Katrīna Neiburga
Lives and works in Riga, Latvia.
2001 - 2002 Latvian Academy of Arts, Master of visual communications.
2001 Latvian Academy of Arts visual communications studies.
1999 - 2000 Guest student at Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm, Sweden.
1996 - 1999 Latvian Academy of Arts, Art pedagogy studies.
AWARDS
2009 Awarded with prestigious Purvitis reward for video works "Topology 29" and "Solitude";
2008 nominated for Ars Fennica award;
2005-2006 resident in Cite des Arts, Paris
2002 Artists’ Union of Latvia Award of the Year for the best multimedial project “The 6th Element” (with Monika Pormale)
2001 Artists’ Union of Latvia Award of the Year for creative novelty in visual arts – for the project “T-shroom”
EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2008
Video set designe for Latvian Nationwide Song Festival (LV);
Exhibition "L’art contemporain en Europe", exhibition hall "experience Pommery", Reims (FR);
Exhibition "Buket", Moskow (RUS);
Exhibition of Latvian Contemporary Art „Time will show“, Dortmund (DE);
"IDAprojects- presents The Vernacular Terrain", The Block, Queensland University of Technology, (CHN);
"Finally snow in the alps", group exhibition, Linz (AT);
Set design, costumes for play "Sarkano lukturu ziema", The New Riga Theatre (LV);
Set design for "Puppet opera", Latvian National Opera, Riga (LV).
2007
Illustrations for children’s book "Mazgalvīši spēlē mājās", written by Pauls Bankovskis;
Video poetry festival "Word in motion", video for poet Semeon Hanin poem "Diagnostic of poetry";
"IDAprojects- presents The Vernacular Terrain", The Block, Queensland University of Technology, (AU);
Baltic contemporary art, trilogy of exhibition, Kalmaret konstmuseum (SE);
Contemporary art from Latvia, European central bank, Frankfurt (DE);
French spring 2007, exhibition "Urbanologic", video installation Topography Nr.29 (LV);
Pre-selection for 11th International Exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture in Prague, (LV);
"Just what is it that makes today?", Gallery Antjewachs, Berlin (DE);
"Katoptron" (Direction of the mirror glance), special Project of 2nd Moscow biennale of contemporary art (RUS).
2006
"Videos from the Zones of Contact" 2006 Biennale of Sydney, Cairns Regional Gallery (AU);
The festival of digital, electronic, new media and experimental culture "Electrofringe 06",
Newcastle New South Wales (AU);
"White Nights", Contemporary art project in five European cities, Madrid (SP), Riga (LV),
Eskilstuna konstmuseum (SE);
"Femmes a’Europe", L’Ete Culturel 2006, Saint-Tropez (FR);
Biennale of Sydney, international festival of contemporary art, curator Charles Merewether, Sydney (AU);
Artistic event series "Trajectories", project "Alvoda", curator Stella Rolling, Riga (LV);
Set design and costume design for play "Night Tariff", New Riga Theater (LV);
"Face the unexpected", Dortmund (DE);
Video art from the Baltic States, Kunstraum Düsseldorf (DE);
"Suspense", Macedonian Modern art museum, Thessalonica (GR);
Suspense, Hellenic-American Union, Athens (GR);
EUROPART – Contemporary Art from Europe, curator Walter Seidl, Vienna (AT).
2005
Illustrations for children’s book "Pasakas par bērnu dzīvi" (LV);
"Solitude", Gallery Le Plateau (Curator Caroline Bourgeois), Paris (FR);
Stage design, video concept, costumes for opera "Living Water", Latvian National Opera, Riga (LV);
"Suspense", Gallery "Apollonia", Strasbourg (FR);
"(un)dressed", Body in the Baltic photo art, Gallery Giedre Bartel (DE);
"Jukas", Exhibition Hall "Arsenāls" of the State Museum of Art, Riga (LV);
"Instant Europe", Villa Manin, curators Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, (IT).
