Ahti Seppet

{{Short description|Estonian sculptor (born 1953)}}

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Ahti Seppet (born September 27, 1953) is an Estonian sculptor.{{cite book |title=Eesti kunsti ja arhitektuuri biograafiline leksikon |date=1996 |publisher=Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus |location=Tallinn |page=472}}{{cite web |title=Ahti Seppet |url=https://noba.ac/en/artist/ahti-seppet/ |website=NOBA |publisher=MTÜ Nordic Baltic Art Center NOBA |access-date=January 17, 2024 |location=Tallinn}}

Seppet was born in Tartu. He graduated from Tartu Art School in 1973. From 1979 to 1984, he worked as a teacher at {{ill|Tartu Children's Art School|et|Tartu Lastekunstikool}}. In 1984, he became the director of the Anton Starkopf Museum. He was a member of the group {{ill|Para '89|et}}.

Major exhibits

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  • Rooma Klubi (The Club of Rome)
  • Mumifitseeritud suhe (The Mummified Relationship)
  • Muuseum muuseumis I–III (Museum within a Museum I–III)
  • Lenini lapsed (The Children of Lenin)
  • Ehe kui väikevorm (A Jewel as a Small Form)
  • Tõus ja mõõn (Ebb and Flow){{cite news |title=Nauditav modernist Seppet. Ahti Seppeti näitus "Tõus ja mõõn" Tartu Kunstimaja monumentaalgaleriis 8. V – 2. VI |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=sirp20130607.2.10.4&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- |access-date=January 17, 2024 |work=Sirp |issue=23 |date=June 7, 2013 |page=22}}

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Awards and recognitions

  • 1992: Kristjan Raud Art Award
  • 2000: {{ill|Ado Vabbe Art Fellowship|et|Ado Vabbe nimeline stipendium}}
  • 2005: Anton Starkopf Fellowship{{cite news |title=Starkopfi stipendiumile esitati neli kandidaati |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=linnalehttrt20080404.1.9&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- |access-date=January 18, 2024 |work=Linnaleht |issue=43 |date=April 4, 2008 |page=3}}

References