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PAULIS LIEPA
Born in 1978 in Riga, Latvia
Education
Latvian academy of Art, Graphic department (1997–2003)
Janis Rozentals Riga Secondary Art School (1989–1996)
Work
Since 2016 lecturer at the Department of Graphic Art at the Art Academy of Latvia
Solo exhibitions
2023 "Paulis Liepa" - ART VILNIUS 2023, Maksla XO Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania (Prize: The Best Artist ART VILNIUS'23 - Paulis Liepa)
2022 "Changes in Landscape Elements", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2020 "Different Wavelengths", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2019 "Splitting", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2018 “What is this time?”, Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2017 “Paulis Liepa. What is this time?” – VIENNACONTEMPORARY 2017, Maksla XO gallery, Vienna, Austria
2017 “The Salon of Beaux-Arts”, Mūkusala Art Salon, Riga, Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2015 “Noise”, Mūkusala Art Salon, Riga, Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2013 “Order of the Day”, Mūkusala Art Salon, Riga, Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2012 “Still Life”, Mūkusala Art Salon, Riga, Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2012 “Still Life”, Danish Printmakers Association gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 Solo exhibition in X Biennial of graphics of the Baltic sea countries “Kaliningrad - Koenigsberg 2011”, Kaliningrad, Russia
2010 “Makro”, “Riga Art Space”, Riga, Latvia
2010 “Project “Life””, “Contemporary Art Centre kim?”, Riga, Latvia
2009 “Still Life”, gallery “Ferrodrum”, Tartu, Estonia
2008 “On the spot” together with Inga Dilba, gallery “Mētras māja” Aizpute, Latvia
2004 “(I feel, I fairly regularly enter an entirely different dimension of being) Paraleloscopia”,
The Centre for New Media Culture “RIXC”, Riga, Latvia
Group exhibitions
2023 ART VILNIUS 2023, Maksla XO Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2023 POSITIONS Berlin 2023, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2023 5th Kaunas International Printmaking Biennial “Mammoths of Printmaking”, Kauno paveikslų galerija Kaunas, Lithuania
2022 "Our Values", Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2022 POSITIONS Berlin 2022, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2022 VIENNACONTEMPORARY 2022, Maksla XO gallery, Vienna, Austria
2021 POSITIONS Berlin 2021, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2021 VIENNACONTEMPORARY 2021, Maksla XO gallery, Vienna, Austria
2021 PAPER POSITIONS Berlin 2021, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2021 "Still Life of Things", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2020 "Meister 20", Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden, Germany
2020 VIENNACONTEMPORARY 2020, Maksla XO gallery, Vienna, Austria
2020 POSITIONS Berlin 2020, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2019 VIENNACONTEMPORARY 2019, Maksla XO gallery, Vienna, Austria
2019 POSITIONS Berlin 2019, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2019 “Printmaking IN 2019” festival, Parnu, Estonia
2019 PAPER POSITIONS Berlin 2019, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2019 „Purvītis Prize 2019”, the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia*
2019 “Dawn Directions”, Format Artspace, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019 “Echoes & Resonance”, Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, Oklahoma
2018 VIENNACONTEMPORARY 2018, Maksla XO gallery, Vienna, Austria
2018 POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair 2018, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2018 "Man in Art", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia*
2018 RIBOCA - Riga International Biennal of Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia*
2018 „Spaces and Figures”, YUANART collection, Lucerne, Switzerland
2017 „New Acquisitions of the LNMA. The 21st Century” - the Exhibition Hall Arsenals of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2017 POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair 2017, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2017 “Graphic”, Daugavpils Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
2016 POSITIONS BERLIN 2016, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2015 “International Print Triennial - Kraków 2015”, Krakow, Poland*
2015 POSITIONS BERLIN 2015, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2015 1st Kaunas International Printmaking Biennial “Culture Line”, Kaunas, Lithuania
