C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
Personal information
I L G V A R S Z A L A N S
Date of birth: 24.09.1962. Citizenship: Republic of Latvia
Address : LV1010 Riga, , LATVIA
phone : +371 2 9112872 e-mail:
e-mail: ilgvzal@hotmail.com ,
URL : http://www.zalans.com
Education
1988 -1992 Latvian Academy of Arts , Department of pedagogy, B.F.A./painting/
1984 - 1987 Riga Applied Art College. Department of decorative painting
since 2001 Member of The Artists’ Union of Latvia
Solo exibitions
2006 “Hostal Catalan”, Rodriguez-Amat Foundation,Girona, SPAIN
„Life above water”, gallery „Laiptai”, Siauliai, LITHUANIA
2005 „INDIA ... MOROCCO „ ,gallery „LAIPA”, Valmiera
„Why this country seems so special?”,Daugavpils Museum of Arts and Studies
2004 „Ticket to Japan”, gallery „Mans`s”, Jekabpils
Welcome to V.!”, Locanda Antica, Vellano, PS, ITALY
„Traditional painting”, Cesis exibition House
„Reconstruction”, Centrum hotel, Viljandi, ESTONIA
2003 „ANIMA”, gallery „Art garden”, Riga
„Landscape”, Town hall ,Hoje-Taastrup, DENMARK
2002 exibition hall of Madona Museum
Jakobsen keskus” Hall Viljandi, ESTONIA
2001 „Landscape”, The House of Architects, Riga,
„Carpe diem!”, gallery “Laipa” Valmiera,
2000 „Epifany”, hotel “’De ROME”’, Riga ,
Selected group exibitions
2006 “ART DORS” National Museum of Moldova, Chisineu, MOLDOVA
2005 „Mouse”,Utsav Foundation, New Delhi, INDIA
2003 „Private space”, ", art Museum “Arsenals”, Riga
2002 “The Plate”, porcelain paintings, Latvian Porcelain Museum, Riga
paintings & ceramics with latvian potterists, in4 Museums of LATVIA
“Painting of the Year 2002”. "The Hunt ",gallery ASUNA, Riga,
2001 "4 painters”, Pskov, Kremlin, RUSSIA
1993-2000 with Limbazi region artists organization (14)
1992 "Latvian contemporary painting", FRANCE
Public commisions
2005 ArtAir 2005, Geneve, SWITZERLAND
2004 „City and industry”, Open Atelier De Vrijplaats, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
2003 „ Landscape”,gallery “Laipa”,Valmiera (residency award)
2002 “The Fall 2002” and “The Fall 2001", art Museum “Arsenals”, Riga
2001 Visual art competition,,Landscape" (residency award)
2000 North-Latvian regional art competition (Nerchau inc. award)
Professional expierence
2006 AAW Atelier of Alexandria international symposium, EGYPT
Art Simposium Eurointegration through Art , Chisineu, MOLDOVA
7th international Plein-air ZELWA2006 ,Sejny, POLAND
2005 painting residency in Fez, Chefchaoen MOROCCO
2004 „VELLANOARTE 2004”, Vellano, Tuscany, ITALY
painting residency in Viljandi, ESTONIA selfdirected painting residency in Praha, CZECH Republic
2003 painting residency in Zurich SWITZERLAND
International Open Air Painting& Drawing workshop Pskov, RUSSIA
2002 porcelain painting simposium in Zvartava Art center
art management simposium TBILISI, GEORGIA
painting plein- air ” Fish island “, Rusne, LITHUANIA
land art „ Labyrinth”, ruins of Viljandi castle, ESTONIA
2001 ceramic simposium"The Egg", Livani glass factory,
2000 firesculpture “DieParanormal Hosentrager” Meleki , seaside,
1996 participant in Berlin MESSE, GERMANY
Awards , Grants
2006 scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Culture And Science of NETHERLANDS
Travel grant Prins Bernhard CultuurFonds NETHERLANDS
Artist in residency The Rodríguez-Amat Foundation, Girona,/RESARTIS/ SPAIN
Eurogallery Award Scheme 2005 Bronze Award
2005 Creative stipend, Latvian Culture Capital FoundationM
Artist of the month ESPECTRO web gallery
BEL ART online AWARD PORTUGAL
Artist in Residency Global Arts Village, New Delhi /RESARTIS/ , INDIA
2004 Artist in Residency, Fundacion Valparaiso /RESARTIS/ , SPAIN
Travel Grant, Latvian Culture Capital Foundation
2003 Creative stipend, Latvian Culture Capital Foundation
Artist in Residency, Hooje-Taastrup, Copenhagen, DENMARK
2002 Creative stipend, Latvian Culture Capital Foundation,
Artist of the year 2002 , Valmiera,
Artist in Residency, Viljandi, ESTONIA
Represented in collections
Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko collection, The Artists Union of Latvia, Museum of Limbazi Daugavpils and Talsi art Museums (LATVIA), municipality of Viljandi , ESTONIA, municipality of Hoje-Taastrup, DENMARK municipality of Vellano,PS, ITALYprivate collections in FRANCE,GERMANY,DENMARK, ESTONIA, LITHUANIA., BELGIUM, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, AUSTRALIA.