Merike Hallik

Mob +372 564 51154
merike.cer(at)mail.ee

Born on December 29, 1965 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia

Education
1985-1990 Estonian State Art Institute, ceramics

1990-1994 Tabasalu Music School, Head of Art Class
1995-2005 free-lance artist
2005-2008 ceramic teacher in Rapla Art Centre
Since 2007 ceramic teacher in Kohila Teaching Centre

Since 1995 member of the Estonian Artist Association and Estonian Ceramists` Association

Takes part in exhibitions since 1989

Selected exhibitions
1989 Group exhibition. Estonian Health Care Museum, Tallinn
1992 3+1 Group exhibition of applied artists. Kuressaare Castle, Estonia
1992,1994, 2002, 2003 Annual Applied Art Exhibitions. Tallinn, Estonia
1993-2007 Annual Exhibitions of the Estonian Ceramists`Association.
Tallinn, Tartu, Pärnu, Narva, Kohtla-Järve, Viljandi, Estonia
1997 Black ceramic. Skliautai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1997 Estonian artists` group exhibition, Linglithgow, Scotland
1999 Group exhibition. Kuressaare Castle, Estonia
1999 Group exhibition. Kilpkonna Gallery, Viljandi, Estonia
2000 Black ceramic. Vilnius, Lithuania
2002 Textile and ceramics. City Gallery, Narva, Estonia
2002 Wizard`s advise. Museum of Applied Art in Tallinn,Estonia
2002 group exhibition of estonian ceramic and glass. Stavern, Norway
2002 White minds. Group exhibition. Riga, Latvia
2006 Textile and ceramics. City Gallery, Jõhvi, Estonia
2006, 2008 international exhibitions of porcelain. Riga Porcelain Museum, Latvia
2007 Vaba tahe (Free will) group exhibition of textile and ceramics. Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn
2007, 2008 The World Exhibition of Small and Miniature Ceramics “Lilliput ceramics“. Zagreb and Rovinj, Croatia
2008 Vaba tahe (Free will) group exhibition of textile and ceramics. Kuopio, Finland
2008 International exhibition of miniceramic. Riga Porcelain Museum, Latvia

Solo exhibitions
1995 Kiek in de Kök, Tallinn (K.Laanmaa, M.Õkva)
1998 Black ceramic. Katharine Guild. Tallinn, Estonia (M. Hallik-Õkva, K. Laanmaa)
2000 Black ceramic. Adamson-Eric Museum, Tallinn (M.Hallik-Õkva,
P.Kändler)
2001 White. Sammas Gallery, Tallinn
2005 Accord. Cesky Krumlov State Castle, Ostrava, Czech Republic
2006 Accord. Embassy of the Republic of Estonia, Prague

Symposia
1994 International Ceramics Symposium, Dzintari, Latvia
1997 International Black Ceramics Symposium. Randamonis, Lithuania
2000 International Black Ceramics Symposium, Vilnius, Lithuania
2004 International Ceramics Symposium,Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
2008 Clay as a possibility of visual expression. International Symposium, Rovinj, Croatia

Monumental works
1989.1990 mural at the Club of co. Kommunaar (Diploma work), Tallinn, Estonia

Awards
2007, 2008 Lilliput ceramics. The World Exhibition of Small and Miniature Ceramics, Zagreb and Rovinj, Croatia, a diploma
2008 Teacher of the Year 2008

Works in collections
Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn; Ceramic Centre, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic