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GIRTS MUIZNIEKS
Born on 1956 in Riga, Latvia
2002 Master's degree from Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
1982 Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Since 1983 is a Member of Latvia Artists' Union
Since 1980 participates in exhibitions
Selected solo exhibitions:
2023 "Jurmala", Gallery Maksla XO - Riga, Latvia
2018 "Red Shift", Gallery Maksla XO - Riga, Latvia
2016 "Sun Bunnies", Gallery Maksla XO - Riga, Latvia
2014 "White Monkey", Gallery Maksla XO - Riga, Latvia
2013 "5. 7. 32. 34", Mukusalas Art Salon - Riga, Latvia
2012 "Parfume", Gallery Maksla XO - Riga, Latvia
2006 "Salut!", Latvian National Museum of Art - Riga, Latvia
2005 "One Man Show", Gallery Tifana - Riga, Latvia
2004 "One Man Show", International Art Fair LineArt, Gallery Tifana - Ghent, Belgium
2004 "Painting", Gallery Tifana, Riga, Latvia
2003 "Painting 2003", Ivonna Veiherte Art Gallery - Riga, Latvia
2003 "Ceremonial Portrait", Riga Gallery - Riga, Latvia
2000 "The Worlds", Gallery Asūna - Riga, Latvia
1996 "The World", Gallery Daugava - Riga, Latvia
1996 "Homage to Renoir", Gallery Daugava - Riga, Latvia
1995 "Painting", Gallery Fenikss - Jūrmala, Latvia
1994 "Painting", Riga Gallery - Riga, Latvia
1993 "Girts Muiznieks. Painting", Riga Gallery - Riga, Latvia
1993 "Painting", Culture Centre Krudttonnen - Copenhagen, Denmark
1992 "Girts Muiznieks. Painting", Exhibition Hall Janba Seta - Riga, Latvia
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2023 "Fluctuations", Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, Latvia
2019 "Talk To Me!" - Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
2018 ART VILNIUS 2018 - Maksla XO Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania *
2017 "Jewellery by Artists: From Picasso to Koons. Diane Venet’s Collection" - Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2017 "TOP in formation. Exhibition of Zuzāns Collection" - Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia*
2017 "Experimental sidestep", Gallery Putti, Riga, Latvia
2015 "Figurative Painters", Mukusalas Art Salon, Riga, Latvia
2015 "Self-Portrait" - Gallery Maksla XO - Riga, Latvia
2015 "Ornamentalism. The Purvītis Prize. Latvian Contemporary Art" - curator Viktor Misiano, Arsenale, Tesa 99, the 56 La Biennale di Venezia*
2015 "Purvītis Prize 2011", Exhibition Hall Arsenals of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia*
2008 Sconfinamenti. Dalla "buona pittura"alla video-art. Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo - Rome, Italy
2007 "Contemporary Art From Latvia", European Central Bank - Frankfurt, Germany
2007 "Carnival",Gallery Māksla XO - Riga, Latvia
2005 "Latvian Art of the 20 Century Second Part", Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenāls – Riga, Latvia
2005 Art Fair "Art Nocturne Knocke - 2005" - Knocke, Belgium
2004 The International Painting Triennial,Vilnius Art Museum - Vilnius, Lithuania
2004 "Still Life in Latvian Art", Latvian National Museum of Art, Museum of Foreign Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals - Riga, Latvia
2003 "Abstractionism in the Latvian Painting", Latvian National Museum of Art, Museum of Foreign Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals - Riga, Latvia
2002 "Gentle Fluctuations", Latvian National Museum of Art, Museum of Foreign Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenāls - Riga, Latvia
2001 Biennial in Painting. The Nordic Countries & The Baltic States - Konsthall, Väsby, Sweden
2000 "The Naked Artist", Riga Gallery - Riga, Latvia
2000 "Only the Sea", Gallery Asūna - Riga, Latvia
2000 "Looking for Women", Gallery Māksla XO - Riga, Latvia
1999 "Picture of the Year", Gallery Asūna - Riga, Latvia
1999 Days of Artists in the Berga Bazārs - Riga, Latvia
1999 "Contemporary Latvian Art" - London, Kalais, Lille, Tours, Lorianne, France
