Evita Vasiljeva

NEWS______ CV _____PUBLICATIONS _______CONTACT

Born in Riga, Latvia, 1985
Lives and works in Amsterdam, Riga, Marrakesh

BIENNALES

2022, The 16th Lyon Biennale, Manifest of Fragility, Lyon, curated by Till Fellrath and Sam Bardaouil, France;
2021, Baltic Triennial 14: The Endless Frontier, Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius, LT

SOLO and DUO SHOWS

2022, Blue Lagoon, duo exhibition with Kaspars Groševs, Curaited by Daiga Rudzāte and Žanete Skarule, Cesis Contemporary Art Centre, Cēsis, Latvia;
2020, Movement detectors, patatoes, lamps, gallery 427, Salon de Normandy by the Community edition 2020, Paris, FR
2020, Same door different street, duo exhibition with Antoine Nessi, Roots to Routes, Les Parallèles du sud – Manifesta 13 Marseille, FR
2019, Your mind is a house and you live in the kitchen, Marwan, Amsterdam, NL
2019, Town at edge of garden at edge of town, duo show with Dan Walwin, gallery Post, Kaunas, LT
2019, Postcrete, Lower. Green, Norwich, UK
2018, Still Stands and Resilient Nows, Tallin City Gallery, Estonia
2017, Manhours in Headquarters, P/////AKT, Amsterdam, NL

2016, Gut House on The Print Level, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV

2016, Nothing Lost, Nothing Found, gallery 427, Riga, LV

2016, Potlatch, De Ateliers end show, Amsterdam, NL

2016, Form X, V220, Amsterdam, NL

2014, Monograms. Hanging above. The Case in the Cafe, Vita Kuben, Umea, SE

2013, Indian Summer, duo exhibition with Frederique Pissuise, Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL

2012, Crisis? What crisis?, EEA studio building, Beelitz, DE

2013, Parallel to Vertical, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV

GROUP SHOWS

2022, Adesso no, group show, Manifattura Tabacchi, Florence, IT,
2021, EUPavilion Eight proposals for the first European pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Mega, Milan, IT
2021, On the Moon, San App, Riga, LV
2021, Publiek Park, Young Friends of SMAK, Ghent, BE
2021, Pleins Feux, Fiminco Foundation, Paris, FR
2021, Savage 2, Drusti, LV
2021, Bread and Salt, The Comunity Centre, Paris, FR

2021, Freedom of Sleep, Fiminco Foundation, Paris, FR
2021, Spatial Thoughts On Traces Of Human Presence, Omstand, Arnhem, NL
2021, Low Moon, gallery Low, Riga, LV
2020, Riga Notebook. Following the Lines of Wacław Szpakowski, Muzeum Sztuki Lodz, PL
2020, Contemporary Art festival Survival Kit 11, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, LV
2019, Black Market, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV
2019, A Very Small Window, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV
2019,  FOAF Warsaw, gallery Wschod, Warsaw, PL
2019, Extra-Planetary Commitment, Gallery Litost, Prague, CZ
2019, Escapes sculptures: attentions, ruses et detours, Ecole nationale superieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette, FR
2019, Cute Places, Palfrey, London, UK
2019, Prospects & Concepts, Art-Rotterdam, NL
2018, Even if it’s Jazz or the Quiet Storm, NEST, curated by Dan Walwin and Vinvent van Velsen, Den Hague, NL
2018, Barbarian in Paris, Fondation Ricard, curated by Joachim Hamou, Maija Rudovska and Barbara Sirieix, Paris, FR
2018, HYBRIDS, group show,  Lustwarande, Tilburg, NL
2017, NNN, National Museum of Latvia, Riga, LV

2017, White walkers, Tallinas 10, Riga, LV

2017, Nose to Fees, Rib, Rotterdam, NL

2017, Young Popes, Latvian Institute Rome, Rome, IT

2017, Feed Your Friends, Odd, Bucharest, RO

2017, Over Hang, W139, Amsterdam, NL

2016, Notes on Self-Evident things, group show, Latvian National Museum of Art's, Riga

