Biography

Juhan Soomets (s 1975) eksperimenteerib tavaliselt interaktiivsuse, osaluskunsti ja kasutajaliidestega. Kasutades tihti madaltehnoloogilisust, et tõsta esile kaasaegse keskkonna küsimusi, kus tehislikud algoritmid määravad järjest rohkem meie igapäevaelu. Lõpetanud Eesti Kunstiakadeemia Uusmeedia osakonna MA (2016) ja Tallinna Ülikooli BA (2004).


Juhan Soomets (born 1975) is mostly experimenting with interaction, shared authorship and interfaces. Often using low-tech historical solutions to highlight contemporary concerns of our daily lives being pre-programmed by algorythms.  Graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts, Department of New Media MA (2016), he has a BA degree from the University of Tallinn (2004).


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Solo Exhibitions:

26.01 - 06.03.2018 Generative graphic "Ring" series in Stella Soomlais Gallery, Tallinn
18.05 - 03.06.2017 The Artist´s Room in audio gallery Supersonicum, Viljandi, Livonia
04.11 - 27.11.2016 The Artist´s Room in Latvian National Museum of Art


Group shows and other:

11.06 - 17.06.2018 "Cathedral for Technology" in Tallinn Art Week, Estonia
17.06.2017  The Artist´s Room in Tallinn Art Week, Estonia
08.06 - 11.06.2017 The Artist´s Room in Art Fair ArtVilnius, Lithuania
18.03 - 06.05.2017 The Artist´s Room in exhibition "Euroland" in Temnikova & Kasela gallery
03.03 - 16.04.2017 Group exhibition "Life in earth and in the country" in Tallinn Art Hall
03.06 - 22.06.2016 The Artist´s Room in Kotzebue 1, Tallinn
17.02 - 04.09.2016 Co-maker of exhibition "RAM. Estonian early computer graphics" in KUMU
2015 Group exhibition in Tallinn fishing shore
2015- Epicycloidic drawing machine in Night of the design festival, Tallinn and various other places
2015 Group exhibition in Noblessner seaport, Tallinn
2015 Group exhibition in St Catherine church, Tallinn
2014 Group exhibition in Estonian Contemporary Art Gallery
2014 Open doors day project in Gallery Metropol, Tallinn


Historical:

1996-1998 PC computer game "Thunder Brigade" graphics
1994-1996 Amiga computer game "Roketz" code and graphics