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Egils ROZENBERGS
Born: September 13, 1948
Education and professional experience:
1994 -2005 President of the Artists' Union of Latvia
1982-1992 Vice-Chair of the Artists' Union of Latvia
1977-1992 Chairman of the Textile Art Section of the Artists' Union of Latvia
1971-1975 Professor of the Painting Department, Riga College of Applied Arts
1971 Graduated from the Latvian Academy of Art, Textile Art & Design
Department
1966 Finished J.Rozentāls's Fine Art School, Painting Department
Membership of Professional Bodies:
1993-1999 Secretary General, Association European Textile Network
Since 1991 ETN (European Textile Network) member
Since 1973 member of the Artists' Union of Latvia
Participating in exhibitions since 1968
Works have been exhibited in Athens (Greece), London (the U.K.), Prague (the Check Republic), Paris (France), Rome, Urbino, Bologne (Italy), Brussels (Belgium), Copenhagen, Aalborg (Denmark), New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington (the U.S.A.), Kristiansand (Norway), Frankfurt, Hamburg (Germany), Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Gothenburg (Sweden), Istambul (Turkey), etc.
Selected Exhibitions:
2009 Solo exhibition „Angels and Masks", UPB Gallery, Liepāja, Latvia
Exhibition "Conversion", Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
2008 Solo exhibition „Angels and Masks", the Art and History Museum, Talsi, Latvia
2007 Solo exhibition „Masks", Gallery „Daugava", Riga, Latvia
Solo exhibition „Angels and Masks", Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
Exhibition „Textile and Fibre Art from Latvia", Mustafa Kemakl Merkezi, Istanbul, Turkey
2004-2006
Exhibition "Arte Lettone Contemporanea" - Collegio Raffaello - Urbino; Sala Delegazione
Comunale - Cannigione Arzachena/Sassari - Sardegna; Torre Aragonese -
Ghilarza/Oristano - Sardegna; Sala Museale del Baraccano - Bologna: (Italy)
2004 Solo exhibition „Ornament of China", Gallery „Riga", Latvia
Exhibition „Art from Latvia", Patronato del Real Alcázar, Seville, Spain
2002 Exhibition Textile Art & Fiber Art objects From Latvia, Moscow, Russian Federation
2003 Egils Rozenbergs Living by the Sea, Galleri Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
2001 European Textile Art Exhibition Tradition & Innovation, Latvian State Art Museum's Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia
One-man show, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
One-man show, Daugava Gallery, Riga, Latvia
Latvian Textile Art Exhibition Le Fibre UNESCO building, Paris, France
Latvian Decorative Applied Art Exhibition, City Hall, Oslo, Norway
2000 Latvian Textile Art Association Exhibition The Fifth, Art Museum Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia
Fibre Art Exhibition, Museum of Decorative Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
Group Exhibition I.Blumbergs, I.Iltnere, E.Rozenbergs, City Gallery, Vienna, Austria
1999 One-man show, Museum of Decorative Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
Latvian Textile Art Exhibition, Athens, Greece
Latvian Textile Art Exhibition, Prague, Check Republic
1998 One-man show, Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Latvian Contemporary Art, Maisson du Denmark, Paris, France
Latvian Textile Art Exhibition, Castle de San Angelo, Rome, Italy
Group Exhibition, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2nd World-Wide Latvian Art Exhibition, Foreign Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
1997 Latvian Contemporary Art, Strasbourg, France
Solo Exhibition, National Opera House Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
Group Exhibition, Museum of Decorative Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
1996 International Art Fair Ambienta, Frankfurt, Germany
Baltic Art Exhibition, UNESCO, Paris, France
Latvian Art Exhibition, Bordo Regional House, Bordo, France
Annual Decorative and Applied Art Exhibition, Art Museum Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia
The 3rd Northeuropean Decorative Art Fair, Hamburg, Germany
1995 International Art Fair Herbstmesse, Frankfurt, Germany
Latvian Tapestry Art Exhibition, Furth, Germany
Latvian Tapestry Exhibition, National Opera House Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
1994 Exhibition "The State", Exhibition of Conceptual Art, Art Museum Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia
Decorative and Applied Art Exhibition of the Baltic States, Tallinn, Estonia
+-48 Group Exhibition, Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
1993 7th International Textile Symposium Exhibition, Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
Solo Exhibition, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
Group Exhibition, Museum of Applied Art, Tallinn, Estonia
