Leadership

The Rector is responsible for the everyday management of the university, the general status of the university and its development and the legitimate and effective use of financial resources. The Rector also appoints the vice rectors and determines their field of activity.

Professor Mart Kalm
Rector

Biography

Mart Kalm was born in Tallinn into a family of editors. He graduated from Tallinn II Secondary School (currently Tallinn Secondary School of Science). From 1979–1984, he studied history and art history at Tartu University. In 1991, he received a PhD from the Central Scientific Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture in Moscow for his thesis on the architect Alar Kotli. In 1998, he defended his second PhD (= Habilitation) at the Estonian Academy of Arts on Estonian architecture culture during the interwar period.

As an architectural historian, Kalm has mainly studied the work of Estonian architects in the 20th century (before and after World War II). His most important work is the voluminous “Estonian 20th Century Architecture” (2001; Grand Prix of the Estonian Cultural Endowment in 2002). He has written a monograph on architect Alar Kotli (1994; Kristjan Raud Prize) and a book about Olev Siinmaa (2011), which was accompanied by an exhibition. He was awarded the national prize in history for the compilation “History of Estonian Art”, Volume V (1900–1940), published in 2010. He has written an architectural guide, “Functionalism in Estonia: A Guidebook” (1998), and participated in the compilation of several other reference books. In recent years, Kalm has been focusing his research on the architecture of collective farms in Soviet Estonia.

Mart Kalm has been active as an architecture critic and is interested in landscape and interior architecture. In his youth, he also published art and design criticism. He has often expressed his opinion on heritage issues and composed the heritage requirements for the conservation of the Riigikogu (Parliament) building, the Office of the President of the Republic of Estonia and villas at Rüütli 1a and Lõuna 2b in Pärnu. In 2004, he produced a series of TV broadcasts, “Muinas-TV” (Heritage TV).

Kalm has been a long-time member of the Expert Council for Architectural Monuments of the National Heritage Board, as well as the Head of the National Heritage Council from 2006–2010. From 2010–2013, he was the Co-Chair of the Estonian delegation to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.

Since 1992, Mart Kalm has been working at the Estonian Academy of Arts. In 2000, he became a professor at the Academy, and from 1994–2007 he built up the Institute of Art History. From 2007–2012 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Art and Culture. In January 2015, he was elected the Rector of the Estonian Academy of Arts.

In 2010, Mart Kalm became the first art historian to be elected a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Since 2014, he has held the position of Vice-President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences.

In 2018, Kalm was elected to the ELIA Representative Board and is also a member of its Executive Group.

Mart Kalm is married to the graphic artist Anu Kalm and they have two adult children, Gustav and Helga.

In 2020, Mart Kalm was re-elected as Rector of the Estonian Academy of Arts for a second term.

The Council is a management body responsible for the long-term and sustainable development
of the Academy as well as for important economic, financial and assets-related decisions,
ensuring the achievement of objectives of the Academy.

The Council is made up of nine members:

Maria Mägi-Rohtmets  chairman
Krista Kodres  deputy chairman
Kadri Kruus
Arno Kütt
Eva Näripea
Siim Raie
Liina Siib
Toomas Tammis
Kalle Vellevoog

The authority of the Council shall commence on 1 January 2020. The Council members are confirmed for five years by the Government of the Republic.

The Senate is the university’s academic decision-making body which is responsible for
teaching and research and development work at the university and ensuring the high quality
of work in those areas. The chairman of the Senate is the Rector.

The Senate is made up of 22 members:

1) Rector Mart Kalm;

2) Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Anne Pikkov;

3) Vice Rector for Research Anu Allas;

4) Head of Administrative and Financial Affairs Andres Tammsaar;

5) Dean of Faculty of Architecture Andres Ojari;

6) Dean of Faculty of Design Kristjan Mändmaa;

7) Dean of Faculty of Art Culture Lilian Hansar;

8) Dean of Faculty of Fine Arts Kirke Kangro;

9) Head of Open Academy Kristiina Krabi-Klanberg;

10) Representative of the students Linda Mari Hüvato;

11)  Representative of the students Triin Talk;

12) Representative of the students Kertu Rannula;

13) Representative of the students Taavi Teevet;

14) Representative of the students Taaniel Tsopp;

15) Representative of academic staff, Faculty of Architecture Keiti Kljavin;

16) Representative of academic staff, Faculty of Architecture Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla;

17) Representative of academic staff, Faculty of Design Piret Hirv;

18) Representative of academic staff, Faculty of Design Indrek Sirkel;

19) Representative of academic staff, Faculty of Art Culture Ingrid Ruudi;

20) Representative of academic staff, Faculty of Art Culture Hilkka Hiiop;

21) Representative of academic staff, Faculty of Fine Arts Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo;

22) Representative of academic staff, Faculty of Fine Arts Mihkel Ilus