Franceska Kirke (Latvian, born )

Timeline

1953
Born in Riga, Latvia
1965–1972
Jānis Rozentāls Riga secondary school of Art. Riga, Latvia
1972–1978
Latvian Academy of Art. Riga, Latvia
1985–1987
Latvian Academy of Art. Eduards Kalnins workshop
2001
Artists Union of Latvia "Gold Medal" for solo exhibition “Museum”, Latvian National Museum of Art
2002
Annual Award for Significant Achievement: curator, exhibition “Metropolis. Riga”

Exhibitions

2012
Looking at the 60s, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US (solo)
2011
Face Control, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia (solo)
2011
Pie Dzintara jūras, Arsenals Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art (LNMA), Riga
2011
The Art of Maintaining Balance, Mimi Fertzt Gallery, New York City, NY, US
2011
Hibrīdu pārlidojumi, Arsenals Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art (LNMA), Riga
2010
Figure Painting, Sculpture, Graphics, Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
2010
Red Dot Art Fair New York, Gallery Bastejs, New York, NY, US
2010
Golden Works, Arsenāls Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia
2010
Art Moscow, the 14th International contemporary art exhibition, Central Artists' House, Moscow
2009
Scope Miami Art Show, Miami, US
2009
Berliner Liste Art Fair Berlin, DE
2009
Tuareg Blue, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2009
Paintings, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2009
Paintings on wood, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2008
Contemporary Painting of Latvia, MOYA (Museum of Young Art), Vienna, AT
2008
The Beauty, Contemporary Arts exhibition, Cesis, Latvia
2008
Art Moscow, the 12th International contemporary art exhibition, Central Artists' House, Moscow
2008
The Force of Body, Riga Gallery, Latvia
2007
Dedication to the Hermitage, Gallery NOMN, Saint Petersburg, Russia (solo)
2007
Echoes of Fauvism, Arsenāls Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia
2007
Art Moscow, the 11th International contemporary art exhibition, Central Artists' House, Moscow
2006
Private Mythology, Riga Gallery, Latvia (solo)
2006
Art Moscow, the 10th International contemporary art exhibition, Central Artists' House, Moscow
2006
Project, The Force of Body, Riga Gallery, Latvia
2006
Mexico Annotations, XO Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2006
Visions & Reality, Publichi Studio, Hague, Netherlands
2005
Art Moscow, the 9th International contemporary art exhibition, Central Artists' House, Moscow
2005
Dispute, XO Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2005
The Time of Museum, The Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2004
One, Gallery TT, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
2004
Still-Life, Arsenāls Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia
2004
Women painting Women, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2004
Art Moscow, Gallery Riga, Riga, Latvia
2004
Line Art Gent, Gallery Bastejs, Gent, Belgium
2004
Challenge the Nail Exhibition 2004, Salon des Arts, Imperial College, London
2004
Portraits, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York
2003
Abstractionism in Latvian Painting, Arsenāls Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia
2003
Savage Photographers, Communication Center “Dream Factory”, Riga, Latvia
2003
Art Nocturne Knocke, Gallery Bastejs, Knocke, Belgium
2003
Line Art Gent, Gallery Bastejs, Gent, Belgium
2003
Vanishing, Riga Gallery, Latvia (solo)
2003
Applied Art, Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia (solo)
2003
New and Old Works, Gallery Sachetti, Askona, Switzerland (solo)
2002
Museum, The Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia (solo)
2002
Franceska Kirke, Museum, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US (solo)
2002
Latvia. Surprising Art from the 20th Century, Zwolle City Museum, Netherlands
2002
Rauma Biennial Balticum, Finland
2002
Witnesses of the Age, Latvian National Art Museum, Latvia
2002
Small Works, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US
2001
Interval, Arsenāls Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia
2001
Drawing, Riga Gallery, Latvia
2001
Metropolis, Riga Stock Exchange House, Latvia
2001
Exhibition of Latvian Art, the office of Gunter Verhoigen, the EU extension Commissioner, Brussels, Belgium
2001
Line Art Gent, Gallery Bastejs, Gent, Belgium
2000
The Appropriated Image, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US (solo)
1999
Nudes, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US
1998
Kolumbarijs, Gallery Melnais balodis, Riga
1998
Impossible Meeting, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US
1997
Restoration, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia (solo)
1997
Celebrating the Still-Life, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US
1997
Latvian contemporary art, Grand Salle de l'Aubette, Strasbourg; Maison du Danemark, Paris,France
1997
Line Art Gent, Gallery Bastejs, Gent, Belgium
1997
Restoration, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
1997
John, Hulio, Juris, Willy, Club Slepenais Eksperiments, Riga, Latvia
1997
