| | January, 2013 January 17, opening of the Exhibition of the National Museum's new acquisitions at Riga Design Museum February 15, opening of the Purvitis Prize finalists show at Arsenals
February 21, opening of the show "Red Room" at the Dailes theater Working on 2 more shows |
| | December, 2012 I am selected as a finalist to the Purvitis Prize by the Latvian National Museum of Art. Winner announced on February 15, 2013 Click for more info |
| | November, 2012 Latvian National Museum of Art has added to it's collection 2 of my recent works: "Would Love to Meet a Girl..." from solo show at kim, 2012 "Hellou" from "Survival Kit 3" organized by the Center of Contemporary Art |
| August 7 - September 15, 2012 Civitella - Ranieri residency in Umbria, Italy |
| | July 26, 2012 Interview in Delfi about Purvitis Award (Latvian) |
| July 23, 2012 Was reading BBC news and found this image in the Pictures of the Day Click here
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| May 17- June 24, 2012 Solo show at the center for contemporary arts Kim? in Riga click for interview about the show (Latvian) |
| April 27- May 25, 2012 Solo show at Verkligheten gallery in Umea, Sweden. Umea is Culture Capital of Europe 2014. Press reviews: Folkbladet (Swedish) Art Territory (Latvian) |
| April - May, 2012
Main newspaper in Belgium "De Standaard" predicts that "I Can Hear It" will become a "crowd puller" for the Beaufort 04 Triennale: De Standaard Other press reviews: Flanders news (video 1:40, English) Estonian TV ( video 2:38, Estonian) RTL ( video 2:11, French) RTBF ( video 0:50, French) Art Territory (English) Die Zeit (German) RTBF (French) WestDeutsche Zeitung (German) Artnet.de (German) Arterritory (Latvian) Flanders Today (English) Delfi (Latvian) Metropolis M (Flemish) Comment c'est (French) Westfälische Anzeigen (German) Stuttgarter Nachrichten (German) Kunst Magazin (German) StadtRevue (German) |
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| March 22, 2012 Installation begins for Beaufort 04 project. Photo: Valerie Van Haute |
| | March 12, 2012 Acceptance speech upon receiving "Diena" Award (Video 6:33) . Click here |
| | February, 2012 I am very honored and confused for being awarded prestigious Diena Annual Award in Culture 2011 |
| | February, 2012 update of latest articles where my work has been mentioned. (Latvian) Art Territory, Feb 10 Kulturas Diena, Feb 16 Kulturas Diena, Feb 7 Art Territory, Feb 6 Studija, Feb 1 Kulturas Diena, Jan 26
Studija, Jan 28 Kulturas Diena, Jan 18 Art Territory, Dec 25 Art Territory, Dec 21 |
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| February 4, 2012 My figurine on the main street, in front of the Council of Ministers, and the bus station to the airport.
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| January 26, 2012 Opening of the show "To Be or Not" at the "Dailes" theatre dedicated to Shakespeare and their new play "Romeo and Juliet". The image is work in progress. |
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| January 22, 2012 Working on a clay model for the "Beaufort 04" . I have 15 days to model and 5 to turn it into a plaster original. Then it goes to the bronze foundry. |
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| December 30. 2011 working on a sketch for a larger figure (part of the Belgium project) |
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| November 28, 2011 3D visuals for the Belgium project. Horns should be 13m long and 4m high (42 x 13 feet) Made of steel |
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| November 21, 2011 Series of drawings for the project in Belgium. |
| | November 13, 2011 30 min interview with me and Rasa Jansone at the Latvian Radio programme "In Artist's Studio" Click on 9:30 (Latvian) |
| September, 2011 Have been invited to build a public artwork in Belgium within the "Triennal for Contemporary Art by the Sea". Image from their website with the work of L.Bourgeois as previous participant. |
| September, 2011 I am nominated for the "Annual Culture Award" of the "Diena" newspaper. |
| | September, 2011 Interview with me about the "Survival Kit" project in "Studija" (Latvian)
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| September, 2011 My work about the crazy, retired people calling public radio station at the "Survival Kit" show, organized by the Latvian Centre of Contemporary Arts.
