ARTIST PROFILE

Liena Bondare

  • Latvia (b. 1980 in Alūksne)
  • Currently in Riga, Latvia.

REPRESENTATION

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

  • ILUS, Theatre "Jūras Vārti", Ventspils, Latvia.

2019

  • Echoes and Resonance, MAINSITE Contemporary, Norman, United States.

2018

  • Season 2 - Episodes, Latvian National Museum of Arts Art Hall Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia.

2017

  • Season 1 - Episodes, Šiauliai Art Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania.

2016

  • Strange Attractors, Gallery Noass, Riga, Latvia.
  • DIVI / TWO, Pop Up gallery, Riga, Latvia.

2014

  • "101 Pill", Alberta street 11, Riga, Latvia.

2013

  • “White Spots” , Gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia.

2011

  • “Kunst > Everyday nothing” , INTRO hall of Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia.

2008

  • Munsterlandfestival part4, Kulturspiecher Dorenthe, Ibbenburen, Germany.

2007

  • "Parfume", Arthall Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia.

2006

  • “Paranoid’s diary” , Egidijus Rudinskas Grafikos galereja, Kaunas, Lithuania.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

  • Focalization 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics International Printmaking Exchange Exhibition, China Print Museum, Shenzhen, Chile.
  • 2022 Focalization Beijing Winter Olympics International Printmaking Exchange Exhibition, Beijing Art Academy Museum, Beijing, China.

2021

  • Tihans, Žaki un Buks Nemindē, Daugavgrīva fortess, Riga, Latvia.
  • Mural painting Us & Them, City Centre , Nida, Lithuania.

2020

  • We Can Be Heroes, KKKC, Klaipeda, Lithuania.
  • Belt & Road, China Print Museum, Shenzhen, China.

2019

  • The Flowing Visual Threshold, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin, China.
  • Beauty 3rd Kaunas Printmaking biennial, Mykolas Žilinsko Art Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • 7th Guanlan Printmaking Biennial, China Printmaking Museum, Shenzhen, China.
  • At a Distance, Kresge Gallery Lyon College, Batesville, United States.

2018

  • The Win - Win Cooperation / Belt & Road, Dunhuang International Convention and Exhibition Centre , Dunhuang, China.
  • 100 in Latvian Art, Daugavpils Rotko Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia.

2017

  • Tribuna Graphic, Cluj - Napoca Art Museum, Cluj Napoca, Romania.
  • Blocker, ALMA Gallery, Riga, Latvia.
  • Grafika, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia.

2016

  • 8 International Printmaking Biennial Douro, Museu Do Douro, Regua, Portugal.
  • Riga Zine Fest, Ģertrūdes Ielas Teātris, Riga, Latvia.

2015

  • Augusts, Daugavgrīvas fortress, Riga, Latvia.
  • Contemporary art festival Survival k(n)it 7, former building of the National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
  • Imago Mundi, Fondazione Cini, Venice, Italy.
  • 5th Tallin Drawing Triennial “Black &White” , Tallinn Art hall, Tallinn, Estonia.
  • "2nd Global Print 2015", Cultural Center, Braganca, Portugal.
  • "Culture Line" 1st Kaunas International Printmaking Biennial, SIAULIAI ART GALLERY, Siauliai, Lithuania.
  • "Early realism", The Castle of the Livonian Order, Ventspils, Latvia.
  • “Culture Line” 1st Kaunas International Printmaking Biennial, M. Žilinskas Art gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • “8 BIECTR SÉLECTION” , Centre d’artistes Vaste et Vague, Quebec, Canada.

2014

  • "Apothecary notes", Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia.
  • “8 BIECTR SÉLECTION” , Galerie d’art Desjardins, Drummondville, Canada.
  • “GRAFIKA - S” , Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia.

2013

  • "Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières", Galerie d'art du Parc, Quebec.
  • “Economics in Art” , MOCAK - Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Krakow, Poland.
  • “Where is printmaking?” , Contemporary Art Gallery, Opole, Poland.
  • “Oldenburg 2013” , Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg, Germany.

2012

  • “Idea Process Message” International Print Triennial – Krakow 2012, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krakow, Poland.
  • “22 Premio Internacional de Gráfica Máximo Ramos 2012” , Centro Torrente Ballester, Ferrol, Spain.

2011

  • “Is it that he does not seek the truth, but does want to influence?” , Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia.
  • “By the Amber Sea” 1990 – 2010 Latvian National Museum of Art collection, exhibition hall Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia.
  • “For Love Not Money” 15th Tallinn Print Triennial , KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia.

2010

  • “Illusion of Inclusion” , gallery Vartai , Vilnius, Lithuania.

2009

  • “Metabolism” , Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia.
  • “Color in Graphic art” 6th international print triennial, Galeria Sztuki Wozownia, Torun, Poland.

2008

  • “ The 9th Baltic states biennial of graphic art “Kaliningrad – Konigsberg 2008” , Kaliningrad state gallery, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation.

2006

  • “Power and man” , Novas Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
  • “Age of Paper. Latvian printmaking” , Ebelingmuseum, Eskilstuna, Sweden.

2005

  • “Kaliningrad – Kønigsberg 2005” VIII International Print biennial of the Baltic sea countries, Kaliningrad State Gallery, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation.
  • “Now Art. Now Future. Print” , Edsvik gallery, Stokholm, Sweden.

2004

  • “In Exile” 13 th Tallinn Print triennial, Rottermann’s Salt Storage Art’s Centre, Tallinn, Estonia.

LOCATION

  • Born 1980 in Alūksne, Latvia.
  • Lives and works in Riga, Latvia.

EDUCATION

  • 2000 - 2006
    Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
    Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking
  • 1995 - 2000
    Riga College of Applied Arts, Riga, Latvia
    college in clothes designer

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2015
    Diploma
    Tallinn Drawing triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
  • 2015
    grant for creative work
    State Culture Capital Foundation, Riga, Latvia
  • 2015
    3rd premium
    "Culture Line" 1st Kaunas International Printmaking Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania
  • 2014
    grant for creative work
    State Culture Capital Foundation (VKKF), Riga, Latvia
  • 2012
    Honorable mention
    “22 Premio Internacional de Gráfica Máximo Ramos 2012” , Ferrol, Spain
  • 2008
    “Baltic Sleipnir”
    Nordic Council of Ministers , Riga, Latvia
  • 2006
    Vilhelms Purvītis honorable grant for best diploma work
    Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

RESIDENCIES

  • 2019
    YAC, YAC, Tianjin, China
  • 2018
    Artist Residency, Guanlan Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China
  • 2015
    workshop "Early realism", Ventspils museum, Ventspils, Latvia
  • 2014
    International residence III Latgale Graphic Art Symposium, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
  • 2008
    Munsterlandfestival part4, Kloster Bentlage , Rheine, Germany
  • 2008
    Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
  • 2007
    Grafikens Hus, Nordic council, Mariefred, Sweden

COLLECTIONS

  • China Printmaking Museum, Shenzhen, China
  • Cluj Napoca Art Museum, Cluj Napoca, Romania
  • Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, Latvia
  • "Imago Mundi" Luciano Benetton collection, Italy
  • Latvian National Museum of Art , Riga, Latvia
  • Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, Germany
  • Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium