Ivo Lill

Ivo Lill (born June 24, 1953 in Tallinn, Estonia) is a notable Estonian glass artist.

Lill is a 1985 graduate of the Tallinn Art Academy and works almost exclusively in the medium of glass sculpting and design. He is a member of the Estonian Artists' Association, G.A.S. (The Glass Art Society, Seattle, U.S.), and the Centro Studio Vetro, of Murano-Venice, Italy.

Awards

• 2001 The Silver Prize of the International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan
• 1999 The Kristjan Raud Annual Art Pize
• 1988 The prize on the Baltic Applied Art Triennial IV
• 1986 The Annual Estonian Artists' Union award

Works of Ivo Lill in public collections

• Tallinn Museum of Applied Art - Tallinn, Estonia
• The Corning Museum of Glass - Corning, New York, U.S.A.
• Glasmuseet Ebeltoft - Ebeltoft, Denmark
• Glasmuseum Frauenau - Frauenau, Germany
• Centre del Vidre de Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
• Gus-Khrustalny Glass Museum - Gus-Khrustalny, Russia
• Bohemia Hall - Novy Bor, Czech Republic
• Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania - Vilnius, Lithuania
• Estonian Art Fund - Tallinn, Estonia

Commissioned works by Ivo Lill

• 2002 - Trophies for the Eurovision Song Contest.
• since 1999 - Annual Prizes for The Black Nights Film festival.
• since 1999 - Annual Prizes for Estonian Drama Theatre.
• 1994 - Glass sculpture "The Right To Hope", (47x20x20cm), "One World Art" programme. Travelling exhibition.
• 1993 - Glass sculpture "The Trinity", (28x28x27cm), the gift to the Catholic Pope John Paul II from the Union of Estonian Churches, Pope’s Artistic Collection, Vatican City.
• 1986 - Glass sculpture “Seven Cubed”, (30x30x30cm), Ministry of Culture of Russia (Moscow).
• 1985 - Glass sculpture “Monster", (100x50x70cm), Estonian Embassy in Moscow, Russia.

References/External links

• Ivo Lill Homepage
• Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
• Internet Art Resources
• Gallery Viviann Napp