Urmas Bereczki

Phone +372 50 90 263
urbe(at)kallama.ee

01.08.1957 Born in Pärnu, Estonia

1960- Lived in Hungary
1975-1983 History and language studies at the University of Budapest
1983- Worked as a translator and guide, translating Estonian and
Finnish literature into Hungarian, wrote articles on history
and literature
1992-1996 Worked as a diplomat at the Hungarian Embassy in Helsinki
1996- 1999 Worked as a ceramist in Estonia
1999-2001 Vice-director of the Hungarian Institute in Tallinn, Estonia
2001- 2005 Director of the Hungarian Institute in Tallinn, Estonia

Studies in ceramics
1984-1987 Courses in Finland, Hungary and Sweden
1988 Studied at Marcello Fantoni’s studio in Florence, Italy
1989-1991 Studied at the Istituto Statale d’Arte ”Gaetano Ballardini” in Faenza, Italy

Solo exhibitions
1994 Hungarian Cultural Center, Helsinki, Finland
Chaplin Art Center , Pärnu, Estonia

1995 Sammas Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
House of the Journalists, Riga, Latvia
Wallmogard Gallery, Kauniainen, Finland
Ráday Museum, Kecskemét, Hungary

1996 Children’s and Youth Center, Debrecen, Hungary
Savaria Tours Gallery, Szombathely, Hungary
Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary

1997 Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
Budakeszi Art Gallery, Budakeszi, Hungary
Art East Gallery, Balatonfüred, Hungary
Villa Jankovsky Gallery, Kajaani, Finland

1999 Chaplin Art Center, Pärnu, Estonia
2000 Estonian National Library, Tallinn, Estonia (together with Csilla Kelecsényi)
2002 Albertirsa, Hungary (together with András Berkes and Karin Kalman)
2003 Hungarian Embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia (together with András Berkes)
2004 Szolnok Cultural Center, Hungary (together with András Berkes, Dóra Berkes
and Karin Kalman)
2005 Gallery-museum Lendava, Slovenia
2007 The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2008 The Kondas Centre of Naive Art

Selected Exhibitions
1998 Earth and Heaven. Chaplin Art Center, Pärnu, Estonia
1999 Artists’s Group “Üdi”, Children’s Art School in Tartu, Estonia
1998 4th Cairo International Biennale for Ceramics, Cairo, Egypt
1998 Terracotta-fired earth. Estonian ceramics 75. Museum of Applied Art, Tallinn, Estonia
2000 Bridges. Annual exhibition of the Estonian Ceramists' Assosiation. Narva, Kohtla-Järve, Estonia
2001 Plastos. Annual exhibition of the Estonian Ceramists' Assosiation. Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia
2001 Floor Vase as an Object. Annual exhibition of the Estonian Ceramists' Assosiation, Hansa Pank Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2002 Public Sale. Exhibition of applied arts. Museum of Applied Art, Tallinn, Estonia
2003 Fired Clay from Antiquity to Modern Days. Art Museum of Tartu University, Estonia
2004 Keramion in Ceramics. Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn
2004 Exhibition of the Estonian Ceramists' Assosiation. Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2004 Gallery-Museum Lendava, Slovenia