Benjamin Vasserman

Benjamin Vasserman (born June 11, 1949 in Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast, Russia in the family of an employee deported from Estonia) is an Estonian graphic artist and printmaker. He is the husband of Naima Neidre.
Education
In 1979, Vasserman graduated from the Estonian Academy of Art, Tallinn.
Artistic career
*Began to exhibit in 1978
*Vasserman has been a freelance artist since 1990
Membership
*1989: Estonian Artists' Association
*1992: Association of Estonian Printmakers
Solo exhibitions
1987 Tallinn Art Salon, Estonia; 1989 Cafe Viru, Moscow, Russia; Gallery Sammlung Villany, Brandenburg, Germany; 1990 Gallery Sininen Talo, Hämeenlinna, Finland; 1992 Gallery G, Tallinn, Estonia; Sylvia-Home, Lahti, Finland; 1993 Art Hall, Seinäjoki, Finland; 1993, 1995, 1998 Gallery Neuendorf, Memmingen, Germany; 1994 Gallery Munkinseudun, Helsinki, Finland; Gallery Katariina, Turku, Finland; 1996 Gallery Wanhan Galleria, Tampere, Finland; 1998 House of Holy Spirit, Randers, Denmark; La Galerie Passage, Tallinn, Estonia; 1999 Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia;
2001 Gallery of Embassy of Estonia, Riga, Latvia; 2003 Gallery Haus, Tallinn, Estonia
International print exhibitions
1994, 1996, 1998, 2002 3rd, 4th, 5th & 7th International Engraving Biennial, Ourense, Spain; 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria; 1995 Mini-Print Triennial, Lahti, Finland; 1995, 2001 10th & 12th Tallinn Print Triennial, Estonia; 1995, 2005 1st & 4th Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Japan; 1996 Graphica Creativa, 8th International Print Triennial, Jyväskylä, Finland; International Mini-Print Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan; 1996, 1998, 2001 2nd, 3rd International Biennial & 4th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Vilnius, Lithuania; 1996, 1999, 2002 9th, 10th & 11th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, , Poland; 1997 International Print Exhibition, Portland, Oregon, USA; 22nd International Print Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia; S.N.A.P.'s International Printmaking Co-operative Exhibition, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Osaka Triennale 1997 - Print, 8th International Contemporary Art Competition, Japan; 1997, 1999 2nd & 3rd Malaysia Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Prints, Kuala Lumpur; 1997, 1999, 2001 1st, 2nd & 3rd International Mini-Print Biennial, Cluj, Romania; 1997, 1999, 2003 2nd, 3rd & 4th Egyptian International Print Triennial, Cairo-Giza-Alexandria; 1997, 2000, 2003 Triennale'97, Triennial 2000, Triennial 2003, International Print Triennial, Kraków, Poland; Intergrafia'97, Intergrafia 2000 & Intergrafia 2003, World Award Winners Gallery, Katowice & (2003), Poland; 1998 International Midi-Print Exhibition, Pärnu, Estonia; Agart World Print Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Consumentart'98, Triennial Cracow-Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany; 1999 Premio Internationale Biella per l'Incisione, XIV edizione, Italy; 12th Norwegian International Print Triennial, Fredrikstad; 1999, 2002 4th & 5th International Print Triennial, Ino, Japan; 2000 2nd Mini-Graphic & Painting World-Wide Show "Pisa 2000", Italy; Mostra - Premio "Artisti Finalisti", Group Show at 4 Artists (finalists), Pisa, Italy; 1st CheJu International Print Arts Festival, Korea; International Print Exhibition "East meets West", Opole, Poland; International Print Triennial Cracow-Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany; International Print Exhibition "Graphic Constellation - Szczecin 2000", Poland; 2000, 2003 3rd & 4th International Triennial of Graphic Art, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia; 2001 Biennale internationale d'estampe de Trois-Rivières, 2eme edition, Quebec, Canada; Triennial of One Hundred Cities, Dzierzoniow, Poland; 3rd Mini-Graphic & Painting World-Wide Show "ITART 2001", Pisa, Italy; International Print Exhibition "Continents - 2001" , Poland; Exhibition of Prize Winners of the 3rd Biennial of Small Graphic Forms, Vilnius, Lithuania; "ITART 2001", Prize-Show for Finalists, Livorno, Italy; 5th Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print Art - 2001, Bhopal, India; International Print Exhibition"Selection of Works from ITP - Kraków 2000", Graz, Austria; 2001, 2004 10th & 11th International Print & Drawing Biennial, Taipei and Taichung, Taiwan R.O.C.; 3rd & 4th International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria; 2002 7th International Biennial of Graphics of the Baltic Sea