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Jaak Soans

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Jaak Soans
Born (1943-08-06) 6 August 1943 (age 83)
Tartu, Estonia
🏫 EducationEstonian State Art Institute (now Estonian Academy of Arts)
💼 Occupation
Known forPublic monuments and memorial sculpture
🏅 AwardsOrder of the White Star, III class (2001)[1][2]
Estonian state cultural award for lifetime achievement (2006)[3][4]
Tallinn decoration (2023)[5]

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Jaak Soans (born 6 August 1943) is an Estonian sculptor and art educator, known especially for public monuments and memorial sculpture in Estonia and abroad.[6][7]

Soans taught for decades at the institution now known as the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA), including as professor and head of the sculpture department, and later became emeritus professor.[6][8]

Early life and education

Soans was born in Tartu.[6] He studied sculpture at the Estonian State Art Institute (Eesti NSV Riiklik Kunstiinstituut), graduating in 1966.[6][9]

Career

Soans began teaching while still a student and continued as a long-term instructor and professor in Estonia's higher art education system, alongside his studio practice and public commissions.[6][9][8]

His work and public profile have been covered in Estonian cultural criticism and media, including a major feature in Sirp and reporting in ERR's culture coverage.[7][10]

Works

Soans is widely associated with monumental public sculpture, including commemorative monuments and memorials.[6][9]

Monument to writer Jaan Kross in Tallinn (unveiled 2022).[11]

Selected public monuments and memorials

  • Anton Hansen Tammsaare memorial (Tammsaare Park, Tallinn, 1978).[12]
  • Bas-relief memorial to Michel Sittow (Rataskaevu 22, Tallinn, 1982).[13]
  • Monument to Kristjan Jaak Peterson (Tartu).[14]
  • Monument to Jakob Hurt (Tartu).[15]
  • Monument to writer Jaan Kross (Tallinn, unveiled 2022).[11][16]
  • Lenin monument “V. I. Lenin. Decree on Land” (Schwerin, Germany, unveiled 1985).[17][18][19]
  • Playing Waves (Wijk aan Zee sculpture park “Een Zee van Staal”, Netherlands, 1999).[20]
  • Deportation memorial at Võru railway station (Võru, 2016).[21]
  • Deportation memorial at Põlva railway station (Põlva, unveiled 2020).[22]

Collections and publications

Works by Soans are held in the collections of the Art Museum of Estonia (EKM), as documented in its digital collections portal.[23] His work has also been presented in a book-length illustrated overview (1966–2016), reported in Estonian cultural media and listed in art-publication archives.[24][25]

Images of selected works

Awards and honours

  • Kristjan Raud Prize (1974; 1986).[26]
  • Order of the White Star, III class (2001).[1][2]
  • Estonian state cultural award for lifetime achievement (2006).[3][4]
  • Anton Starkopf scholarship (2013).[9][27]
  • Tallinn decoration (2023).[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Teenetemärkide andmine". Riigi Teataja (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jaak Soans". President of the Republic of Estonia (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Eesti Vabariigi kultuuripreemiate määramine" (PDF). Riigi Teataja (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Eesti Vabariigi kultuuripreemiad". Kultuuriministeerium (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Jaak Soans". City of Tallinn (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Soans, Jaak". EKABL: Eesti kunsti ja arhitektuuri biograafiline leksikon (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Kurg, Andres (14 September 2012). "Jaak Soans Tallinna Kunstihoones". Sirp (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Emeritus professors and associate professors". Estonian Academy of Arts. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Õnnitleme auliiget Jaak Soansi 80. aasta juubeli puhul!". Eesti Kunstnike Liit (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  10. ↑ "Jaak Soans rikastab skulptuurivaimu". ERR Kultuur (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Jaan Krossi skulptuur". Tallinna linnaruumis asuvad kunstiteosed (Tallinn Public Art Map) (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  12. ↑ "Anton Hansen Tammsaare mälestusmärk". Tallinna linnaruumis asuvad kunstiteosed (Tallinn Public Art Map) (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  13. ↑ "Michel Sittowi bareljeef". Tallinna linnaruumis asuvad kunstiteosed (Tallinn Public Art Map) (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  14. ↑ "Monument to Kristjan Jaak Peterson". Visit Tartu. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  15. ↑ "Monument to Jakob Hurt". Visit Tartu. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  16. ↑ "Gallery: Statue of author Jaan Kross unveiled in Tallinn's Old Town". ERR News. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  17. ↑ "Germany's Battle Over What May Be Its Last Lenin". KPBS. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  18. ↑ "Offener Brief gegen Denkmalschutz für Schweriner Lenin-Statue". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in Deutsch). 30 October 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  19. ↑ "Streit um Lenin-Statue in Schwerin: Eine altvertraute Debatte". taz (in Deutsch). 9 November 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  20. ↑ "De Beelden". Een Zee van Staal. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  21. ↑ "Küüditatute mälestusmärk Võru raudteejaamas". Puhka Eestis (Visit Estonia) (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  22. ↑ Nael, Merili (14 June 2020). "Põlva raudteejaama ees avati küüditatutele mälestusmärk". ERR (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  23. ↑ "Jaak Soans". Art Museum of Estonia (Digikogu). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  24. ↑ Karjatse, Tõnu (13 December 2016). "Skulptor Jaak Soansi looming on koondatud raamatukaante vahele". ERR Kultuur (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  25. ↑ "Monographies and artist books". CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts, Estonia) archive. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  26. ↑ "Kristjan Raua preemia laureaadid 1973–2025" (PDF). Eesti Kunstnike Liit (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  27. ↑ "2013. aasta aruanne" (PDF). Eesti Kultuurkapital (in eesti). Retrieved 21 February 2026.


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