Priit PƤrn

Priit PƤrn (1946) is a world-famous animated filmmaker, caricaturist, and illustrator. He graduated from the University of Tartu in biology, after which he worked as an art and animated film director at the Tallinnfilm and Eesti Joonisfilm studios. PƤrn has taught animation at the Turku University of Applied Sciences in Finland, and currently teaches at the Estonian Academy of Arts. He has illustrated more than 20 children's books and has a long history of collaboration with the children's magazine TƤheke.

Profile photo: Piia Ruber

Bibliography

God-Boy

2006

Backwards

2005

Woodsward

2002

Plop

1993

Get Lost!

1986

Boomerang

1980

Translations

Awards

2019
25 Best-Designed Estonian Books, Certificate of Merit (Priit PƤrn. The Gothamites Go Global)
Raisin of the Year Award (Ilmar Tomusk. Unrelated Relations)
Good Children's Book (Ilmar Tomusk. Unrelated Relations)
Edgar Valter illustration prize nominee
Lifetime Achievement Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, category audio-visual art

2018
The White Ravens (Niit, Ellen.Ā Mr. Nightingale From Nightjar Street)

2017

Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT), diploma
5 Best-Designed Estonian Childrenā€™s Books, Certificate of Merit (Niit, Ellen. Mr. Nightingale From Nightjar Street)

2016

5 Best-Designed Estonian Childrenā€™s Books, Special Prize of Jury (Raud, Eno. The Gothamites)

2012

5 Best-Designed Estonian Childrenā€™s Books, Certificate of Merit (Harms, Daniil. Hedgehog and Siskin)

2010

25 Best-Designed Estonian Books, Certificate of Merit (Mehis Heinsaar. Ebatavaline ja Ƥhvardav loodus)

2002

Kristjan Raud Art Award

1989
Karl Eduard Sƶƶt Childrenā€™s Poetry Award, for illustrations (Arder, Ott. Valge raamat)

1983
25 Best-Designed Estonian Books, Certificate of Merit (PƤrn, Priit. Tagurpidi)

1977

25 Best-Designed Estonian Books, Certificate of Merit (PƤrn, Priit. The Gothamites)

Exhibitions

Priit PƤrn's illustrations have been displayed in numerous exhibitions in Estonia and abroad.

Selected solo exhibitions:
2017
"ƕmblustƶƶ ja juust", Tallinn Portrait Gallery, Estonia

2016

"New Gothamites", Tallinn Portrait Gallery, Estonia

2008ā€“2009

Olga and Priit PƤrn's exhibition "Life without Gabriella Ferri", Helleman's Tower, Bank of Estonia, Tallinn; Tampere House, Tartu, Estonia

2007

Exhibition of charcoal drawings, KUMU, Tallinn

2002

Exhibition of charcoal drawings and prints "Estonian tensions", FĆ©licien Rops Museum, Namur, Belgia

2001

"Priit PƤrn's World", Rakvere town gallery and museum, Estonia

Selected group exhibitions:
2019
Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB), Slovakia

2018 Exhibition of Estonian illustrators ā€žMasters of Estonian childrenā€™s booksā€œ/ā€œPower of Picturesā€œ in Russia: Krasnoarmeysk, Moscow

2017

Tallinn Illustrations Triennial (TIT)
Group exhibition of Estonian illustrators ā€œLeafing Through Estonian Childrenā€™s Books Iā€, Moscow, Kolomna, Russia

2016

Spring exhibition of Estonian illustrators, Estonian Childrenā€™s Literature Centre, Tallinn
ā€žValge maikaā€, Tartu Art Museum

2015

ā€žr:e:a:a:l:n:e: psĆ¼hhedeelia jƤrelā€, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn

2013

Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB), Slovakia
Estonian and Luxembourg artists in dialogue, Konschthaus Beim Engel, Luxembourg

2010ā€“2011
Art festival "A Vision of Central Europe" curated by Luc Tuymans, Bruges, Belgium

About the author

2020
Priit PƤrn. The Gothamites Go Global (ELM)

2019
Eno Raudā€™s Gothamites published in English
The Gothamites (elsewhere editions)
The Gothamites (Kirkus Review)
The Gothamites (Penguin Random House)
The Gothamites (Publisherā€™s Weekly)
The Gothamites, an iconic Estonian childrenā€™s book, is published in English (Estonian World)

2018
Estonian Childrenā€™s Books Chosen for The White Ravens Catalogue

2010
Rhizome-Alphabet: Between Film and Art of Priit PƤrn (KinoKultura)

Priit PƤrn (Eesti Joonisfilm)
PƤrn's Gothamites prints (Au praxinoscope gallery)
Wikipedia