https://www.carevacontemporary.com/projects daily 1.0 2019-11-20 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a581229abfb5598cd8439/1568299026147/ Exhibitions - "My hand is warmer than the sun" by Iveta Gabalina 24.05.2019 - 20.07.2019 Images of the untouched Svalbard shores, glaciers and their remnants are brought to Riga. A block of arctic ice also travels with them in a suitcase. Out of these two individual objects, new and unique images are created, which are both photographs and photograms. By melting on paper, the ice deforms the photographed landscapes, losing its volume with each new landscape and eventually disappearing forever. Iveta Gabalina (1979) is a well known Latvian photographer who has studied photography at Andrejs Grant’s Studio, Bournmouth Institute of Art and Master’s Degree Program in Photography at the University of Alto, Helsinki. She has won several awards at international photo contests - the C/O Berlin Talents 2013, Burn Magazine Award and the CDS Documentary Photography Award. She has also been nominated for Sony World Photography award and Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Her works are regularly exhibited both in Latvia and abroad. photo credit: Ansis Starks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5dd52826e71f5a1061314c33/1574249747098/ Exhibitions https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a5b5cd4b64c3fdb0dc219/1568299868052/ Exhibitions - "For Household Use" by Kristaps Ancans 27.03.2018 - 5.05.2018 “For Household Use” is a first solo show in Riga by Kristaps Ancans (b.Livani, Latvia, 1990, based in London, UK). Ancans nourishes his artistic practice with concept of artificial nostalgia (having an image in ones head of how things were before, even if one was not physically present at the time, or even born yet). Dissecting his own memories of growing up in rural Latvia in 90’s and learning to create art with found materials, he often channels the familiar and relatable, while avoiding the banal. Exhibition consists of three types of artworks (2d, sculptures and kinetic sculpture), all of which play conceptual games with each other, so for example the sculptural work “We have two bunnies at home- a spotty one, a light-furry and a darker-furry one” is shown next to two dimensional, textual artwork “1839.6 cm2”, on which that sentence is written. Conceptually, Ancans artworks often have open-ended messages, yet what is persistent is his honesty towards subject matter and materials used. The frequent use of stabilised plasticine on theorethical level brings in clear connection with childhood naivete, creating connection with the viewer in the “small disasters” that happen whilst playing and making, yet the adult knowledge of chemistry allows this game to be transformed into a permanent artwork. Similarly, the kinetic artwork “Device which can transport your big, as well as your small dog to the other side” seems to have a playful element to the repetitive movement of the platform which could, indeed, transport one’s big as well as small dog. At the same time it touches upon the notion of “other side” without fear of otherness. The animal references, that Ancans uses in his practice are there to establish a connection with the viewer, to wink at the viewer while playing with the stereotypes that we have about these animals and about each other. Photo credit: Ansis Starks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d986d73dee9214f7cfd725d/1570270560150/ Exhibitions Roman Road gallery Saturday 05 October – Friday 18 October 2019 ‘‘The words to express the feeling are lacking. Realistic painting, too, is feeble in this regard. It is the painting of feelings - abstract painting - that can help.’’ Visvaldis Ziedins, entry in diary no.4, 21 June 1962 Roman Road is very pleased to collaborate with careva gallery on Out of the Box, a solo show of works by late Latvian artist Visvaldis Ziedins. The exhibition presents one of the most prominent historic series of artworks by the rediscovered non-conformist artist. Ziedins' oeuvre was only discovered recently, following his death in 2007; a substantial number of artworks, including paintings, drawings and objects, were found at his studio in Liepāja. He amassed a prolific collection, with works spanning five decades. Out of the Box focuses on artworks from Ziedins’ Marshmallow box series, which he made during the Soviet period in Latvia in the 1970s-1980s. The artist has since become a sensation in the Baltic art scene, exhibiting a missing link of the art history of that region. Even while being confined in terms of political freedom and access to art supplies, Ziedins had a wealth of ideas. His Marshmallow box series illustrates this richness of imagination and observational qualities, even when all artworks are made in a similar format. In one of his diaries, Ziedins wrote: “My task in art is to set out new principles. The application and perfection of them, if they turn out to be useful, I will leave to the artists of the future” (entry in diary no.19, 29 July 1963). In a way, his works from the Marshmallow box series can be seen as threedimensional experimentations of these principles, which could be re-examined today. Out of the Box opens on Friday 04 October and will be on display at Roman Road until 18 October 2019. ABOUT THE ARTIST Visvaldis Ziedins (1942-2007) lived and worked in Liepāja (USSR Latvia). From 1959 – 1964, he attended the Department of Decorative Design at Liepāja School of Applied Art. Recent posthumous solo exhibitions include: Back to the future, careva gallery, Riga (2019); Visvaldis Ziedins. Travels in the Imagination, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington (2015); and Visvaldis Ziediņš (1942–2007). Rewriting Latvian Art History, Kumu Art Museum, Estonia (2013). