Jüri Mildeberg - Mildebergius
Painter, graphic artist and illustrator Jüri Mildeberg lives and works in Virumaa, Estonia. He was born in Tallinn in 1965. Images from the soul’s innermost recesses The recurrent question is: where do the pictures come from? The artist stands on stage with two empty hands. Suddenly, while he is swinging his arms, an enchanted figure appears before him. He repeats the same movement, the subject changes. The fascination lives on. Mildebergius is an artist who in many ways resembles a magician, a wizard and a sorcerer. His paintings and drawings appear from an empty nothingness. He sits down at his desk, takes out pens and crayons. Soon, with great skill, a strange world begins to emerge on the sheet of paper. “I make art the way bees build their hives”, says Mildebergius. It is the realization of an internal order of nature. “Art is the only thing I master and therefore it is the substance of my life.” For Mildebergius, art leads the way to open the gate to another world and another time. When he enters into his art, all borders are wiped out and the artist wanders in the landscape of his fantasy, like travelling troubadour or a wandering actor who is constantly changing shape. The images that thus emerge from the depths are figures from a tale whose shape evolves through the artist. Animals and people, jesters and harlequins drawn in full-bodied oil pastel with the mark of a fairy-tale on their foreheads. Mildebergius is a piece of commedia dell’arte, a part of Brueghel. He is like a song on the lips of the people. Like Tarot picture cards. Dan Sundell Art Critic Exhibitions: 1989 Kunstisalong, Tallinn, Estonia 1990 Kuressaare Linna, Estonia 1992 G-Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia 1992 Tokko & Arrak Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia 1993 Draakon Galerii, Tallinn Estonia 1994 G-Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia 1995 Kastellaanimaja, Tallinn, Estonia 1995 Draakon Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia 1996 Galleria Savarte, Kotka, Finland 1997 Galleria Artegrafica, Helsinki, Finland 1997 Draakon Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia 1997 Galleria Kapriisi, Kuopio, Finland 1997 Galleria Duetto, Helsinki, Finland 1998 Art Gallery Kogen-Illust-Kan, Tokyo, Japan 1998 Obu Galerii, Tartto, Estonia 1998 Pyhäniemen kartano, Hollola, Finland 1998 Stadsgalérie, Gouda, Holland 1998 Gallery Loft, Hanko, Finland 1999 Art Gallery Kogen-Illust-Kan, Tokyo, Japan 1999 Sammas Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia 1999 Galleria Pintura, Helsinki, Finland 1999 Pyhäniemen kartano, Hollola, Finland 1999 Galleria Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland 1999 Galleria Kapriisi, Kuopio, Finland 2000 Galleria Maria, Helsinki, Finland 2000 Linnagalerii, Pärnu, Estonia 2000 Draakon Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia 2000 Haus Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia 2000 Pyhäniemen kartano, Hollola, Finland 2000 Galleria Sirius, Jyväskylä, Finland 2000 Art Gallery Kogen-Illust-Kan, Tokyo, Japan 2001 Pyhäniemen kartano, Hollola, Finland 2001 Galerie Hörhammer, Helsinki, Finland 2002 Art gallery Kogen-Illust-Kan, Tokyo, Japan 2002 Haus Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia 2003 Le Loft de l'Encadr'Heure, Strasbourg, France 2003 Art Gallery Kogen-Illust-Kan, Tokyo, Japan 2004 Galleria Savarte, Kotka, Finland 2004 Embassy of Estonia, Helsinki, Finland
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