Viive Väljaots

Born on September 13, 1948 in Põltsamaa, Estonia

Education
1969-1974 Estonian State Art Institute, ceramics

1975-1981 Pärnu Factory of Building Materials, designer
1981-1989 free-lance artist
1989 Pentik KY factory, Posio, Finland, artist
1985 member of the Estonian Artists Association
1989-2000 Estonian Art Academy, lecturer in ceramics
Takes part in exhibitions since 1975

Selected exhibitions
1976 International Ceramic Art Competition. Faenza, Italy
1977 USSR Design. Stuttgart, Germany
1984-1987, 1992 Annual Applied Art Exhibitions. Tallinn, Estonia
1986 Twelve Estonian Ceramists. “Kipsala”, Riga, Latvia
1987 Estonian Art. Moscow, Russia
1991 Five Estonian Ceramists. Konsthantverkarna Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (M. Tafel, L. Rohlin, A. Teder, H. Videvik, V. Väljaots)
1996 Baltic Ceramics: 1996. USA
2003 Fired Clay from Antiquity to Modern Days. Art Museum of Tartu University, Estonia
2006 Status Quo. Estonian ceramics. Estonian National Library, Tallinn
2008 5+5. Group exhibition of Estonian and Latvian ceramists. Kaunas, Lithuania
2008 Hortus Ceramicus. Vilnius, Lithuania

Solo exhibitions
1980 Pärnu Museum, Estonia
1981 Gallery of the Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
1997 Pärnu City Gallery

Symposia
1975, 1980 Symposium of Soviet Ceramists. Dzintari, Latvia
2007 “Redukcija 2007”. Symposium of Baltic States, Kaunas, Lithuania

Awards
1984 Young Artist of the Year
1986 Department of Applied Art of the Estonian Artists
Association, Artist of the Year

Monumental works
1977 mural “Youth”. Narva-Jõesuu recreation centre, Estonia
1988 mural on the facade of sanatorium “Estonia”. Pärnu, Estonia

Works in collections
2003 Fired Clay from Antiquity to Modern Days. Art Museum of Tartu University, Estonia, prize of the Cultural Endowment of Tartu