CV

Helen Tago-Mullaste (b. 1980 in Tallinn, Estonia)
helen.tago ( a ) gmail.com / www.graafika.ee / fb.com/graafika.ee / instagram.com/helen.tago/

Education
2000 - 2004 Estonian Academy of Arts, printmaking BA
1987 - 1999 Tiiu Mölder art classes

Recognition
2003 Network Baltic - Internet exhibition prizewinner

Participation in projects/Residences

2018 Electroetching residence in Alfonso Crujeras studio in Spain

2018 Muhu print - International printmakers summer school (assisted the cyanotype workshop)

2016 Muhu print - International printmakers summer school (gave a photopolymer workshop)
2015 Muhu print - International printmakers summer school (gave an electroetching workshop)
2002 Network Baltic, Co-operation project for young Baltic region artists

Memberships
2016 member of The Association of Estonian Printmakers
2009 member of graafika.ee

Catalogues/Publications
2018 The Hand Magazine no. 20, Printmaking special.
2015 Imago Mundi Estonia/Identity, viewable here
2005 Network Baltic

Selected exhibitions

2019 /Dark matter/ group exhibition curated by Lilli Krõõt Repnau in Tartu Artists House 19.09-13.10
/Wiiralt prize/ National Library of Estonia 07.03- 30.03
/Dark matter/ together with Lilli Krõõt Repnau at Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn 27.02- 18.03
2018 /Ghost Stories/ Vabaduse gallery, Tallinn 30.11 -19.12
/Estonia 100 in Latvia/ The Association of Estonian Printmakers exhibition in Mark Rothko Art Center in
Daugavpils, Latvia. 16.11.2018–13.01.2019

/Muhu Print 2018/ at The Estonian Print and Paper Museum in Tartu 02.10 - 28.10

/Scala Cromatica/ an international exhibition to celebrate Estonia´s centennial in Budapest 12.09 -26.10

/Printcard Wroclaw – Stranger Prints/. Print Exhange and exhibition in Warsaw

/Living Space/ exhibition to celebrate Estonia´s centennial in Melbourne, Australia 15.03 - 08.04

2017 /Printcard Wroclaw – Beyond Control/. Print Exhange and exhibition in Warsaw

  The Association of Estonian Printmakers show /Meeting myself/ at The Estonian Print and Paper Museum
    31.05-14.06
/Douro 3rd GlobalPrint/. Portugal 01.08 – 30.09
/Beyond Reality/. Contemporary Estonian printmaking at Tartu Artists House 24.08.-17.09.
/ESTONIAN NATURE – BLACK AND WHITE/. Gallery DALIKO, Krems, Austria 24.11.-15.12
2016   /Labyrinth/ Pärnu City Hall gallery 18.06-23.07.2016
                /Freedom Square/ Vabaduse gallery 21.04 - 10.05.2016
2015       Pärnu Artsummer/Meister and Margarita/ Townhall gallery 03.07-15.08.2015
                /Muhu Print/ Hungarian Institute 10.08-11.09.2015
2013 /Sisse/ group exhibition in Kastellaanimaja gallery 07.02 - 07.03.2013
  /Sissevaated/ Kaija Kesa & Helen Tago, Walge gallery, Paide
2012 /Plenty 2/ Jõhvi Concert Hall 05.09.2012 - 30.09.2012
                 /Piir, lävi, rada/ IV Tallinn Drawing Triennal show in Viinistu 25.08 - 25.09.2012
          /3. Tartu International Printmaking Festival/ 21.01 - 12.02.2012
2011        /Plenty/ group show in Võru Town gallery 21.11. - 16.12.2011
               /Ordinary/ group show of contemporary drawing, 3.02 - 6. 03 in Tallinn Art Hall Gallery
2004        /Pre-positsioon/ Haapsalu
              /Ekskurssioon/ Haapsalu – Rapla - Narva - Kohtla-Järve- Tartu
2003   /elu(tuba)/ group show in gallery 008, Tallinn
                 /NB-a new dimension / laureate show in Tallinn
2002    /Eat Your Heart Out Szczecin. An Alternative Exhibition of Baltic Artists/ Prague
                 /Network Baltic/ in Grafikens Hus, Sweden

Teaching Experience
2009 - ... I've taught various printmaking courses in the artist run space Loovala. Currently in the studio of graafika.ee
2018 - Cyanotype workshop assistant at „Muhu Print“, printmakers summer school in the Muhu island
2016 - Photopolymer course at „Muhu Print“, printmakers summer school in the Muhu island
2015 - Electro etching course at „Muhu Print“, printmakers summer school in the Muhu island
2014 - Collography workshops at KUMU art Museum´s printmaking studio
2012 - Linocut workshops for design students at the Tallinn Polytechnic School

Working Experience
I have worked as a designer since 2005. Designing layouts, books, flyers, study books and making illustrations for various publishers and companies.