Inga BRŪVERE

was born on 9 March 1963 in Riga / Latvia. 

EDUCATION: 
MA, Latvian Academy of Art (2003). 
Latvian Academy of Art, Department of Monumental Painting (1985–1991).
Janis Rozentāls Riga Secondary School of Art (1974–1981). 


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
 “True Colour”, Artists’ Union of Latvia Gallery, Riga / Latvia (2004).
 “Labyrinth” (with Ieva Iltnere, Guntars Sietiņš, Leonards Laganovskis and Gļebs Panteļejevs), Gallery Vartai, Vilnius / Lithuania (2003).
 “Positionen zur Malerei XVI: Kaleidoskop”, Stadthausgalerie, Münster / Germany (2003).
“Kaleidoscope”, Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia (2003).
“Tandem”, Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia (1999).
M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas / Lithuania (1999).
“Repetition”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga / Latvia (1997).
Gallery M–6, Riga / Latvia (1995).


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
The 12^th Vilnius Painting Triennial, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius / Lithuania (2004). “Autumn”, State Museum of Art (SMA) Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Riga / Latvia (2000–2003).
“Abstractionism in Latvia”, SMA Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Riga / Latvia (2003).
Latvian Art Exhibition, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas / Lithuania (2002).
“Interim”, SMA Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Riga / Latvia (2001).
“Colour”, Riga Gallery, Riga / Latvia (2001).
“Antins”, SMA Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Riga / Latvia (2001).
“Baltic Art. Contemporary Paintings and Sculptures”, National Arts Club, New York / USA; International Monetary Fund Arts Society, Washington D.C. / USA (2000).
The 2nd Universal Latvian Art Exhibition, exposition “Landscape”, SMA Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Riga / Latvia (1998).
“Latvians in Paris”, Artists’ Union of Latvia Gallery, Riga / Latvia (1998).
“Le Bateau Ivre”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga / Latvia (1997).
“Le Bateau Ivre”, SMA Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Riga / Latvia (1995).
“Feeling–30”, SMA Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Riga / Latvia 1993).

 
SELECTED RESIDENCIES, CREATIVE WORKSHOPS, SYMPOSIA: 
Braziers International Artists Workshop, Braziers Park / Oxfordshire / England (British Council Grant, 2002).
Symposium for Young Artists in Europe, Västernorrland / Sweden (1997).
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris / France (1996–1997).


OTHER GRANTS AND AWARDS:
State Culture Capital Foundation’s creativity grants (2002, 2003, 2004).
3rd prize at the competition “Only the Sea”, organised by the navigation company “Latvijas kuģniecība” and Agija Sūna Gallery (2001).
Prize at the visual arts competition of the airline company “airBaltic” and the Artists’ Union of Latvia (2000). 


WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
State Museum of Art, Riga / Latvia.
KfW, Frankfurt am Main / Germany.
Airline company airBaltic, Riga / Latvia
Pedvāle Open Air Art Museum, Pedvāle / Latvia
Volksbank Beckum eG / Germany
Hansa Banka Riga / Latvia.

Member of the Artists' Union of the Latvia since 1993.

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