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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