ARTIST PROFILE

Zane Veldre

  • Latvia (b. 1986 in Saldus)
  • Currently in Riga, Latvia.
  • Born in 1986. Lives and works in Riga. Works as a freelance illustrator and painter

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • paintings , KATE / interior salon, Riga.
  • Notes 121314 / piezīmes 121314, Kaņepes Kultūras Centrs / KKC, Riga, Latvia.

2014

  • "121314", Restaurant KID* , Riga, Latvia.

2013

  • 1.5 kg of life, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Creative Space , Riga , Latvia.
  • 3xklingeln art Biennal, Mainz, Mainz, Germany.

2012

  • Selected works, CAFE MAIZE, Riga, Latvia.

2010

  • Zane Veldre. Marta Sila. The most hidden dreams or what I have always wanted to show you, Cultural Platform " NABAKLAB" , Riga, Latvia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • Young Painter Prize 2014 (second prize winner), Lithuanian Artist's Association Gallery , Vilnius, Lithuania.

2012

  • Point of view VIII, ArtPromotion02, Frankfurt, Germany.
  • Art Academy of Latvia, graduation works, Graduation, European Commission, London, United Kingdom.
  • Graduates and professors of Art Academy of Latvia 2012, exhibition " Migration", Permanent Representation of Latvia to the EU, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Contemporary art festival. Survival Kit 4. Downshifting., Tabaco Factory , Riga, Latvia.

2010

  • URBANCHILDREN. The Young in Latvian Painting II, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia.

LOCATION

  • Born 1986 in Saldus, Latvia.
  • Lives and works in Riga, Latvia.

EDUCATION

  • 2010 - 2012
    Latvian Academy of Art, Riga, Latvia
    Master of fine Arts in Painting
  • 2008 - 2008
    Exchange Programme in Applied Arts, Universidade do Porto, FAUB, Porto, Portugal
    Exchange Programme in Applied Arts in Painting
  • 2006 - 2010
    Latvian Academy of Art, Riga, Latvia
    Bachelor of fine Arts in Painting
  • 2002 - 2006
    Janis Rozentāls Riga Secondary Art School, Riga, Latvia
    Secondary professional in Painting

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2014
    Young painter prize 2014 (second prize winner)
    Young painter prize, Vilnius, Lithuania

RESIDENCIES

  • 2014
    Glo'art , Glo'art / Global art center, Lanaken, Belgium