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5dbf38277427c36528dc8b75/1572812839026/ Exhibitions - "Back to the future" Visvaldis Ziedins 25.07.2019. - 12.10.2019. “Back to the future“ is curated show of Latvian non-conformist artist Visvaldis Ziedins (b.1942 - 2007). Having lived and created in Liepāja during the Soviet times, Ziedins worked around the material restraints that he encountered. Often he would make art from found, quotidian materials that had been produced for other uses, yet he managed to express his personal thought and freedom through finding a new purpose for them in his artworks. This material limitation is in stark contrast to the conceptual depth and bravery that can be observed in the art of Ziedins. It could be argued, that, nowadays, we are living through an ecological doomsday scenario. As the natural resources are getting more and more scarce, the creation of art from scratch might be a luxury that not many will be able to afford for much longer. Yet having a voice and expressing ones vision in art is (arguably) one of the most human pursuits. This show has been titled “Back to the future” as it looks to this barely known chapter of art in Latvia, linking the past events with the present and possible near future where material limitations might yet again arise. Excerpt from “Movement“, monograph about Visvaldis Ziedins by Ieva Kalniņa (p.362): “What do we know about people? We know how many inhabit the Earth, we know how long they live. We know particular individuals. We have at our disposal material about particular periods of humanity… As soon as we take away all of these limiting factors- time, number, the concept of the individual- we have to deal with the human being as a continuous. In other words, Man as eternity! In order for a certain Ziedins to come about, who writes and is conscious of himself, centuries had to pass (that is, if I imagine myself as some kind of terminal point and count backwards from this point), which means thousands of people. In nature such points of consciousness or individuality do not exist. There, all are the same, all are impersonal. The consciousness of personality develops only in society, in a temporal setting. In truth, it was not centuries that passed, but only nine months. It was not the interaction of thousands of people, but the interaction of just two.“ November 1968, V.Ziedins Artworks on view are courtesy of Zuzans collection. Photo credit: Ansis Starks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a5c36b7bef237029e63d1/1568300086220/ Exhibitions - "Section of a thought" by Kaspars Zarins This exhibition is an overview of his ouvre since 2014, when K.Zarins has ventured out of his previous, figurative period, the “Pedants” series and is experimenting with abstraction. The exhibition “Domas šķērsgriezums” gives a unique opportunity to see two distinctive series of K.Zarins’s abstractions and to observe his creative thought process cut in section. For instance “Bez norādēm” (“Without indications”, 2014) shows the courage with which Zariņš threw himself into painting whirlpools of light and colour. “Dzīvais ūdens”(“Vivacious water”, 2017) and “Atstarotā gaisma” (“Reflecting light”, 2017) are two artworks created specifically for this exhibition. While exploring the links between art and nature, the essence of wood as a material is revealed. By exposing the natural layers of wood, Zarins gives an opportunity for the material itself to tell its story. More artworks of this series can be viewed at Kaspars Zarins and Vija Zarina solo show in exhibition hall Arsenāls till 29th of October. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a58f9faacce354e2483b0/1568299257615/ Exhibitions - Plague by Anna Salmane 15.03.2019 - 13.04.2019 The town of Hamelin in Germany has for centuries dated documents, by assuming June 26th year 1284 as the starting point of recorded time, since on that day 130 children of the town were lost. In years to follow this story became the faitytale of “Pied Piper”, a rat catcher that employed a flute to get rid of rats, and after recieving no payment, the story has it, he lured the children of the town into a cave and the kids were never seen again. In the German speaking areas this tale was popularised by Brothers Grimm and in English speaking realm by a poem by Robert Brauning. But what did really happen to these children? Did they die during plague, and rats were spreading the disease? Or could it be that they were posessed by the common in Medieval times phenomenon of dancing plague, when people would dance for hours, days and sometimes weeks for no apparent reason and often got lost in the dance and ventured to other towns? Or was the pied piper in the fairytale actually graf Nikolas von Spielenberg, that recruited German youths for christianising the Baltic region, but before reaching their destination everyone died in a shipwreck? Photo credit: Ansis Starks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a5991c534875e38944d36/1568299409390/ Exhibitions - Ivars Gravlejs "Shopping Poetry" 9.11.2018 - 15.12.2018 Ivars Gravlejs (b.1979) is one of the best known Latvian photographers of his generation, often working with the aesthetic of everyday objects in an ironic way. "Shopping Poetry" is an ongoing series that Gravlejs has started in 2012 in the German town of Schoppingen, and continues to make to this day. In the process of making the artworks Gravlejs quite literally goes shopping and then, at the cash till, arranges his objects of desire in such a manner, that afterwards the receipt can be read as a poem. In our opinion, the artworks from these series comment on the poetics of the quotidien, while reflecting the temporal quality of photography as a medium. The objects that are portrayed themselves are products of a particular time and society. Moreover, when juxtaposing them with the receipts that might fade with the passage of time, one can observe not just the fun side of the text (that does have a dadaist poetic quality), but also a kind of “momento mori” quality of traditional nature-morte. As well, these artworks tell us about the intimate nature of shopping as a process, turning the content of a shopping basket into a portrait. The artworks on show are all unique pieces, exhibited for the first time. Continuing the playful nature of Gravlejs oeuvre, careva contemporary assigns a price to each artwork that is 100 times that of the each particular receipt. In such a way winking at the often arbitral price creation in contemporary art market.” Photo credit: Ansis Starks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a5a5ffbb4a016e1a1f1ec/1568299615667/ Exhibitions - "The clouds, they were blown from a far away land" by Kārlis Bergs 24.07.2018 - 7.09.2018 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a58663fd65e43df1f54f2/1568299110925/ Exhibitions - "There is no analogue, yet there are copies" by Valerie Savchits 18.04.2019 - 18.05.2019 “Nobody told us there’d be days like these” “Phenomenal idiots” “I’m cutting you out of my system” “Lola” etc. What is art? Have you ever been hurt by someone you loved? Are you scared for your future? Is pink for girls and blue for boys? Is your heart burning with desire? Are references meaningless? Do you have visible scars? Has everything been created before? Have you ever written a note on a bathroom stall? Have you read Deleuze? Have you killed an animal? Do you use crystals to meditate? When was the last time you cried? Would you like to travel to other galaxies? Are you a cat or dog person? Are you in check with the privileges that you were born into? How heavy is art? Do you get creeped out easily? Is your smile fake? Have you ever lost track of time? Is destruction always a negative force? Why are all Northern fairytales nightmarish? Do you like to dominate? Have you ever felt alone? How deep is your love? Can you recite a poem by heart? Do you look at pinterest before sleep? Would you like to be someone else? Does history repeat? Have you ever smiled when you wanted to cry for help? “There is no analogue, yet there are copies“ is the first solo show by Valerie Savchits in Riga. Photo credit: Ansis Starks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a5bb0e15d3902cb028e3f/1568299952349/ Exhibitions - "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning" by Edgars Gluhovs 25.01.2018 - 24.02.2018 A stamp is a means to reproduce something almost indefinitely through repetition. The medium of the stamp tends to symbolize approval, green-lighting, verification, leaving of a definitive mark. The stamp-marks on otherwise empty sheets of white paper in the pieces shown here do not work that way. The works in this presentation consist of an ink-stamp reproduction of a marble ouroboros motif - a snake eating its own tail - to be found in the Santa Maria del Popolo church in Rome, the “eternal city”. On the subject of the ouroboros one can google the following: "Originating in Ancient Egyptian iconography, the ouroboros entered western tradition via Greek magical tradition and was adopted as a symbol in Gnosticism and Hermeticism, and most notably in alchemy. Via medieval alchemical tradition, the symbol entered Renaissance magic and modern symbolism, often taken to symbolize introspection, the eternal return or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself. It also represents the infinite cycle of nature's endless creation and destruction, life and death.” And also this : "Swiss psychologist Carl Jung saw the ouroboros as an archetype and the basic mandala of alchemy: "In the age-old image of the ouroboros lies the thought of devouring oneself and turning oneself into a circulatory process, for it was clear to the more astute alchemists that the prima materia of the art was man himself. The ouroboros is a dramatic symbol for the integration and assimilation of the opposite, i.e. of the shadow. This 'feed-back' process is at the same time a symbol of immortality, since it is said of the ouroboros that he slays himself and brings himself to life, fertilizes himself and gives birth to himself.” The only variation from one picture to another is the tilt of the wrist made when applying the stamp, and its position on the paper. This tilt interrupts the ouroboros symbol, sometimes merely hinting at it. Its fragments end up scattered across the series and start to look a little bit like reproductions of a mark left by a glass on a napkin. Kind regards, Edgars Gluhovs P.S. The gesture, the tilt of the wrist and the glass motif also, by the way, recur in Edgars Gluhovs’ series of photographs “Burgunderszene” (2016). Like most of the works up until now, they are understood to be not definitive statements but rather works open to the possibility of being continuously re-evaluatated, re-stated and fed into new pieces. Photo credit: Ansis Starks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a58d1faacce354e247ed4/1568299217829/ Exhibitions - Games that people play 15.03.2019-18.05.2019 The group show is “Games that people play” (artworks by Auseklis Bauskenieks, Alvine Bautra, Gery Georgieva, Inga Meldere, NataliaLL, and Kaspars Zarins). Simultaneously on the right side of the gallery is a solo show titled “Plague” by Anna Salmane. First group show has been made for people, about people. “Games that people play” coincides with the title of 1964 psychology book by Eric Berne, where he describes and analyses various human games and manipulations that are rather common behavioural patterns. So, “All eyes on me” by Gery Georgieva (Bulgarian, living in London) illustrates the human craving of attention and eternal battle to reach the beauty ideals of the times, mocking the absurdity of the online realm (greetings, influencers). As next, one can see a 1981 painting by the Latvian master of Soviet period painting- Auseklis Bauskenieks. His artwork “Boloney” reflects on the stories that humans tell each other, and how these almost fairytales can be convincing and fun to adults (that due to their age are used to societal norms), yet can be confusing for younger souls. (After these we recommend to explore “Plague” by Anna Salmane in the space on the right, where fairytales and imagination also play a crucial role.) The artworks of Inga Meldere (Latvian, living in Finland) have compositional and material layers to themselves, in a way indicating hidden meanings and multitude of readings of the same thing or situation. The portraits of the young latvian painter Alvine Bautra contain pure emotions and posess photographic qualities of double exposure and capturing a moment. With great joy we are exhibiting artworks by one of the most prominent feminist artists of Eastern Europe- NataliaLL. Her series of photographs titled “Private recordings” are from late 1960’s and these images have been created by artist