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Otto Zitmanis

born: 16.07.1980., Riga 


Education:
     

2000 - 2004 Latvian Academy of Art, specializing in painting,

1997 - 1999 Master Workshop of B&W Photography conducted by Andrejs Grants. Riga. Latvia.

1992 - 1998 Janis Rozentals' Riga College of Art. Riga. Latvia.


Solo Exhibitions

2019    "A sense of togetherness. Leave a message after the beep", Gallery LOOK, Riga, Latvia

2012    „Midnight Soup with a Lady and a Red Cat”, Gallery ISTABA, Riga, Latvia

2011    "Nudes", gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia

2010    "And so every day", Gallery Perzzi, St. Petersburg, Russia

2010    "Otto's Anger ", Gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia

2009    "Otto Zitmanis", Gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia

2009    "Overweight", gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia

2008    „Sprats in milk”, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia

2006    „The widow and seven sheep”, gallery Maksla XO, Riga, Latvia


Major Group Exhibitions

2015    "Self-Portrait", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia

2015    "Latvian Contemporary Art", European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium

2014    IV Artishok Biennale A+B=AB14 - Mukusalas Art Salon, Riga, Latvia

2014    "Latvian Contemporary Painting", Mark Rothko Art center, Daugavpils, Latvia

2014    "Autumn 2014. Black dogs",  Artists'Union of Latvia gallery, Riga, Latvia

2013    "Nudity" - Mukusalas Art Salon, Riga, Latvia

2013    "Pink", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia

2011    ”By the amber sea” - the Arsenals Exhibition Hall of Latvian National Museum of Art Riga, Latvia

2010    Urbanchildren. The Young in Latvian Painting II, Latvian National Museum
            of Art, the Arsenāls Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia
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2010    "20x20", art gallery AREA 23, Miami, Florida

2009    "Contemporary Icons", gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia
2009    ARTVILNIUS'09 the first international art fair in the Baltic States, exhibition
             and conference center Litexpo, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009    Alma Gallery project for NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art,
            Merchandise Mart, Chicago, USA
2009    Lithographs VII, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia
2009    Celebration of life: exhibition-carnival, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia
2009    Drawing V, gallery Māksla XO, Riga,

2008    Behave yourself, head office of Swedbank, Riga, Latvia
2008    The birth of Venus: exhibition-carnival, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia
2008    Humans, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia
2008    Drawing IV, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia
2008    Summer exhibition, gallery Mans's, Jekabpils, Latvia

2007    Candy Bomber, National Art Museum exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2007    The garden of earthly delights: exhibition-carnival, gallery Māksla XO, Riga,
            Latvia
2007    Human. Nature. City. III, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia

2006    Lithographs VI, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia
2006    Human. Nature. City. II, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia
2006    Public = Private, photo exhibition, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia
2006    Heart’s Full 2, European Parliament Building / gallery La Ferme Rose,
            Brussels, Belgium
2006    Art on paper, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia

2005    Heart’s Full 2, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia / Kunstverein Kunst im Turm
             Lippstadt, Lippstadt, Germany
2005    U25, B-Bar, Riga, Latvia

2004    AUTUMN'04, National Art Museum exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2004    Heart’s Full, gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2004    Pornography, in the communal flat on Čaka street 49, Riga, Latvia

2002    12, photo exhibition, Cultural Foundation State Center of Photo, St.Petersburg,
            Russia
2002    SEX – the social exhibitionism, photo exhibition, Railway Museum, Riga, Latvia
2002    AUTUMN'02, National Art Museum exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

2001    AUTUMN'00: laureate exhibition, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2001    Re-cycle, photo exhibition, gallery Čiris, Riga, Latvia

2000    AUTUMN'00, National Art Museum exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2000    ArtGenda 2000, International multimedia festival, Helsinki, Finland
2000    U turn me on, photo exhibition, "Zirgu pasts", Riga, Latvia
2000    Things, photo exhibition, gallery Noass, Riga, Latvia

 

Illustrated books

2007    Kārlis Vērdiņš "Burtiņu zupa" ("Alphabet soup"), illustrations and design.
            Publisher "Liels un mazs", Latvia
2006    O. Henry "Stories", illustrations. Publisher "Jumava", Latvia
2006    "An album for tiny tots: Latvian art for children and adults", selected painting.
           Publisher "Liels un mazs", Latvia
2005    "Fairy tales about children's lives", illustrations. Publisher "Liels un mazs",
           Latvia
2001    Contemporary Latvian literature almanac "Orbita 3", photography. Publisher
            "Orbita", Latvia
2001    Liāna Langa poetry "Iepūt taurītē, Skorpion!", photography and design.
            Publisher "Jaunā Daugava", Latvia

 

Selected activities

2010    Illustrations and design for "Brainstorm" music album "Years and seconds"
2009    Illustrations and design for "Brainstorm" music album "ШАГ"
2008    Illustrations and design for "Brainstorm" music album "Tur kaut kam ir jābūt"
2008    Illustrations and design for "S.I.L.S." debut album "Stāsti patiesi un izdomāti

 

Awards

2007    "Zelta ābele" nominee for the best illustrations for a children's book "Burtiņu
             zupa" ("Alphabet soup").
2000    Grand prize of the Artist Union of Latvia "Young artist debut" at the
             exhibition AUTUMN'00

 

Works in Public Collections:

Collection of Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

The European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium

Swedbank Collection of Modern Art, Riga, Latvia