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Tanel Veenre Naturesque* www.tanelveenre.com “The unnatural, that too is natural.” Tanel Veenre (born in 1977) lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia. TV has educated as jewellery artist (MA) in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Estonian Academy of Arts (1995-2005, by prof Kadri Mälk) and Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam (1997-98, by prof Ruudt Peters). He has shown his work since 1996, which includes jewellery, photography and fashion. Tanel Veenre is working as a jewellery artist, design journalist for daily Eesti Päevaleht, I am not copying, neither denying or defeating nature. It`s more like echoing it, filtering it through my inner soils. free-lance fashion photographer and since 2004 he has been a teacher at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Until it becomes the same, mirror in the reflection. Since 2012 associate professor of Design Faculty in Estonian Academy of Arts. TV is one of jewellery artists in group of seven – õhuLoss (Castle in the Air). I am not sure where to draw the line. The only thing I know is what I feel. And it’s an urge. It’s a call of creating. TV has exhibited his works in more than 100 group exhibitions in Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, So all the forms are growing out of my fingers like grass from the ground. Until my art becomes nature. Russia, Germany, Austria, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, England, Scotland, France, Turkey, Let it then be burlesque, arabesque and baroque – nature full of itself. Naturesque. USA, Hungary, Lithuania, Norway and China. Solo exhibitions since 2004 in Estonia, Germany, Portugal, France, Belgium, Sweden, Lithuania and USA. Works in public collections in Estonia, France and USA. TV *Urban Dictionary: An adjective that describes something very attractive in nature, something that has striking has been giving lectures in Estonia, Scotland, Finland, Portugal, Spain, Norway and Germany. natural beauty and is superior in the world. Tanel Veenre
Trophy II Trophy V 2012 2012 Neckpiece Neckpiece Wood, silver, cosmic dust Wood, marble, silver, cosmic dust 30 x 30 x 5 cm 33 x 36 x 5 cm Tanel Veenre
Trophy VII Trophy XV 2012 2012 Neckpiece Neckpiece Wood, silver, cosmic dust Wood, reconstructed coral, silver, 40 x 35 x 13 cm cosmic dust 29 x 18 x 4 cm Tanel Veenre
Winds of Mars Wreath of Victory 2011 2011 Neckpiece Necklace Wood, silver, cosmic dust Wood, silver, cosmic dust 27 x 24 x 8 cm 22 x 24 x 5 cm Tanel Veenre
Wild Beast V Grandiflorus II 2012 2012 Brooch Brooch Wood, silver, cosmic dust Wood, jet, silver, cosmic dust 17 x 17 x 6 cm 17 x 14 x 4 cm Tanel Veenre
Les Fleurs du Mal Radiance 2011 2011 Necklace Necklace Wood, smoky quartz, lapis lazuli, Wood, pearls, silver, silver, cosmic dust cosmic dust 15 x 17 x 5 cm 17 x 13 x 5 cm Tanel Veenre
Apis 2013 Brooch Wood, silver and gold leaf, silver 13 x 10 x 6 cm
Rabbit who has not decided whether Globus Gruciger to be gray or pink 2012 2013 Object Brooch Shell, rock crystal, camel bone, Wood, silver, cosmic dust artificial resin, gilded silver, 16 x 8 x 2 cm cosmic dust 20 x 14 x 6 cm Tanel Veenre
Heart III Heart IV 2012 2012 Brooch Brooch Wood, bone, silver Shell, bone, artificial resin, silver, 17 x 10 x 4 cm cosmic dust 28 x 12 x 4 cm
Heart VIII Heart XI 2012 2012 Brooch Object Wood, glass, silver Wood, citrine, silver, cosmic dust 10 x 9 x 4 cm 17 x 16 x 6 cm Tanel Veenre