herself while having sex with her husband. At the times these artworks were a brave feminist move of not just exposing, but directing viewers gaze in their observation of female sexuality and couples intimacy. By taking pictures herself she is in control. Moreover, when arranged in a specific order her photographs acquire cinematic qualities and the two naked bodies create abstract, intertwined shapes. In the depth of the gallery are two artworks by Kaspars Zarins 2019 series “The gene of happiness”. By observing them separately from the rest of the show one could, potentially, experience the more meditative qualities of these works. Afterall, happiness is a very human emotion to pursue on a daily basis. Photo credit: Ansis Starks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a5950722dc1210cd716e4/1568299344135/ Exhibitions - "Common issues in painting and everyday life: content" by Elīna Vītola 21.12.2018 - 12.01.2019 In this exhibition Vītola continues her series of "Common issues in painting and everyday life" by creating two site specific, large scale paintings with a zipper that you can open and quite literally walk into an artwork. The artist playfully winks at the canonic notions of “entering a painting” and “exploring the space of an artwork”. As hinted by the title "Common issues in painting and everyday life: Content", the subject matter and substance of painting (and everyday life) is one of the main issues explored in this show. Vītola paints about abstraction, that references her own previous artworks. So the teal coloured shapes could be seen as allusions to her artwork "Common issues in painting and everyday life 5” which consisted of a roll of painted surface and a sofa, or the red brick patterns could be seen as mutations of "Common issues in painting and everyday life” where there was a thermos of the same colour. As artist herself has previously stated, an artwork by Elīna Vītola is a painting about painting. The exhibition is accompanied by handwritten letters (by the artist herself) addressed to the viewer. These letters can be read as romantic break-up notes, but they imply artist’s feelings towards this show and the relationship that she has with the viewer. You are welcome to take one letter with you. Photocredit: Ansis Starks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a5b1bc534875e38947a53/1568299803718/ Exhibitions - DRAWN by Brigit Toke Tauka Frietman 10.05.2018 - 08.06.2018 “Drawn” is the first exhibition by Birgit Toke Tauka Frietman (b. 1993, Utrecht, The Netherlands) in the Baltics. In her artworks Frietman often examines the nature of intimacy in relationships that can exist with an other than our self. Her projects explore the connection and interaction between bodies and objects without portraying them. The interaction between hard and soft materials fascinates her, hence in her artworks she combines wood and fabric (in this show birchwood, dupioni silk, linen and organza). In the development of “Drawn” Frietman researched representation of the intimate in the pas-de-deux of classical and contemporary ballet (focusing on the piece “After the Rain” choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, set to the composition Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt). The choreography of the pas de deux includes both interactive and individual dance, but leaves an impression that the two dancers move as one. The artist reflects this unity by creating sculptural compositions of numerous parts which together create an image of harmony. The artworks on show are mobiles, which could be compared to ballet, since both consist of multiple elements that are united through movement. Artworks of Birgit Toke Tauka Frietman have to be experienced in time and space, since one’s perception of each work changes with them moving in air and transforming the relationships between the shapes in space. One could argue, that this show is about finding balance, recognising one’s attachments and the inherent routes that we all take. Photo credit: Ansis Starks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a59f7fbb4a016e1a1e766/1568299511333/ Exhibitions - "one as another" by Paula Zarina Zemane 18.09.2018 - 03.11.2018 In this show Zarina - Zemane explores smaller scale and much more intimate painting. Paintings created in 2018 are unique extensions of her previous series and it becomes obvious that she has plenty to explore in these zoomed in versions of her universe. All of the artworks at “one as another” are abstract painting, yet one can observe various strands of inspiration for the exhibited artworks. Indeed, most of them look as precious objects that are filled with light and colour, yet some remind us of abstract portraits of timeless people, others of precious stones, and yet anothers of cosmic energies. Zariņa Zēmane ties these themes organically placing her artworks in the realm of timelessness. Up to now Zarina Zemane’s artworks were mostly landscapes with a dividing horizon. In her own words she has described the process of creation for the works exhibited as walking through her imaginary landscapes and coming closer to the objects that are there. By deliberately yet so naturally avoiding her old paths with the horizons, instead Zarina Zemane moves closer to it and shows her latest works as a huge close- up. By working with herself like a clay, poaching and stretching, the artist almost disperses into different forms. Zarina Zemane talks about her relations with the paint in a manner that she surrenders all power to it, working intuitively and entering in an almost uncontrolled state when doing so. The artist feels enormous pleasure of the process itself, moving the paint back and forth. By tracing the paths of her brushes the viewer can imagine the artist walking though her mind landscapes. It is like a strange parallel reality, wherby Zarina Zemane so bravely invites the viewer into her universe of “shimmer”. Photo credit: Ansis Starks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5dd53508f85d225a61699e85/1574250742050/ Exhibitions https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a5aca50aafe317ef7aca4/1568299722699/ Exhibitions - "Stroke" by Dasha Glukhova 19.06.2018 - 21.07.2018. careva contemporary is delighted to present “Stroke”, the first solo show by the Russian born artist Dasha Glukhova, in the Baltics. The exhibition is built around five female sitters, whose characters become apparent in the diverse ways that they approach nudity. By revealing their bodies they exhibit their inner nature and also their very different relationship to the viewer. “Stroke” developed from discussions between the artist and the gallerist about consumption of visual culture and art online, both agreeing that viewers interaction with the object of art is essential to the understanding and experience of art(we would like to even reference “C’est ne pas une pipe” here, and say that an image of an artwork does not equal the artwork). Therefore, female nudes were chosen as cornerstones for this show, due to the conflict between the controversial nature of nudes online (often banned from social media and categorized as pornography), while society is being exposed to images of nudity more than ever and their shock value does not really exist. By painting over parts of photograph’s Glukhova comments on the puritanical views and the double standards towards nudity online, while making sure that those images can be shared with others. Glukhova is interested in characters of the sitters, not just their physique. In artists’s opinion, one expresses their inner nature better in nude portraiture, as the absence of clothing takes away the constructed identity that humans hide behind. Photo credit: Ansis Starks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d7a5bd6181f3a060e75c9b1/1568299990444/ Exhibitions - "Assemble" by Lucian Strindberg Boyle 1.12.17-12.01.18. “Assemble” shows abstract, large scale paintings and silk screen prints, where Lucian Strindberg Boyle explores explores the notion of layered storytelling through the medium of painting. Having studied History of Art (BA, University of Reading) and Fine Arts (Slade School of Art, UCL), the artist demonstrates vast knowledge of art historical precedent as well as mastery in various painting techniques. For instance, the painting “Black rationality” is rooted in fascination by 17th century Flemish painting technique of depicting skin and Juhani Pallasmaa’s seminal book “The eyes of the skin” where Pallasmaa talks about the notion of membrane in art and architecture and the sight as the dominant sense of our era. Furthermore, Strindberg Boyle often incorporates architectural references in his art; so in “Whiplash” he references Phillip Johnson’s Glass House and storyline of the 2014 Damien Chazelle film “Whiplash”. The painting “Whiplash” tells a story of personal struggle of publicity (the see through aspect of the Glass House) and the urge to push ones boundaries and necessary privacy in order to create and progress. Photography plays a crucial role in Lucian Strindberg Boyle’s practice as a starting point for the artworks on show. By using photographs and re-adapting them in different media he questions role of images in the age of visual reproducibility. With this in mind, the silk-screen prints he creates are unique works that deal with physicality of creating art. Photo credit: Ansis Starks https://www.carevacontemporary.com/artists daily 0.75 2019-09-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d91b7735109575fa1d23a42/1569830771706/ Artists VISVALDIS ZIEDINS (1942 -2007) rediscovered non-conformist artist during Soviet Latvia times. He lived and worked in Liepāja (USSR Latvia). education: From 1959 till 1964 Ziedins attended the Department of Decorative Design at Liepāja School of Applied Art. He did not enter the Latvian Academy of Art because he was confident that the acquired professional foundation is sufficient to devote his further life to creative investigations, independent from the official Soviet art system. exhibitions: 2019 “Back to the future“, careva gallery 2015 Exhibition and international symposium "Visvaldis Ziedins. Travels in the Imagination." (curators: Eleanor Heartney, Ieva Kalnina), American University Museum in Vashington, in connection with Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. 2014 Exhibition "Kustiba. Visvaldis Ziedins”, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia “KUMU” (curator Ieva Kalnina) 2013 Exhibition "Bezdibenis. Visvaldis Ziedins" (curator Ieva Kalnina), Madonas Regional and Art Museum Exhibition "Bezdibenis. Visvaldis Ziedins" (curator Ieva Kalnina), Cesis Exhibition Hall, in connection with Art Festival of Cesis 2012 Exhibition "Kustiba. Visvaldis Ziedins" (curator Ieva Kalnina–Kulakova), Arsenals Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art 2009 Exhibition of artworks of Visvaldis Ziedins at gallery of Ivonna Veiherte in Riga 2008 Memorial exhibition of Visvaldis Ziedins “Metamorphosis”, Liepaja Museum 1992 Solo exhibition at Liepaja Latvian Society house 1986 Group show together with the artist Peteris Sidars at the Peter the First house - an affiliate of Liepaja Art and History Museum 1978 Solo exhibition in the studio of Visvaldis Ziedins in Liepaja (during the Art days) 1970 Group show together with the artist Albert Betuzs-Bertuzs in the foyer of State Theatre in Liepaja After Visvaldis Ziedins died, a surprising quantity of artworks was discovered in his studio at No. 2 Ostas iela in Liepaja: about 3000 drawings, paintings and objects. Moreover, it is known from the artist’s records that he regularly reviewed them and from time to time also destroyed the ones he regarded as failures. This means that he was working on his ‘artifications’ on a daily basis. Chronologically, the works in Visvaldis Ziedins’ collection span the period from 1958 to 2006. More than a third were created in the 60s. However, some of his work from the 60s has subsequently been reworked or augmented. The 70s were an ebb period in terms of creative energy in Ziedins’ art, when he was only a third as productive as in the previous decade. But the 80s saw a new blossoming of creativity, and this part of the collection corresponds to approximately half the number of works created in the 60s. The fewest works, approximately ten percent of the total, were created in the 90s and at the beginning of the 