2. 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.
• 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) and a webstore.
• He appreciates the nature, reading books and country life.
• He says, “Art is not creative or destructive – art must be
connecting.“
5. 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.
• Navitrolla’s paintings and other work often have peculiar
titles.
6. Navitrolla on buildings
A 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.
7. Navitrolla on everyday items
• Navitrolla’s pictures have been used on postcards, magnets,
calendars, stickers, earrings, mugs, playing cards, notebooks,
wallpaper, posters, nametags etc.
8. 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.“
9. Navitrolla has also designed a cruise-ferry called
„Galaxy“ (operated by Tallink).
10. Paintings
Vau! ma oskan kõrvade peal
kõndida!
Wow! I Can Walk on Ears!
Kuidas jõuda tippu
How to Make it to
the Top
11. Pane triibud maha! Kohe!
Put Your Stripes Down! Now!
2011
Nii et teie arvates olen ma imelik?
So You Think I'm Weird?
2011
12. MUSHROOMS
Navitrolla 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“.