IVARS GRAVLEJS
born in 1979 in Riga, now lives and works in Prague
selected solo exhibitons
2018
Outlet, The Mukusala Art Salon, Riga
Shopping Poerty, Gallery Careva Contemporary, Riga
Works and Research, Kaunas Gallery, Kaunas
2017
Still Life, MVT summerhouse Gallery, Riga
2016
Unknown Latvian Photography, Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga
Latvia loves me, I love Latvia, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga
Live and Learn, Riga Photography Biennial, urban intervention in Riga
2015
Merry Christmas - Action with A Live Crap, Fotograf Gallery, Prague
A glass of champagne (with Alexandra Nikita Gravlejs), The Solution, Prague
2014
THERE WILL BE DICKS!, Centre for Contemporary Art - FUTURA, Prague
Pop, Gallery 13, Ostrava
Pop, Berlin model, Prague
Irritate, Club Final, Prague
2013
Who's next, Gallery Svetlana, Moscow
Vj Bordel - „Party” as part of the event "Notes of Tukums", Baboon Bar, Tukums
Všechny tadý jsou čuráci!!! (All here are dickheads!!!), Karlin Studios, Prague
Photography Lessons, Fotograf Gallery, Prague
2012
Kinetic sculptures, Fotograf Festival - Off Limits, Holešovice Train Station, Prague
Angle of perception of visual information in contemporary time, (with A.Ter-
Oganian), Gallery Kytka, Prague
Riga, (with P.Pětiletá), Riga ArtSpace, Riga
Riga, (with P.Pětiletá), Karlin Studios, Prague
2011
The Picture, Gallery 207, Prague
Prague Biennale 4th, Tranzitdisplay, Prague
Kurva Fix, (with P.Pětiletá), Gallery Entrance, Prague
Exhibition, Recyclart, Brussels
2010
Early works, Month of Photography, Pálffyho, Bratislava
My newspaper, V8 Gallery, Cologne
Dumpling Heaven, NZM, Prague
The 90's and beyond, Kunsthalle, Erfurt
Oui, Center for contemporary art Oui, Grenoble
GAF (with I.Kitup, A.Tokarev), Paperworks Gallery, Moscow
2009
90's, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga
Early works, Gallery Jeleni, Prague
Shit in art (with A.Ter-Oganian), Gallery 36, Olomouc
See what I see, Gallery Entrance, Prague
My newspaper, Gallery NoD Box, Prague
Forevers, Kino Bio Oko, Prague
2008
FAMU, Project space Canteen, Andrejsala, Riga
Paní Kellerová nemá píču, Okno - NoD.Roxy, Prague
The Medium is the Message 2008, (with A.Ter-Oganian), Ateliér Josefa Sudka,
Prague
2007
Šunkový nářez (with A.Nikitinova), Gallery 35m2, Prague
2006
New wave in photography, Gallery Lumen, Budapest
2005
My potographs, Vitrine on Komunardu Street 22, Prague
My potographs, Gallery Art-Strelka, Moscow
Excuse me, could you please take a picture of me?, I.P.Pavlova, Prague
Photo album, Gallery Velryba, Prague
2004
Photo exhibition, Gallery Forward!, Berlin
Portfolio, Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga
selected group exhibitions
2017
New Acquisitions of the LNMA. The 21st Century, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga
Central by East Central, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok
2016
Performing for the Camera, Tate Modern, London
The Guernsey Photography Festival
Cut with the Kitchen Knife through the Raw Future of 100 Years Before, Fabrica de Pensule, Cluj
2015
The First Book Award, Media Space, London
Trends, Special project of the 6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, New Wing of Gogol House, Moscow
Ex & Post - Eastern Europe under the lens, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
Liturgie, Centre tchèque de Paris, Paris
2014
Food is a central concept, Tranzitdisplay, Prague
Artishok Biennale. A + B = AB2014, Mūkusala Art Salon, Riga
Artbatfest 5, Visual Library, Esentai Mall, Almaty
On the Wave, Riga Art Space, Riga
Things, Design Cloud, Chicago
14th China Pingyao International Photography festival
Viewfinders. Contemporary Baltic and Nordic Photography, Riga ArtSpace, Riga
Side Effects II, Grenoble Ancient Museum and Library building, Grenoble
9th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts, Liège
2013
Nothing of the kind, 5th Moscow biennale, Museum of Moscow, Moscow