2014 “Telling Tales. Swiss and Baltic Artists” Biel/Bienne(Switzerland), Vilnius (Lithuania), Tallinn(Estonia)
2014 “Printmaking IN 2014” festival, Parnu, Estonia
2014 “Grafika-S”, “Riga Art Space”, Riga, Latvia
2013 “Interplay” The Latvian-Estonian Graphic Arts Exhibition Evald Okas Museum, Haapsalu,
Estonia
2013 “Printmaking IN 2012” festival, Parnu, Estonia
2012 “Grafik aus Lettland”, Graphic Museum, Bad Steben, Germany
2012 “International Print Triennial - Kraków 2012”, Krakow, Poland
2012 “Printmaking IN 2012” festival, Parnu, Estonia
2011 7th Biennale Internationale D’estampe Contemporaine Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, Canada
2009 “Metabolism”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2008 9th Biennial of Graphics of the Baltic Sea Countries “Kaliningrad-Koenigsberg2008”, Kaliningrad, Russia
2008 “Power and Man 2”, Artist’s Union Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2007 “International Print Triennial - Oldenburg 2007”, Oldenburg, Germany
2006 “Power and Man”, “Novas Gallery”, London, United Kingdom
2006 “International Print Triennial - Kraków 2006”, Krakow, Poland
2006 International print biennial “Now Art Now Future. Freedom.”, Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda,
Lithuania
2005 VIII Biennial of Graphics of the Baltic Sea Countries “Kaliningrad-Koenigsberg 2005”, Kaliningrad, Russia
2005 International print festival “Now Art Now Future. Print.”, Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Lithuania
2005 “Saxnäs, Lappland →”, The Nordic Council of Ministers Office, Riga, Latvia
2005 “Lappland’s delicacies”, gallery “Māja”, Liepaja, Latvia
2004 13th Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
2003 “International Print Triennial Kraków 2003”, Krakow, Poland
2002 VII Biennial of Graphics of the Baltic Sea Countries “Kaliningrad-Koenigsberg 2002”, Kaliningrad, Russia
2002 “Reaktion”, “Rheinland-Pfalz Bank“, Mainz, Germany
2002 “Zn + HNO3>Zn2NO3+H2^”, Artist’s Union Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2002 “Printmaking IN 2002”, Parnu, Estonia
2001 “12th Tallinn Print Triennial”, Tallinn, Estonia
2001 Printmaking workshop “Flammable”, Pedvale, Latvia
2001 “Cilveeks-lokomotiive”, Latvian Railway history museum, Riga, Latvia
2001 “Baltic Watercolor Triennial”, Exhibition hall Arsenals of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2001 “Graphic Art’s Face”, “Rīga Gallery”, Riga, Latvia
2001 “Printmaking IN 2001”, Parnu, Estonia
2001 “Kiss of Judas”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2000 “Graphic art & Communication”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2000 “Graphic art festival 2000”, Parnu, Estonia
1999 “39 Paintings”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
1997 “Still life”, Artist’s Union Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1997 “Spring-97”, Exhibition Hall “Latvija”, Riga, Latvia
1996 “Gift to Riga”, Exhibition Hall “Latvija”, Riga, Latvia
Nominations. Awards
2023 Prize: The Best Artist ART VILNIUS'23 - Paulis Liepa, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 Nomination / Purvitis Prise 2019, Latvian National Museum of Art in cooperation with SIA Alfor, Riga, Latvia
2013 Newspaper “Diena” annual culture award for solo exhibition “Still Life”, Latvia
2012 Statutory Award of “International Print Triennial - Kraków 2012”, Krakow, Poland
2008 Grand Prix of 9th Biennial of Graphics of the Baltic Sea Countries “Kaliningrad-Koenigsberg 2008”, Kaliningrad, Russia
2008 Prize for the best music video of 2007 “Esi brīvs” (Pikaso, Gustavo and R-viss), Riga, Latvia
2005 1st prize laureate of VIII Triennial of Graphics of the Baltic Sea Countries “Kaliningrad - Koenigsberg 2005”, Kaliningrad, Russia
Public Collections
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
Latvian Contemporary Art Museum Collection, Riga, Latvia
Zuzāns Collection, Zuzeum Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
State Bank of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Swedbank Contemporary Art Collection, Riga, Latvia
Art Collection Deutsche Telekom, Berlin, Germany
KAI|10 Arthena Foundation, Dusseldorf, Germany
Simmons Contemporary, London, UK
Kaliningrad State Art Gallery, Kaliningrad, Russia
Private Collections:
Gilles Fuchs private collection, Paris, France
Beatrix Millies private collection, Berlin, Germany
Zdenek Felix private collection, Munich, Germany
Maria Larsson Art Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
YUANART Collection, Lucerne, Switzerland