05.07.1966
aollisaar@gmail.com
@aetollisaar
Estonian Artists Association / Eesti Kunstnike Liit, Eesti Tekstiilikunstnike Liit / Estonian Textile Artists Association, Nordic Textile Art
Institutions and positions / Töö
2001– …
Pallas University of Applied Sciences, Professor, Head of Department of Textile
Education / Haridus
1986–1991
Estonian Academy of Arts / Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, MA
2026 Everything is Still Somewhere / Kõik on kuskil alles, Gallery Pallas, Tartu, Estonia (with Heli Tuksam, Tuuli Puhvel)
2026 Home Sweet Home / Kodu kallis kodu, Gallery Muitines, Kaunas, Lithuania
2025 Everything That Has Been and Still Is, State Building of Estonia, Tallinn
2024 The River is Still Flowing / Jõgi voolab ikka edasi, Hopneri House, Tallinn, Estonia
2023 Place to Go To / Pelgupaik, Made in Aparaaditehas, Tartu, Estonia (with Madis Liplap)
2023 House with a Sea View / Merevaatega maja, HOP gallery, Tallinn, Estonia (with Madis Liplap)
2023 Moon is Still the Same / Ikka see sama kuu, Riga, Latvia
2022 Time is Invisible / Aeg on nähtamatu, Vidget Factory, Tartu, Estonia
2022 Waiting you Home / Ootan sind koju, Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia
2021 In Dreams and Awake / Unes ja ilmsi, Tallinn Jaani Church, Estonia
2021 There is Time, There is No Time / Aega on, aega ei ole, Gallery Pallas, Tartu, Estonia (with Madis Liplap)
2020 Together and Alone. Anu Raud and Aet Ollisaar / Üheskoos ja ükis. Anu Raud ja Aet Ollisaar, Galleria Laikku, Tampere, Finland
2019 A Moment Before Tomorrow / Hetk enne homset, HOP gallery, Tallinn, Estonia (with Madis Liplap)
2019 TEKOÄLYTÖN, Forssa Museum, Finland (with Tuiti Paju, Tiina Karhu)
2018 Footsteps / Jäljed, Hopneri Maja, Tallinn, Estonia
2017 Somewhere Else / Kusagil mujal, Imatra, Finland (with Heli Tuksam and Tuuli Puhvel)
2016 Somewhere Else / Kusagil mujal, Gallery Noorus, Tartu, Estonia (with Heli Tuksam and Tuuli Puhvel)
2015 Memories from Future / Mälestused tulevikust, HOP-gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2014 Content / Sisu, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
2011 Life Story / Elulugu, Võru Town Gallery, Estonia
2011 Reflections / Peegeldused, Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia (with Ellen Hansen)
2010 Womens World / Naiste maailm, HOP-gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2010 Journey / Teekond, Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2008 Through the Time / Läbi aja, Winter Garden of National Opera Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia (with Ellen Hansen)
2008 Timelessness / Ajatu, Emil-gallery, Tampere, Finland
2007 Timed Dreams / Ajastatud unenäod, HOP-gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2006 Picture on Fabric – Land and World / Pilt kangal – maa ja ilm, Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia (with Aino Kajaniemi)
2006 FEELINGS / Olemised, Estonia Talveaed, Tallinn, Estonia
1999-2001 CASTLE CARPETS / Lossivaibad, long-term exhibition in Purtse castle, Estonia
1999 Generations / Põlvkonnad, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia (with Ellen Hansen)
1998 Grandmother and Granddaughter, MONA Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia (with Ellen Hansen)
1998 Kiviõli School of Arts, Estonia
1996 Central Finland Art School, Petäjävesi, Finland
1995 Chaplin Centre, Pärnu, Estonia
1994 Pentikmäe Art Gallery, Finland (with Vallo Kalamees)
1994 Kilpkonn Gallery, Viljandi, Estonia (with Vallo Kalamees)
1993 Waitings and Comings / Ootamised ja tulemised, gallery Sinimandria, Tartu, Estonia
1991 Exposition of diploma thesis in the representative shop of UKU, Tallinn, Estonia
Selected group exhibitions / Valitud grupinäitused:
2026 La Viscosa. Textile Factory, Viscosa Creative Factory, Hiiumaa, Estonia
2026 Voyage, International Mini Textile Exhibition, Kaarina, Finland
2025 Attention, Material!, Annual Exhibition of Estonian Textile Artists Association, Gallery Pallas, Tartu, Estonia
2025 Beautiful Time, Tapestries from Estonian Authors, MONA Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2025 Depicting the Future. Variations, East Prussian State Museum with Baltic German Department, Lüneburg, Germany
2025 VIENS NO MUMS/ONE OF US/VIENAS IS MUSU/ÜKS MEIST, Ogre History Museum, Latvia
2025 From Mother to Daughter, From Daughter to Mother, Tartu Art House, Estonia
2024 ÄGE HULL. HULLULT ÄGE?, Gallery ArtDepoo, Gallery Kalaus; Tallinn, Estonia
2024 VIENAS IŠ MŪSŲ / ÜKS MEIST / ONE OF US, Gallery Pallas, Tartu, Estonia
2024 TEXTILE TALK / TALK TEXTILE, Galerija Balta, Kaunas, Lithuania
2024 Accentuations, Pärnu City Gallery, Estonia
2023 ETTE/VAATLIK, ETAA Annual Exhibition, ARS, Tallinn, Estonia
2023 Sitta sellest sitast tundest, ArtDepoo, Tallinn, Estonia
2023 Voyage, Jyväskylä, Finland
2023 Spring Exhibition / Kevadnäitus, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2022 ELUOLULINE, ETAA Annual Exhibition, Gallery Pallas, Tartu, Estonia
