Toomas Volkmann has studied in the University of Tartu and the Theatre Arts Academy. From 1993-1994 he studied photography in London. Since 1995 he has been a freelance photographer, working with practically all Estonian media. He has been active in exhibitions in Estonia and abroad since 1979, and has also been a guest lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Arts and the Tartu Art School.
Volkmann’s language is symbolically dense, allowing the creation of highly charged image-constellations. He is at once theatrical and discreet, morbid and vivid, spectacularly dramatic and skin-deeply intimate. “Pastful Blast” unfolds in a confluence of these contradictory facets, not along a linear timeline but rather along a symbolist-allegorical path.
The exhibition consists of several series – “Beginning”, “Flowers”, “Fashion”, “Portraits”, “Youth”, “Triptychs” and “Vibe” and is accompanied by a comprehensive photo book.
