Raivo Kelomees

Artist's country of origin: Estonia

Raivo Kelomees (b. 1960) is an artist and art historian. He has studied psychology at the University of Tartu and art history and design at the Estonian Academy of Arts. He is a senior researcher at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Estonian Academy of Arts and a professor at Pallas University of Applied Sciences. Kelomees is the author of the books “Surrealism” (Kirjastus Kunst, 1993) and the collections of articles “Ekraan kui membran” (Proceedings of the Tartu Art College, 2007) and “Social games in the art space” (EKA, 2013). His doctoral thesis is “Postmateriality in art”. Indeterministic art practices and immaterial art” (Dissertationes Academiae Artium Estoniae 3, 2009). Together with the British researcher Chris Hales, he edited the collection of articles “Constructing Narrative in Interactive Documentaries” (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014). In cooperation with Varvara Guljajeva and Oliver Laas, he edited the collection of articles “The Meaning of Creativity in Age of AI” (EKA Press, 2022). Kelomees has been performing at exhibitions since 1980. He has preferred electronic and digital art, but painting has also been among his mediums. Most recently, he appeared at the exhibition “Surrealism 100. Prague, Tartu and other stories…” (Curators: Anna Pravdová (Prague National Gallery), Joanna Hoffmann (Tartu Art Museum) and Kristlyn Liier (Tartu Art Museum)).