# Timo Toots

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**Timo Toots** (born 15 September 1982, in [Tartu](/source/Tartu)) is an Estonian artist, mainly active in the field of [interactive art](/source/Interactive_art) and [new media art](/source/New_media_art).[1] He is also the founder of project space [Maajaam](/source/Maajaam) in [Otepää](/source/Otep%C3%A4%C3%A4).

## Biography

Before becoming active as an artist Toots studied at the [University of Tartu](/source/University_of_Tartu) and [Estonian Academy of Arts](/source/Estonian_Academy_of_Arts). Besides a series of group exhibition participations he has done several solo exhibitions in [Le Lieu Unique](/source/Le_Lieu_Unique) in Nantes, France (2014), Tartu Artist House, Memopolis at [Edith-Russ-Haus](/source/Edith-Russ-Haus), Oldenburg, Germany, Memopol-1 at Y-Gallery, Tartu, Estonia, and Memopol-1 at Hobusepea Gallery, [Tallinn](/source/Tallinn). [KUMU Art Museum](/source/KUMU_Art_Museum) in Tallinn owns his artwork Soodevahe. [Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie](/source/Zentrum_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Medientechnologie) in [Karlsruhe](/source/Karlsruhe) owns his art work Media Bubble.

For Memopol Toots was awarded in 2012 with the [Prix Ars Electronica](/source/Prix_Ars_Electronica) in the section interactive art.[2] In the same year he received an award from the [Cultural Endowment of Estonia](/source/Cultural_Endowment_of_Estonia).

In 2013 he founded the project space [Maajaam](/source/Maajaam) in Otepää, Estonia. This country side art space is focused on [media art](/source/Media_art), [site specific art](/source/Site_specific_art), [sound art](/source/Sound_art) runs an [artist-in-residence](/source/Artist-in-residence) program.

## References

1. [\[1\]](http://www.goethe.de/ins/ee/prj/gtw/kue/too/enindex.htm) bio on website of [Goethe Institute](/source/Goethe_Institute)

1. ["PRIX ARS"](http://prix2012.aec.at/prixwinner/5563/). *prix2012.aec.at*

- [Timo Toots bio on haus-ek](https://web.archive.org/web/20140827024332/http://www.haus-ek.org/de/content/timo-toots)
- [Artishok about Memopol](http://artishok.blogspot.nl/2012/02/ab-cube-presents-oliver-laas-x-timo.html)
- [Timo Toots](http://www.emaf.de/emaf.de/indexa0ac.html) at [European Media Art Festival Osnabrück](/source/Ingo_Petzke)
- [German newspaper Kreiszeitung about Memopol](http://www.kreiszeitung.de/kultur/digitalen-gericht-2662435.html)
- [Dutch article about Memopol](https://www.bof.nl/2012/10/12/kunst-over-privacy-op-ars-electronica/) on [Bits of Freedom](/source/Bits_of_Freedom)
- [Article](https://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2012/10/festival-of-dazzling-displays-but-no-big-picture.html) on [New Scientist](/source/New_Scientist)

## External links

- [timo.ee](http://www.timo.ee)
- [maajaam.ee](http://www.maajaam.ee)

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