2016, Festive town, Alexanderplein, curated by Daniel Walwin, Amsterdam, NL

2015, Lielāks miers, mazāks miers, Railway Museum of Riga, Riga, LV

2015, Lily’s Pool, group show, Art in General, New York, USA

2014, New Participants, group show, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL

2014, Aspen-Camer, group show, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV

2014, NF Presenteert: Vrom Ee tot Be tot Zie tot D, P/////AKT, Amsterdam, NL

2014, Vortex, Garage, Moscow, RU

2014, NF Presents: From A to Be to See to D, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga

2013, Openings and A Face Free From Worries, graduation show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL

PUBLICATIONS

2022, Baltic Triennial 14: The Endless Frontier (A Reader), Publishers: Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius and Mousse Publishing, Milano, IT
2022, EUPavilion, research book, EUPavilion, IT
2021, Publiek Park, publication, published by Friends of SMAK, Ghent, BE
2021, Contemporary Lynx, magazine
2021, 427 YEARS BOOK, Archive of 427 exhibitions and projects throughout 7 years (2014–2021), published by gallery 472, Riga
2021, Town at edge of garden at edge of town, publication, published by P/////AKT, Amsterdam
2020, Review by Zane Onckule, Survival Kit 11, Artforum, December issue
https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202009/riga
2020, Mister Motley, online
http://www.mistermotley.nl/salon/evita-vasiljeva-if-told-correctly-it-will-centre-me-collage-2020
2019, Delirious Lustwarande - Excursions in Contemporary Sculpture III, published by Lustwarande, NL

2019, l'officiel art, Baltic issue
2019, Active Art, Paraguay Press, Paris, FR
2019, Prospects & Concepts, Mondriaan Fonds, Amsterdam, NL

2018, PAPERWEIGHT VOL.I, published by Popper Publishing, Riga, LV
2018, Blog.ks, published by The Association of Culture Institutions of Riga City Council, Riga, LV
2018, Spoilage, published by gallery Wschod, Warsaw, PL
2018, Thinging (Essays), published by P/////AKT;

2018 Thinging (Exhibitions), published by P/////AKT;

2018, Sweet Sixteen, A Short History of P/////AKT, published by P/////AKT

2017, De Grote Nederlandse Kunstkalender 2018, Trichis Publishing B.V.

2017, White Walkers, exhibition publication, published by gallery 427

2017, Artviewer special feature, http://artviewer.org/special-feature-evita-vasiljeva/

2016, if you can’t, engage, artist book, published by kim? Contemporary Art Centre

2016, Potlatch, exhibition catalogue, De Ateliers

2016, Lielāks miers, mazāks miers, exhibition catalogue, Biedrība Rīgas laikmetīgās mākslas muzeja satura veidošanai

2016, Metropolitism M, May

2015, Systems, Poper magazine, Riga

2013, Studija, magazine, interview, Riga

PRESS

2022, (LV), review, Blue Lagoon, https://www.diena.lv/raksts/kd/recenzijas/pagatnes-un-tagadnes-gaismas-bruninieki.-cesu-makslas-festivala-recenzija-14284087
2022, (LV) interview, https://arterritory.com/lv/vizuala_maksla/intervijas/26217-zinu_kurp_dosos_bet_nezinu_ka_noklusu
2022, (LV), interview, https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/kultura/maksla/lauties-asociaciju-plusmai-saruna-ar-makslinieci-evitu-vasiljevu.a464494/
2022, (LV) interview, https://arterritory.com/lv/vizuala_maksla/intervijas/26221-zila_lica_iemitnieki
2020, Impulse (J or Imp), Review by Zane Onckule, Survival Kit 11, Artforum
https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202009/riga
2020, Salon de Normandy, Novembre magazine, Paris, FR
2019, Your mind is a house and you live in the kitchen, Marwan, Amsterdam, NL
https://tzvetnik.online/article/evita-vasiljeva-at-marwan
2019, Town at the edge of garden at the edge of town, gallery POST, Kaunas, LT
review (LT)
https://artnews.lt/
review (ENG)
http://echogonewrong.com/

https://artviewer.org/

2019, A Very Small Window, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga
https://www.ofluxo.net/
review (LV)
https://www.diena.lv
review (LV)
http://www.arterritory.com/

https://www.aqnb.com/

https://www.journal.fyi/

2019, FOAF Warsaw, gallery Wschod, Warsaw, PL
http://moussemagazine.it
https://news.artnet.com/
https://frieze.com/