Wild Beast I Wild Beast II 2012 2012 Brooch Brooch Wood, silver, cosmic dust Wood, silver, cosmic dust 17 x 23 x 6 cm 18 x 11 x 5 cm
Trophy XI Aeroplanes making love 2013 2013 Neckpiece Brooch Wood, jet, silver, Wood, silver, tiger eye, cosmic dust cosmic dust 15 x 11 x 5 cm 27 x 27 x 4 cm Tanel Veenre
Nature Arisen I Nature Arisen III 2013 2013 Brooch Brooch Seahorse, jet, amethyst, silver Seahorses, shell of beetle, rock crystal, 7 x 7 x 3 cm silver 13 x 6 x 3 cm
Nature Arisen II Princess 2013 2002 Brooch Brooch Wood, beetle, smoky quartz, Seahorse, rose quartz, opals silver amethyst, artificial resin, gold 8 x 11 x 3 cm 8 x 4 x 2 cm Tanel Veenre
Heart Within a Heart An Award to the Arrival 2011 2011 1+1 brooches Brooch Wood, smoky quartz, glass, Wood, shell, silver, cosmic dust silver 13 x 11 x 4 cm 18 x 15 x 6 cm
Heartbreaking Three States of Culture 2007 2009 Neckpiece Brooch Antique wood, garnets, Shell, aquamarines, rose, resin, pearl, tourmalines, silver, gold white gold Heart part: 12 x 11 x 3 cm 8 x 5 x 3 cm Tanel Veenre
Tanel Veenre education 1995-2001 Estonian Academy of Arts, Metal Art Department by prof. Kadri Mälk, BA 1997-98 guest-study at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, jewellery design department by prof. Ruudt Peters 2001-2005 Estonian Academy of Arts, Metal Art Department by prof. Kadri Mälk, MA solo exhibitions 2005 Extacy, Golden Section, Ennui, Köismäe Tower, Tallinn, Estonia 2006 Ehted, mis on (Jewellery, That does Exist), HOP Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2007 21. century prince, photos, Lounge Stereo, Tallinn 2007 Pagan Poetry, Câmara Municipal do Funchal, Madeira 2007 Bijou contemporain. Regard sur l´Estonie* (with Kadri Mälk and Piret Hirv) Espace Solidor, France 2007 Weg (with Kadri Mälk and Piret Hirv), Gallery Biró, Germany 2008 Mayhaps Jewelley, HOP Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2008 Folkcouture (with Aldo Järvsoo) Jardin de Mode, Lille, France 2009 JEWEL, Wheat rye mill of Rotermann, Tallinn, Estonia 2010 Pagan Poetry, gallery Ornamentum, Hudson NY / SOFA New York 2010 Dust, Universe and qthe Queen, gallery Iida, Tallinn 2011 Paradise regained, gallery MÄRZ, Tallinn 2011 Paradise regained, Historische Baumaterialen, Munich 2011 Paradise regained, gallery Platina, Stockholm 2011 Pairidaeza, gallery AV17, Vilnius, Lithuania 2012 Nightfly, Wheat rye mill of Rotermann, Tallinn, Estonia 2012 My Kingdom, Tallinn Art Hall gallery, Estonia 2013 My Kingdom, The Foundry, Munich Schmuck, Germany 2013 Personal Mythologies (with Jorge Manilla), Galería Valeria Florescano, Mexico City selected group exhibitions 2013 From the Coolest Corner*, Museum of Decorative Arts Oslo, Norway / Copenhagen, Denmark Tanel Veenre 2013 Jewellery for Gods, Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany 2013 PinBall Brooch Show, Toronto International Jewellery Festival, online 2013 Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Toronto International Jewellery Festival, Canada 2013 Naturalienkabinette, Paleontology Museum, Munich, Germany 2013 Words & Works from a World Away, Project Space, Melbourne, Austraalia 2013 LuftShloss, Villa Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany public collections Estonian Academy of Arts, jewellery department Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design Estonian History Musem Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Rotasa Collection Trust, California, USA SODA
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