Reti Saks

Reti Saks was born on June 3, 1960 in Pärnu, Estonia.

In 1987 graduated from Estonian State Art Institute Department of Graphics.

Member of Estonian Artists’ Association since 1991

Has participated in exhibitions since 1983.

Her main creative fields are graphics, sculpture, book illustration and book design.

Lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia.

www.reti.ee

reti.saks@gmail.com

www.facebook.com/RetiPildid

Awards

2015 II International Exhibition of Printmaking "In Search of the Lost Paradise", Granada, Spain -Special Prize of the Archbishopric of Granada

2013 Internationale d’art miniature - 7e édition, Presbytère St-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada - Special Merit

European Contemporary Print Triennial, Tournefeuille, Toulouse, France, Baltic show 1. prize

2012 3. A4 International Mini Print Exhibition, Cornwall, UK, The Top Three entries

2011 7. Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Canada, public prize

6. International miniarture art exhibit, Levis, Quebec, Canada 3. prize

2010 9. Lessedra World Art Print Annual – Mini Print, Bulgaaria, 2. prize

A4 International Contemporary Printmakers Competition, Cornwall, UK, 1. prize

2009 Annual Award of K.E.Sööt for book illustration

29. Mini Print International of Cadaqués, Spain, winning work

1998 5. International Engraving Biennial, Caixa Ourense, Spain, diploma

1992 Price of Annual Book Illustration, Estonia

1988 Yound Artists' Triennal in Vilnius, Lithuania, diploma

1987 2. Miniature Prints Triennal in Riga, Latvia, diploma

1986 Tallinn Prints Triennal, Estonia, diploma

International exhibitions

2015 Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Biennale for Miniature Graphics - Fourth Round – April 2015” Alexandria, Egypt

International Exhibition INCISIONI AL FEMMINILE – 2015, Naples, Italy

2. International Exhibition of Printmaking "In Search of the Lost Paradise", ICSCO Foundation, Granada, Spain - Special Prize

International biennial bookplates and small printmaking competition, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

5. International Guanlan Print Biennal, Shenzhen, China

35. Mini Print International of Cadaques, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain; same in Wingfield Barns, Wingfield, Eye, Suffolk, England; "Galerie L'Etangd'Art", Bages, France; Fundacio Tharrats d’Art Grafic, Pineda de Mar, Barcelona, Spain

The winners of all editions of the Mini Print International of Cadaqués in Artèria Art Gallery in Igualada, Barcelona, Spain

8. International Engraving Exhibition Engraving in Europe, Cultural Center “Santa Maria della Pietà”, Cremona, Italy

8. Global Print 2015 rahvusvaheline graafikabiennaal, Douro, Portugal

6. Beijing Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Peking, China

2015 Ningbo – China - Central and Eastern Europe economic, trade and cultural exchange weeks and art exhibition, Ningbo Musuem of Art, China

Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Tokio, Japan
International Biennial Festival of Portrait INTERBIFEP 2015, Portrait Gallery Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Festival de la Gravure, Maison de la Culture, Diekirtch, Luxemburg

8. International Miniature Art Exhibit, Levis Quebec, Canada

3. International Exhibition Print Triennial-2015, Brest Regional Museum, Belarus

Drawing Triennial „Black and White“, Tallinn, Estonia

2. Diplomatic Art 2015, Timisoara, Romania

DICARTA/PAPERMADE International Biennal Schio, Vicenza, Italy

International Juried Print Exhibition 2015, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, USA

2014 12. International exhibition „CDH-2014 - Connected Times“, Central Artsist´s House, Russia

International artistic exposition Number One by Veronica Longo, Atelier Controsegno, Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy

15. International Triennial Small Forms of Graphic Art, Poland-Lodz´14, Lodz, Poland

1. Internacional Biennial de Mini Grabados de Aguadilla PR, Puerto Rico

Print2, Atelier Controsegno, Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy

34. Mini Print International of Cadaques, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain; same in Wingfield Barns, Wingfield, Eye, Suffolk, England; "Galerie L'Etangd'Art", Bages, France; Fundacio Tharrats d’Art Grafic, Pineda de Mar, Barcelona, Spain

12. International Miniature Art Biennial, Ville-Marie (Québec), Canada

8. Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition (BIMPE), Vancouver, British Columbia, Federation Gallery Vancouver; same Dundarave Print Workshop BC, Vancouver; UBC Okanagan Kelowna, BC; SNAP Edmonton, AB, Canada

7. International Printmaking Biennial of Duoro-2012, Portugal

8. International Biennial of Miniature Art, Czestochova, Poland

Festival de la Gravure, Maison de la Culture, Diekirtch, Luxemburg

9éme Mondial de l’Estampe et de la Gravure Originale Triennale de Chamaliéres, Auvergne, France

