IEVA EPNERE
Lives and works in Riga, Latvia
EDUCATION
2011 – 2012 HISK (Higher Institute for Fine Arts), Gent, Belgium
2001 – 2003 Latvian Academy of Art (LAA), Department of Visual Communications (MA)
1997 – 2001 LAA, Department of Textile Arts (BA)
1996 – 1998 LAA, Department of Art Education
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
LAIDI, ISSP Gallery, Rīga
2022
TALES OF LAIDI, PAiR gallery, Pāvilosta, Latvia
I want to be like a sunflower, so that even on the darkest day I can find light and stand stately, Kuldiga Art House, Kuldīga, Latvia
2021
Traveling Circus in Ogre Museum, Ogre History and art museum, Ogre, Latvia
CIRCUS UNDER THE CUPOLA, Latvian National Museum of Art, Cupola Hall
2018
ON WATER, WIND AND FACES OF STONE, Fogo Island Gallery, Fogo Island, NL, Canada
HYBRID IDENTITIES, HIT Gallery, Bratislava (curator: Lýdia Pribišová)
2016
SEA OF LIVING MEMORIES, curated by Zane Onckule, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
SEA OF LIVING MEMORIES, curated by Zane Onckule, Art in General, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
ESPARROU, French Institute in Latvia, Riga
ESPARROU, The Madona Museum of Local History and Art, Latvia
2015
PYRAMIDEN AND OTHER STORIES, curated by Magda Kardasz, Zacheta Project Room, Warsaw, Poland
A NO-MAN'S LAND, AN EVERYMAN'S LAND, curated by Zane Onckule,
Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
A NO-MAN'S LAND, AN EVERYMAN'S LAND, Liepaja Museum, Liepaja, Latvia
WAITING ROOM, Contretype, Brussels
2014
ESPARROU, Galerie des Hospices, Canet-en-Roussillon, France
2013
MINDSCAPES, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2010
THE GREEN LAND, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2009
DARBI, Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss, Germany
2007
MIKRORAJONS, The Exhibition hall Arsenals of the LNMA
(Latvian national Museum of Art) Latvia
2006
ENCOUNTERS, project space “Ednica”, Andrejsala, Riga, Latvia
I WOULD LIKE TO BE..., Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Latvia
ENCOUNTERS, Atelier Hoeherweg, Düsseldorf, Germany
2004
NOTES OF A TRAVELLING CIRCUS, Goethe-Institut Riga, Latvia
2003
RITA, Cinema Riga, Latvia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS
2024
The Latvian Collection of Malmö (Upcoming), Latvian National Musum of Art
Horror Patriae, steirischer herbst 24', Neue Galerie Graz
“Padsmit minūtes” (Formative Years), Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2023
Self-Determination: A Global Perspective, IMMA, Dublin
Nothing New in the East, A.K.T, Pforzheim
If the Berlin Wind Blows My Flag. Art and Internationalism before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), Berlin
Don’t Cry! Feminist Perspectives in Latvian Art: 1965–2023, Latvian National Museum of Art, Latvia
THE LATVIAN COLLECTION, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
2022
CIRCUS, Kulturform Alte Post - Städtische Galerie Neuss, Germany
PLAYROOM FOR UTOPIA, Duo show, AV(17) Gallery, Vilnius
2021
Prospectif cinéma, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
DOUBLE EXPOSURE film programme, Vestfold Kunstsenter, Norwey
DOUBLE EXPOSURE film programme, Kongsberg Kunstforening, Norwey
BAHNHOF FÜR ZWEI PiK Deutz, Cologne
Festival SURVIVAL KIT 12, Andrejs Upīts memorial museum, Riga
2020
"Present Perfect Continuous" 30 years of Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow, Works from the collection of the Künstlerhaus, Plüschow
Roots to Routes, screening programme "Double exposure", Manifesta 13 Marseille
And That Song Is Our Amulet, galerie Wedding, Berlin
