Ritums Ivanovs (b. 1968) is the most popular Latvian painter of the new generation. He studied for one academic year at the prestigious Humboldt University (USA) after the graduation from the Latvian Art Academy (1994).
Member of Artists Union of Latvian since 1999
Exhibitions since 1987
Selected solo exhibitions:
2008
"Dreamers", Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia*
2007
”Awakening”, Gallery Siemer, Zurich, Switzerland
2006
Author Technique, Cesis Exhibition Hall, Latvia
2005
"Exposed", Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia*
2004
"Optical Diffusion", project "Gallery Tour of the Ten", GALERIE EVA POLL, Berlin / Germany
2003
Paintings, Warsaw National Library, Poland
Picasso+Ivanovs+Amelkovics, Gallery Pedants, Riga, Latvia
2002
“Erotic Movie”, Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia
Depeche Mode paintings, L’Artiste, Tallinn, Estonia
2001
“The Heroes”, Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia*
“Optical Energy”, Cite International des Arts Gallery, Paris / France
Paintings, Tsink Plekk Pang, Tartu, Estonia
2000
“A Girl”, Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia*
One man show, Unibank of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
1999
“To Be and to See”, Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia*
1998
Renaissance 2000, Gallery M6- Centrs, Riga, Latvia
Porttrait of Tyresõ, Sweden
1997
To See It Again, Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
Recent Paintings, Parex Bank, Riga, Latvia
Another Reflection, Gallery Kollona, Riga, Latvia
1996
First, Gallery Rigas Vilni, Latvia
1995
“Paintings”, Gallery Plaza Design, California / USA
1993
“Portraits”, Gallery Le Care d’Ore, Paris / France
Selected group exhibitions:
2009
13th International Contemporary Art Exhibition “Art Moscow”, Central House of the Artists, Moscow / Russia
Sotheby’s exhibition-sale, 5th - 9th June, London / Great Britain
Scope Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Scope Art Fair, Miami, USA
2008
12th International Contemporary Art Exhibition “Art Moscow”, Central House of the Artists, Moscow / Russia
Art Now, New York, USA
2007
11th International Contemporary Art Exhibition “Art Moscow”, Central House of the Artists, Moscow / Russia
Europart, Geneva Palexo, Switzerland
Drawings, Jurmala City Museum, Latvia
Insbruk International Art Fair, Austria
2006
10th International Contemporary Art Exhibition “Art Moscow”, Central House of the Artists, Moscow / Russia
Visions and Reality, Pulchri Studio, Hague, Netherland
Power of Body, Riga Gallery, Latvia
2005
Patient Bureau, 9th International Contemporary Art Exhibition “Art Moscow”, Central House of the Artists, Moscow / Russia
8th International Print Biennale, Kaliningrad / Russia
No Painting, Kunsthalle Tallinn, Tallinn / Estonia
Now art now future, Print, Edsvik Konshall, Sweden
Travelling exhibition, Essen, Germany
New Life, Palazzo Reale, Napoli, Italy
Salt of life, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
Art on paper, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
Miniature, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2004
Line Art Fair, Gent, Belgium
Fresh Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London, UK
Extension is More Fine Arts, project "Gallery Tour of the Ten", International Club of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Berlin / Germany
Art of the Ten, project Gallery Tour of the Ten, City Hall Gallery, Munich / Germany
8th International Contemporary Art Exhibition “Art Moscow”, Central House of the Artists, Moscow / Russia
Rape of Europe, Eskilstuna Art Museum, Eskilstuna / Sweden
Adaption! Latvian Art Now, Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
Latvian Art Invasion, Art House, Tartu, Estonia
Painters, Latvian embassy, St. Peterburg, Russia
2003
Masks, 7th International Contemporary Art Exhibition “Art Moscow”, Central House of the Artists, Moscow / Russia
Adaptation, Exhibition Hall Rotterman Salt Storage, Tallinn / Estonia
Line Art Fair, Gent, Belgium
Fresh Art Fair, Business Design centre, London, UK
Latvian Art Invasion, Art House, Tartu, Estonia
2002
Nothing Personal, Städtische Galerie im Buntentor, Bremen / Germany
Latvia. Surprising Art from the 20th Century, Zvolle City Museum, Zvolle / Netherlands
Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, London / Great Britain
2001
Identity, Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia
New Reality. Identification, 5th International Contemporary Art Exhibition ART MOSCOW, Central House of the Artists, Moscow / Russia
Interspace, State Museum of Art Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Riga / Latvia
2000
Baltic Art. Contemporary Paintings and Sculptures, National Art Club, New York; International Monetary Fund
Gallery, Washington / USA
Awards:
2003
Estonian Ministry of Culture, letter of acknowledgment from Urmas Peat
2000
Ministry of Culture, Latvia, Residence Grant
1998
Exhibition Art Nouveau in Riga, Gallery Riga, Latvia / 1st prize/
1995
Juried Exhibition Reese Bullen Gallery, Arcata, CA, USA
Public Collections:
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga / Latvia
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow / Russia
Estonian National Museum of Art, Tallin / Estonia
The Saeima of the Republic of Latvia, Riga / Latvia
Private Museum, Münster / Germany
Artist catalogue:
RITUMS IVANOVS. DREAMERS. Riga: Riga Gallery, 2008
RITUMS IVANOVS. EXPOSED. Riga: Riga Gallery, 2005
RITUMS IVANOVS. THE HEROES. Riga: 2001
RITUMS IVANOVS. A GIRL. Riga: 2000
RITUMS IVANOVS. Riga: 1999
Selected Editions:
ART MOSCOW catalogue. Moscow: 2004
No Painting [catalogue]. Tallinn: 2005.
Galerienrundgang der Zehn [catalogue]. Berlin: Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Kultur im erweiterten Europa e.V., 2004.
The Rape of Europe [catalogue]. Riga: Riga Gallery, 2004.
Latvian Art 20.century. Riga: Neputns, 2002.
Nichts Persönliches. (Nothing Personal) [catalogue]. Riga: Rigas Gallery, 2002.
Identity [catalogue]. Riga: Rigas Gallery, 2001.
Selected Magazine:
PASTAIGA RU - 2008
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN LV - 07.2008
DER TAGESSPIEGEL - 04.07.2004 Nr. 18587
STUDIJA. – 2001. – Nr. 16.
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RITUMS IVANOVS. Madonna on stage. 2010
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RITUMS IVANOVS. GAGA DANCE (three parts). 2010
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RITUMS IVANOVS. The move. 2009
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RITUMS IVANOVS. Amy performing
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RITUMS IVANOVS. Madonna with guitar. 2010
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RITUMS IVANOVS. Michael Jackson
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RITUMS IVANOVS. Madonna in purple light. 2010
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RITUMS IVANOVS. AMY. 2009-2010
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RITUMS IVANOVS. KATE MOSS. 2010
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RITUMS IVANOVS. EMY WITH CIGARETTE. 2009-2010
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RITUMS IVANOVS. MADONNA WITH CIGARETTE. 2010
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RITUMS IVANOVS. Amy on stage. 2009
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RITUMS IVANOVS. Michael Jackson. 2009
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