CV
Iveta Laure
Born in December 6, 1962, Riga, Latvia
Skills site-specific art, painting, collage, hand-made paper, fiber art, installation,
conceptual art, photo, video, writing
Education
2003 Pedagogic Professional qualification
1996-1999 Master of Arts degree, Art Academy of Latvia
1994-1997 Artist Diploma, Art Academy of Latvia
1990-1994 Bachelor degree, Art Academy of Latvia
1981-1984 Graduate of Applied Arts high school of Riga, Latvia
1970-1981 Riga French Liceum, Latvia
Since 1997 The Artists` Union of Latvia
Since 2006 FITMA – Federation of International Tsai-mo Artists
Job
Since 1988 Teacher - Maras Muiznieces Riga school of Arts, Latvia
Solo Projects
2015 Reykjavik Stories, gallery Maksla XO, Riga, Latvia*
2014 Love and Silk, sight-specific object, Kalnciema quarter, Riga, Latvia
2013 Woman’s Things, exhibition hall of Kekava School of Arts, Latvia
2011 Talking Laces, workshop and 6 m long painting in public space, Kaunisjarvenkatu underpass, Rauma, Finland
Yesterday.Today.Tomorrow., windows of concept store Busstop, Rauma, Finland
Pax et Bonum, site-specific object in public space, Rauma, Finland
Just have a Fun, installation and video for JAMit music festival, Rauma, Finland. (Cooperation with producer Hannele Kolsio (Finland))
2008 Women’s day (together with I.Dzintare, R.Jansone and M.Vitina), gallery 21, Riga, Latvia*
2006 Be Healthy and Well!, Creative Workshop of LNMA exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
2004 Photoproject Unhurried route, The gallery of the Artist’s Union of Latvia, Riga; Bauska Museum of Hystorie and Art, Latvia*
Stand-Art (Bride), site-specific dedicated to Latvia state joining the European Union, A/B dam, Riga, Latvia*
2003 Art project The Latest Miracle (together with sculptor K.Panteleev), gallery Noass, Riga, Latvia*
2002 Art project TOP 1 (together with sculptor K.Panteleev), The State Museum of Art, Riga – nominated for Annual Award of The Artists Union of Latvia for the best site-specific object. *
Message in a bottle, gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2001 Float (together with sculptor Kiril Panteleev), gallery Noass, Riga – Annual Award of The Artists Union of Latvia for the best site-specific object. *
2000 Structure of surface, gallery Jüttner, Vienna, Austria
1999 1999/2000, Ivonnas Veihertes gallery, Riga, Latvia
Papersea (together with Kaisu Lundelin and Merja Vainio), gallery M6, Riga, Latvia
1998 The Paper Time, Ivonnas Veihertes gallery, Riga, Latvia*
Papersea (together with Kaisu Lundelin and Merja Vainio), Porvo Art hall, Finland
1997 1+2 (together with Inguna Elere and janis Osis), gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2+1(together with Inguna Elere and Janis Osis), gallery centrs, Riga, Latvia
1995 Turtles and the others, gallery Kolonna, Riga, Latvia
Group Exhibitions
2015 ART VILNIUS 2015, Maksla XO Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania (Instalation "Love and Silk")*
2015
2014 Happy Birghtday!, gallery Istaba, Riga, Latvia
Fortress Walls, Mark Rotko Art center, Daugavpils, Latvia*
2013 Pink, gallery Maksla XO, Riga, Latvia
Survival Kit 2014, gallery Verkligheten, Umeo, Sweden
2012 Where is my fly?, Riga Art space, Riga, Latvia
2011 RE-novation, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
Kaunas Biennale sattelite, Experiments with light, Zalgiris arena, Kaunas, Lithuania*
2010 Recycling Art concepts Exhibition, Hartberg Museum, Austria*
Weigh, Bolderaja school of Music and Arts, Riga, Latvia*
Global intrigue II, Riga International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial, Latvian National Museum of Art, exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
2009 FOuR Influence, SIM gallery, Reykjavik, Island
Communicative integration and understanding, Katrineholms Art hall, Sweden