Another Europe, International Textile Art Exhibition, Turne, Belgium
From Dreams to Reality, Baltic/Scandinavian Design and Craft Exhibition, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden
1992 6th International Textile Symposium Exhibition, Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
Baltic and Danish Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
ON, Group Exhibition, Gallery of the Artists' Union of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
1991 5th International Textile Symposium Exhibition, Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
Textil'91 Group Exhibition, Kristiansand, Norway
Textile Art Exhibition, Kolonna Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1991, 1988, 1985
Decorative and Applied Art Exhibition of the Baltic States, juried exhibitions, Tallinn, Estonia
1991, 1990, 1989
New Art Forms, 20th Century Decorative and Applied Art Exhibition, Chicago, USA
1990 4th International Textile Symposium, Museum of Decorative Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
1st World-Wide Latvian Art Exhibition, selected museums and galleries, Riga, Latvia
1989 Retrospective Solo Exhibition, Museum of Decorative Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
Latvian Decorative Art Exhibition, juried exhibition, Exhibition Hall Latvia, Riga, Latvia
5th Latvian Textile Art Exhibition, juried Exhibition, St. Peter's Church, Riga, Latvia
3rd International Textile Symposium Exhibition, Riga, Latvia
1988 People and the Sea, juried Exhibition, Exhibition Hall Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Stutgart-88, European Decorative Art Exhibition, European Craft Council Conference, Germany
1987 Solo Exhibition, Jūrmala Museum, Jūrmala, Latvia
Tapestry from the Soviet Union, Belgium
Latvian Textile Art Exhibition, juried Exhibition, Moscow, Vilnius, Tashkent, Nukusa, Urgenca
1986 Latvian Painting and Tapestry, curated exhibition, Ottawa, Toronto, New York, Boston, Philadelphia
Europe Genti - Latvian Textile Art, Mestre, Italy
Latvian Culture days in Sweden
Latvian Tapestry Art, Group Exhibition, Helsinki, Finland
Tapestry from the Soviet Union, Budapest, Hungary
Our Country, tapestry and sculpture, Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia
4th Latvian Textile Exhibition, St.Peter's Church, Riga, Latvia
1985 Latvian Textile Art, curated exhibition, Vietnam, Laos, Sweden, Belourussia
1984 Solo Exhibition, Lvov Museum, the Ukraine
2nd International Textile Symposium, National Gallery, Riga, Latvia
Latvian Textile Exhibition, Havre, France, Hanoi, Vietnam
Conferences and Symposia
Participant of 1st-8th International Textile Art Symposia in Riga, Latvia
1994 4th International European Textile Network Conference, Budapest, Sombathey, Hungary
1993 3rd Inernational European Textile Network Conference, Strasbourg, France
1992 2nd International European Textile Network Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland
1991 1st International European Textile Network Conference, Erfurt, Germany
Norwegian/Latvian Textile Exchange Programme, Oslo & Kristiansand, Norway
1990 Lakeside Studio Artist Residence Program, Lakeside, Michigan, USA
1988 Stutgart 88' European Craft Conference, Germany
International experience:
1995-2005 Project leader for the Latvian Artists' Union International Art and Education Centre in
Zvārtava, Latvia (organizing of Symposias, exhibitions, workshops, Artists in residences projects, conferences)
1984-1994 Organizer of the International textile Art Symposias in Dzintari
(Jūrmala) and Riga
Awards
2005 Prize of the year, award for the individual investment by the Public Administration of Cultural Heritage, Latvia
2004 Ordine „Al Merito della Republica Italiana" , Italy
2003 Triju zvaigžņu ordenis, Latvijas Republika. The Order of Three Stars, Latvian Republic
2001 Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur, Republice Française
1998 Den Kongelige Norske Fortjenstorden (The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit)
1987 Diploma of the Art Academy of the USSR, Moscow
Museums & Collections:
American Craft Museum, New York, N.Y., the U.S.A.
Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
Museum of Decorative Applied Arts, the Ministry of Culture, Moscow, Russia
Collection of the Latvian Artists' Union, Riga
Collection of the Art Foundation, Moscow, Russia
IMG Bank, Caracas, Venezuela
Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in London, the U.K.
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Latvia to the United Nations, New York, N.Y., the U.S.A.
General Consulate of the Royal Danish Embassy in New York, N.Y, the U.S.A.
Royal Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Danish Culture Institute, Riga, Latvia
Private collections in the U.S.A, Canada, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, France, the Check Republic, Latvia, etc.