Külli Kõiv

Born on 06.02.1963, Isle of Saaremaa, Estonia.

Education
1978-1982 Tartu Art School
1988.1993 Tallinn Art University, Ceramics, in accordance with MA program
2003 – 2008 Estonian Academy of Art, Art pedagogics, MA

Free-lance artist, founder member of the Asuurkeraamika Studio, Tallinn.
Member of the Estonian Artists’ Association and the Estonian Ceramists’ Association.
Member of the Board of the Estonian Ceramists’ Association.

Taking part of the ceramics exhibitions since 1991

Selected exhibitions
2003 Unison, Group project with CassiusClay studio
(Denmark), Museum of Applied Art, Tallinn, Estonia.
2003 Notes, 3 Dimensional Estonian Art, Szentendre, Hungary
2004 Group exhibition of Asuurkeraamika Studio in Gallery Feuer 111, Zürich
2004 Solo exhibition Åsane Art Gallery, Bergen, Norway
2004 Unison II, Group project with CassiusClay studio, Grønbechsgaard Gallery, Bornholm, Denmark
2004 Unison III Group project with Cassiusclay studio, Danmarks Keramikmuseum, Grimmerhus
2005 Ceramica Multiplex, Ceramic Biennial in Varazdin, Croatia
2005 Anagama Symposium 2001-2005. Rotermanns Salt Storage,Tallinn, Estonia
2006 Formula of Fortune. Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
2006 50 european ceramists. CassiusClay studio, Nexø, Danmark
2006 Status Quo. Exhibition of the Estonian Ceramists Association. Estonian National Library, Tallinn
2007 Art of Living. Juried exhibition of the Estonian Artists Union. Tallinn Art Hall
2007 International Teapot exhibition, Shanghai, China
2007 Ceramics and Glass, Yelaginoostrovsky Cultural Center St.Petersbourg, Russia
2007 Vaba tahe (Free Will) group exhibition of textile and ceramics. Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn
2007 International Teapot exhibition, Zhujiajiao, China
2008 International Teapot exhibition, Shanghai, China
2008 Artists-in-Residence programs exhibition (with A.Orav) The Anderson Center, USA
2009 International Teapot exhibition, Shanghai, China

Symposia
1992 Workshop at the Svanekegården ceramics centre, Bornholm, Denmark
1999 International Ceramics Symposium. Silkeborg, Denmark
2000 The Bridge. International Art Symposium. Zv?rtava, Latvia.
2001 International Bone China Symposium. Kaunas, Lithuania.
2002 International Ceramics Symposium. Kohila, Estonia
2005 International Ceramics Symposium in Boleslawiec, Poland
2006 Reflections in the Nothern Sky. Art festival in Sagadi, Estonia
2008 Artists-in-Residence program in The Anderson Center, USA

2002 – 2009 organizing the Kohila International Symposiums of Woodfired Ceramics in Estonia

Works in collections
The Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
Museum of Foreign Art. Riga, Latvia.
Gallery of the Artists Union of Latvia
Cultural Department of County of Århus, Denmark
The Ceramics Museum of Kaunas, Lithuania
Varazdin City Museum, Croatia
Cultural Center BOK, Boleslawiec, Poland
Anderson Center, Minnesota, USA