2008 Around the Baltic sea, gallery 316 KUBIK, Hudiksvall, Sweden
2007 Totem, Tsai-Mo Art Exhibition ; Taichung Cultural Center, Taiwan*
2006 From Lausanne to Beijing, 4th International Fiber Art Biennale, Souzu, China*
2005 Extiction – quiet chaos, Rydal’s museum, Sweden
2004 Nature.Environment.Man., Latvian National Museum of Art, exhibition hall Arsenals , Riga, Latvia*
2003 Adaptation, Rotterman Salt Factory exhibition hall, Tallinn, Estonia*
2002 Painting on the board, gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia; gallery Valensy; Sankt-Petersburg, Russia
2001-2003 Fibre, Museum of Applied art, Riga ; UNESCO Centre, Paris, France; Contemporary Art Museum Liege, Belgium*
2001 Autumn - 2001, Art Museum Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2000 Post Scriptum, Bolderaja, Latvia
1999 Autumn-99, Art Museum Arsenals, Riga
ArtLink Sotheby`s International young Baltic Art, Berlin and Rostock, Germany*
Ballast, Multidisciplinary Art project, Riga, Latvia
1997 Autumn-97, Art Museum Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
House in Bolderaja, Art action, Riga, Latvia*
1996 Autumn-96, Exhibition hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
Art Multiple, International Art market, Düsseldorf, Germany*
Equinox, gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
1995 Latvian Paper-2000, Art Museum Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
1990 First Latvian World-wide exhibition, Kipsalas exhibition hall, Riga, Latvia*
Residences and Workshops
2014 International Textile Art Symposium Fortress Walls, Mark Rothko residence, Daugavpils, Latvia*
2013 Artist in residence, Bremen, Germany
Tarnaby Artist residence, Tarnamo, Sweden
2011 International Plain Air MARK ROTHKO, Daugavpils, Latvia*
Artist in residence, Rauma, Finland
2010 Recycling Art workshop, Hartberg, Austria*
2009 Artist in residence, Seljavegur CIA house, Reykjavik, Iceland
2008 Around the Baltic sea, International Paper Art Workshop, Iggesund, Sweden
2004 Ropazi Plain-Air 2003, 2004, Ropazi park, Latvia
2003 1st International Contemporary Art Biennale – Lulea Sommar Biennal, Lulea, Sweden – assistant of artist Kiril Panteleev(Latvia)*
2002 Transformation III, Art Biennale in Carlsborg’s fortress, Sweden*
2001 The Grand Competition of The Japan Designers Association, Japan Design Museum Kyoto, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Japan
2000 Artist in residence, Vienna, Austria
4th International Art simpozium Briges 2000, Zvartavas castle, Latvia*
1999 7th International Symposium Fascination papier, Wrangelsburg castle, Greiswald, Germany*
1998 7th Japan Textile Paper Design Competition, Japan Design Museum Kyoto, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, japan
International Artists Workshop “Subjective topographie” Kap Arkona 1998, Putgarten, Germany
1997 1st International Symposium of Baltic and Norden countries, Zvartava castle, Gaujiena, Latvia*
Honours
2014 Rothko Award in Art Pedagogy
2013 Grant from The Artist Union of Bremen (BBK), Germany
2009 Grant for teachers mobility, EEA grants. Norway grants, APA Latvia
2007-2008 Grant from KKF of Latvia
2004 Laureate of public competition for site-specific object in Riga
2003 2nd Prize for site-specific object, Ropazi plain-air
2002 Grant for soloproject, KulturKontakt Austria
2000 3rd Prize at the public painting competition “The sea only”
Grant from the Culture Ministery for Art pedagogics
1999 1st Prize at the public painting competition “The sea only”
1996 Grant of Creative fondation, Latvia
Public Collections
Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
Mark Rothko International Art centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Treviso, Italy
Artothek of the Federal Chancellery, Vienna, Austria
Contemporary Art from countries around the Baltic sea, Putgarten, Germany