Ilga Leimanis
CV
education
- 2004
- Master of Arts - Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.
- 1999
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (with distinction) in Art History - Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.
- 1995
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, Specialization in Painting - Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
solo exhibitions
- 2009
- Profiles: Friendship in the Digital Age, Gallery Istaba, with seminar at e-text-textiles, Riga, Latvia.
- 2008
- Take Off, Dokhuis Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, featuring Ortelius Drew: a collaborative project by Ilga Leimanis and Doreen Wittenbols.
- 2003
- Lovers and Other Strangers in my apartment, 6**2, rue St-Urbain, Montréal, Canada.
Lovers and Other Strangers, Bourget Gallery, Montréal, Canada. (thesis exhibition)
- 1999
- Ceļi, Gallery modeMāksla, Riga, Latvia. (Canada Council Travel Grant)
- Roads, Espace 414 - L'Édifice Belgo, Montréal, Canada.
selected group exhibitions
- 2010
- The Moment of Privacy Has Passed, The Usher Gallery, Lincoln, UK. (Ortelius Drew collaboration)
- CUBEOpen Exhibition, Centre for the Urban Built Environment, Manchester, UK (Ortelius Drew collaboration)
- the open west 2010, The Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum (commissioned project: site-specific drawing installation) and Summerfield Gallery, Pittville Studios, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK. Curated by Lyn Cluer Coleman and Sarah Goodwin. (Catalogue) (Ortelius Drew collaboration)
- 2009
- Personally Political - Contemporary Sensation: Drawing, Art House Tacheles New Gallery, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Barbara Fragogna. (Catalogue) (Ortelius Drew collaboration)
- 2008
- Diaspora Art Returns, Valmiera Regional Museum, Valmiera, Latvia. (Catalogue)
- 2005
- Les Îles Inventées - Portraits, Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montréal, Canada. (duo with Allison Katz)
- Faces and Transitions, Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Dawson College, Montréal, Canada. Curated by Giussepe Di Leo. (exhibition brochure)
- 2004
- Concordia University's Homecoming Arts Festival 2004 Alumni Exhibition, VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.
- 2002
- La figuration 1980-2000 : Œuvres de la collection Loto-Québec, Maison de la culture de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada. Curated by Louis Pelletier.
Travelling to Pavillon Hôtel des Postes, Musée Laurier, Victoriaville and
la Galerie d'art L'Union-Vie du Centre culturel de Drummondville, Drummondville, Canada.
- Les Femmeuses, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueuil, Canada. (Catalogue)
- 2000
- Soutine Days 2000, Vilnius City Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania.
- Les Femmeuses, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueuil, Canada. (Catalogue)
- 1999
- Annual Autumn Exhibition, Exhibition Hall Arsenāls of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia.
writing
- 2006
- "Home?", Locus Suspectus, 2/2006, p. 28-29, 32.
- "You, Me & Duende", text for Doreen Wittenbols' exhibition in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- 2003
- "Sylvia Safdie Keren no. 4", articule programming booklet 2002-2003, p. 16.
- 2002
- The Best Kept Secret in Montreal, catalogue essay. Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University.
- "Sylvia Safdie", Canadian Art, Fall 2002, p. 134-135. Review of Safdie's exhibition Extensions at Owen Sound.
residencies
- 2008
- Stichting Kanaal 10, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (Ortelius Drew collaboration)
- Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto, Canada.
- 2007
- Vermont Studio Center Residency, Vermont, USA.
- 2000
- Soutine dienos International Painting Symposium, Vilnius, Lithuania.
artist talks / conference presentations
- 2009
- Profiles: Friendship in the Digital Age seminar, e-text-textiles, Riga, Latvia.
- 2005
- Dawson College, Department of Fine Arts, Artist Talk, Montréal, Canada.
- 2004
- York University, Intersections: Approaches to Visual Culture Art History Graduate Symposium, "Archiving the Self: George Legrady's Immigration Story in "An Anecdoted Archive from the Cold War", Toronto, Canada.
- 2001
- University of Rochester, Theory and Practice: A Graduate Conference, "Book Works as Memory Sculpture", Rochester, NY, USA.
- Concordia University, Fictions and Art History: A Graduate Student Conference, "Ilya Kabakov: Between Emptiness and Chaos", Montréal, Canada.
- 1999
- Concordia University, Department of Art History, Guest Lecture in "Canadian Artists of Central and Eastern European Origin: The Aftermath of Post-Second World War Immigration", Montréal, Canada.
curatorial projects
- 2003
- Sylvia Safdie: Keren no. 4, articule artist run centre project room, Montréal, Canada.
- 2002
- The Best Kept Secret in Montreal: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, The Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada. Group exhibition with works by Ingrid Bachmann, Mary Anne Barkhouse, Thérèse Chabot, Stéphane Gilot and Vid Ingelevics. (Catalogue)
- 2001
- Sensibilité, Galerie 418 - L'Édifice Belgo, Montréal, Canada. With visiting artists from Latvia, Ingūna Elere and Holgers Elers
grants
- 2007
- Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant.
- 2004
- Art History Graduate Student Association (AHGSA) Travel Grant to attend Art History Graduate Symposium, York University, Toronto, Canada.
- 2001
- Art History Graduate Student Association (AHGSA) Travel Grant to attend conference at the University of Rochester, New York, USA.
- 1999
- Canada Council Travel Grant, to attend exhibition at Gallery ModeMāksla, Riga, Latvia.
- 1994
- Latvian Canadian Cultural Centre Bursary for studies at Art Academy.