The Fingers of the Air, collaborative project together with poet Agnese Krivade, composer Evija Skuķe and Gunārs Upatnieks (double bass), daadgalerie, Berlin
screening series "From Matter to Data: Ecology of Infrastructures", https://post.moma.org/specters-of-socialist-architecture/
2019
ALTERNATIVE Film/Video Festival, programme: "Past's Futures and Future's Pasts:Environmental Memories in Eastern European Video Art", curated by Lukas Brasiskis, Belgrade, Serbia
PICTURE THIS selected pasts, subverted facts, Budapest Gallery, Budapest
ALIAS A DIFFERENT LOOK AT AALST, Aalst, Belgium
12th Kaunas Biennial, AFTER LEAVING | BEFORE ARRIVING, Kaunas, Lithuania;
TALK TO ME!, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
PURVĪTIS PRIZE 2019, Latvian National Museum of Art, Rīga
2018
PLACES: ONE AFTER ANOTHER, session IV of Viktor Misiano's "The Human Condition", The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow
EVERYTHING WAS FOREVER UNTIL IT WAS NO MORE, 1st Riga Biennial, Riga, Latvia
PORTABLE LANDSCAPES; Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
BELONGING TO A PLACE: An Exhibition by Fogo Island Arts, Art Gallery of the Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC
LOOKING OUTSIDE, LOOKING INSIDE, Daugavpils MARK ROTHKO ART CENTRE, Daugavpils, Latvia
AKADÉMIA: PERFORMING LIFE. Villa Vassilieff, Paris
2017
TELL ME ABOUT THE ONES WHO SLEEP THROUGH STORMS: films and videos from the Baltics, TIFF, WAWELENGHTS, Toronto, Canada
duo show. Ieva Epnere/Kristaps Epners. SEA OF LIVING MEMORIES/EXERCISES, Concert Hall Great Amber Liepāja
A4 – Space for Contemporary Culture (Oberhausen on tour-Artist Film), Bratislava, Slovakia
MUU Galleria, (Oberhausen on tour-Artist Film) Helsinki, Finland
THE MANY HEADED HYDRA #02: WHEN THE SEA LOOKS BACK (A Serpent’s Tale), DISTRICT Berlin, Germany
RIGA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SHORT RIGA: Strange Strangeness
CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL SURVIVAL KIT 9, organised by Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, (curators: Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Solvita Krese and Inga Lāce), former building of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Latvia, Riga
THE MANY HEADED HYDRA #02: WHEN THE SEA LOOKS BACK (A Serpent’s Tale), VAA Nida Art Colony
MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL (MIEFF), Moscow
HOW TO LIVE TOGETHER, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (curator: Nicolaus Schafhausen)
Nordic-Baltic Contemporary Art Exhibition ‘(IN)VISIBLE DREAMS AND STREAMS’, Gallery Augusta, Suomenlinna B28, Helsinki
Brentwood Arts Exchange at Gateway Arts Center, BOUNDARIES - A One Day Video Art Exhibition, Maryland, US (Curated by Erin Devine and Phil Davis)
Nordic-Baltic Contemporary Art Exhibition ‘(IN)VISIBLE DREAMS AND STREAMS’, ARS Project room, Tallinn
2016
Nordic-Baltic Contemporary Art Exhibition ‘(IN)VISIBLE DREAMS AND STREAMS’, Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius, Lithuania
European Film Forum SCANORAMA, Vilnius, Lithuania
Nordic-Baltic Contemporary Art Exhibition ‘(IN)VISIBLE DREAMS AND STREAMS’, Bergs Bazaar in Riga
CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE. Art Festival Cēsis 2016, Cēsis
62. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, international competition, Germany
IDENTITY. BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF UNCERTAINTY, National Art Museum of Ukraine
SOMETHING EERIE, Signal – Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö
BRUXELLES à l'infini, Photographies de la Collection Contretype, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles à Paris
2015
GHOST OF THE BOTTLE, bkkc, Tilburg, Netherlands
