Ekke Väli Explained

Ekke Väli
Birth Date:	April 19, 1952
Birth Place:	Tallinn, Estonia
Nationality:	Estonian
Alma Mater:	State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR
Occupation:	Sculptor

Ekke Väli (born April 19, 1952)^{[1] [2]} is an Estonian sculptor.^{[3] [4] [5]}

He graduated from the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR (ERKI) as a sculptor in 1979. He is a member of the Estonian Artists' Association.

Awards and recognitions

• 1991: Kristjan Raud Art Award for Monument monumendile (Monument to a Monument), 1990^{[6] [7]}
• 2009: Anton Starkopf Fellowship^[8]
• 2017: Aino Kallas Award^{[9] [10]}

Works

• 1988: Bust of Viktor Kingissepp at 14 in Tallinn
• 1991: Paul Keres Memorial on Street in Tallinn^[11]
• 2003: Replica of the Tartu War of Independence Monument destroyed by the Soviet authorities: Amandus Adamson's Kalevipoeg sculpture
• 2004: Gustav Ernesaks Statue at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
• 2008: Peeter Põld Monument in front of the Ministry of Education and Research in Tartu
• 2018: Statue of Artur Sirk in Ambla^[12]
• 2019: Statue of in Põlva

Family

Väli is the brother of the surgeon .

Notes and References

1. News: Kalender . January 26, 2024 . Sirp . 14 . April 5, 2002 . 24.
2. News: Sünnipäevad . January 26, 2024 . Nelli Teataja . 15 . April 13, 2017.
3. Book: Saramo . Samira . Savolainen . Ulla . The Legacies of Soviet Repression and Displacement: The Multiple and Mobile Lives of Memories . 2023 . Routledge . Abingdon, UK.
4. Book: L'Heureux . Marie Alice . Appropriating Space: Ideology and Identity in the Cultural Landscape of Estonia . 2002 . University of California, Berkeley . Berkeley, CA . 163–164.
5. Book: Salupere . Malle . Millenary Tartu: The City of Youth and Good Ideas . 2006 . Tartu University Press . Tartu . 129.
6. News: Möödunud aasta kunsti preemiad jagatud . January 26, 2024 . Päevaleht . 47 . February 26, 1991 . 2.
7. News: 1990. a. Kristjan Raua kunstipreemia laureaadid . January 26, 2024 . Sirp . 8 . February 22, 1991.
8. News: Starkopfi stipendiumile esitati neli kandidaati . January 26, 2024 . Linnaleht . 43 . April 4, 2008 . 3.
9. Web site: Sel aastal pälvis Aino Kallase preemia skulptor Ekke Väli . Finland Abroad . Foreign Ministry of Finland . January 26, 2024 . November 27, 2017.
10. News: Aino Kallase preemia pälvis sel aastal skulptor Ekke Väli . January 26, 2024 . Postimees . November 27, 2017.
11. News: Liivrand . Harry . Paulus . Karin . Tõeline ekstaas: jumalate kastreerimine . January 27, 2024 . Eesti Ekspress . June 28, 2006.
12. News: Artur Sirgule püstitati Järvamaale mälestussammas . January 27, 2024 . Õhtuleht . September 25, 2018.