Daiga Krūze
Born April 7, 1980, Bauska.
Currently lives and works in Riga
Education
2002 - 2004 Art Academy of Latvia Painting Department, MA
1998 - 2002 Art Academy of Latvia Restauration Department, BA
1992 - 1998 Janis Rozentals' Riga Art Secondary School
1989 - 1992 Baldone Art School
1987 - 1992 Baldone Secondary School
Solo exhibitions
2016 – «Movement» , in Marc Chagall Exhibition Hall, Vitebsk
2016 - Paintings in gallery Alma, Latvia
2015 - «Exercise - Greeting from Sun», in Theatre Juras varti, Ventspils, Latvia
2014 - «Measuring space», gallery Tifana, Riga, Latvia
2013 - «Hideout», gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia
2012 - «The Ball» (with Inga Meldere), Kalnciema gallery, Riga, Latvia
2011 - «Sound Segment», gallery Tifana, Riga, Latvia
2011 - «Time Pit» (with Krišs Salmanis), RIXC Media Space, Riga, Latvia
2009 - «You Are What You See», gallery 21, Riga, Latvia
2008 - «Contact Person», Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2007 - «Resort» (with Inga Meldere), gallery Leduspagrabs, Valmiera, Latvia
2006 - «Must Go for a Walk», gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2006 - «Silver, Gold, Plasticine» (with Krišs Salmanis), special venue, Riga
2006 - «Summer in Valle» , Amtmanis Brieditis museum, Valle, Latvia
2006 - «At Seven o‘clock», gallery Pedants, Riga, Latvia
2004 - «100% disappointment» (with Krišs Salmanis), special venue, Riga
Selected group shows
2017 – «Opening # Nr.2» in gallery Muzeum LV, Riga, Latvia
2017 - «Eksperimentālais sānsolis» in gallery Putti, Riga, Latvija 2017 - «Extension.lv», in Moscow, Samara, Russia
2016 - «Omega 3» in Mooste, Estonia
2015 - wall painting in Zagare Milk factory, Lithuania
2014 - «Latvian Contemporary Painting», Rotko Art Center in Daugavpils, Latvia
2014 - group show in Preili, Latvia
2013 - «Latvian Latitude», Gluckstadt, Germany
2013 - Survival Kit 5», Riga, Latvia
2013 - «Duets Nr.7». together with Ilze Strekavina, Tukums Art Museum, Latvia
2012 – participating in contemporary art festival «Art Stays 2012», Ptuj, Slovenia
2012 - «Exchange», akku, Emmen, Switzerland
2012 – «Important Contemporary Artists of Latvia» traveled exibition in New York, Washington, Chicago
2011 - «Is it that he does not seek the truth, but does want to influence?», Riga Art Space, Riga
2011 - Balticum «Tides of Changes», Hangar 7, Salzburg, Austria
2011 - «Point Zero», VEF, Riga, Latvia
2010 - «Experimental Station Laimdota», special venue, Cēsis, Latvia (curator)
2010 - «I Die (I Live)», VEF, Riga, Latvia
2010 - «Survival Kit 2», special venue, Riga, Latvia
2009 - «Residences Croisees» , CEAAC, Strasbourg, France
2009 - «Moving lines», gallery Artforum, Offenburg, Germany
2009 - «Cleanliness», creative space Tasty, Riga, Latvia
2009 - «Group of Five», Community Theatre and Art Centre, Dubai, UAE
2009 - «Underground Tournament», gallery 21, Riga, Latvia
2008 - «Squirrel», special venue, Kuldiga, Latvia
2008 - «Souvenir», VEF, Riga, Latvia
2007 - «Sub rosa», gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2007 - «Autumn 2007», Riga, Latvia
2007 - «Centro Periferia», International competition, Rome, Italy
2007 - «Candy Bomber», Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia
2007 - «Painting on wood», gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2006 - «Autumn 2005», Riga, Latvia
2006 - «Plain aire show», Jonava art gallery, Lithuania
2006 - «Autumn 2006», Railway museum, Riga, Latvia
2005 - «New Figural Language», gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2005 - «Alter ego», gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2005 - «Etonnante Academie», Saint Etienne, France
2005 - «Objects. Painting on Wood. Postcards», gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2004 - «Paintings», European Comission, Brussels, Belgium
2004 - «Autumn 2004», Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia
2004 - «Border», gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2003 - «Retrospecive», Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2003 - «6th Small Form Art Exhibition», gallery Rīga, Riga, Latvia
2003 - «Autumn 2003», Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia
2002 - «Watersupply», Pedvāle open-air museum, Latvia
2001 - «Fireland», Pedvāle open-air museum, Latvia
Awards
2016 - Nomination for Purvitis Award
2016 - Nomination for «Kilogram Culture»
2014 - Diena award in Culture
2008 - Nomination for Purvitis Award
2007 - Exibition of young Latvian painters «Candy Bomber» award
2006 - Annual Latvian Artists Union exibition «Autumn 2006» award
2005 - Culture magazine Forums award
2005 - Gallery M6 award
2005 - Gallery Pedants award
2004 - Art magazine Studija prize
2004 - Culture Capital Fond / Latvian Artists Union award Debut of the Year
2004 - Unibanka award Residencies and workshops
2013 - HIAP residency in Helsinki, Finland
2010 – Nida Plain aire, Lihuania
2010 – Sveicarija Plain aire, Lithuania
2008 - Kunststipendium Bremer Heimstiftung, Bremen, Germany
2008 - residence in CEAAC Srasbourg, France
2007 - Arctic Week, Kakslauttanen, Finland
2007 - Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2006 - Jonava Plain aire, Lithuania
Works in collections:
Latvian National Museum of Art
Private collections
www.museumlv.com
