring one realm in the other might look like.
Studio in
ARS Art Factory
Pärnu mnt 154
Tallinn, Estonia
︎︎︎martvainre.com/shop ︎ available works
︎︎︎instagram.com/mart.vainre ︎ process pics
Bio
Mart Vainre (b. 1988) is an artist and lecturer living and working in Tallinn. He graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a BA in Art (Painting, 2011) and an MA in Art (New Media, 2014), and has been teaching since 2014. He currently serves as the head of the MA Contemporary Art programme and visiting associate professor at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Alongside his hand-executed painting practice, Vainre draws on inputs from 3D scanning and modelling as well as data analysis. Through this, he explores how technology imitates the human — and conversely, how we come to adopt what machines produce. Since 2021, Vainre has been working on the Paintman series, whose protagonist is a superhero with the superpower of presenting his paint-body simultaneously in both digital and physical form. It is a project of parallel worlds between the material and its digital twin, through which Vainre imagines, in a techno-psychedelic setting, what mirroring one realm in the other might look like.
Hi!
CV
Born in 1988, Tallinn, Estonia
Lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia
Solo exhibitions
2024 Paintman: The Pros and Cons of a Two-Faced Mutant. ARS Showroom Gallery, Tallinn
2024 Paintman: The Birth of the Painting Machine and Its Unexpected Enemy. Haapsalu Town Gallery, Haapsalu
2021 Human Compatible, ARS Showroom, Tallinn
2018 Self-Contained Pictures, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
2017 Bubbles, Tallinn City Gallery
2013 Mirror mirror, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn
2013 Meeting with the Trickster, Haapsalu City Gallery, Haapsalu
2012 Constructor, Kunstihoone, Gallery, Tallinn
2011 In the Right Place at the Right time, Always, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
Group exhibitions
2026 Errare humanum est. Painting at the Time of Artificial Intelligence, curated by Stella Mõttus, Duerr Gallery, Stockholm
2024 Allow Yourself to Change. Painting at the Time of Artificial Intelligence, curated by Liisa Kaljula, ARS Project Space, Tallinn
2019 4D, ARS Project Space, Tallinn
2018 Juubelikevad 2018, Tallinn Art Hall
2016 Suur Maalritöö, curator Liisa Kaljula, Evald Okas Museum, Haapsalu
2014 Can't Go On, Must Go On curators Mihkel Ilus and Elin Kard, Tallinna Kunstihoone
2014 TASE 2014, curator Merilin Talumaa, Estonian Museum of Architecture
2012 Uutmoodi asjastamatus, curator Raivo Kelomees, Tartu Art House
2012 ArtVilnius '12, Young Painter Prize section, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 Young Painter Prize 2011, Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 Zugzwang, Artcontainer, Tallinn, Estonia
2010 Zugzwang, Siauliai Art Gallery, Siauliai, Lithuania
2010 Zugzwang Commune Art, Vilniuses, Lithuania
2010 Painting In Process, KUMU Art Museum, curator Eha Komissarov, Tallinn, Estonia
2010 193 X 282, Vaal Gallery, curators Kaido Ole ja Tõnis Saadoja, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Eesti Kunstnike Maalide Aastaliidu Näitus, Soosoo Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Eesti nägu, Kunstihoone Gallery, curator Eve Kask, Tallinn, Estonia
Other projects
2015 TASE 2015 Estonian Academy of Arts MA exhibition design, SUVA, curator Merilin Talumaa
2013 TASE 2013 Eesti Kunstiakadeemia MA exhibition design, Estonian Museum of Architecture, curator Gregor Taul
2012 Tõnis Saadoja's assistant for the NO99 theatre ceiling painting
2012 EKA Met-fond: 1950s exhibition design, EKA G gallery, curator Gregor Taul
2012 VJ for the improvisational composition of Ekke Västriku and Liisa Hirch, Tallinn Music Week, Mustpeade maja
Education
2011–2014 Estonian Academy of Arts, New Media MA
2008–2011 Estonian Academy of Arts, Painting BA
Memberships
2013 Estonian Artists Association
2015 Estonian Painters Association (board member 2015–2018)
Publications
2012 Three Very Important Stories
Born in 1988, Tallinn, Estonia
Lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia
Solo exhibitions
2024 Paintman: The Pros and Cons of a Two-Faced Mutant. ARS Showroom Gallery, Tallinn
2024 Paintman: The Birth of the Painting Machine and Its Unexpected Enemy. Haapsalu Town Gallery, Haapsalu
2021 Human Compatible, ARS Showroom, Tallinn
2018 Self-Contained Pictures, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
2017 Bubbles, Tallinn City Gallery
2013 Mirror mirror, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn
2013 Meeting with the Trickster, Haapsalu City Gallery, Haapsalu
2012 Constructor, Kunstihoone, Gallery, Tallinn
2011 In the Right Place at the Right time, Always, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
Group exhibitions
2026 Errare humanum est. Painting at the Time of Artificial Intelligence, curated by Stella Mõttus, Duerr Gallery, Stockholm
2024 Allow Yourself to Change. Painting at the Time of Artificial Intelligence, curated by Liisa Kaljula, ARS Project Space, Tallinn
2019 4D, ARS Project Space, Tallinn
2018 Juubelikevad 2018, Tallinn Art Hall
2016 Suur Maalritöö, curator Liisa Kaljula, Evald Okas Museum, Haapsalu
2014 Can't Go On, Must Go On curators Mihkel Ilus and Elin Kard, Tallinna Kunstihoone
2014 TASE 2014, curator Merilin Talumaa, Estonian Museum of Architecture
2012 Uutmoodi asjastamatus, curator Raivo Kelomees, Tartu Art House
2012 ArtVilnius '12, Young Painter Prize section, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 Young Painter Prize 2011, Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 Zugzwang, Artcontainer, Tallinn, Estonia
2010 Zugzwang, Siauliai Art Gallery, Siauliai, Lithuania
2010 Zugzwang Commune Art, Vilniuses, Lithuania
2010 Painting In Process, KUMU Art Museum, curator Eha Komissarov, Tallinn, Estonia
2010 193 X 282, Vaal Gallery, curators Kaido Ole ja Tõnis Saadoja, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Eesti Kunstnike Maalide Aastaliidu Näitus, Soosoo Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Eesti nägu, Kunstihoone Gallery, curator Eve Kask, Tallinn, Estonia
Other projects
2015 TASE 2015 Estonian Academy of Arts MA exhibition design, SUVA, curator Merilin Talumaa
2013 TASE 2013 Eesti Kunstiakadeemia MA exhibition design, Estonian Museum of Architecture, curator Gregor Taul
2012 Tõnis Saadoja's assistant for the NO99 theatre ceiling painting
2012 EKA Met-fond: 1950s exhibition design, EKA G gallery, curator Gregor Taul
2012 VJ for the improvisational composition of Ekke Västriku and Liisa Hirch, Tallinn Music Week, Mustpeade maja
Education
2011–2014 Estonian Academy of Arts, New Media MA
2008–2011 Estonian Academy of Arts, Painting BA
Memberships
2013 Estonian Artists Association
2015 Estonian Painters Association (board member 2015–2018)
Publications
2012 Three Very Important Stories