6TH MOSCOW BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2015, Moscow, Russia
15th China Pingyao International Photography Festival, China
"CONTEMPORARY BALTIC PHOTOGRAPHY" IN the framework of Bratislava photomonth
FNB JoburgArtFair, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
Ename Actueel 2015. RITUALIA, Oudenaarde-Ename, Belgium (curator: Oscar van den Boogaard)
DokuFest, International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo
LE FRAGOLE DEL BALTICO, Careof, Fabbrica del Vapore, via Procaccini 4, Milan (Curated by Simone Menegoi and Zane Onckule)
Connected in Art. 25 Jahre Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow, Germany
ORNAMENTALISM. The Purvītis Prize. Latvian Contemporary Art, Arsenale, Tesa 99, Venice (curated by Viktor Misiano)
61. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, international competition, Germany
Bad Feminism, RPL FILM THEATRE, Regina, Canada
2014
IMPRESSIONS ET PARALLÉLES / LA LOUEVIÈRE - RIGA, Musee Ianchelevici, Belgium
Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS 2014, Baltic Short Competition
The 14 th China Pingyao International Photography Festival (PIP), China
The Norwegian Short Film Festival, international competition, Grimstad, Norway
60. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, international competition, Germany
ABROAD, CASE 2 (curator: Linda Lindenbauma), Mūkusalas mākslas salons, Rīga
VIEWFINDERS, Baltic and Nordic contemporary photography (curator: Inga Brūvere), Riga Photomonth, Riga Art Space
Exposition CIRCULATION(S), Espace André Malraux, Herblay, France
2013
Open Studios, Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow, Germany
SALON DER ANGST, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (curators: Nicolaus Schafhausen, Cathérine Hug)
40 OEUVRES POUR LE TEMPS FUTUR, Centre culturel Jacques Franck, Brussels, Belgium
CIRCULATION(S) Photofestival, Paris, France
2012
ABOUT WAVES AND STRUCTURE. BEHAVIOUR, DISAGREEMENT, CONFIDENCE AND PLEASURE (curator: Nicolaus Schafhausen), HISK, Gent, Belgium
SECRET POSTCARDS, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands
WATOU ART FESTIVAL, Watou, Belgium
CONFINING SPACES, KASK, Gent, Belgium
HISK OPEN STUDIOS, HISK, Gent, Belgium
FAT BIRDS DON’T FLY (curator: Saskia Ooms), Netwerk, Center for contemporary Art, Aalst, Belgium
MIDDLE TOWN, Art House, Trabzon, Turkey
CANVASCOLECCTION, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
2011
THICKSPACE, Arsenals exhibition hall, Riga, Latvia
11., Lange Violettestraat 92, Gent, Belgium
TENDER BUTTONS/INVITE SOMEONE, Galerie Kunst-Zicht, Gent, Belgium
PUR4IK 4EVER, URBAN POETRY, Riga, Latvia
HISK OPEN STUDIOS, HISK, Gent, Belgium
2010
URBAN POETRY1, Art Center in VEF, Riga, Latvia
REALITY CHECK, REYKJAVIK ARTS FESTIVAL (curator: Aesa Sigurjonsdottir), Reykjavik, Iceland
2009
SURVIVAL KIT (curator: Solvita Krese), Latvian Contemporary Art centre, Latvia
ZEITGEIST AND THE ATMOSPHERE OF A PLACE, Riga Art Space, Latvia
LIFE IN THE GARDEN, Giedre Bartelt gallery, Berlin
2008
MR MOMENT (Fashion, Art, Music), Riga Art Space, Latvia
EUROPEAN NIGHT, LES RECONTRES D’ARLES, Arles, France
EUROPEAN NIGHT, NUIT BLANCHE’, Paris, France
MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE (curator: Linda Lindenbauma), Latvian contemporary photography,
LCCA, Andrejsala, Project space Ēdnīca, Latvia
ENDLICH SCHNEE IN DEN ALPEN (curator: Alfred Grubbauer), Maerz, Linz, Austria
FEMININE VISION OF THE REALITY, Minsk, Belarussia
2007
BALTIKUM PART 1 – contemporary art from Latvia, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Sweden
2006
VIDEOKUNST AUS DEM BALTIKUM (curator: Gunnar Friel), Kunstraum, Düsseldorf, Germany
ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia
POWER OF THE BODY, Riga Gallery, Latvia
2005
BLINKS, ETONNANTE LETTONIE FESTIVAL, Apollonia Gallery, Strasbourg, France
DISORDER, Arsenals exhibition hall, Riga, Latvia
2004
LIVING SPIRIT, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
NATURE. ENVIRONMENT. MAN (curator: Inese Baranovska), Arsenals exhibition hall, Riga, Latvia
TOPOGRAPHY, Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
A MODERN VIEW, International Photography Festival, Odessa, Ukraine
WHAT IS IMPORTANT? (curator: Solvita Krese), former Riga City Council building, Latvia
2003
FLAT NO.13, Horse Mail, Riga, Latvia
SOLARIUM, Ojars Vacietis’ Museum, Riga, Latvia
2002
MIFAV INTERNATIONAL YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS’ Exhibition Fotoesordio, Rome, Italy
WORKSHOPS
2012
Middle town: Picturing Unspectacular, Trabzon, Turkey (Bas Vroege and Hans van der Meer)
2011
Sound Art and Design - with Christoph De Boeck, Gent, Belgium
Electronic creatures - experiments in minimal robotics - with Ralf Schreiber, Gent, Belgium
2007
Arctic Arts week, Lapland, Finland
2005
lloopp workshop at the Latvian Academy of Arts (by authors of the software Klaus Filip and Noid)
Photo workshop Poles in Pictures, Katowice, Poland
2004
Thinking Forward, creative workshop for graphic design, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2002
David Carson’s creative workshop Paganini of Typography, Maribor, Slovenia
AWARDS, NOMINATIONS, RESIDENCIES, GRANTS
2019
Purvītis Prize 2019
2018
Residency grant at IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden (July-August-September)
Residency at Fogo Island Arts, Fogo, Newfoundland, CA (June)
2017
Residency at Fogo Island Arts, Fogo, Newfoundland, CA (September)
2016
Winner of kim? Residency Award 2016 (International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, September-October)
2014
Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS prize for Best Baltic Experimental Short
Kulturkontakt Nord Mobility Grant
Le Château l’Esparrou (artist in residence), Canet-en-Roussillon, France
Contretype, (artist in residence) Brussels, Belgium
Grant for creative work, by Latvian State Culture Foundation of Latvia
2013
Henkel Art Award 2013 (Vienna) nomination, finalist
Schloss Plueschow, (artist in residence) Germany
Contretype, (artist in residence) Brussels, Belgium
Grant for creative work, by Latvian State Culture Foundation of Latvia
2012
KBC / CBC Awards for Young Visual Artist, nomination (Belgium)
BNP Paribas Fortis Belgium Young Talents Awards, Brussels: selection
Grant for creative work, by Latvian State Culture Foundation of Latvia
2011
Meesterproef Vlaamse Bouwmeester (Genk, Belgium), project realised in September 2013
Daily Life. 24 Hours, photography competition, Vilnius, Lithuania
Grant for creative work, by Latvian State Culture Foundation of Latvia
2008
Grant for creative work, by Latvian State Culture Foundation of Latvia
2006
2 st place Latio Photography Award 2006, Latvia
Artist - in - residence, Die Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung, Cologne, Germany
Artist - in - residence, NRW City of Duesseldorf, Ateliers Hoeherweg e.V., Duesseldorf, Germany
NIFCA Nordic Air 2006 - Artist - in - residence in Hafnarborg, Iceland
Grant for creative work, by Latvian State Culture Foundation of Latvia
2005
Grant for creative work, by Latvian State Culture Foundation of Latvia
2004
1 st place, Sony Talent Trophy photo competition, Latvia
3 rd place, International Photography Festival A Modern View, Odessa, Ukraine
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