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Kaspars Podnieks

Born               23.09.1980 (Latvia)              


Education

2005-2007     MA, Art Academy of Latvia, Department of Visual Communication, Riga, Latvia
2001-2005     Art Academy of Latvia, Department of Visual Communication, Riga, Latvia
1996-2001     College of Applied Arts, Wood Design Department, Riga, Latvia
1992-1996     Art School of Cesis, Cesis, Latvia
1987-1996     Primary School of Drusti, Drusti, Latvia

2013                 Represents Latvia at the 55th La Biennale de Venezia ("North by Northeast", together with Kriss Salmanis)


Solo exhibitions

2020              "Coming Home", AV17 Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2019              "No Comments", Riga Smallest Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia

2017              „Feed-lot”, Valmiermuiza Stable, Valmiermuiza, Latvia

2016              „Paddock”, AV17 gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2016              „Paddock”, Art and Music festival „Zemlika”, Durbe, Latvia

2014              "Rommel's Dairy" - at the festival "Kaunas in Art", galerija "Meno parkas", Kaunas, Lithuania*. Curator Ilze Zeivate

2013              "North by Northeast", Latvia Pavilion at the 55th La Biennale de Venezia, Venice, Italy (together with Kriss Salmanis)

2011              "Communicating Vessels” - kim?/ VKN gallery, Riga, Latvia

2010              "Unusual Place” - kim?/ VKN gallery, Riga, Latvia


Group Exhibitions

2019              "Talk to Me", Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland

2018              "Man in Art", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia*

2017              „Title Doesn’t Matter”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

2017              „Chrestomathy, or – each have their own”,Kuldiga Artists’ Residence gallery, Kuldiga, Latvia

2015              „A Bigger Peace, a Smaller Peace”, Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, Latvia

2015              „30 from 30”, Kuldiga Artists’ Residence gallery, Kuldiga, Latvia

2015              „The Self”, The History of the Latvian Contemporary Art. The 5th Exposition, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

2014              "Riga Photo Month 2014. Urban Viewfinders”, Riga, Latvia

2014               18th Art Festival Cesis 2014, exhibition „North by Northeast”, together with Kriss Salmanis, Cesis Old Beer Brewery, Cesis, Latvia

2014               ARTVILNIUS' 14, Maksla XO Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania*

2013               ART.FAIR 2013, Maksla XO Gallery, Cologne, Germany*

2011               PREVIEW BERLIN 2011 - The Emerging Art Fair, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany    

2011               "The Purvītis Prize" - the Exhibition Hall Arsenals of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

2010               "Riga resound ", Rostock, Germany

2009               "Heroes of Our Time” - Art Festival - Cesis 2009, Cesis, Latvia

2008               "Bucket ", National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia

2008               "Time Will Show”, Museumsberg Flensbug, Flensburg, Germany

2008               "Solo Show”, Recreation centre, Cesis, Latvia

2007               "International Contemporary Art Exhibition", Monrouge, Paris, France

2007               "Pastoral of Drusti", Vērmane's Garden, Riga, Latvia

2007               "BooM ", Andrejsala, Riga, Latvia

2007               "Contemporary Art from Latvia", Calmar Contemporary Art Museum, Calmar, Sweden

2007               "Exhibition”, Exhibition Hall , Cesis, Latvia

2007               "RIGA REVIEW”, NGBK, Berlin, Germany

2006               "Suspense”, Thessaloniki, Greece

2006               "Suspense", Athens, Greece

2005               "Suspense Apollonnia Art Exchanges", Strasbourg, France

2005               "Forest”, Latvian National Museum of Art - the Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

2005               "Forest”, Environment object, Drusti, Latvia

2005               "Forest”, "The Door" - Environment objects, Alsace, France

2005               "Chain”, Environment object in Garden, Cesis, Latvia

2005               "Flesh", gallery of Academy of Art, Helsinki, Finland

2005               "JUKAS", Latvian National Museum of Art - the Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

2004               "Topography", Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia

2004               "riga line up" - NEMO Galerie, Eckernforde, Germany

2004               "White as Snow, Red as Blood" - Giedre Bartelt Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2004               "Illuminations" - at the 4th Video Festival "Waterpieces", Gallery "Noass" Riga, Latvia

2004                „What is important”, the ex buildings of the Council of Riga, Riga, Latvia

2004                "Nature, Surroundings, Man” - Latvian National Museum of Art - the Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

2004                "2 Show - Exhibition of Latvia's and Lithuania's new artists”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003                „Autumn 200. Private Room" - The Exhibition Hall Arsenals of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

2003                Region Festivity of Drusti - Drusti, Latvia

2003                "15 years to Art school of Cesis", Exhibition Hall of Castle of Cesis, Latvia

2003                "The Project", Academy of Arts of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

2003                "Exhibition of Zanussi Projects" - Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, Latvia

2003                "la Riga" -Milan, Italy

2003                "Post. Factum", Museum of Applied Arts, Saint-Etienne, France                         

2002                "International Biennale of Young Designers" - Saint-Etienne, France

2002                Video exhibition - Los-Angeles, USA

2002                "Autumn 2002", Latvian National Museum of Art - the Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

2002                "Pjucer" - Latvian National Museum of Art - the Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga,  Latvia

2002                "Muksifons”, Museum of Applied Arts, Riga, Latvia

2002                "Autumn'2001", Latvian National Museum of Art - the Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

2001                „Our good will to our surroundings and city", International Exhibition Centre „Kipsala", Riga, Latvia

2001                 Applied Art's Exhibition - Drusti, Latvia

2000                "We to Riga", Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

1999                "Autumn'99" - Latvian National Museum of Art - the Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

1999                "Mood", Gallery "Laipa", Valmiera, Latvia

1998                "Water is all around", the  exhibition Hall Arsenals of  State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

1998                "Between  Power and Love" -  Remembrance Exhibition of Gustavs Klucis, State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

* From 2005 Latvian National Museum of Art (before State Museum of Art)

 
Works in collections :

Latvian Contemporary Art Museum Collection - Riga, Latvia
Ventspil's  Library Contemporary Art Collection - Ventspils, Latvia
Private collections in Latvia and The Netherlands