- 1992
- Latvian Canadian Cultural Centre Bursary for studies at Art Academy.
public collections
- permenant
- Global Society for Latvian Art Collection (Latvia)
- Loto-Québec (Canada)
- Atviros Lietuvos Fondas (Lithuania)
professional affiliations
- 2005-
- Member of Stockwell Studios, London, UK.
- 2001-2005
- Member of articule artist run centre (Treasurer 01-02 President 02-03) Montréal, Canada.
- 1999-
- LMS, Artists' Union of Latvia.
selected professional experience
- 2010
- Drawing DiverCITIES workshop with the Bartlett School of Planning MSc. Urban Regeneration students and local community groups, London, UK. (Ortelius Drew collaboration)
- 2007-
- Visiting Lecturer, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK.
- 2007-
- Co-founder of location drawing group, part of Ortelius Drew collaboration, London, UK.
- 2006-
- Drawing Tutor, Drawing At Work, London, UK.
- 2006-2008
- Course Manager, Drawing At Work, London, UK.
- 2002 & 2004
- Juror, Annual Exhibition, Women's Art Society of Montréal.
- 2001-2003
- Curatorial Assistant, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University.
- 2000
- Research assistant, guide and member of curatorial team for symposium and exhibition Afterimage: Evocations of the Holocaust in Canadian Contemporary Arts, Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre. Curated by Dr Loren Lerner. (publication in 2002)
selected articles / interviews / bibliography (artistic and curatorial projects)
- 2010
- Luzar, Robert, review, "The Open West 2010", Interface, a-n 14 March 2010.
- Fearns, Robert, Cluer Coleman, Lyn & Goodwin, Sarah. The Open West 2010. Cheltenham: University of Gloucestershire and Two Wood Press, February 2010. 43 pages [catalogue].
- 2009
- Television interview with Ilze Strenga, "Labrīt". LTV1, 17 Aug. 2009.
- Burve-Rozīte, Anda. "Varbūt jūs tur esat!" Diena 20 Jul. 2009: 16.
- Vilūns, Raivis. "Profils 1, Profils 2..." Neatkarīgā Rīta avīze Latvijai 20 Jul. 2009: 18-19.
Fragogna, Barbara, & Reiter, Martin. Personally Political Ð contemporary sensation: drawing. Berlin: Tacheles e.V., June 2009. 44 pages [catalogue].
- 2008
- Cover image for "Doing Phenomenology: Edges and the In-Between", PhaenEx: journal of existential and phenomenological theory and culture . Vol 3, No 2 Fall/Winter 2008.
The Marmite Prize 2008. London: Susak Press, 2008. 180 pages [catalogue].
Kalmīte, Lelde Alīda. Tēvu zemei - Latvijai: Pasaules latviešu mākslas izstāde 2008-10. Valmiera: Valmiera Regional Museum, 2008. 56 pages [catalogue].
- 2006
- Dorion, Henri. Le Québec au naturel : sur les chemins de la découverte = The Nature of Québec: a journey of discovery, 2006. Book and DVD. Published by Communications TerDor.
- 2005
- "Class Acts" Concordia University Magazine. vol. 28 no3 (2005): 30.
- "Exposition sur la thématique du portrait". La Voix populaire. 5 June 2005: 7.
- Lehmann, Henry. "Major artists and their muses." The Montreal Gazette 5 Mar. 2005: W1-2.
- Manniste, Andres. "Bodies without Organs..." Faces and Transitions, Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Dawson College. 2005. (cat.)
- 2003
- Interview by Astrida Neimanis. "Sveiks." Toronto Community Television OMNI 1. 1 & 7 Nov. 2003.
- 2002
- Besson, Valérie. "De l'art universitaire sans étudiants." Le Quartier libre : Le journal des étudiants de l'Université de Montréal 20 nov. 2002: 23.
- Lehmann, Henry. "Gallery's success is no secret: Experimental, contemporary art: Leonard & Bina Ellen at Concordia is celebrating 10 years in current space." Montreal Gazette 9 Nov. 2002: H3.
- Charron, Marie-Éve. "Des révélations equivoques." Le Devoir 19 oct. 2002: F7.
- 1999
- Lerner, Loren. Canadian Artists of Eastern European Origin. 1999. Concordia University.
- Television interview. "Afiša". Interviewed by Sarmīte Sīle. 31 Jul. , 6, 7 Aug. 1999.
- Ciemīte, Kristīne. "Ceļiniece ar gleznām no Monreālas." Rīgas Balss 139.12 510. 21 Jul. 1999: 14.
- Television interview. "LNT brokastis" (LNT breakfast) LNT Television. 21 Jul. 1999.
- Rupenheite, Ieva. "Saules aktivitātes nenogurdinātie." Diena 166. 2476. 20 Jul. 1999: 10.
- Television interview. "Rīts tv." (Morning TV) 20 Jul. 1999.
- Radio interview. Interview by Jānis Roženieks. Latvijas rādio. 20 Jul. 1999.
- MacMillan, Laurel. "Izteiktais netveramais." Laiks L1.2.4911. 9 Jan. 1999: 4. (Trans. T. Gruntmane, original title: Watch This Space.)
- 1998
- "Art Galleries." Montreal Gazette. 9 Apr. 1998: E9. (reproduction of painting)
- "Ilga Leimanis: Painting free-breathing expressions." The Informer. Apr. 1998: 11.
- "Fast Forward." Canadian Art 15. 1 Mar. 1998: 24.
- 1997
- Kļaviņa, Antra. "Īsa pietura nepieturot." Fokuss 12. 4-10 Aug. 1997: 14.
- Bužinska, Irēna. "Ceļojums dienas gaismā." Zeme 12.360. 8-14 Aug. 1997: 3.
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