Born 1976 in Riga, Latvia. Lives and works in Riga.
epners@gmail.com
Education:
1995-2003 Art Academy of Latvia, MA
Exhibitions:
2024
Dear Figure, Whom Did You Hang Out With Last Night?, curated by Inga Šteimane, Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, LV (exh. cat.)
2023
The Purvītis Prize 2023. Candidates’ exhibition, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
2022
Contemporary Art Festival Survival Kit 13 The Little Bird Must Be Caught, curated by iLiana Fokianaki, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
duo exhibition Playroom for Utopia, (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, LT
Runner Along the Border, Rat Catcher and Bricklayer, curated by Gregor Taul, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, EE
2021
Diversity United, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, RU (exh. cat.)
duo exhibition The Run. Diary / Traveling Circus in Ogre Museum, Ogre History and art museum, LV
Diversity United, Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin, DE (exh. cat.)
2020
Unexpected Encounters, Concert Hall Great Amber Liepāja, LV
solo exhibition Forget Me Not, Monumental Gallery at Tartu Art House, EE
2019
Unexpected Encounters, Latvian National Museum of Art Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
Unexpected Encounters – Possible Futures: Cosmic Existence, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK (exh. cat.)
Talk to Me!, Akureyri Art Museum, IS (exh. cat.)
The Purvītis Prize 2019. Candidates’ exhibition, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
2018
Festival Narracje #10, Gdansk-Oliwa, PL
Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA1), LV (exh. cat.)
3FREE, KCCC, Klaipeda, LT
2017
EXTENSION.LV: Meeting with Ourselves, National Center for Contemporary Art, Nizhniy Novgorod, RU
duo exhibition Exercises / Sea of Living Memories, Concert Hall Great Amber Liepāja, LV
EXTENSION.LV: Meeting with Ourselves, Victoria Gallery, Samara, RU
EXTENSION.LV: Meeting with Ourselves, Triumph Gallery, Moscow, RU (exh. cat.)
The Purvītis Prize 2017. Candidates’ exhibition, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
2016
Notes on Self-Evident Things. Model exhibition – competition, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV
Light At The End Of The Cable – Latvian Art in the Digital Era, Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
solo exhibition Windows, Kokmuiza manor, Koceni, LV
Contemporary Landscape, Art Festival Cesis 2016, LV
solo exhibition Exercises, NOASS Floating Arts Centre, Riga, LV
Lost in the Archive, Kuldiga Art House and Museum of Madona, LV
Lost in the Archive, Riga Art Space, LV (exh. cat.)
2015
Lost in the Archive, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils and Aluksne Museum, LV
Data Drift, RIXC New Art and Science Festival, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
Contemporary Art Festival Survival K(n)it 7, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
2014
Five Versions. Notes About an Era, Bauska, Rezekne and Kandava, LV
(Re)construction of Friendship, the former building of KGB, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
2013
solo exhibition, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV
2012
Confining Spaces, KASK, Gent, BE
Canvascollectie, Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, BE (exh. cat.)
2011
Invite Someone, gallery Kunst-Zicht, Gent, BE
2010
Urban Poetry 1, Art Center in VEF, Riga, LV
Sounds Like Art, Cesis, LV
2009
Contemporary Art Festival Survival Kit 1, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
Binocular Dance Course or Role of Spectator in Healing of Artists Soul, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV
2006
Human in the Neighbourhood, Sunsstudio, Riga, LV
Fotoesordio 05, National Modern Art Gallery, Rome, IT
2005
Jukas, Latvian National Museum of Art Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
2004
Living Spirit, Riga Gallery, Riga, LV
Topography, Contemporary Art Museum Mimars, Zagreb, HR
Dream Island, NOASS Floating Arts Centre, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
What Is Important?, 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
Nature. Environment. Human., Latvian National Museum of Art Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
2003
Annual Exhibition Rudens, Latvian National Museum of Art Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, LV
Flat Number 13, Zirgu Pasts, Riga, LV
Illumination, NOASS Floating Arts Centre, Riga, LV
Adaptation, Roterman Exhibition Hall of Estonian State Museum, Tallinn, EE
Solarium, O.Vācietis Museum, Riga, LV
Tension, Latvian Artist Union Gallery, Riga, LV
2002
The Green Week, Gallery Ciris, Riga, LV
2001
Illumination, Gallery G.U.N., Oslo, NO
Observing Past Connecting Future, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
Sugar Cotton Wool, Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
1999
Hi dizain Oskars, Gallery M6, Riga, LV
1996
Subart, Warehouse, Liepaja, LV
Annual Exhibition Rudens, Latvian National Museum of Art Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, LV
Collaborations:
2020 Rock Bottom – video for the contemporary dance performance (director, set designer), choreographer Sintija Siliņa, Contemporary Wednesdays at Tallinas Quarter, Riga, LV
2019 Rock Bottom – video for the contemporary dance performance (director, set designer), choreographer Sintija Siliņa, International contemporary dance festival New Baltic Dance, Vilnius, LT
2018 Rock Bottom – video for the contemporary dance performance (director, set designer), choreographer Sintija Siliņa, Riga Art Space, LV
2017 Who Is In Charge – music video (set designer), director Uģis Olte, composer and performer Linda Leen, LV
2016 Crow. Flight In One Act – contemporary dance and music performance (scenographer, performer), choreographer and performer Elza Leimane, composer and performer Reinis Sējāns Latvian National Opera, Riga, LV
2016 Tall Man – music video (set designer), director Morten Traavik, composer and performer Arabot, SE
2014 Slow fire (Lēna uguns) – music video (director, set designer, performer), composer and performer Instrumenti, LV
2014 Whistleblowers – music video (set designer), director Morten Traavik, composer and performer Laibach, SI
2013 Procrastination – concert performance (set designer), composer and performer Instrumenti, Palladium, Riga, LV
2013 Don’t Hold Onto Me – music video (set designer), director Uģis Olte, composer and performer Instrumenti, LV
Residencies & Workshops:
2007 Artist in Residence at Kakslauttanen Arctic Arts Week, Kakslauttanen, FI
2006 Artist in Residence at Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris, FR
2005 Workshop Poles in Pictures, Katowice and Zakopanje, PL
2005 Workshop Illop (Klaus Filip and Noid), Latvian Academy of Art, Riga, LV
2004 Workshop Thinking Forward, Eindhoven, NL
2002 Workshop Paganini of Typography David Carson, Maribor, SI
Awards and Grants:
2002—2019 Scholarships for creative work of the State Culture Capital Foundation, LV
2011 PrintArt Award, Riga, LV – graphic design
2011 Iggesund Award, Riga, LV – graphic design
2011 Latvian Art Directors Club award ADwards, Riga, LV – graphic design
2006 Latvian Art Directors Club award ADwards, Riga, LV – graphic design
1999 Advertising Festival Golden Hammer, Riga, LV – graphic design
1993 France-Baltic Video Art Festival, Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, LV – video
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