Krišs Salmanis

Krišs Salmanis
Birth country
Latvia
Birth city
Rīga
Gender
Male
Works
KNOWN FLYING OBJECT - Author (2009)
THE BEGINNING - Author (2009)
RIO - Author (2009)
THE WORLD TURNS AROUND - Author (2009)
TURN BACK.UNDO - Author (2008)
WHY I AM NOT A VEGETARIAN - Author (2007)
SHOWER - Author (2007)
RONDO - Author (2006)
[NEVER MISS] 11:11 - Author (2006)
THE END - Author (2002)
OBSERVER - Author (2002)
THE MOMENT WILL COME - Author (2002)
LAMENTING - Author (2001)
INTERFERENCE - Author (2001)
CV - Author
Biography

EDUCATION
2009 – 2010 Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, DE
1997 – 2003 Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, LV

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 – „Light”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LT
2012 – „The Fragility of Trust”, gallery Alma, Riga, LV
2011 – „Time Pit” with Daiga Krūze, RIXC, Riga, LV
2011 – „The Earth may be spinning around the Sun, but the world is turning around me”, Raum linksrechts, Hamburg, DE
2010 – „Insomnia”, kim? / VKN gallery, Riga, LV
2009 – „Lost”, Riga Art Space, Riga, LV
2009 – „Found”, gallery Noass, Riga, LV
2008 – „Exit” Atelier am Eck, Düsseldorf, DE
2006 – „Silver, Gold, Plasticine”with Daiga Krūze, Riga, LV
2004 – „100% disappointment” with Daiga Krūze, Riga, LV

AWARDS
2010 - 19. Videokunst Förderpreis, Bremen, DE
2008 - „Waterpieces 2008” Grand prix, LV
2007 - 2nd Int'l Competition of the External Gallery, Gdańsk, PL
2004 - Culture Capital Fdn and Artists Union Debut award, LV
2004 - 13th Tallinn Print Triennial, EE
2003 - Autumn 2003. Private Space, LV

RESIDENCIES
2012 – HIAP, Helsinki, FI
2011 – Nida Art Colony, Nordic AIR, Nida, LT
2009 – Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop, DE
2008 – Gastatelier des Landes NRW, Düsseldorf, DE
2007 – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR
2007 – Bergen Center for Electronic Arts, Bergen, NO

WWW
www.salmanis.com