Marko Mäetamm

Who is Marko Mäetamm?

Marko Mäetamm is an Estonian multimedia artist, working within the mediums of video, drawing, interactive CDs, and the internet.

Mäetamm began studying graphic art at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1988 and received his M.A. from the academy in 1995. Mäetamm also studied practicing print technologies at the Swedish Royal Art High School.

Marko Mäetamm has had solo and group art exhibitions throughout the world and has published two books, one under the pen name/moniker "John Smith" - a fictional conceptual persona occasionally used by Mäetamm as an alter-ego in his artistic projects often, in collaboration with fellow Estonian artist Kaido Ole.

Mäetamm is currently a full-time teacher in the drawing department at the Estonian Academy of Arts and currently resides in Tallinn, Estonia.