Exhibitions & events: Extra Strong Super Light, Provocations and Confrontations, Troubled Water

Born in 1961 in Tartu, Estonia. Lives and works in Tallinn, where he is a Professor of the Estonian Academy of Arts. Painter, video artist and award-winning filmmaker know for works of a deeply personal nature. Toomik has twice represented Estonia at the Venice Biennial (1997 and 2003) and participated in several exibitions, among them: the 1st Manifesta (1996); 5. Baltic Contemporary art Biennial Extra Strong Super Light, Szczecin (2003), Beijing Biennale (2005); 4. Berlin Biennale (2006); Gender Check, MUMOK, Vienna (2009); Ostalgia, New Museum, New York (2011).