2004
Video/Audio performance at festival "SKAŅU MEŽS/KLANGWALD", Riga (LV);
Video performance "LITERATURE KARAOKE", gallery Noass, Riga (LV);
Video performance "Selecta", Macrome, Gonzo, Riga (LV);
Exhibition "WELCOME!", Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (UK):
Video stage design for opera Toska, Latvian National Opera, Riga (LV);
Exhibition "2 SHOW", video movie Magic Things, Vilnius (LT).
2003
"re_public art" project supported by the European Council's programme "Culture 2000", video performance “Traffic” (LV);
Exhibition adaption, Tallinn (EST);
Exhibition "Savvaļas fotogrāfi" (Wild photographers), Riga (LV);
Video stage design for opera "The Flying Dutchman", Latvian National Opera, Riga (LV);
2002
"T-Shroom" exhibition in Malme (SE);
Exhibition "Nekā personīga" (Nothing personal), Bremen City gallery (DE);
Video stage design for opera "The Flying Dutchman", Dalhalla (SE);
"T-Shroom" exhibition, gallery IBID (UK);
10/05/2002 Idea author of the International women day "Sestais elements" (Sixth element), project designer and documentary video performance "Kas meitenēm somiņās" (What’s in girls’ bags), (LV);
18/04/2002 Video designer in Ballet festival gala concert, Latvian National opera (LV);
Festival East Impact – vj, St. Petersburg (RUS);
2001
Participation in poetic video festival with film "Visu nakti" (All night);
14/09 – 21/10/2001 Participation in 12th Graphic arts triennial in Tallinn (EST);
04/08 "Down the tunnelzz", video performance (vj), Liepaja (LV);
25/05 "Party Animals – Animal Farm", video installation "viss.tas" (English: dj duck presents), Riga (LV);
One of the main idea and video material authors in social art project Latvijas "Tējas Sēnes Audzētāju Asociācija" (LTSAA) (Association of Latvian Tea Fungus Cultivators) tea fungus popularisation campaign;
Participation in creative group "SOYA" as vj;
Exhibition Curriculum Vitae, in the Artists’ House in Klaipeda (LT), video film "Dienasgrāmata" (Diary).
2000
10/11 – 10/12 Personal exhibition "REAL FACE" in gallery NOASS, Riga (LV) works in mixed technique of computer graphics and sieve press and video art;
06/10 – 08/10 "net.congestion" – participation in international broadcasting media festival in Amsterdam (NL);
Participation in graphics exhibition "VĒSTULES RĪGAI" (Letters to Riga) in the Melngalvju Nams gallery with works "Rīgas vāks" (Cover of Riga), photo technique, Riga (LV);
18/08 – 18/10 Participation in exhibition "LIETAS" (THINGS) in gallery Noass with graphics Āmurs (Hammer), Riga (LV);
24/08 – 26/08 "ART = COMMUNICATION 4", participation in international young media festival, Riga (LV):
1. in cooperation with Pēteris Ķimelis festival conference internet broadcasting from the gallery NOASS.
2. video performance on AB Dambis at the end of the festival.
"IOB – IMAGES OF BORDERS" – exploring Contemporary Rising Culture, Swedish pavilion in the exhibition EXPO 2000 in Hanover:
1. in cooperation with Pēteris Ķimelis administration of seminar “WEB – TV – direct communication and interaction”.
2. Video-ART – video performance in Swedish pavilion on the opening night of IOB.
"REALTIME DATA JOKEING" workshop administration in cooperation with Pēteris Ķimelis in international media workshop "POLAR CIRCUIT", Rovaniemi, Finand;
ART GENDA 2000, participation in the young artists’ biennale – video performance and real time data jokeing in cooperation with Pēteris Ķimelis;
COME BY IMMORTAL – exhibition in cooperation with Pēteris Ķimelis in gallery Konstakuten, Stockholm (SE);
Participation in graphics exhibition of the young artists "LJUDGARDEN" in gallery "Mejan", Stockholm (SE);
December 1999 – May 2000 "REAL TIME DATA JOKEING" – internet sessions TV BEOFF, Stockholm (SE).
1999
"TUTTI FRUTTI" – participation in the Latvian Academy of Arts students’ exhibition, gallery "M6", Riga
Latvian Academy of Arts students’ exhibition, gallery Māksla, Riga (LV).