Kadi Pajupuu
b 27.08.1963
www.railreed.ee
 e-mail kadi@pajupuu.com

Education
Estonian Academy of Arts, textile art 1981-86 
Work
Professor at Pallas University of Applied Sciences
Selection of exhibitions
2022 Grown, Gallery Pallas, Tatu
2019 "Garden of Eden" Group exhibition at Neuhaus Castle, Austria
2018 Identity. The 6th Riga International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial "Tradition and Innovation", ARSENĀLS Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga
2017 Threadways, Växjö Konsthall, Sweden
2015 Everyday's Beauty - Drei positionen, Trofejas, Berlin / Germany
2015 100. Estonian textile art 1915–2015, Tallinn Art Hall
2015 5th Tallinn International Drawing Triennial, Vabaduse Gallery, Tallinn / Estonia
2014 ornaMENTAL, Tallinn Art Hall / Estonia
2011 Estonian textile and contemporary art, Gallery Meno parkas Kaunas, Lithuania
2011   Ordinary, Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn
2010   Lodz International Tapestry exhibition
2009   Estonian Textile art Yesterday and Today, Museum of Etnography, St Petersburg
2008   Plural Estonian Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Tallinn
2007   State of Affairs Tallinn Art Hall
2005   Textile05 Kaunas
2004   Tradition and Innovation Riga
2003   Right and Wrong Sides Kaunas, Lithuania
2003   Notes. 3-dimensional Estonian Art, Hungary
2003   Handy Thing Tallinn Art Hall
2002   Ecce Homo Tallinn Applied Art Museum
2002   Own Element Tallinn Art Hall
2002   Public offer Tallinn Applied Art Museum
2001   Face to… international textile installation at Poselli in Rauma, Finland.
Curated by Raija Jokinen

Solo exhibitions

2022   Variables (with Marilyn Piirsalu), NART. Narva
2021  MindMatter (with Marilyn Piirsalu), Võru
2020 Knight's Tour (with Marilyn Piirsalu), HOP gallery, Tallinn
2016       Hacked Tradition (With Marilyn Piirsalu), Gallery Artifex, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013       Mõterjal/Matterthought (with Marilyn Piirsalu). Pärnu Museum
2012       Puutari (with Marilyn Piirsalu), Pro Puu Galleria, Lahti, Finland
2011       Ratastroof/Bycyclops (with Marilyn Piirsalu), Loovala open studios, Tallinn
2010       Solo exhibition at Atelje Gamla Skokällan, Sweden
2009       Invent-tour Gallery of Architecture and Design, Tallinn
2008       Train Gallery SooSoo, Tallinn 

Supervised Master theses
2017       Tiina Sillar, Pixelated Shibori – Defining the Essential and Illusional Aspects of Fabric Manipulation. Collection of Interior Fabrics „Seotus” / „Interconnectedness”, Estonian Academy of Arts
2016       Irina Gross. Educational bedding for preschoolers. „Ladybirds”, Estonian Academy of Arts
2004       Margis Jõeäär. Mildly treated fabrics. Estonian Academy of Arts

 Reviewed Master theses
2017      Katrin Kabun. ”Waste wool. From unused resource to interior solutions”, Estonian Academy of Arts
2016       Annika Kangur. “ WOVEN TEXTILE COLLECTION VISUALIZING BRAINWAVES”, Estonian Academy of Arts

 Awards and grants
2017       Prizes from Lift 99 and Spark Makerlab, Hardware and Arts Hackaton, Tartu (for team SpiderWeave)
2016       The Best Prototype Implementation, TehnoHack, Tallinn (for team MultiWeave)
2016       Business idea competition Ajujaht, Team RailReed among the 7 best
2014       Textile artist of the year 2013, Estonian Textile Artists’ Association
2010       Deed of the year (Adjustable reed), Estonian Textile Artists’ Association
2010       Silver medal in KIWIE Korea International Women’s Invention Exposition
2009       Award in the competition 25 most beautiful books of Estonia in year 2008
2009       EUWIIN (European Union Women Inventors and Innovators Network) special recognition
2008       Prize of Estonian Cultural Endowment 2007
2000       Grand prix in the competition Design for a tapestry into the Hall of Council of The Estonian Academy of Music (Tallinn City Government)

Bibliography
Honkanen, Anne. Pyörät rullaavat virolaiskaksikon töissä. – Etelä-Suomen Sanomat. 18.07.2012
Ignell, Tin. Kadi Pajupuu–Adventuring into Technique, Material and Yarn Design. – Vävmagasinet, Number 3: 2010.
Veenre, Tanel. Kadi Pajupuu nostalgilised leiutised disainigaleriis. Eesti Päevaleht,12.02.2009
Kadi Pajupuu – traditsioonide murdja Ajakiri Naised. 23.10.2009
Mets, Risto. Eesti tekstiiliõppejõud sai Euroopa naisleiutajate eripreemia. Tartu Postimees. 13.10.2009
Laurisaar, Riho. Suga tõi tekstiilikunstnikule naisleiutajate eriauhinna. EPL. Delfi, 07.11.2009
Koit, Katre. Kadi Pajupuu autorimaterjalid. Sisustaja, aprill, 2008. Lk 92–93
 
Publications
Pajupuu, Kadi. Ihmisaihe Äänisen kalliopiirroksissa. Swansongs : Rock Art from Lake Onega 4000-2000 B.C. : exhibition catalogue and reports = Joutsenen kynällä : Äänisen kalliotaidetta 4000-2000 eKr. : näyttelykatalogi ja -esitelmat. [Tartu], 1990. Pp. 39-48
Pajupuu, Kadi. Legendaarse tekstiilimaadami elutööd : Tallinnas tarbekunstimuuseumis saab vaadata retrospektiivnäitust Mari Adamsoni elust ja loomingust. Postimees (2001) 16. veebr., lk. 19
Väike ja SUUR : tekstiilinäitus Pärnu Uue Kunsti Muuseumis = Mini & MAXI : textile exhibition in Pärnu Museum of New Art / [kataloogi koostaja ja kujundaja: Kadi Pajupuu] Eesti Tekstiilikunstnike Liit, 2006
Lööb nõelu : viis tekstiilinäitust Tallinnas. Suvi, 2006 : [14.07. - 13.08.2006, Eesti Tarbekunsti- ja Disainimuuseum] = Needles and Pins : five textile exhibitions in Tallinn, Summer, 2006 / [koostaja ja kujundaja Kadi Pajupuu] Eesti Tekstiilikunstnike Liit, 2008
1993 – Eesti Tekstiilikunstnike Liidu infolehe Koiliblikas toimetaja ja kujundaja
Käsitöö album nr 24 (1989), 25 (1990), Kirjastus Kunst. [Koostaja Kadi Pajupuu]