Miniprint Annual 2012

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.

Awards
1986 Tallinn Prints Triennal, Estonia ¬¬¬- diploma
1987 2.Miniature Prints Triennal in Riga, Latvia ¬¬¬- diploma
1992 Price of Annual Book Illustration, Estonia
1998 5th International Engraving Biennial, Caixa Ourense, Spain, - diploma
2009 Annual Award of K.E.Sööt for book illustration
29th Mini Print International of Cadaqués, winning work
International exhibitions ( recent)
1998 5th International Engraving Biennial, Caixa Ourense (catalogue), Spain, (diploma)
1999 14th Biella Prize for Engraving (catalogue), Italia
Biennale of Illustrations Bratislava (catalogue), Slovakia
2000 Illustrations in Hiroko Mori and Stasys Museums, Midori Otaru, (catalogue) Japan
2007 Biennale of Illustrations Bratislava (catalogue), Slovakia
Miniprint (catalogue), Lahti, Finland
6th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms (catalogue), Vilnius, Lithuania
2008 5th International Biennial of Miniatur Art (catalogue), Czestochowa, Poland
2009 Tallinn Illustrations Triennial, (catalogue), Estonia
Drawing Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
8th World Art Print Annual – Mini Print, Sofia, (catalogue), Bulgaria
29th Mini Print International of Cadaqués, winning work, (catalogue), Spain
6th International Triennial of Graphic Art(catalogue), Bitola, Macedonia
World Gallery of Drawings-Skopje 2009, (catalogue), Republic of Macedonia
One-man exhibitions
2001 Prints in the Railings Gallery, London, England
2003 Black on White, Estonian Embassy in Riga, Latvia
Prints and Sculptures, Gallery Vuotalo, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Prints and Sculptures, Gallery Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
2008 Drawings for the book “Holy Cross”, Tapiola Church, Helsinki, Finland
Augenblike-zeitlos: prints and sculptures, Die BaltArt Galerie, Langenthal, Switzerland
Group exhibitions
2004 Estonian Graphic’s Exhibition in Retretti Museum, Finland
Matti Milius Collection in Imatra’s Art Museum, Finland
2006 Estonian´s Prints in Lendava Museum, Slovenia and Gallery of Szegedi’s University, Hungary
2007 Ed.Viiralt Prize Exhibition, National Library of Estonia
2008 Estonian´s prints in Museum of Forein Art, Riga, Latvia
2009 "Out of the closet", Annual Exhibition of Estonian Art Union, 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
Works in private and state collections
Estonian Art Museum, Collection of Art House of Tallinn, Tartu Art Museum, Estonia, Collection of Tallinn Art Fund, Raisio Museum, Finland; Collection of the City of Randers, Denmark, Art Collection of mr. Matti Milius, Estonia; Museum of World Gallery of Drawings in Skopje, Macedonia

SPA III, 2011, Dry Point, 8 x 10 cm – 80