VILLE KAREL – NEW NORMAL

“Giraffe with the flaming neck greets you at the town gallery” 30.09.2014 Pärnu Postimees

“Pärnu`s artists made KUMU explode” 31.10.2012 Pärnu Postimees

“Performance art explosion hits Pärnu” 18.04.2012 Pärnu Postimees

“Non Grata performed in Munster with a punk band” 05.07.2011 Pärnu Postimees

“Peculiarities of Estonian anarchism are shown in Kaliningrad” 17.05.2016 Postimees

Holliday culture schock at the artists house” 09.11.2008 Pärnu Postimees

“Magical worlds of Ville Karel” 10.10.2013 Pärnu Postimees

“Performance artists rumbled in Pärnu” 07.06.2011 Pärnu Postimees

Culture pic of the day: Opening performance of Pärnu Fideo & vilm festival. Pärnu Postimees

“Gypsy caravan goes to heaven” Pärnu Postimees 16.05.2014

HI! Welcome to my art portfolio THE NEW NORMAL. My name is Ville-Karel Viirelaid. I am an artist. I was born in Soviet Estonia in 1981 and I currently live in Finland. I have graduated Estonian Academy of Arts and studied interdiciplinary arts. I have taken part in artist groups Non Grata (2002-2012), F.L.Y. (2002-2006) and CnOPT (2006-2014). I have curated various art events, established artist run spaces and worked as a curator. Currently I belong to Tampere artists association and Mänttä art society. My main creative outlets are painting, mixed media prints, video- and performance art. I have many sources of inspiration, some of them are outsider art, underground art, dada, post pop, avant-garde art, occult, philosophy, religions, rituals, alternative history etc.

You can find my bio, cv, and portfolio by checking out the menu above. All the images, videos & texts on this website belong to me unless stated otherwise. Any use, copying, or distribution of these materials is strictly prohibited. The site is under construction and mostly in English. I update frequently.

You can now find a selection of my artworks for rent and sale in Tampereen taidelainaamo https://www.tampereentaidelainaamo.artest.net/#!/galleria/taiteilijat/93000000000606C7/

Keep a clear head – ars longa, vita brevis est!

Contact me: villekarel@villekarel.net