VINETA KAULAČA
Born: 1971, Riga, Latvia
Education:
2002 MA, Art Academy of Latvia
1999-2000 Berlin Art University
1990-1997 Artist’s Diploma, Art Academy of Latvia
1995-1996 Humboldt State University, USA
1982-1989 Janis Rozentāls Art High school
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2020 Waiting Room / Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2019 Traume sind Raume / (V.Kaulača,S. Daugule), Kunstraum Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2018 Overlays / Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2018 Visual Memory / Concert hall Cēsis art gallery, Cēsis, Latvija
2017 Kaleidoscope / Permanent Representation of Latvia to the European Union, Brussels
2016 Surface Memory / Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2014 Viewing Distance / Maklsa XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2012 Absorption / Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2011 Exercise in Mnemonics / Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2008 Painting s/ Federculture, Rome, Italy
2007 My Eye Travels / Studio 1.1. Gallery, London, UK
2006 Rated Gaze / Māksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2005 Distance / Artists’ Union of Latvia Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2005 At the Same Time / Raid Projects, LosAngeles, USA
2004 Painting installation / Access Aspex, Portsmouth, UK
2003 Drawings / Cite Internationale des Arts Gallery, Paris, France
2003 Wanderer’s Itinerary / Irish Museum of Modern Art, Process Room, Dublin, Ireland
2002 Topography –II. You are here / Villa Ichon, Bremen , Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 "(un) determined" 17th International Vilnius Painting Triennial / the Applied Arts and Design Museum of the Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020 21 out of 21 after 20 years / exhibition hall of Rietumu bank, Riga, Latvia
2020 Forces / Art Number 23 Gallery, London, UK
2019 Location/Dislocation. Between Remembering and Forgetting II / Art Station Dubulti, curated by I.Šteimane, V.Kaulača, Dubulti, Latvia
2019 Store/Room / Studio 1.1 Gallery, London, UK
2019 Location/Dislocation. Between Remembering and Forgetting / curated by V. Kaulača, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, Latvia
2018 Art Project of Global Affairs of Art / Lichtraum Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2018 100 in Lavian Art / Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, Latvia
2017 Women power / Mayson Gallery, New York, USA
2017 Arte Laguna Prize / Finalists Exhibition, Nappe Arsenale, Venice
2017 Hiperrealism / Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2016 Failed Utopias / No.4A gallery, Malvern, UK
2015 Centro-Periferia / Venice edition, Palazzo Flangini, Venice, Italy
2015 The London Intensive / Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
2015 Centro-Periferia / juried exhibition, Art Hotel Gran Paradiso, Sorrento, Italy
2015 Latvian Art Month / Abu Dhabi Art Hub, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2015 Art from Latvia /Jumeirah& Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2015 Latvian Contemporary Art / European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
2015 Captive Beauty in Miniature / Maksla XO Gallery, Riga
2014 Transfers / 56°56′51″N 24°6′23″E/ Joyart Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beiing, China
2013 NordArt2013, juried exhibition, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2013 1st International Art Biennale Palermo, Museo Sciortino, Monreale, Italy
2012 Fresh Latvian Painting, curated by Peeter Talvistu, Art House, Tartu, Estonia
2012 Centro-Periferia / juried exhibition, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
2012 Magic of The Light / Museum Of Decorative Arts And Design, Riga, Latvia
2011 Is It That He Does Not Seek The Truth, But Does Want To Influence?/ Riga Art Sace, Riga, Latvia
2011 2nd Semiannual online project / competition / Dave Bown Projects, New York, USA
2010/11 Urban Children, New Latvian Painting / Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2010 5 Artists from Latvia / Senamiesčio Menininkų Galerija/Dirbtuvė, Vilnius, Lithuania
2010 Supernormal, Art Festival organized by BIAW, Oxfordshire, UK
2010 We Are Fine, ArtDepoo Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Exhibition of New Assets, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
