ANDRIS VITOLINS
September 28, 1975
Liepāja, Latvia
EDUCATION
2002 Latvian Arts Academy, Department of Painting, Master of
Arts
2000 Latvian Arts Academy, Department of Visual
Communication, Bachelor of Arts
1999 Latvian Arts Academy, Department of Design
1996 Latvian Arts Academy, Department of Pedagogy
1995 Riga Secondary School of Crafts
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Guest lecturer of Estonian Arts Academy, 2009
Lecturer of Latvian Arts Academy since 2007
Member of the Latvian Union of Artists since 2002
Creative curator of art exhibitions since 2002
Have worked in advertising and design spheres
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2008 220km to Happiness, Gallery Promenade, Liepaja, Latvia
2007 URBAN POSITIVIA IN MEMORIA, Rigas galerija Riga, Latvia
2007 Y galerii –The Art Gallery of University of Tartu. ,
Estonia
2006 POISONOUS SOUNDS. Latvian Art Museum, Exhibition Hall
Arsenals Creative Laboratory, Riga, Latvia
2006 PAINTINGS. Art.si, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005 Valmiera State Gymnasium
2004 URBAN LANDSCAPE, Latvian Union of Artists Gallery
2001 STRAVA, Contemporary Art Centre NOASS, Riga, Latvia
MAJOR GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2009 Across the Bridge Latvian Art Museum, Exhibition Hall
Arsenals Creative Laboratory
2008 TWO COLOURFUL WORLDS, AUGUST KUNNAPU/ ANDRIS VITOLINS,
GALLERY ARTDEPOO, TALLINN, ESTONIA
2008 SCONFINAMENTI. DALLA „BUONA PITTURA” ALLA VIDEO-ART,
MUSEAO NAZIONALE DI CASTEL SANT’ANGELO, ROMA, ITALIA
2008 NEW BALTIC BLOD KONSCHTHAUS BEIM ENGEL, LUXEMBOURG
2008 12.INTERNATIONAL THOMAS MANN FESTIVAL, NIDA, LITHUANIA
2008 Exhibition VAVERITE, KAFEJNICA VAVERITE, KULDĪGA,
Latvia
2008 Exhibition Suvenirs, VEF Hall, Riga, Latvia
2007 Landscape & „Nature Morte”, Latvian Painting 20,
National Art Museum, Minsk, Belarus
2007 INTERNATIONAL ART SYMPOSIUM, TĀŠU MUIŽA, Latvia
2007 OPĪŠA GARĀŽA Dirtydeal, Andrejsala, Riga
2006 Bundeskanzleramt kunst, Vienna, Austria
2006 Contemporary Culture Forum the WHITE NIGHT, Andrejosta,
Riga
2006 VISIONS & REALITY Pulchri studio , Den Haag,
Nederland
2006 NEGADIJUMS AR PIRKSTU ,Jūrmalas pilsetas muzejs,
Jūrmala
2005 MAN. IN THE NATURE. IN THE CITY. Gallery XO, Riga
2005 ÉTONNANTE LETONIE. Academie Galerie “ La Serra” de
Saint-Etienne, France
2005 International Gastatelier Im Maltator In Gmünd.
May-June, Austria
2005 8. Europäischen Klassikfestivals. July, Ruhr, Germany.
2005 Exibition MACHINERY. Gallery Carousell, Riga.
2005 "Fresh Art".
2004 Still Life:20th-21st Century. Arsenals Exhibition Hall
of the State Museum of Art
2004 NATURE. ENVIRONMENT. MAN. 2004 - Exhibition Hall
Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2003 MEETING PLACE - North European Contemporary Art
(Culture 2000)- Sweden,
Norway,
Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
2003 TENSION, young artists' show - Artists' Union of Latvia
Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2002 TRANS VISIT - Vordenburg, Denmark
2002 COW PARADE, International Art Projects - Ventspils,
Latvia
2002 PJUCER, young artists' show - Exhibition Hall Arsenals,
Riga, Latvia
2002 INVENTURA, young artists' show - Artists' Union of
Latvia Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2001 FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE - State Museum of Art,
Riga, Latvia
2000 LABORATORY OF LANDSCAPE - Pedavale's Open Air Museum,
Pedvale, Latvia
1998 Latvian Academy of Arts Student Exhibition - gallery
Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
1996-2003 Annual juried autumn exhibitions - Exhibition Hall
Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
GRANTS
Annual prize for the best debut of 2004 magazine
"Latvijas Architektura"
2004 Ministry of Culture of Republic of Latvia, scholarship
2003-2004 State Culture Capital Foundation, scholarship for
creative work
2003 I.Zarins Competition for Young Artists, promotion prize
2003 Ministry of Culture of Republic of Estonia, letter of
acknowledgement from Urmas Paet
COLLECTIONS
Hypothekenbank in Essen AG
Collection of Hansabank
Kārlis Leiškalns collection
Latvian State Museum of Arts
Matti Milius' Art Collection
EXHIBITIONS
URBAN POSITIVE. IN MEMORIAM
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