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| September, 2011 Review of the "Alma" show in visual arts magazine "Studija"
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| August, 2011 Special edition of "Kuš" comic magazine with my drawings is published. |
| July 13,2011 I have been nominated to "Purvitis Award". It is given once in two years to the best solo show at the exhibition of 8 finalists. VIDEO ABOUT THIS AWARD (ENGLISH)
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| July, 2011 I am one of 6 artists from Latvia to participate at "CESU ART FESTIVAL" |
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| June, 2011 "Rigas Laiks" magazine has two page article about the "Alma" show in its June issue. Author: Art critic Ieva Lejasmeijere |
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| 25.05.2011 Full page interview with me about the "Alma" show at "LATVIJAS AVIZE". |
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| 15.05.2011 Review of the "Alma" show by Vilnis Vējš at ART TERRITORY |
| | 14.05.2011 Latvijas Radio (Radio of Latvia) reviews current shows in Riga, including my Alma show: CLICK ON 10:10 NEXT TO POST FACTUM |
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| 06.05.2011 Review of the "Alma" show in Diena |
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| APRIL, 2011 Solo Show at the Gallery ALMA |
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| JANUARY, 2011 Group show in Trinidad & Tobago in the Carribean. Barbeque travels there. |
| | 15. DECEMBER I am given "Artist Of The Year" award from the "VEF Arts Center". Jury of 20 critics and curators nominated artists and 'VEF Arts Center' decided to award all of them equally. The prize itself is hefty chunk of steel, originally a part of some industrial machinery (VEF used to be a huge factory). |
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| 1. DECEMBER Opening of the show organized by the magazine "RIGAS LAIKS" at PINAKOTEKA. I will preview "My Neighbor". |
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| | 25. NOVEMBER Review of current exhibitions in "POST FACTUM", a programm of Latvian Radio. "Trial of Herberts Cukurs" is especially mentioned by art critic Ieva Lejasmeijere. You can listen to it clicking on the link, I am around 6th minute. Programs starts at 10:10 |
| 10. NOVEMBER, 2010 Opening of the "Recycle.Process" exhibition at the Railway Museum. I am previewing the "Trial of Herberts Cukurs" which was made during I-Park residency in Connecticut. The true story is about the famous aviator from 1930's who was or maybe wasn't involved into massacre of Jewish population during WWII. No one will ever know. "Mossad" executed him in South America in 1960's. |
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| 9. NOVEMBER, 2010 It was announced that I have been awarded 6 week residency in the 15th century castle in Umbria region, Italy. The castle and surroundings look very impressive and I am really looking forward to the residency. The residency is called CIVITELLA RANIERI Images from their website |
| | AUTUMN, 2010 I am invited to 4 week I-Park residency in Connecticut, USA. I am happy to be given grant from the residency program |
| | OCTOBER, 2010 "Barbeque" is going to the Exhibition in Bremen, Germany. |
| | JULY, 2010
I've been invited to participate in the MOSCOW BIENNALE FOR YOUNG ART. It will open on 1st of July. I will be showing "FINALLY, FINALLY !"
The Biennale is organized by:
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Department of Culture of the City of Moscow
National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA)
Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMoMA)
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| 1. APRIL, 2010 Opening of the "GOLDEN WORKS" exhibition. It features more than 200 artworks and 12 kg (24lbs) real gold ingot in the center of the "Arsenals" exhibiton hall. Open until June 27th. I've created collaborative work with MIKELIS FISHERS "Nuda Veritas" (Naked Truth) |
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| JANUARY, 2010 There is an article in "Rigas Laiks" magazine about the "Museum of Happy Art" show. Author: art critic Ieva Lejasmeijere. "So I Walk Down The Street..." illustrates the article. "Rigas Laiks" is Latvian magazine about philosophy, sociology, literature and arts. |
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| DECEMBER 2009 / JANUARY 2010 French fashion magazine L'Officiel interviews art collector Artemy Troitsky. My artwork exhibited in the "Alma" gallery illustrates this interview. |
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| 10. DECEMBER 2009 17.th Annual conference of the Art History Institute at the Art Academy of Latvia. In her report "Possibilities And Paradoxes During The Crisis ", art Historian Ruta Caupova explores work of seven artists. I am proud to be one of them. |
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| 13. NOVEMBER, 2009 Review by Vilnis Vejs of the "Icons of Our Age" in the main daily newspaper "Diena". |
| | 13. November, 2009 Overview of exhibitions at the programm "POST FACTUM", RADIO "KLASIKA". "So I Walk down The Street..." is mentioned among 150 artists. Click on 10:10 POST FACTUM (Latvian)
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| 2. November, 2009 The Radio of Latvia broadcasts it's culture programm "Kulturas rondo". It is about the "Museum of Happy art". My work is mentioned as one of the highlights of the show. Click on 11:30 KULTŪRAS RONDO (Latvian) |
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| 31. October, 2009 Saturday edition of the newspaper "Diena". Troitsky with my sculpture in the foreground appears in the main section and in the saturday supplement. |
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| 30. October, 2009 Annual exhibition by Artists Union of Latvia opens in a newly constructed building. I show a very fragile construction which was built with the help of 5 people. Title of the show : "Museum of Happy Art" Play with words: (Laimīgs - Laikmetīgs / Happy - Contemporary) |
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| 28. October, 2009 The main daily newspaper "Diena" puts info and photo from the show on its front page ! It is mentioned in the subtitles that the artwork of Ivars Drulle is very symphatetic to the influential Russian critic and curator. |
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| 27. October, 2009 "Icons of Our Age" at the gallery "ALMA" Curated by Russian criticist and art collector Artemy Troitsky I am showing "The moment Of Death Of Michael Jackson" There are well-renowned Russian artists Among 13 participants: Alexander Vinogradov & Vladimir Dubossarsky, Georgy Ostrecov and Vladislav Mamishev - Monro Through December 14.th |
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| 3. June, 2009 Review of the recent show in the fine arts magazine "Studija" June/July, 2009 Author: Raimonds Kalejs p. 27-29 (avail. only in print) |
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| 1. June, 2009 Video of the "Old Farmer" will be screened at Collateral event of 53. Venice Biennale MyMementoVid: AN ON GOING VIDEO-ART PROJECT DEVOTED TO THE SUBJECT OF MEMORY Project Curator: Amir Cohen / Production: 972ART
ScalaMata Art Space; Ghetto Vecchio 1236, Cannaregio 30121 Venezia Italy, (Vaporetto station Ponte di Guglie). |