Countries, Kaliningrad, Russia; Korea International Print Arts Festival, ChangWon, Busan; 12th SPACE International Print Biennial, Seoul, Korea; 2003 10th International Biennale of Small Forms & Ex-Libris, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland; International Print and Drawing Exhibition "Interprint", Bangkok, Thailand; International Print Biennial in Beijing 2003, China; International Print Exhibition "Aquaforta Contra Cyfra", Opole, Poland; International Print Exhibition "Asia Print Adventure 2003", Sapporo, Japan; International Print Exhibition "Eurografik Kyiv 2003", Ukraine; 2004 International Print Triennial Cracow-Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany; International Print Exhibition "Eurografik Moscow 2004", Russia; International Print Exhibition "Eurografik Leipzig 2004", Germany; International Print Exhibition "Eurografik Krynica 2004", Poland; Triennial of One Hundred Cities, , Poland; 4th Ural Print Triennial, Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia; 2004, 2005 International Print Exhibition "MTG Kraków Pays a Visit to Hungary", Gyor, Budapest; 2005 4th International Small Engraving Exhibition, Cremona, Italy; International Small Engraving Salon 2005, Baia Mare, Romania; 2006 7eme Mondial de l'Estampe et de la Gravure Originale - Triennale de Chamalieres, France; 5th International Triennale Colour in Graphic Art: NOW!, , Poland; 2007 USM International Print Exhibition 2007, Penang, Malaysia, Hatyai, Thailand; European Masters of Modern Art 2007(EMMA 2007), Burgau, Austria; Artperiscope.com Second Internet Artwork Competition, , Poland; Penang International Art Festival 2007, Malaysia; Artoteque.com Online Global Art Annual ART NOW 2, London, UK; International Print Triennial - Kraków BIS 2007, Katowice, Poland; 4th International Engraving Biennial - Douro 2007, Alijo, Portugal; 9th International Biennial "The Masters of Drawing and Graphic Art", Györ, Hungary: 6th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Vilnius, Lithuania
Awards
1994, 1998 Honourable Mention - 3rd & 5th International Engraving Biennial, Ourense, Spain;
1995 Special Prize - 10th Tallinn Print Triennial, Estonia;
1997 Special Prize - 9th International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria;
1998 Diploma - 3rd International Biennial of Small Form Graphics, Vilnius, Lithuania;
2000, 2001 Diploma "Finalist" - 2nd & 3rd Mini-Graphic & Painting World-Wide Show "Pisa 2000" & "ITART 2001", Pisa, Italy;
2001 Diploma - 3rd International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2001 Honorary Mention - 3rd International Mini-Print Biennial, Cluj, Romania;
2001 Printmaker of Year 2001 - Annual Prize of Estonian Printmaking;
2003 Second Prize - 10th International Biennale of Small Forms & Ex-Libris, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland;
2003 Gold Prize - International Print Biennial in Beijing, China;
2007 First Prize - Arteriscope.com 2nd Internet Artwork Competition, , Poland; Honourable Mention - 9th International Biennial "The Masters of Drawing and Graphic Arts", Györ, Hungary; Second Prize - 6th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Vilnius, Lithuania; Honorable Award - ARTOTEQUE's Online Global Art Annual
2 ART NOW 2007, London, UK
Works in collections
Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn; International Print Triennial Society, Cracow, Poland; National Museum, Cracow, Poland; Centre of International Cultural Exchange, Beijing, China; Institute of Art Association of Academic Culture, Cracow, Poland; Association Mouvement Art Contemporain, Chamalieres, France; Amicidell'Arte - Famiglia Artistica, Cremona, Italy; International Centre of Fine Arts, Cairo, Egypt; Collection of Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Central Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan; Herman Hebler Graphic Art Collection, Fredrikstad, Norway; Art Museum of M.V.Nesterov, Ufa, Russia; City Art Gallery, , Poland; Contemporary Graphic Fund, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Graphic Centre Collection, Vilnius, Lithuania; Visual Arts and Technology Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria; Florean Museum, Baia Mare, Romania; Kaleva Collection, Oulu, Finland; University of Western Sydney, Australia; Caixa Ourense, Ourense, Spain; Associazione Premio Internationale Biella per l'Incisione, Italy; Randers Kunstforening, Denmark; Arhus Amt, Denmark; Several Estonian (State) Institutions; Private Collections in Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Russia, USA, Australia etc.

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