2009 Art Vilnius’09, represented by Maksla XO gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009 Centro-Periferia 2009 /winners of the juried exhibition organized by Federculture and Italian Parliament, Roma, Italy
2008 The Marmite Prize for painting / Studio 1.1 Gallery, London, UK
2007 Candy Bomber /New Latvian Painting / Exhibition Hall Arsenāls of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2007 Triangle DUMBO Arts Festival Exhibition 25 / DUMBO, New York, USA
2007 Centro-Periferia / Federculture, Rome, Italy
2007 Five Years of Procurement / Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2007 Stupor Mundi / APT Gallery, London, UK
2006 Shimmer / TransCultural Exchange, Boston, USA
2006 Visions and Reality / Pulchri Studio Gallery, Hague, Netherlands
2006 A Person. In Nature. In City. / Māksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2005 Group show / Bert Green Fine Art, LosAngeles, USA
2004 Triangle Artist’s Workshop, Open Studios / DUMBO, New York, USA
2004 Braziers International Workshop Show / Studio1.1 Gallery, London, UK
2004 Paintings/ European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
2003 Latvian Art Today / City Exhibition Hall, Tartu, Estonia
2003 Abstractionism in Latvian Painting / the Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2003 National Gallery / Goethe Institut, Dublin, Ireland
2002 Contemporary Latvian Art / M.Žilinska Art gallery, Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
2001 Artists group show / Gallery “ Kramer”, Bremen, Germany
2001 Braziers International Artists workshop 2001, Open Day / Oxfordshire, UK
1997 Group show / Gallery’’Miro’’, Praha, Czech Republic
1997 Painters Group Exhibition /International Artist Symposium, Snina, Slovakia
1997 Contemporary Art exhibition ‘’Ballet’’/ Riga Sock Exhchange, Riga, Latvia
1996 Latvian Show / Karshner Lounge Gallery, H.S.U. Arcata CA, USA
1996 Art students Show / Reese Bullen Gallery of H.S.U, Arcata CA, USA
1996 5 from Latvia / Colledge of the Redwoods Creative Arts Gallery, Eureka, USA
1996 Mural Photography Show/ Foyer Gallery H.S.U., Arcata CA, USA
Awards & Residencies
2021 VKKF, Latvia State Foundation of Cultural Capital Grant, Riga, Latvia
2018 VKKF, Latvia State Foundation of Cultural Capital Grant, Riga, Latvia
2017 VKKF, Latvia State Foundation of Culture Capital travel grant, Riga, Latvia
2015 The London Intensive, Camden Arts Centre/ The Slade, London, UK
2015 VKKF, Latvia State Foundation of Cultural Capital travel grant, Riga, Latvia
2015 Abu Dhabi Art Hub artists’ residency, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2011 Nomination / The Purvitis Art Prise 2013, Latvian National Art Museum in cooperation with SIA Alfor, Riga, Latvia
2009 VKKF, Latvia State Foundation of Cultural Capital Grant, Riga, Latvia
2007 Winner of the juried exhibition Centre-Periphery/Federculture, Rome, Italy
2007 VKKF, Latvia State Foundation of Cultural Capital Grant, Riga, Latvia
2004 Triangle Artists Workshop, New York, USA
2004 Artist in Residency at ARC and Art Space Portsmouth, Braziers International Artists Workshop & Arts Council England’s International Fellowship, Portsmouth, UK
2004 10th Braziers International Artists Workshop, Oxfordshire, UK
2004 VKKF, Latvia State Foundation of Cultural Capital Scholarship, Riga, Latvia
2002/3 Artists’ Work Programme, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2002 Artist residency programme, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2002 VKKF, Latvia State Foundation of Cultural Capital Scholarship, Riga, Latvia
2001 Braziers International Artists Workshop 2001, Oxfordshire, UK
2001 European Cultural Foundation grant ( APEX changes ), Amsterdam, Netherlands
2000 KKF, Latvia State Foundation of Cultural Capital Scholarship for art project in Berlin, Riga, Latvia
1997 International Artists Workshop, Gallery “Miro”, Prague, Czech Republic
1995/6 American scholarship for art studies in USA ( L.R.Prickett Fund), CA, USA
Public Collections:
Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State
Latvian National Museum of Art
European Parliament
ABLV Bank Contemporary Art Collection
Collection of DnB Nord Bank, Swedbank and Unibank
Art Hub Collection, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection and Federculture Italia Collection, Rome
Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre
Zuzānu family Collection