Kaljo Põllu

Creative career

• 1959–1962 first independently created graphic and painting works during studies in the art academy

  Tartu period

• 1962–1975 graphic works on impressions from travels in Estonia, Koola peninsula and Transcaucasia
• 1963–1972 abstract, pop-like and op-like graphic artwork and paintings
• 1967–1972 establishing and directing the artistic group "Visarid"
• 1973–1975 collection "Kodalased" of mezzotinto graphic works

  Tallinn period

• 1978–1984 collection "Kalivägi" of mezzotinto graphic works
• 1987–1991 collection "Taevas ja maa" of mezzotinto graphic works
• 1991–1995 collection "Kirgastumine" of mezzotinto graphic works
• 1994–2008 created more than 100 paintings on figurative impossibleness and seemingly three-dimensionality
• 1998–2003 establishing and directing the artistic group "YDI"

  Personal exhibitions outside Estonia (selection; all graphics exhibitions)

• 1972 exhibition of ex libris by Kaljo Põllu in Frederikshaven
• 1972 exhibition of graphics together with Allex Kütt in the central exhibition hall of all-Soviet Artists Union
• 1984 exhibitions in the library of Helsinki University and in Stavanger
• 1985 exhibition in Jyväskylä
• 1986 exhibition in Södertäle Art Hall
• 1987 exhibitions in Kymenlaakso ; in Göteborg Art Museum, Västerbotten and in Örebro
• 1989 exhibition in Alta
• 1990 exhibitions in Suomi Gallery and in Folkens Museum ; in Nordic House ; during the VII International Fenno-Ugric Congress in Debrecen
• 1991 exhibitions in Oulu town library and in the art gallery "Pinacotheca" of Jyväskylä University ; in Szombathelys
• 1992 exhibitions in Qaqortoq ; in Seattle and Hancock-Michigan ; in Sorbonne Centre of Paris University
• 1993 exhibition in Palm Beach Community College Florida
• 1994 exhibitions in Grazi Minorite Monastery, in Kammel Dok architecture centre
• 1995 exhibitions in Finnish embassy in Paris, in Museum für Völkerkunde, during the VII International Fenno-Ugric Congress in Jyväskylä, in Barcelona University
• 1996 exhibition in Sevilla and Salamanca University
• 2001 exhibition in Budapest
• 2002 exhibition in Dublin National Theatre

  Exhibition catalogues published outside Estonia about Kaljo Põllu