Ivars Gravlejs
7th October, 1979, Riga
Education
2000-2006 Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU), Still Photography (MgA), Prague
1999-2000 University of Latvia, Department of Philosophy, Riga
1994-1997 Riga State Gymnasium Nr1
Solo exhibitions
2010 "Oui",
Gallery Oui, Grenoble
2009 "90's", National Art Museum, Riga
2009 "Early works", Gallery Jeleni, Prague
2009 "Shit in art", (in cooperation with A.Ter-Oganian), Gallery 36, Olomouc
2009 "See what I see", Gallery Entrance, Prague
2009 "Moje noviny"(My newspaper), Gallery NoD Box, Prague
2009 "Forevers", Kino Bio Oko, Prague
2008 "FAMU", Project space "Canteen", Andrejsala, Riga
2008 "Paní Kellerová nemá píču", Okno - NoD.Roxy, Prague
2008 "The Medium is the Message 2008"(in cooperation with A.Ter-Oganian), Ateliér Josefa Sudka, Prague
2007 "Šunkový nářez"(in cooperation with A.Nikitinova), Gallery 35m2, Prague
2006 "New wave in photography", Gallery Lumen, Budapest
2005 "My photographs", Komunardu 22, Prague
2005 "My photographs", Gallery Art-Strelka, Moscow
2005 "Excuse me, could you please take a picture of me?", I.P.Pavlova, Prague
2005 "IMF2000", Club Utopia, Prague
2005 "Photo album", Gallery Velryba, Prague
2004 "Photo exhibition", Gallery Forward!, Berlin
2004 "Portfolio", Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga
Selected group exhibitions
2010 "Crash Test", XL Gallery, Moscow
2009 "Artisterium 2009" - The Manifest of Changes and an Inner Experience, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi
2009 "8th Funke's Kolin photography festival", D.I.V.O. Institute, Kolin
2009 "Survival Kit", shop Bohemia, Terbatas 50, Riga
2009 "In Garage", LabGarage, Kiev
2009 "The Head", Karlin Studios, Prague
2009 "Double Blind", Aula FAVU, Brno
2009 "Psychology of the Future", Gallery A.M.180, Prague
2008 "Is the Medium the Message? Latvian Contemporary Photography Exhibition", Andrejsala, Riga
2008 "Bad Joke", Riga Art Space, Riga
2008 "1st Moscow International Biennale for Young Art", Moscow
2008 "INTRO 518 TEĎ 69 TEĎ* TEĎ 180 BONUS Q TRACK!", Karlin Studios, Prague
2008 "In/visible", Festival of Visual Art, Olomouc
2008 "Michel de Certeau", Gallery Oui, Grenoble
2008 "Die Wurst", Gallery of Elena Kolbasina, Berlin
2007 "Brak", Centre of Contemporary Art M'ARS, Moscow
2007 "Mobile museum", Andrejsala, Riga
2007 "Normal", Chantier Public, Lyon
2006 "Charming nonchalance", Nogallery, Prague
2006 "Young Czech Photographers", LCC Well Gallery, London
2006 "Scalo books", Gallery Langhans, Prague
2005 "Untitled", Gallery Forward!, Berlin
2005 "Topography", Muzej Mimara, Zagreb
2004 "WIP" around the Rencontres d'Arles 2004, Arles
2004 "What is important", Riga City Municipality, Riga
2003 "ART Klazma", Moscow
2003 "Les Rencontres Photographiques d' été 2003", Niort
2003 "International Festival of Photography in Lodz", Forum Fabricum, Lodz
2002 "Tidal Pulse", Museet for Fotokunst, Odens
2002 "SEX-Social Exhibitionism", The Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga
2001 "J.Kobal Photographic Portrait AWARD 2001", National Portrait Gallery, London
Residences and workshops
2008 Residency in Shargorod
2007 "Chantier Public" residency, Lyon
2004 "Cultural City Network Graz" residency, Graz
2003 "Click Art 2003", Singapore
2003 "Les Rencontres Photographiques d' été 2003" residency, Niort
2001-2002 "World Press Photo" workshop, Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius
1998 "Reuters" workshop, Riga
Awards
2010 Photo Sittcomm Award (prize for artists working with photography in Eastern Europe) |