Maria Valdma-Härm
born 19.08.1973 Kärdla, Estonia
lives and works in Tallinn
education
1991-96 Tallinn Art University, Metal Art Department, BA
2000 Master of Arts in Metal Arts, Estonian Academy of Arts (Cum Laude)
2005 – 2006 Tallinn University, pedagogical course
work experiences
2015 curator for the exhibition “Hotel – Estonian Contemporary Jewellery” Hiiumaa, Estonia
Since 2019 Estonian Artsist Association, Open ARS coordinator
2000 director of the film “ Linnutiivul oled sa siit läbi läinud – Leili Kuldkepp”, AD Oculos Film, 29 min.
2001 – 2012 teacher of art in Rocca al Mare School
2003 co–curator and display designer for the exhibition “Notes”, 3 Dimensional Estonian Art, Szentendre Art Mill, Hungary
2006 co – curator for exhibition “Klassikud – Leili Kuldkepp”, ETDM, Tallinn
Since 2006 curator in Hop gallery, Tallinn
1996 – 2005 member of artists group F.F.F.F.
Since 2002 member of Estonian Artists Union
Since 2009 member of artists group KAM kartell
selected exhibitions
since 1994
2000 Estonian and Lithuanian Jewellery, Kunstpaviljoen, Nieuw-Roden, Holland
2000 Papuošalai/Jewellery, The Mizgiris’ Artists’ House, Nida, Lithuania
2000 Baltic Design Copenhagen, Denmark
2001 Ehted – Ékszerek – Schmuck – Jewellery (F.F.F.F.), Péter-Pál galleria / Szentendre, Hungary
2001Daily Bread/ jewellery(F.F.F.F.), Gallery Johan S./Porvoo, Finland
2001 Daily Bread/ jewellery(F.F.F.F.), Old Town Hall Gallery /Turku, Finland
2001 II Nordic Jewellery Triennial, Gothenburg, Sweden
2001 II Nordic Jewellery Triennial, Applied Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2002 Kapital, (F.F.F.F.), Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn Estonia
2002 II Nordic Jewellery Triennial, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002 Closing the Distance, (F.F.F.F.) Laźnia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
2002 Daily Bread, (F.F.F.F.) The Gallery of Hansa Bank, Tallinn
2002 Pentagram, (F.F.F.F.) Applied Art Museum, Tallinn
2003 Our Daily Bread, (F.F.F.F) Gallery HNOSS, Gothenburg, Sweden
2003 Where is east and West, jewellery, OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, USA
2004 Estonian Jewellery, Beijing Museum of Art&Crafts, China
2004 Contact, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Ma, USA
2004 Contact, Bakalar Gallery, Boston, Ma, USA (F.F.F.F.)
2005 Things you need to know about Estonia, (F.F.F.F.) Vision Centre, Cork, Ireland
2005 Amber trip, (F.F.F.F.) Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 Triennale Europenne du bijou contemporain, Domaine du Chateau de Seneffe, Belgium
2005 Things you need to know about Estonia, (F.F.F.F.),City Gallery, Tallinn
2005 Permission To Grow Up, Pincegaléria, Szombathely, Hungary
2005 Permission To Grow Up, Gallery Rantapaja, Lappeenranta, Finland
2006 Permission To Grow Up, Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn
2007 Permission to grow up, (F.F.F.F.), Munich, Germany
2008 JustMust, Estonian History Museum, Tallinn
2009 Estonian Jewellery, Bornholm, Denmark
2009 Living Jewel, Budapest, Hungary
2009 KORU 3, Imatra Art Museum, Finland
2009 MALE, Iida gallery, Tallinn
2010 Happy people (KAM kartell), Kärdla Power Station , Estonia
2010 Happy people (KAM kartell), Design Night, Kohvituba, Tallinn
2010 LightEST, Brugge, Belgium
2011 Ideal Landscapes, Evald Okase museum, Haapsalu, Estonia
2011 Landscape, Ilias Lalaounis Jewelery Museum, Athens, Creece
2011 Weared images / photo + jewellery, Hop gallery, Tallinn
2011 Ultramarine. Noblessner Foundry, Tallinn
2012 Mazzano, Salt Storage, Tallinn
2013 Tallinn Applied Art Triennal, ETDM, Tallinn
2013 Cheongju Craft Biennale, South – Korea
2014 Rethinking the Everyday. Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2014 Figurative Sense . Four frames from the Estonian jewellery art. Toldi Art Cinema, Budapest, Hungary
2015 „A – Z“ Trofejas gallery, Berllin, Germany
2016 ESTONISHING! Schmuck, Munich, Germany
2016 ESTONISHING! Thomas Cohn Gallery, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2017 ESTONISHING! Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn
2019 Fogspeak: 13 jewellery artists from Estonia, Gallery Putti, Riga
2020 METALLOphone, Vilnius
solo exhibitions
2005 Fictions, City Gallery, Tallinn
2009 Dust, A- gallery, Tallinn
2011 Guesthouse, Iida Gallery, Tallinn
2014 Passage, A-gallery, Tallinn
2016 Off, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn
2021 Memory Palace, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
awards
2002 Annual Prize of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia (F.F.F.F.)
2009 the best exhibition of a year “Dust”, A – gallery, Tallinn
2016 the prize of the Foundation Young Estonian Jewellery
2021 Annual Prize of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia “Artist of the Year”
works in public collection
Estonian Art Museum
Estonian Applied Art Museum
Collection of Metal Art Department of Estonian Academy of Arts
Lasse Pahlmans private collection, Finland
Barbara Waldman`s private collection, USA
Kadri Mälk`s private collection, Estonia
filmography
“F.F.F.F. läheb laiali”, Director Marko Raat, Kuukulgur film, 55 min
