Rait Prääts
Graduated from the Glass Department at the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA), Tallinn, Estonia, 1975.
Participated in 21 solo exhibitions in Estonia, Finland, and Sweden, and in a 16-part series of exhibitions titled “In the Same House”, together with his spouse, printmaker Sirje Eelma. Has taken part in more than 60 group exhibitions in Estonia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the USA, including: “Zu Gast: Estland”, Glass Museum Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld, Germany, 2014, and European Glass Context 2008, Bornholm, Denmark.
Works included in the collections of: Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design (ETDM), Tallinn; Eskilstuna Art Museum, Sweden; Gernheim Glass Works LWL Industrial Museum, Germany; Modern Art Museum, Shanghai, China; PENTIC collection, Finland.
Currently a freelance artist.
www. raitpraats.ee