2013 Intercontinental Mail Art Exhibition "United Nations: Nations-Water-Cultures", UN Headquarters New York, USA

International Exhibition INCISIONI AL FEMMINILE – 2013, Naples, Italy

International Biennial Miniature Print of Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandrina, Egypt

European Contemporary Print Triennial, Tournefeuille, Municipal Media center: Baltic States, Toulouse, France – 1. prize of BalticStates

9. Biennial International Miniature Print Competition and Exhibition, Norwalk, U.S.A.

9. Biennial International Miniature Print Competition and Exhibition, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Festival de la Gravure, Maison de la Culture Diekirtch, Luxemburg

Global Print 2013 - International Printmaking Biennial , Douro, Portugal

4. Triennial of Illustrations „Pildi jõud“, National Library of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia

3. Biennial Art at Wharepuke International Print Show, Kerikeri, Northland, New Zealand

Internationale d’art miniature of Presbytère St-Nicolas - 7e édition, Lévis, Canada - Special Merit

Internationale d’art miniature of Presbytère St-Nicolas - 7e édition in SNAP, Edmonton, Canada

Internationale d’art miniature of Presbytère St-Nicolas - 7e édition in UBC, Kelowna, Canada

33. Mini Print International of Cadaques, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain; same in Wingfield Barns, Wingfield, Eye, Suffolk, England; "Galerie L'Etangd'Art", Bages, France; Fundacio Tharrats d’Art Grafic, Pineda de Mar, Barcelona, Spain

International Biennial Festival of Portrait Tuzla 2013, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2012 8. British International Mini Print Exhibition 2012, London, UK

6. International Printmaking Biennial of Duoro-2012, Portugal

32. Mini Print International of Cadaques, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain; same in Wingfield Barns, Wingfield, Eye, Suffolk, England; "Galerie L'Etangd'Art", Bages, France; Fundacio Tharrats d’Art Grafic, Pineda de Mar, Barcelona, Spain

Winners of the Mini Print International of Cadaques, Micromundi Museum, Besalú, Spain

11. International Biennial Miniature Art of Ville-Marie, Québec, Canada

4. International Miniature Print Biennale Exhibition, Ottava School of Art, Canada

7. Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition (BIMPE), SNAP Gallery in Edmonton, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

3. A4 International Mini Print Exhibition, Cornwall, UK, The Top Three entries

4. Triennial of Drawings “Joonistuse hääl”, Tallinn-Viinistu, Estonia

7. International Biennial Miniature Art, Czestochowa, Poland

6. Rokycany Biennial in Graphic Arts, Czech Republic

Festival de la gravure, Diekirtch, Luxemburg

International exhibition of miniature arts in Tuzla, Bosnia Hercegovina

1. International Exhibition of Contemporary Miniprint, Lauderhill Arts Center, South Florida, USA

2011 7. Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Canada, public prize

Art at Wharepuke, the prize winning works, Kerikeri, New Zeland

NSA PRINT! The Exchange Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall, UK

International illustrations “Mermaid”, Center of the Children’s Literature, Tallinn, Estonia

6. International miniarture art exhibition, Levis, Quebec, Canada 3.preemia

10. Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria

31. Mini Print International of Cadaques, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain; same in Wingfield Barns, Wingfield, Eye, Suffolk, England; "Galerie L'Etangd'Art", Bages, France; Fundacio Tharrats d’Art Grafic, Pineda de Mar, Barcelona, Spain

10. Biennale ”Koenigsberg-Kaliningrad” exhibition of art prints, Russia

2. A4 International Contemporary Printmakers Competition, Cornwall, UK

11. International Biennial Golden Pen of Beldrade, Serbia

2010 10. International Biennial of Miniatur Art, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia

9. Lessedra World Art Print Annual – Mini Print, Bulgaria, 2. prize

5. International Printmaking Biennial of Duoro-2010, Portugal

10. International Biennial Miniature - Canada Art 2010, Ville Marie - Québec, Canada

10. International Biennial Miniature - Canada Art 2010, Latin-American Contemporary Art Museum La Plata (MAKLA), Buenos Aires, Argentiina

KiC - International exhibition NORD ART 2010, Büdelsdorf and Rendsburg, Germany

International exhibition of drawings Skopje 2010, World Gallery of Drawings, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

A4 International Contemporary Printmakers Competition, Cornwall, UK, 1. Prize

A4 International Contemporary Printmakers Competition, Open Space Gallery, Penryn, Cornwall, U.K