Side Effects, Contemporary Art Museum Estonia, Tallinn
New Umelec Show, Divus gallery, London
Unceasing, Contemporary Art Centre KIM?, Riga
Cargo Cult, MoBY - Museums of Bat Yam, Bat Yam
2012
And so on and so forth, Contemporary Art Centre KIM?, Riga
Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography, PhotoforumPasquArt, Biel/Bienne
Angry Birds, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
The Naughty Ones, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga
TEXT= IMAGE, Contemporary Art Centre KIM?, Riga
2011
On.Off, 4th Moscow biennale, Arthouse Squat Forum, Moscow
Hinterhalt, Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund, Dortmund
Distrust of Intelligentsia, Open Gallery, Bratislava
Bread and Salt, Karlin Studios, Prague
Prague Quadrennial, Galerie2, Prague
Transgressions, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia
Foto Festival Uničov, Uničov
Emergency, Art space Loop, Frankfurt, Grenoble, Helsinki, Tallinn, Tartu
NY/PRAGUE 6, Czech Center, New York
2010
World of a Moment, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague
Crash Test, XL Gallery, Moscow
Keine Angst!, Tapetenwerk Halle C, Leipzig
Freedom!, Exhibition of forbidden art, in the flat, Moscow
Tape it!, Center for contemporary art Oui, Grenoble
2009
Artisterium, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi
8th Funke's Kolin photography festival, D.I.V.O. Institute, Kolin
Survival Kit, Shop Bohemia, Terbatas Street 50, Riga
In Garage, LabGarage, Kiev
The Head, Karlin Studios, Prague
Psychology of the Future, Gallery A.M.180, Prague
2008
Bad Joke, Riga Art Space, Riga
1st Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Winzavod, Moscow
In/visible, Festival of Visual Art, Olomouc
Michel de Certeau, Center for contemporary art Oui, Grenoble
Die Wurst, Gallery Elena Kolbasina, Berlin
2007
Brak, Centre of Contemporary Art M'ARS, Moscow
Mobile museum, Andrejsala, Riga
Normal, Chantier Public, Lyon
2006
Charming nonchalance, Nogallery, Prague
2005
Untitled, Gallery Forward!, Berlin
2004
What is important?, Riga City Municipality, Riga
2003
ART Klazma, Moscow
2002
SEX-Social Exhibitionism, The Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga
2001
J.Kobal Photographic Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
curated exhibitions
2016
Still life, Photo Club Riga, Gallery SVIT, Prague
Very interesting exhibition by Abstrakcionists, park Stromovka (Šlechtovka), Prague
2015
Color Photography, Lukáš Jasanský & Martin Polák, VEF Culture Palace, Riga
2013
Avdei Ter-Oganian, Museum of Russian futurist, Tranzitdisplay, Prague
Photogram action, Bar Chomsky, Riga
2010
What is Czech art?, (in cooperation with P.Pětiletá), Cultural center Ilguciems, Riga
selected work experience
From 2015
Head of Studio of Photography, Faculty of Fine Arts (FAVU), Brno
2015
Workshop Who decides what is art?, Academy of Performing Arts - FAMU, Prague
2013
Workshop Reconstruction / Interpretation, Rodchenko School of Photography and Multimedia, Moscow
2012
Lecturer of photography at Riga Stradiņš University, Riga
Workshop Not This Way, Ecole supérieure d'Arts de l'Agglomération d'Annecy
Lecturer of photography at School of Contemporary Art - Scholastika, Prague
2008 - 2012
Lecturer of photography at Liepaja University, Liepaja
2009
Tutor of photography workshop Hide and seek, (in cooperation with C.Laurelli),Muhu
2008 - 2009
Photographer at daily newspaper Deník, Prague
2008
Lecturer of photography at Art Language Factory, Prague
2007
Lecturer of photography at College of Culture, Riga
Tutor of photography workshop Paranormal phenomena at ISSP, Ludza
awards
2010 Photo Sittcomm Award
2007 Josef Sudek Award
Ivars Gravlejs, “Shopping poetry 2018 - 8“
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Ivars Gravlejs, “Shopping poetry 2018 - 2“
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Ivars Gravlejs, “Shopping poetry 2018 - 9“
Ivars Gravlejs, “Shopping poetry 2018 - 6“
Ivars Gravlejs, “Shopping poetry 2018 - 4“