Career
Saar gained his Master of Arts in drawing at the New York Academy of Art in 2014 after studying at Kevade Street Art School and in 2002 graduating from Estonian Academy of Arts. Saar’s work encompasses mosaics, paintings and watercolors as well as digital collages and videos. His work is informed by his love for music, which is translated into radical colors and expressive gestures.
Saar’s tile series is an example of his evocative use of brushstroke condensed onto a small scale while his large-scale monochromatic paintings reflect on memories of his family life before Estonia’s independence in 1991.
Saar gained recognition as an artist for his mosaic paintings of New York celebrities, which were featured in the New York Times. Since then Saar has shown his work in over 10 solo exhibitions and several group shows.
Saar’s work is represented in collections of art collectors such as Nancy Reagan, David Copperfield, Empress Farah Pahlavi, Diane von Furstenberg, Carolina Herrera and many others 2007 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York / Photography Poetic Visions 2007 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York / Nude exposed 2006 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York 2006 - Estonia House, New York 2005 -, New York 2002 - University of Arts, Tallinn, graduation show 2007 - Bridge Art Fair, Miami 2007 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York 2007 - ArtDepoo, Tallinn, Estonia 2007 - Soho House, New York 2006 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York 2006 - Viviann Napp Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2004 - Surf Ambiance Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York Fashionweekdaily, April 10, 2007 Postimees, Arter, May 6, 2006 Sirp, May 5, 2006 * WWD, April 10, 2006 New York Times, Sunday Style section, March 12, 2006 Absolute New York Magazine summer 2005 issue A&F Magazine summer 2005 issue Stiil Magazine, April 2005 issue Dan’s Papers, December 3, 2004 The East Hampton Star, December 2, 2004 Eesti Ekspress, October 28, 2004.