Estonian painter and graphic artistNAVITROLLA

Audentes School Year 5 A

About Navitrolla• The real name of the artist is Heiki Trolla. His artist name

comes from a small South-Estonian village where he was born in 1970.

• He always loved drawing but unfortunately wasn’t accepted into Tartu Art School. He studied art with his mentor Viive Kuks.

• He studied geology at Tartu University but didn’t graduate. He founded an art society “Lüliti” (“Switch”) with his fellow students. They gave exhibitions and showed their creations but were not very popular in the beginning

• He has used very different technics and themes in his developing years.

Navitrolla painting

• He became famous in 1993 with his exhibition in Tartu „Sebra“ gallery.

• Nowadays, Navitrolla’s name can be found on thousands of pieces of art (graphic and paintings). He has had several exhibitions in Estonia and Europe (Helsinki, London, Lisbon) and his work is scattered in private collections all over the world.

• Navitrolla lives in Tartu and he has a gallery in Tallinn (capital of Estonia). His work is also sold in the webstore.

• Despite the attention and fame, he still appreciates the nature, reading books and country life.

• Navitrolla is an artist who enjoys what he is doing and how he is doing it. He says, “Art is not creative or destructive – art must be connecting.“

Navitrolla’s gallery in Tallinn

NAVITROLLA’s work• He has practised painting, graphic art and active art.

• His work has been classified as naivism or surrealism. As everything nowadays, his work is mixture of the past, the present and globalization.

• Navitrolla often paints different (fantasy) animals.

• He has said, that his main purpose is to tell the viewers that by painting he has added another happy person to the world – himself.

• Navitrolla’s paintings and other work often have peculiar titles.

Paintings

Vau! ma oskan kõrvade peal kõndida!

Wow! I Can Walk on Ears!

Kuidas jõuda tippuHow to Make it to

the Top

Pane triibud maha! Kohe!Put Your Stripes Down! Now!2011

Nii et teie arvates olen ma imelik?So You Think I'm Weird?2011

MUSHROOMSNavitrolla sees mushrooms everywhere – on the land, in the air, in the water, inside us and others.

He has always loved picking and eating mushrooms, because „they are beautiful and delicious“.

LANDSCAPESNavitrolla uses different landscapes like fields, meadows, mountain ranges.

Graphic art and animalsGileadi õunadGilead's Apples2010

Mina olengi päikeIt's Me, Sunshine2004

Õnnelik ahvHappy Monkey2010

Vares, võta mu valuTake My Pain, Crow2010

Lontkõrv ja kikk-kõrvLop-ear and Prick-ear1997

Peegelduse II õppetundThe Second Lesson of Reflection2008

Sebra ei taha kakelda Zebra Doesn’t Want to Fight2003

Eksitav seenelineMisguiding Mushroomer2008

Milline täpsusMillion Point Hit

SassisConfused

Navitrolla on buildingsA little town called Võru in Southern Estonia has an offer for people living in apartment buildings. If they decide to renovate their building they can get a huge Navitrolla painting on it.

Navitrolla on everyday items• Navitrolla’s pictures have been used on postcards, magnets,

calendars, stickers, earrings, mugs, playing cards, notebooks, wallpaper, posters, nametags etc.

Navitrolla T-shirts• T-shirts with Navitrolla’s work are sold in galleries and shops.• Navitrolla admits to wearing them himself. “When you put on a

T-shirt with the right picture in the morning, it makes your whole day,“ he laughs.

• “It is not working for me“, he says about making the T-shirt pictures. “On the contrary, it helps me rest from the painting.“

Navitrolla has also designed a cruise-ferry called „Galaxy“ (operated by Tallink).