21st century (extract from “Movement. Visvaldis Ziedins” by Ieva Kulakova, Riga: Galerija 21, 2012) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d8c88ca3e73ce4ee32187fa/1508086883302/ Artists https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d8c8add9238be297a010eb1/1569491677120/ Artists PAULA ZARINA - ZEMANE Born in Riga, Latvia, 1988 education: 2011- 2013 Art Academy of Latvia, Master of Arts degree in the Humanities, Painting department 2009 - Ecole superieure d'art de Lorient, France 2007 - 2011 Art Academy of Latvia, Bachelor of Arts degree in the Humanities, Painting department 1995 - 2007 Riga French Lyceum solo shows: 2018 One as Another, gallery Careva Contemporary, Riga, Latvia 2018 Nature's Soul, gallery Insignia, Cēsis Concert Hall, Cesis, Latvia 2017 The Still Point of the Turning World, ARSENĀLS Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art / Creative Studio, Riga, Latvia 2015 Awarenesses, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia 2015 The Great Coexistence, Fund's Art Needs Space (Mākslai Vajag Telpu) summerhouse gallery, Riga, Latvia 2015 Episodes, Liepaja's Museum, Liepaja, Latvia 2015 Awarenesses, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art centre, Daugavpils, Latvia 2013 Hormone of Happiness, gallery Maksla XO, Riga, Latvia selected sroup exhibitions: 2016 Contemporary Landscape, Old Brewery, Cēsis, Latvia 2015 Tension. The Young in Latvian Painting III, Latvian National Museum of Art, the Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia (catalog) 2015 Positions Berlin 2015, represented by gallery Māksla XO, Berlin 2015 Imago Mundi – Luciano Benetton Collection, Fondazione Cini, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy 2015 Captive Beauty in Miniature, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia 2013 Myths and Legends of Eastern Europe part 2, gallery LWW, The Netherlands, Amsterdam 2013 Pink, gallery Maksla XO, Riga, Latvia 2012 JAUNUMS! Fresh Latvian Painting, Tartu Art house, Estonia 2012 fashion and painting exhibition CABARET, Notting Hill Brasserie, London 2012 MIGRATION - exhibition of students and professors of the Art Academy of Latvia, Permanent Represantation of Latvia to the EU, Brussels 2012 International art festival A. Kuindgi memorial, Contemporary Art Center of A. Kuindgi, Art Museum of A. Kuindgi, Gallery Art-Luks, Mariupole, Ukraine 2012 CHA - 2012. Roads & Tracks. Moscow International Art Salon, Moscow, Russia (catalog) 2011 Young People Icons, Gallery Art Promotion02, Germany 2011 Where am I?, The Festival of Winter in Sigulda,Latvia 2010 Urbanchildren. The Young in Latvian Painting II, Latvian National Museum of Art, the Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia (catalog) Other Projects: 2014 Participation in Luciano Benetton project Imago Mundi - Contemporary Artists from Latvia 2014 Participation in drawing and music performance “PoetryButterfly School”, DIRECTED by Varis Klausitajs 2014 Illustrations for a poem BOOK of Benno Poplianski 2013 Visual design (11 paintings) for the music album of the band "The Sound Poets" residencies: 2014 Cité International des Arts, Paris, France scholarships: 2011 Ludolfs Liberts's FUND Stipendium for excellent success in artistic education and creative work. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d8c9436c404a769007a9662/1569494070038/ Artists - EDGARS GLUHOVS born in 1980 (Riga), lives and works in Zurich and Berlin education 2009 – 2012 Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main 2003 – 2007 The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, UK selected solo exhibitions 2018 Shop Sock, Longtang, Zurich 2018 The Double-sided Painting (with Timothy Furey), SUNDY, London 2018 The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning, Careva Contemporary, Riga 2016 L'UOMO VAGUE, kim?, Riga 2016 L'UOMO VAGUE, Liepāja Museum, Liepāja 2016 Ebensperger, Berlin 2015 Haute Collaboration - Edition Concorde, Latvian Institute Rome 2015 Rappel à l’Ordre, hébergé par Hélène Fauquet, Paris 2013 Three Cheers to the Feet Under the Curtain (with Timothy Furey), kim?, Riga 2012 French Birds Love Pain (with Anna Zacharoff), Flûte Douce, Frankfurt am Main 2011 Alles war Naturholz, Flûte Douce, Frankfurt am Main 2009 Good Cop / Bad Cop, Supernova, Riga selected group exhibitions 2019 Homework, Castiglioni, Milan 2018 Extinction, Artemis Fontana, Paris 2018 Apparatus Interruptus, Gussglashalle, Berlin 2017 Greffes, Villa Medici, Rome 2017 From Berlin With Love, Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome 2017 Inscape Rooms, Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome 2017 High Noon, Campo Boario, Rome 2017 Tender Comrades, Studioli, Rome 2017 Dedication, Exploitation and Haute Collaboration, Silberkuppe, Berlin 2016 Ebensperger, Graz 2016 Swiss Art Awards, Basel 2015 Random Rules, Aschaffenburg 2013 Swiss Art Awards, Basel 2012 Hamlet mise-en-scène, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main 2012 Zauderberg – Städelschule graduation exhibition, MMK3, Frankfurt am Main 2010 Of Objects, Fields and Mirrors, Kunsthalle Glarus 2010 Provence, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg 2009 Is a Show, Is a Shop, Is a Book, Riga 2008 Showroom 10, Basel publications 2013 Swiss Art Award group exhibition catalogue 2012 Zauderberg group exhibition catalogue 2012 Provence Magazine, Issue E (Contribution) 2010 Provence Magazine, Issue R (Contribution) 2009 Provence Magazine, Issue P (Contribution) awards & residencies 2016-2017 Istituto Svizzero di Roma - artist residency 2013 Swiss Art Award https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d78d0089da84f77dc031e5e/1568198664522/ Artists IVETA GABALIŅA Born in 1979, lives and works in Riga. education: 2013 – 2016 Taik, Master in Photography, University of Art & Design, Helsinki, Finland 2006 – 2008 The arts institute at Bournemouth, BA in Photography work experience: 2017 – till now, curator of ISSP Gallery 2014 – exhibition “Contemporary Self Portraits”, Tabakas Fabrika, Riga, curator 2014 – till now, curator, ISSP 2013 – Contemporary Self Portraits, workshop together with Marge Monko Arts Academy of Tallinn, Narva, Estonia 2009 – ISSP Summer school tutor together