7. Biennial of Drawing Pilsen 2010, West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic

30. Mini Print International of Cadaqués, solo exhibition, Taller Galeria Fort, Spain

30. Mini Print International of Cadaqués, solo exhibition, Galerie L'Etangd'Art in Bages, France

7. International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Vilnius, Lithuania

6. International Biennial Miniature Art, Czestochowa, Poland

Vente au profit des artistes Haitiens, Ministère de la Culture, Paris, France

3. International Graphics Exhibition “Art-line”, Minsk, Belarus

6. Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition (BIMPE),Vancouver, Canada

Americas Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Prints 2010, Iowa, USA

5. Rokycany Biennial in Graphic Arts, Czech Republic

2. Penang International Print Exhibition, State Art Gallery, Malaisia

8éme Mondial de l’Estampe et de la Gravure Originale Triennale de Chamaliéres, Auvergne, France

2009 3. Illustrations Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia

1. Drawing Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia

8. World Art Print Annual – Mini Print of Lessedra, Sofia, Bulgaria

29. Mini Print International of Cadaques, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain; same in Wingfield Barns, Wingfield, Eye, Suffolk, England; "Galerie L'Etangd'Art", Bages, France; Fundacio Tharrats d’Art Grafic, Pineda de Mar, Barcelona, Spain

10. Biennale ”Koenigsberg-Kaliningrad” exhibition of art prints, Kaliningrad, Russia

6. International Triennial of Graphic Art(catalogue), Bitola, Macedonia

World Gallery of Drawings-Skopje 2009, Republic of Macedonia

2008 5. International Biennial of Miniatur Art (catalogue), Czestochowa, Poland

2007 Biennale of Illustrations Bratislava (catalogue), Slovakia

Miniprint (catalogue), Lahti, Finland

6. International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms (catalogue), Vilnius, Lithuania

2006 International Mess of the Children’s and Youth’s Books "Leer Leon", Leon, Spain

2000 Illustrations of Schildren Books, Hiroko Mori and Stasys Museums, Midori Otaru, (catalogue) Japan

1999 14. Biella Prize for Engraving (catalogue), Biella, Italia

Biennale of Illustrations, (catalogue), Bratislava Slovakia

1998 5. International Engraving Biennial, Caixa Ourense (catalogue), Spain, diploma

1997 6. Book Illustration Triennial Vilnius' 97, Vilnius, Lithuania

1995 10. Tallinn Prints Triennal (catalogue), Tallinn, Estonia

1994 Bolognese Fair for Children's Books (catalogue), Bolognese, Italy

Exhibition of Children's Books, The Museums of Itabashi, Sano and Otana, Japan

1992 Arts Festival, Odder, Denmark (catalogue)

Art Festval, Arhus, Denmark

1990 3. Miniature Prints Triennal, (catalogue), Riga Latvia

1989 8. Tallinn Prints Triennal (catalogue), Tallinn, Estonia

1988 Yound Artists' Triennal, Lithuania, Vilnius, diploma

Prints Exhibition of the Soviet Union, Moscow, Russia

Young Artists' Exhibition, Moscow, Russia

1987 Young Artists' Exhibition, Moscow, Russia

Portrait Exhibition, Moscow, Russia

2. Miniature Prints Triennal (catalogue), Riga, Latvia, diploma

1986 7. Tallinn Prints Triennal (catalogue), Estonia, diploma

1984 Exhibition of Baltic Poster (catalogue), Tallinn, Estonia

Group exhibitions

2015 Contemperary estonian graphic – Ed.Viiralt’s prize exhibition, National Library, Tallinn, Estonia

Crisscross Stories, Estonian and Hungarian Fairy Tale Illustrations, Hungarian Cultural Centre, London, U.K.

15. annual exhibition of estonian artists, Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

Estonian Graphics Union’s exhibition "OLEMISIMESTUS / ԳՈՅՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԶԱՐՄԱՆՔԸը", Gallery of the Armenian Artist’s Union, Jerevan, Armenia

Art exhibition - Summer in Pärnu, „ The Master and Margarita“, Town Gallery, Pärnu, Estonia

MINIPRINT-TALLINN, Gallery Tušino, Moskva, Russia

Drawing Triennial „Black and White“, Art School of Jõhvi, Jõhvi, Estonia

Road, exhibition in Old-Võromaa Kultuurikoda, Võru , Estonia

2014. Tallinn Illustrations Triennial “The Power of Pictures”, Art School Gallery, Jõhvi, Estonia

International exhibition of the Illustrations “Mermaid”, Cultural Centres of Gdansk, Szczecin and Kielce National Museum, Poland

Miniprint Tallinn, Art Museum of Pskov, Russia

14. annual exhibition of estonian artists, Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

2013 4. International Triennial of Illustrations “The Power of Pictures”, National Library of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia

Estonian and Hungerian Fairytales, illustrations, Center of the Children’s Literature, Tallinn, Estonia

Estonian and Hungerian Fairytales, illustrations, Museum of Literature of S. Petöfi, Budapest, Hungary

13. annual exhibition of estonian artists, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia

Watercolour exhibition „Colour pages“, National Library of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia

From the artist to the library, National Library of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia

2012 12. annual exhibition of estonian artists, Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

Exhibition of the Illustrations "Old Fairytales," Center of the Children’s Literature, Tallinn, Estonia

Exhibition of the Illustrations "Old Fairytales," Russian State Library of Children; Art Gallery of Krasnoarmeiski; Nekrassov Library of Sience in Moscow; Joškar-Ola Art Museum; Kirov Art Museum named by Vasnetsov; Art Museum of Vjatka, Russia

International Exhibition of the Illustrations "Stories of the Sea", Art Museum of Pskov; Central Library of Children named by Puškin, Peterburg; Art Gallery of Novgorod; Russian State Library of Children; Art Gallery of Krasnoarmeiski, Russia

2011 In Graphic, Gallery of Endla Theatre, Pärnu, Estonia

Estonian modern Graphic, National Library of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia

Miniprint 2011 Tallinn, Gallery Vabaduse, Tallinn, Estonia

Miniprint 2011 Tallinn, Gallery Napa, Rovaniemi, Finland

12. annual exhibition of estonian artists Abstract, Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

Estonian Book’s Illustrations, Russian Library of Foreign Literature, Moscow, Russia

2010 In Graphic, Gallery of Endla Theatre, Pärnu, Estonia

Estonian Prints EXPO 2010 World Show, Shanghai, China

Estonian Book’s Illustrations, Mõtiš, Russia

Estonian Book’s Illustrations, Kolomna, Russia

Join Art, Kastellan House Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2009 In Graphic, Gallery of town, Pärnu, Estonia

10. annual exhibition of estonian artists "Out of the closet", Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

Collection: the best of I, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia

Show of estonian graphic artists – Impact, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Illustrations of Books, Kuressaare Gastle, Kuressaare, Estonia

The house full of the fairytales, Center of the Children’s Literature, Tallinn, Estonia

3. international triennial of illustrations TIT 2009 “The Power of Pictures, National Library of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia

TIT 2009, Gallery of children’s Artschool, Jõhvi, Estonia

2008 Estonian´s prints in Museum of Forein Art, Riga, Latvia

2007 Ed.Viiralt prize exhibition, National Library, Tallinn, Estonia

2006 Exhibition of drawings in Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia

Graphic’s exhibition in Tartu Art Hall, Tartu, Estonia

Exhibition of estonian´s prints, Lendava Museum, Slovenia and Gallery of Szegedi’s University, Hungary

2004 Estonian Graphic’s Exhibition in Retretti Museum, Finland

Exhibition of Matti Milius Collection in Imatra’s Art Museum, Finland

Exhibition of graphics, Consert Hall of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia

Exhibition of illustrations of children’s books, National Library, Tallinn, Estonia

2003 Exhibition of estonian graphics, Estonian Embassy in Kopenhagen, Denmark

2002 Exhibition of Drawings, Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

Estonian Prints XX, Art House, Tallinn, Estonia

7 She-artists, E Gallery, Tartu, Estonia

2000 Group Exhibition, Uggerby Gallery, Lønstrup, Denmark

Artsummer, Pärnu, Estonia

Exhibition of illustrations of children’s books, National Library, Tallinn, Estonia

1999 Estonian graphic’s exhibition, Art House, Tallinn, Estonia

1998 Artsummer, Pärnu, Estonia

1997 Baltic Artist’s Group in Silkeborg, Denmark

1995 Spring Exhibition, Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

Autumn Exhibition , Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

Artsummer (catalogue), Pärnu, Estonia

3. Annual exhibition of SKKE Biotopy, Dominican Monastery (catalogue), Tallinn, Estonia

1994 Spring Exhibition, Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

Autumn Exhibition, Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

1993 Contemporary Estonian Art, the Faer Islands

Art Exhibition, Vennesla, Norway

1992 The Days of Tallinn in Kiel, Germany

1990 "Para" in Artists' House, Tartu, Estonia

Exhibition with Anu Kalm in Gallery "Vaal", Tallinn

Exhibition with Anu Kalm in Gallery "Mosabaca", Helsinki

Spring Exhibition , Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

Autumn Exhibition , Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

1988 Estonian artist´s exhibition, ESTO", Sidney, Australia

Exhibition "Ars Estonica", Helsinki (catalogue), Finland

Annual Young Artist’s Exhibition, Tallinn, Estonia