2019, Extra-Planetary Commitment, group show, Litost, Prague

https://a-desk.org
http://www.daily-lazy.com
http://blokmagazine.com
https://artalk.cz
http://artmirror.org
https://anti-materia.org
http://arterritory.com
http://artishockrevista.com

2019, The White Review, Postcrete
review
http://www.thewhitereview.org/reviews/evita-vasiljeva-postcrete/

2018,Still Stands and Resilient Nows,
http://echogonewrong.com/still-stands-resilient-nows-evita-vasiljeva-tallinn-city-gallery/
http://arterritory.com/en/news/7836-nothing_but_work_on_her_mind/

2018 Helsinki International Arist Programme, Interview
https://www.hiap.fi/evita-vasiljeva-these-heavy-human-emotions/
2018, Hybrids, group show, Lustwarande, Tilburg, NL
http://www.aujourdhui.pt/blog/hybrids-lustwarande
  http://artviewer.org/
2017, White Walkers, group show, Tallinas 10, Riga, LV
http://artviewer.org/
http://www.ofluxo.net
http://tzvetnik.online/
http://echogonewrong.com
2017, Nose to Flees, group show, Rib, Rotterdam
http://artviewer.org/nose-to-flees-at-rib/

2017, http://www.tique.art/paper/six-questions/evita-vasiljeva/

2017, http://arterritory.com, short interview

2017, Manhours in Headquarter, solo show, P/////AK, Amsterdam

            http://footnotesonart.com/

            http://tzvetnik.online/portfolio_page/evita-vasiljeva-at-p-akt/

            http://dontpostme.xyz/

            http:// www.artviewer.org

2016, Gut House on The Print Level, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga

            http:// www.artviewer.org

            http://echogonewrong.com/

            http://arterritory.com

2016, if you can’t, engage, artist book, published by kim? Contemporary Art Centre

            http://arterritory.com, review

2016, Nothing Lost, Nothing Found, gallery 427, Riga, LV

            http://echogonewrong.com/

            http://www.daily-lazy.com/

            http://arterritory.com , interview

2016, http://www.daily-lazy.com/, studio visit

TEACHING, LECTURES, CONTRIBUTIONS

2020, Sound piece, CA SENT LE SAPIN, Zone de Silence, Paris, FR
2019, Sound piece, Quarto Mundo, Porto, PT
2019, panel discussion, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV
2019, Artist's talk, Ecole nationale superieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette, FR
2018, Artist's talk, “if you can’t, engage”, Page not Found, Den Hague, NL
2017, Rehearsal symposium, artist talk, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
2016, plaster casting workshop, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV
2016, teaching, MAD design summer school, Sigulda, LV
2015, lecture, Speculative Scenarios: Exploring the ins and outs of a public art work for Riga, Art in Public Space symposium, Riga, LV

EDUCATION

2009-2013 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, BFA, Amsterdam, NL

2005-2009 The Art Academy of Latvia, BA, Visual Communication, Riga, LV

RESIDENCIES

2020, Fondation Fiminco, Paris, FR
2018, Sundaymorning@ekwc, NL
2018, HIAP, Helsinki, FI
2014-2016, De Ateliers, residency, Amsterdam, NL

GRANTS

2020, Established artist’s support grant, State Culture Capital Foundation, Riga, LV

2019 The Stipendium for Established Artists, Mondriaan Fonds, NL
2017 Stipendium Emerging Artists, Mondriaan Fonds, NL

2013-2019 State Culture Capital Foundation, various grants, Riga, LV

2014-2016 Beurs praktijkverdieping, Mondriaan Fonds, NL

COLLECTIONS

National Museum of Latvia, private collections

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