with Alexander Gronsky 2008 – till now, board member of ISSP (International Summer School of Photography), founder and program director of ISSP Skola solo exhibitions: 2019 “my hand is warmer than the sun“, Careva gallery, Riga, Latvia 2018 “Somewher on disappearing path”, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, US 2017 “Sword Lilies” Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia 2017 “Sword Lilies” Kulturbank, Kjollerfjord, Norway 2017 “Sword Lilies” Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga, Latvia 2016 "Journey to the Nowhere" Iveta Vaivode and Arturs Rinkis, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia 2015 and Emanuel Mathias, Goethe Institute Mexico, Mexico 2015 "Somewher on disappearing path", CO Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2014 "Somewher on disappearing path", Riga Photomonth 2014, Riga, Latvia 2011 “OPERA”, Galerija 21, Riga 2010 “Terminus – Iveta Vaivode & Alexander Gronsky”, Fotokvartals gallery, Riga group exhibitions: 2017 “Circuit”, Helsinki, Finland 2017 “Fotofestiwal Lodz, 2017”, Lodz, Poland 2015 "Latvian Landscape", Šiauliai Art Gallery, Siauliai, Lithuania 2015 Critical Mass, Lishui International Photography Festival, China 2015 Daniel Seiffert and Iveta Vaivode " Retracing Memory", Month of Photography Minsk, CECH Art Space, Minsk, Belarussia 2015 Verzasca Foto Festival, Sonogno, Switzerland 2015 "Ex & Post - Eastern Europe under the lens", Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington, Australia 2015 "Photo Festival Gent - 80 days of Summer ", Historische Huizen Gent, Gent, Belgium 2015 "Latvian Landscape" Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia 2014 4th Edition Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore 2014 19th edition of Voices Off Festival, Arles, France 2014 "C/O Talents 2013" Cube, Deutsche Borse AG, Frankfurt, Germany 2014 4th Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism, Hannover, Germany 2009 “Zeitgeist and the atmosphere of a place”, Riga Art Space, Latvia 2008 “Is the medium the message?“, Andrejsala, Latvia 2008 “Freshfaced and wildeyed” – new graduates show, Photographers Gallery, London, UK 2007 Kaunas Photo07, Kaunas, Lithuania 2007 Le Salon Jeune Création Européenne 2007 Teatre de Montrouge, Montrouge, France 2007 “ellipsis” Fda show, London, UK 2007 “AOP Student Awards”, AOP Gallery, London, UK selected bibliography: Latvian Landscape, published by KultKom, Riga, Latvia, 2015 C/O Berlin Talents 31: Iveta Vaivode & Jule Hillgärtner, Somewhere on a disappearing path, Kehrer, German/English, 2014 Latvijas Fotogrāfijas gadagrāmata, September, 2013, Latvia Purvitis Prize, 2012, Riga, Latvia awards, grants: 2014 Photolucida, Critical Mass Top 50, finalist 2014 CDS Documentary Essay Prize for Photography, winner 2014 Leica Oskar Barnack Award, shortlisted 2014 Sony World Photography Awards, shortlisted for Lifestyle category 2013 Emerging photographers fund, runner up, Burn Magazine 2013 c/o Berlin Talents awards, Berlin 2008 “Nikon Discovery Awards 2008”, London, UK 2008 “PDN Photography Annual 2008”, New York https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d8c8f08c404a769007a5169/1553689575295/ Artists https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d78d36829c1dd5688367ec1/1568199528050/ Artists IVARS GRAVLEJS born in 1979 in Riga, now lives and works in Prague selected solo exhibitons 2018 Outlet, The Mukusala Art Salon, Riga Shopping Poerty, Gallery Careva Contemporary, Riga Works and Research, Kaunas Gallery, Kaunas 2017 Still Life, MVT summerhouse Gallery, Riga 2016 Unknown Latvian Photography, Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga Latvia loves me, I love Latvia, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga Live and Learn, Riga Photography Biennial, urban intervention in Riga 2015 Merry Christmas - Action with A Live Crap, Fotograf Gallery, Prague A glass of champagne (with Alexandra Nikita Gravlejs), The Solution, Prague 2014 THERE WILL BE DICKS!, Centre for Contemporary Art - FUTURA, Prague Pop, Gallery 13, Ostrava Pop, Berlin model, Prague Irritate, Club Final, Prague 2013 Who's next, Gallery Svetlana, Moscow Vj Bordel - „Party” as part of the event "Notes of Tukums", Baboon Bar, Tukums Všechny tadý jsou čuráci!!! (All here are dickheads!!!), Karlin Studios, Prague Photography Lessons, Fotograf Gallery, Prague 2012 Kinetic sculptures, Fotograf Festival - Off Limits, Holešovice Train Station, Prague Angle of perception of visual information in contemporary time, (with A.Ter- Oganian), Gallery Kytka, Prague Riga, (with P.Pětiletá), Riga ArtSpace, Riga Riga, (with P.Pětiletá), Karlin Studios, Prague 2011 The Picture, Gallery 207, Prague Prague Biennale 4th, Tranzitdisplay, Prague Kurva Fix, (with P.Pětiletá), Gallery Entrance, Prague Exhibition, Recyclart, Brussels 2010 Early works, Month of Photography, Pálffyho, Bratislava My newspaper, V8 Gallery, Cologne Dumpling Heaven, NZM, Prague The 90's and beyond, Kunsthalle, Erfurt Oui, Center for contemporary art Oui, Grenoble GAF (with I.Kitup, A.Tokarev), Paperworks Gallery, Moscow 2009 90's, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga Early works, Gallery Jeleni, Prague Shit in art (with A.Ter-Oganian), Gallery 36, Olomouc See what I see, Gallery Entrance, Prague My newspaper, Gallery NoD Box, Prague Forevers, Kino Bio Oko, Prague 2008 FAMU, Project space Canteen, Andrejsala, Riga Paní Kellerová nemá píču, Okno - NoD.Roxy, Prague The Medium is the Message 2008, (with A.Ter-Oganian), Ateliér Josefa Sudka, Prague 2007 Šunkový nářez (with A.Nikitinova), Gallery 35m2, Prague 2006 New wave in photography, Gallery Lumen, Budapest 2005 My potographs, Vitrine on Komunardu Street 22, Prague My potographs, Gallery Art-Strelka, Moscow Excuse me, could you please take a picture of me?, I.P.Pavlova, Prague Photo album, Gallery Velryba, Prague 2004 Photo exhibition, Gallery Forward!, Berlin Portfolio, Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga selected group exhibitions 2017 New Acquisitions of the LNMA. The 21st Century, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga Central by East Central, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok 2016 Performing for