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jaan toomik (est)
merike estna (est)
edith karlson (est)
kaido ole (est)
august künnapu (est)
sigrid viir (est)
inga meldere (lat)
mikko hintz (fi)
krista mölder (est)
marko mäetamm (est)
flo kasearu (est)
kris lemsalu (est)

project artists
peeter laurits (est)
andris vitolinš (lat)
daiga kruze (lat)

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Daiga Kruze

2002 –2004 Art Academy of Latvia Painting Dept., Masters course at the workshop of Professors A. Naumovs and K. Zariņš
M.A. degree work – “Ielas” (“Streets”)
1998 - 2002 Art Academy of Latvia Restauration Dept.
B.A. degree work – the restauration of “Apostle Paul” by an unknown author
1992 - 1998 Janis Rozentals' Riga Art Secondary School
diploma work “Klus⠤aba ar meloni” (“Still Life with a Melon”)
1989 - 1992 Baldone Art School
1986 - 1992 Baldone Secondary School

exhibitions
1991 in Riga Youth Theatre
1995 in Baldone City Council
1998 Janis Rozentals' Riga Art Secondary School diploma works at the Artists Union Gallery in Riga
2000 in Cesvaine Castle (“Matona”, wood carving)
2001 “Fireland” in Pedv⬥ open-air museum (“Firepeople”, burnt wood)
group exhibition in gallery Bastejs in Riga (“Bear I”, “Bear II”, oil on canvas)
Art Academy of Latvia 80th jubilee exhibition in gallery Bastejs in Riga (“On the Wall”, oil on canvas, collage)
2002 “Watersupply” in Pedv⬥ (“Supply Water”, installation) group exhibition ingallery Bastejs in Riga (“The Last wish”, oil on canvas)
2003 “Retrospecive” at the Art Academy of Latvia (“Anyone”, oil on canvas)
group exhibition in Vitebsk, Belarus (“To Dive”, “Conversation”, oil on canvas)
group exhibition in Prague, Czech Republic (“Anyone”, oil on canvas)
6th Small Form Art Exhibition in gallery R (“Niklⳳ”, “Lita”, “Both”, oil on canvas)
group exhibition in gallery Bastejs in Riga (“Spring I and II”, oil/canvas)
group exhibition in Vilnius Art Academy gallery in Lithuania (“Spring I and II”, “Others”, oil on canvas)
“Autumn 2003” in Riga (“Chicks”, “Screen saver”, oil on canvas)
2004 group exhibition in Vitebsk, Belarus (“Must Go for a Walk”, oil on canvas)
7th Small Form Art Exhibition in gallery R (“Street”, “As”, “Catwalk”, oil/canvas)
“Paintings” at the European Comission in Brussels, Belgium (“Graffiti”, “Streets”, oil on canvas)
“Autumn 2003” in Riga (“Mary M”, “Talk to Me”, oil on canvas)
“Border” gallery Bastejs in Riga (“East End”, “Turn”, oil on canvas)
2005 “Alternative Nature Museum”, Riga (“Chicks”)
“New Figural Language” gallery Bastejs in Riga (“Sunset”, “Getting Better”, oil on canvas)
“Alter ego” gallery Bastejs in Riga (“Don't Know I, II”, acrylic on canvas)
“Etonnante Academie'' Saint Etienne, France (“Streets”, oil on canvas)
“Objects. Painting on Wood. Postcards” gallery Bastejs in Riga (“Success Formula”, oil on wood)
2006 “Autumn 2005” in Riga (“Clearing”, oil on canvas)
“View from Above” in Riga (“Game”, “Reflection”, oil on canvas)
Plain aire show Jonava art gallery, Lithuania
“Autumn 2006” Railway museum in Riga (“Pressure”, acrylic on canvas)
2007 „Sub rosa“ gallery Bastejs in Riga („Coco“)
„Autumn 2007“ in Riga („Noises“)
„Centro Periferia“ concorso internazionale per giovani artisti, Roma, Italy.
„Candy Bomber“, in Arsenals, in Riga („The arm of nights“, „Selfportrait“, Selfportrait with cruiasant“)
„Painting on wood“ gallery Bastejs in Riga („Heartbeats I, II, III“)
2008 “Squirrel” in empty café in Kuldiga, Latvia (“Flying squirrel”)
“Souvenir” in Vef, in Riga (“Beach”, “The truth is out there”)
2009 “Cleanliness” drawings in create space “Tasty”, in Riga
Resident artist group exibition in Strasbourg, France

solo exhibitions
2004 “100% disappointment” (with Krišs Salmanis), Riga, Latvia
2006 “Must Go for a Walk” gallery Bastejs in Riga
“Silver, Gold, Plasticine” (with Krišs Salmanis), Riga, Latvia
“Summer in Valle” Amtmanis Brieditis museum, Valle, Latvia
“At Seven o'clock” gallery Pedants, Riga, Latvia
2007 “Resort” (with Inga Meldere) gallery Leduspagrabs, Valmiera, Latvia
2008 “Contact Person” in Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2009 “You are what you see” gallery 21, Riga, Latvia

awards
2004 Bank Unibanka award
Art magazine Studija prize
Publishing house At管 prize
Culture Capital Foundation and Latvian Artists Union award Debut of the Year
2005 Forums award (national newspaper of culture)
Publishing house At管 award
Art gallery M6 award,
Publishing house Maliene – G award
Art gallery Pedants award
2006 Annual exibition of Latvian Artists Union “Rudens 2006” award
2007 Exibition of Latvian young painters „Candy Bomber“ award (in competition with 47 painters)

residencies and workshops
2006 Jonava Plain aire, Lithuania
2007 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Arctic Week, Kakslauttanen, Finland
2008 Srasbourg, France
Bremen, Germany

membership
2005 Artists' Union of Latvia
2006 Young Artists' Association




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