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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 "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