Urmas Puhkan

Urmas Puhkan (b. 1967) is an Estonian visual artist working in painting, ceramics and sculpture. He graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1992 and has been actively involved in the Estonian art scene for over three decades.

He is a co-founder of Asuurkeraamika, one of Estonia's first studio ceramics galleries, and has taught at the Estonian Academy of Arts for many years, including serving as Head of the Ceramics Department from 2005 to 2023.

In recent years, Puhkan has increasingly focused on painting, exploring expressive colours, playful forms and the relationship between abstraction and representation.

Estonian Academy of Arts (formerly Tallinn Art University), Tallinn, Estonia
1992 – MA in Ceramics

Selected Exhibitions

2026 – Silent Resonance, Annual Exhibition of the Estonian Ceramists' Union, Ukuaru, Rakvere, Estonia

2026 – Spring Exhibition of the Estonian Artists' Association, Lasnamäe Pavilion, Tallinn, Estonia

2025 – The Need for Green, Solo Painting Exhibition, Pirita Leisure Centre, Tallinn, Estonia

2025 – Flying Garden, Solo Sculpture Exhibition, ARS Applied Art Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2024 – Through Coloured Glasses, Solo Painting Exhibition, Viimsi Artium, Estonia

2023 – To Shape, To Hold: Currents in Estonian Ceramics, ARS Project Space, Tallinn, Estonia

2022 – Dreamscapes, Painting Exhibition with Andro Kööp, Kastellaanimaja Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2022 – Peripheries, International Ceramics Exhibition, The Ceramics House, United Kingdom

2021 – Checking the Miracle, NEOEKSPREPOST Group Exhibition, Solaris Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2020 – GERAMEGA, Group Exhibition, Valkeakoski, Finland

2019 – Punk Baroque, Exhibition with Andro Kööp, Haus Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

2018 – Nerves, Solo Exhibition, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia

2017 – Breaking Boundaries, Group Exhibition, Karlskoga, Sweden

2017 – Dreamscapes, Asuurkeraamika Exhibition, Pot Viapori, Finland

2016 – Cera...