Born in Liepaja, Latvia
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
2015
WAITING ROOM, Contretype, Brussels
Solo ehxibition, Kim?, Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia (upcoming)
2014
Solo exhibition, 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, At the 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
2015
Ornamentalism. The Purvitis Prize. Latvian Contemporary Art
Arsenale, Tesa 99, Venice
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), Mukusalas makslas salons, Riga
Viewfinders, Baltic and Nordic contemporary photography (curator: Inga Bruvere), 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), 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) 2010, 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 Ednica, 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, grants
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
Ieva Epnere
Born in Liepaja, Latvia 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 2015 WAITING ROOM, Contretype, Brussels Solo ehxibition, Kim?, Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia (upcoming) 2014 Solo exhibition, 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, At the 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 2015 Ornamentalism. The Purvitis Prize. Latvian Contemporary Art Arsenale, Tesa 99, Venice 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), Mukusalas makslas salons, Riga Viewfinders, Baltic and Nordic contemporary photography (curator: Inga Bruvere), 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), 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) 2010, 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 Ednica, 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, grants 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