1998 The 2nd World-wide Latvian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Exhibition Hall Arsenāls - Riga, Latvia
1998 "Latvian Art", Town Hall - Prague, Czech Republic
1996 "23 Artistas de Letonia", Sala Millares - Madrid, Spain
1995 "Latvian Art", Museum of Art and Galleries of the North Arizona University - Arizona, USA
1994 "Les Artistes Lettons - Riga", Galerie d'Art Contemporain - Chamallieres, France
1994 "Contemporary Art from Latvia", Gallery Morphy – Cyprus
1993 "Peintures Lettonnes du Xxeme Siecle" - Paris, Bordeaux, Starsbourg, France
1992 "Baltic States Art Exhibition" - Stockholm, Sweden
1991 "Fiatal Müveszek Rigaból", Contemporary Art Museum Mücsarnok Budapest, Hungary
1990 Exhibition-Action "Gentle Fluctuations", Exhibition Hall Latvija - Riga, Latvia
1990 The 1st World-wide Latvian Art Exhibition", Latvian National Museum of Art, Museum of Foreign Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals – Riga, Latvia
1990 "Latvian Painting", Gallery Astra - Chicago, USA
1990 "Latvian Painting from the 80s", Hotel Hilton - Munich, Germany
1989 "Paintings. I. Iltnere, S. Krastiņa, J. Mitrēvics, Ģ. Muižnieks, E. Vērpe, A. Zariņa", Exhibition Hall Arsenāls - Riga, Latvia
1989 "Painters Group Exhibition", M. K. Ciurlionis National Art Museum - Kaunas, Lithuania
1989 "Latvian Art" - Copenhagen, Denmark
1989 "Contemporary Soviet Painters from Riga", Ed. Nakhamkin Fine Arts Gallery - New York, USA
1989 "Contemporary Art of Latvia" - Seoul, South Korea
1988 "Post-Traditionalism", Central House of Artists - Moscow, USSR
1988 "Painters'"Group Exhibition, Gallery Jāņa sēta - Riga, Latvia
1988 "Youth - 88", The Young Artists Fine Art Exhibition of the Baltic Republics - Vilnius, Lithuania
1987 "Painters Group Exhibition" - Jūrmala, Latvia
1987 "The 7th Painting Triennale of the Baltic Republics" - Vilnius, Lithuania
1986 "Autumn '86", Exhibition Hall Latvija - Riga, Latvia
1985 "Young Artists from Latvia" - Kunsthalle, Rostock, DDR
1985 The 12th World-wide Students and Youth Festival Exhibition, Central House of Artists - Moscow, USSR
1985 "Youth _ 85", The Young Artists' Fine Art Exhibition of the Baltic Republics, Museum of Art -Vilnius, Lithuania
1984 The 6th Painting Triennial of the Baltic Republics, Vilnius Art Museum -Vilnius, Lithuania
1984 "Nature. Environment. Man", St. Peter's Church - Riga, Latvia
1984 The 16th Young Artists' Exhibition, Exhibition Hall Latvija - Riga, Latvia
1983 The 15th Young Artists' Exhibition, Exhibition Hall Latvija - Riga, Latvia
1983 "7 Artists Group Exhibition", House of Artists - Riga, Latvia
1982 "The Country's Youth", Manege - Moscow, USSR
1981 "Autumn '81", Exhibition Hall Latvija - Riga, Latvia
1981 "Portraits and Selfportraits", Latvian National Museum of Art - Riga, Latvia
1980 The 13th Young Artists' Exhibition, Latvian National Museum of Art - Riga, Latvia
Awards:
2008 Gold Medal "Artist of the Year 2007" of Artists' Union of Latvia
2007 Culture Prix of the Year, award of the newspaper „Diena"
2003 Grand Prix of the Year. Artists' Union of Latvia
2000 Award of AirBaltic at the Exhibition-Competition in the Gallery of the Artist's Union of Latvia
2000 Award of the Riga City Council at the Exhibition-Competition "Riga in Contemporary Art"
2000 Award of Latvijas Kuģniecība at the Exhibition-Competition "The Sea" in the Gallery Asūna
1999 Award of Hansabanka at the Exhibition-Competition 'Painting of the Year" in the gallery ASūna
1997 Award of the Riga City Council at the Exhibition-Competition "Riga in Contemporary Art"
Works In Collections:
Latvian National Museum of Art - Riga, Latvia
Art Museum of the Artists' Union of Latvia – Riga, Latvia
Zuzāns Collection, Zuzeum Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
State Tretyakov Gallery – Moscow, Russia
Russian Ministry of Culture – Moscow, Russia
Georgian Museum of Art - Tbilisi, Georgia
European Central Bank – Frankfurt, Germany