the Camera, Tate Modern, London The Guernsey Photography Festival Cut with the Kitchen Knife through the Raw Future of 100 Years Before, Fabrica de Pensule, Cluj 2015 The First Book Award, Media Space, London Trends, Special project of the 6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, New Wing of Gogol House, Moscow Ex & Post - Eastern Europe under the lens, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney Liturgie, Centre tchèque de Paris, Paris 2014 Food is a central concept, Tranzitdisplay, Prague Artishok Biennale. A + B = AB2014, Mūkusala Art Salon, Riga Artbatfest 5, Visual Library, Esentai Mall, Almaty On the Wave, Riga Art Space, Riga Things, Design Cloud, Chicago 14th China Pingyao International Photography festival Viewfinders. Contemporary Baltic and Nordic Photography, Riga ArtSpace, Riga Side Effects II, Grenoble Ancient Museum and Library building, Grenoble 9th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts, Liège 2013 Nothing of the kind, 5th Moscow biennale, Museum of Moscow, Moscow Side Effects, Contemporary Art Museum Estonia, Tallinn New Umelec Show, Divus gallery, London Unceasing, Contemporary Art Centre KIM?, Riga Cargo Cult, MoBY - Museums of Bat Yam, Bat Yam 2012 And so on and so forth, Contemporary Art Centre KIM?, Riga Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography, PhotoforumPasquArt, Biel/Bienne Angry Birds, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw The Naughty Ones, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga TEXT= IMAGE, Contemporary Art Centre KIM?, Riga 2011 On.Off, 4th Moscow biennale, Arthouse Squat Forum, Moscow Hinterhalt, Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund, Dortmund Distrust of Intelligentsia, Open Gallery, Bratislava Bread and Salt, Karlin Studios, Prague Prague Quadrennial, Galerie2, Prague Transgressions, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia Foto Festival Uničov, Uničov Emergency, Art space Loop, Frankfurt, Grenoble, Helsinki, Tallinn, Tartu NY/PRAGUE 6, Czech Center, New York 2010 World of a Moment, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague Crash Test, XL Gallery, Moscow Keine Angst!, Tapetenwerk Halle C, Leipzig Freedom!, Exhibition of forbidden art, in the flat, Moscow Tape it!, Center for contemporary art Oui, Grenoble 2009 Artisterium, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi 8th Funke's Kolin photography festival, D.I.V.O. Institute, Kolin Survival Kit, Shop Bohemia, Terbatas Street 50, Riga In Garage, LabGarage, Kiev The Head, Karlin Studios, Prague Psychology of the Future, Gallery A.M.180, Prague 2008 Bad Joke, Riga Art Space, Riga 1st Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Winzavod, Moscow In/visible, Festival of Visual Art, Olomouc Michel de Certeau, Center for contemporary art Oui, Grenoble Die Wurst, Gallery Elena Kolbasina, Berlin 2007 Brak, Centre of Contemporary Art M'ARS, Moscow Mobile museum, Andrejsala, Riga Normal, Chantier Public, Lyon 2006 Charming nonchalance, Nogallery, Prague 2005 Untitled, Gallery Forward!, Berlin 2004 What is important?, Riga City Municipality, Riga 2003 ART Klazma, Moscow 2002 SEX-Social Exhibitionism, The Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga 2001 J.Kobal Photographic Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London curated exhibitions 2016 Still life, Photo Club Riga, Gallery SVIT, Prague Very interesting exhibition by Abstrakcionists, park Stromovka (Šlechtovka), Prague 2015 Color Photography, Lukáš Jasanský & Martin Polák, VEF Culture Palace, Riga 2013 Avdei Ter-Oganian, Museum of Russian futurist, Tranzitdisplay, Prague Photogram action, Bar Chomsky, Riga 2010 What is Czech art?, (in cooperation with P.Pětiletá), Cultural center Ilguciems, Riga selected work experience From 2015 Head of Studio of Photography, Faculty of Fine Arts (FAVU), Brno 2015 Workshop Who decides what is art?, Academy of Performing Arts - FAMU, Prague 2013 Workshop Reconstruction / Interpretation, Rodchenko School of Photography and Multimedia, Moscow 2012 Lecturer of photography at Riga Stradiņš University, Riga Workshop Not This Way, Ecole supérieure d'Arts de l'Agglomération d'Annecy Lecturer of photography at School of Contemporary Art - Scholastika, Prague 2008 - 2012 Lecturer of photography at Liepaja University, Liepaja 2009 Tutor of photography workshop Hide and seek, (in cooperation with C.Laurelli),Muhu 2008 - 2009 Photographer at daily newspaper Deník, Prague 2008 Lecturer of photography at Art Language Factory, Prague 2007 Lecturer of photography at College of Culture, Riga Tutor of photography workshop Paranormal phenomena at ISSP, Ludza awards 2010 Photo Sittcomm Award 2007 Josef Sudek Award https://www.carevacontemporary.com/art-fairs daily 0.75 2019-12-02 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d8b63f1a15ade19cd890fde/1569416177829/ Art Fairs - NADA Chicago Invitational 2019 Exhibited artist - solo booth of Visvaldis Ziedins https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d8b47c9ca65447cb87125dc/1569408731669/ Art Fairs - Photo London 2019 Exhibited artists Iveta Gabalina and Ivars Gravlejs https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5de4d4857b2acb00e7e927ec/1575277579323/ Art Fairs - Visvaldis Ziedins https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d9dac8f6b5efb7a4059255f/1570614415981/ Art Fairs - ViennaContemporary2019 Exhibited artists - Mikelis Fisers, Iveta Gabalina, Visvaldis Ziediņs, Paula Zarina - Zemane https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d8b468f451b7e243ce1a6ee/1569408380642/ Art Fairs - ViennaContemporary 2018 Exhibited artists Edgars Gluhovs, Timothy Furey, Kaspars Zarins, Paula Zarina-Zemane https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d8b45179be36e642e2aa42d/1569407449547/ Art Fairs - CosMoscow 2018 Exhibited artists Kaspars Zarins & Kristaps Ancans https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e33d948c56a8a04e0b508e/t/5d8b41b00603222cff9f627f/1569407408188/ Art Fairs - CODE COPENHAGEN 2018 Exhibited artists Kaspars Zarins & Kristaps Ancans https://www.carevacontemporary.com/about daily 0.75 2020-01-09 https://www.carevacontemporary.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-09-09