Margus Meinart is an artist and educator who has headed the Painting Department at Pallas University of Applied Sciences since 2021. His work encompasses teaching, international cooperation and projects in art education.

Meinart graduated from Tartu Art College in 2004 and earned a master’s degree in education (cum laude) and a Level 7 teaching qualification in arts and technology from the University of Tartu in 2020. He studied painting at Konrad Mägi Studio and undertook further training at Nansenskolen in Norway and the Vermont Studio Center in the United States.

He has participated in art exhibitions since 1994 and held solo exhibitions since 1999. Meinart has extensive teaching experience: he has taught painting at Konrad Mägi Studio and Pallas University of Applied Sciences, and has also taught at higher education institutions in Umeå and Caen. He has also served on juries for art competitions and exhibitions.

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