Kaljo Põllu

In 2007 the University of Tartu gave Põllu their "Contribution to Estonian National Identity" award.

Kaljo Põllu studied at Estonian Academy of Arts. The recorded working language is Estonian. Employment is recorded with University of Tartu. Work by Kaljo Põllu is recorded in the collections of Art Museum of Estonia. Distinctions recorded are Merited Artist of Estonian SSR, Kristjan Raud Prize, Jakob Hurt's National Culture Award and Order of the National Coat of Arms, 5th Class.

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

• 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" ("People at Home") of mezzotinto graphic works (25 works)

• 1978–1984 collection "Kalivägi" ("Kali People") of mezzotinto graphic works (65 works) • 1987–1991 collection "Taevas ja maa" ("Heaven and Earth") of mezzotinto graphic works (40 works) • 1991–1995 collection "Kirgastumine" ("Enlightenment") of mezzotinto graphic works (47 works) • 1994–2008 created more than 100 paintings on figurative impossibleness and seemingly three-dimensionality • 1998–2003 establishing and directing the artistic group "YDI"

• 1972 exhibition of ex libris by Kaljo Põllu in Frederikshavn (Denmark) • 1972 exhibition of graphics together with Allex Kütt in the central exhibition hall of all-Soviet Artists Union (25 Gorki Str., Moscow) • 1984 exhibitions in the library of Helsinki University (Finland) and in Stavanger (Norway) • 1985 exhibition in Jyväskylä (Finland) • 1986 exhibition in Södertäle Art Hall (Sweden) • 1987 exhibitions in Kymenlaakso (Finland); in Göteborg Art Museum, Västerbotten and in Örebro (Sweden) • 1989 exhibition in Alta (Norway) • 1990 exhibitions in Suomi Gallery and in Folkens Museum (both in Stockholm, Sweden); in Nordic House (Reykjavik, Iceland); during the VII International Fenno-Ugric Congress in Debrecen (Hungary) • 1991 exhibitions in Oulu town library and in the art gallery "Pinacotheca" of Jyväskylä University (Finland); in Szombathelys (Hungary) • 1992 exhibitions in Qaqortoq (Greenland/Denmark); in Seattle and Hancock-Michigan (USA); in Sorbonne Centre of Paris University (France) • 1993 exhibition in Palm Beach Community College Florida (USA) • 1994 exhibitions in Grazi Minorite Monastery (Austria), in Kammel Dok architecture centre (Copenhagen, Denmark) • 1995 exhibitions in Finnish embassy in Paris (France), in Museum für Völkerkunde (Wien, Austria), during the VII International Fenno-Ugric Congress in Jyväskylä (Finland), in Barcelona University (Spain) • 1996 exhibition in Sevilla and Salamanca University (Spain) • 2001 exhibition in Budapest (Hungary) • 2002 exhibition in Dublin National Theatre (Ireland)

Kaljo Põllu is recorded as having received Merited Artist of Estonian SSR, Kristjan Raud Prize and Jakob Hurt's National Culture Award.