2022 CONTEXTILE, Guimaraes, Portugal
2022 Spring Exhibition / Kevadnäitus, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2022 YTAT Mentors, Lodz, Poland
2021 MIMIKRI, ETAA Annual Exhibition, Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2021 Genius Loci II. Legend, Reigi Pastoraat, Hiiumaa, Estonia
2021 Spring Exhibition / Kevadnäitus, Talinn Art Hall, Estonia
2020 DOERS / Tegijad, Exhibiotion of Laureats from ETAA Annual Prizes, Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2020 PAUS, Exhibition of Estonian Artists, Võru, Estonia
2020 FREEDOM / Vabadus, ETAA Annual Exhibition, Gallery Pallas, Tartu, Estonia
2018 Abstraction / Abstraktsioon, Gallery Pallas, Tartu, Estonia; Gallery Laikku, Tampere, Finland
2017 7th Triennial of Applied Art, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
2016 Idealists / Idealistid,Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2016 Ajaj jälg Eesti vaibal, Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia
2016 Lodz Triennial of Tapestry, Poland
2016 Mission, Kulturbäckerei Lüneburg, Germany
2016 Takes Space / Võtab ruumi, Estonian National Library, Tallinn; Võru Town Gallery, Estonia
2016 Äär, serv, veer. Albu manor, Estonia
2015 Meeting Point Tartu / Kohtumispaik Tartu, Gallery Noorus, Tartu, Estonia
2015 SADA. Hundred year of Estonian Textile Art, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2014 Estonian Contemporary Textiles, Guimaraes, Portugal
2014 OrnaMENTAL, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2014 Meeting Place / Kohtumispaik, Gallery of Architecture and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
2012 SEA, Gallery Filosoffen, Odense, Denmark
2012 Book Marker Järje Hoidja, ETAA Exhibition Project, MONA Pärnu, Võru Town Gallery, Estonia
2011 Slingshot / Ragulka, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2010 Ars Häme, Finlayson, Finland
2010 Reward, Pärnu Museum of New Art, Estonia
2010 On top of the Hill / Omadega mäel, Võru; Pärnu Museum of New Art; National Library, Tallinn, Estonia
2010 Free Will / Vaba Tahe, Kuressaare, Estonia
2009/2010 Free Will / Vaba Tahe, Narva Museum Art Gallery, Estonia
2009/2010 Meeting / Kohtumine, Free Will, Estonia Theatre, Estonia
2009 Estonian Textile Art / Eesti tekstiilikunst, Art Museum, Kohtla-Järve, Estonia
2009 Estonian Textile Art today and before, ST Peterburg´s Etnological Museum, Russia
2009 Free Will / Vaba Tahe, Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2009 ZOOM-in, Hop-gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Vaibasadu, Estonian National Museum, Estonia
2008 Plural, Annual exhibition of the ETAA, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Estonia
2008 Textile Artist of a Year / Aasta tekstiilikunstnik, Hop-gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2007 Vaba semester, Town Gallery, Võru, Estonia
2007 10 years of group Free Will / Vaba Tahe 10, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Estonia
2007 Positions / Positsioonid, Jõhvi Concert Hall, Estonia
2007 Asjade seis, Tallinn Art Building, Estonia
2007 Vaba Tahe sõpradega, Tartu Kunstnike Maja, Estonia
2006 Needles and Pins / Lööb nõelu, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
2006 Two Close Ones / Kaks lähedast, Applied Art Triennial, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
2006 Large and Small / Suur ja väike, Pärnu, Estonia
2006 I say… / Mina ütlen…., Teachers of Tartu Art College, Tartu, Estonia
2006 Vaba Tahe sõpradega, Võru, Estonia
2005 Textile05, Kaunas, Lithuania
2005 Free Will / Vaba Tahe, Viljandi, Estonia
2005 Ordinary treasures, Gdansk, Poland
2005 Estonian Textile Artists …, Riga, Latvia
2004 Free Will / Vaba Tahe, Kuressaare´, Pärnu, Estonia
2004 Black, White and Colour / Must, valge ja värv, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Estonia
2004 TeXtiil, Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia
2004 Tradition and Innovation, Riga, Latvia
2003 Carpets of Mountain and Valley / Mäe ja Oru vaibad, Vargamäe, Estonia
2003 Textile Artists, Tartu, Estonia
2000 VISIONS II, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
1999 Unknown Art of Tartu / Tartu tundmatu kunst, Estonian National Library, Tallinn, Estonia
1999 Tapestry. Stained Glass, Narva Museum of Art, Estonia
1998 Temporal, Estonian Museum of Art , Jõhvi, Estonia
1998 Self Portrait / Autoportree, Chaplin Centre, Pärnu, Estonia
1998 King`s Advice and Wanderers / Kuninga nõu ja rändajad, Sebra gallery, Tartu, Estonia (with Heli Tuksam)
1998 Visions I, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
1998 Story of Estonian Textile / Eesti tekstiili lugu, Chaplin Centre, Pärnu, Estonia
Works in Collections / Töid kogudes:
Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design / Eesti Tarbekunsti- ja Disainimuuseum
Estonian National Museum / Eesti Rahva Muuseum
MONA Museum of New Art, Pärnu / Uue Kunsti Muuseum, Pärnu
Tampere Art Museum, Finland / Tampere Kunstimuuseum, Soome
Private collections / Erakogud