Early Sensations, Gallery Ciris, Riga, Latvia
1997
Love, Gallery Asuna, Saules Bank, Riga, Latvia
1997
Ballet, Riga Stock Exchange, Grand Hall, Riga, Latvia
1997
Melancholie, Die Galerie der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn, DE
1997
Six Latvian Artists in Tel Aviv, Artists Association Exhibition Hall, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1997
Still Life, Gallery of the Latvian Artists's Union, Riga
1996
The Baltic Days UNESCO's Exhibition Hall, Paris, FX
1996
Women Painting Women”, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, NewYork, US;Stockholm Art Fair, Gallery Bastejs, Sweden
1996
Art After the Century, International Conference Art Nouveau in Baltic States. Riga Gallery, Latvia
1995
Monument. III Annual SMMC-Riga Exhibition, Urban Environment. Latvian National Art Museum exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia; Stockholm Art Fair. Gallery Bastejs, Sweden
1995
Searching for Time Gone By, Riga Gallery, Latvia (solo)
1994
Contemporary Art from Latvia”, Morphy Gallery, Cyprus
1994
23 Artistas de Letonia, Sala Millares, Madrid, ES
1994
Latvian Art, Unesco Palace, Paris, FX
1994
Women Painting Women, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US
1994
With Spain in Heart, Gallery Sussi, Riga, Latvia
1994
The Other Picture, Riga Gallery, Latvia
1994
Art, Music, Furniture, Gallery of the Latvian Artists' Union, Riga, Latvia
1994
State, 2nd Annual Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Arsenāls Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia; Europe Art. Gallery Bastejs, Geneva, Switzerland; Stockholm Art Fair. Gallery Bastejs, Sweden; Contemporary Art from Latvia. Gallery Morphy, Limassol, Cyprus
1993–1994
Latvian Painters of the Twentieth Century, Celebration of Latvian Independence, Paris, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, FX; Art Frankfurt. International Art Fair, Frankfurt, DE; Art MIF. International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia
1993
Latvian Watercolors, Artists Association Exhibition Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania
1992
Latvian Painting Exhibition, Salzburg Cultural Center, AT
1992
and Russian Contemporary Painting, Grand Hyatt hotel, Hong Kong
1992
Painter’s Group Exhibition, Factura Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1992
Salon A, Riga, Latvia (solo)
1991
Latvian and Russian Artists, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Hong Kong
1991
Painters' Group Exhibition, Factura Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium; Salzburg Cultural Centre, Salzburg, AT; International Art Fair, Sollentuna, Sweden; Art Frankfurt. International Art Fair, DE
1990
Contemporary Soviet Painting, Rosart Amorim, Galeria da Praca, Porto, Portugal
1990
The 1st World Latvian Art Exhibition, The Latvian National Museum of Art, Museum of Foreign Art, Arsenāls Exhibition Hall, Riga Latvia
1990
Young Latvian Artists Group Exhibition, Neuss City Gallery, Neuss, DE; Art Hamburg, International Art Fair, DE
1989
Lacpleses, Art Museum Arsenals, Riga
1989
Contemporary Soviet Painters from Riga, Latvia, Edward Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York, NY, US
1989
Latvian Paintings, Seoul, South Korea
1989
New Paintings from Russia, Ravenna, IT
1989
The Cleveland 9th International Drawing Biennale, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Cleveland, UK
1989
Latvian Painting, Hilton Hotel, Munich, DE; Express Avant-Garde Gallery, Vienna, AT
1988
Dieter Hildebandt Gallery, Hamburg, DE (solo)
1986
Five Artists, Dieter Hildebrandt Gallery, Hamburg, DE
1986
Post-Traditionalism. Young Latvian Artists Group Exhibition, Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
1985
The Baltic Republics Painting Biennial, Vilnius, Lithuania
1985
Third International Drawing Triennial, Kunsthalle, Nurenburg, DE
1984
Zinibu nams Exhibition hall, Riga, Latvia (solo)
1984
Happening1, E. Smilgis Museum, Riga, Latvia
1984
Posters from the Baltic Republics, Tallinn, Estonia; Book Graphics, Vilnius, Lithuania
1984
Latvian Painting, Berlin, DE
1984
Tradition and Present, Moscow, Russia; Paris, FX
1984
Nature, Environment, Man, St. Peter’s Church, Riga, Latvia
1981
Space, Nature, Man, St. Peter's Church, Riga
1980
Portraits and Self-Portraits, The State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

Public Collections

UPB Contemporary Art Collection , Riga, Latvia
Ludwig Museum, Cologne, DE
Ludwig Museum, Aachen, DE
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, US
Zinibu Nams Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia
The Latvian Artists’ Union Museum, Riga, Latvia
The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
E. Smilgis Museum, Riga, Latvia
The Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
Arsenāls Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia
Latvia Artists' Union Museum. Riga, Latvia
Kunsthalle, Nuremburg, DE
Manege Cantral Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia
Museum of Art Arsenal, Riga, Latvia
Salzburg Cultural Center, Salzburg, Austria
Swedbank Contemporary Art Collection, Riga, Latvia
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