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    Krišjānis Beļavskis (b. 1999, Riga, Latvia)




    solo shows

    2026    LUFTSLOTT: The Phenomenon of Dagne Daudere, TUR, Riga, LV
    2026   Thank You For Your Time, Keskpuur, Tallin, EE
    2025    Jag Jobbar Här Nu (I work here now), DAS WEISSE HAUS, Wien, AT
    2024   (AWWAWINTSAAWWAD) a wall without a window is not the same as a wall without a door, DOM gallery, Rīga, LV

    selected group shows

    2025    The Nothing Show FINAL Room 1, Hope Art Service, Postsparkasse, Wien, AT
    2025    The Nothing Show, Hope Art Service, rental boat on Danube river, Wien, AT


    2025    Your House Has Cavities, MA POST degree show, Jāņa Kugas māja, Ikšķile, LV
    2024    Used Springs, PAiR, Pāvilosta, LV
    2024    Week For Sale Week To Sell, Zuzuem Greenhouse, Zuzeum Art Centre, Rīga, LV
    2024    Rapids Have Working Hours, Zuzeum Art Centre, Rīga, LV
    2023    Leave a comment on Liepāja! Liepāja, LV
    2023    Fifth AAL Diploma Show, BA graduation show, Art Academy of Latvia, Rīga, LV
    2022    Transformation, Marijas iela 11, Rīga, LV
    2022    Unlocked, Jahresausstellung 2022, ADBK München, DE
    2022    Augmented Dreams, Austrian Sculpture Park, Graz, AT

    public space

    2024    An Art Show for Oto, Gamla Galleri Snerk, Tromsø, NO
    2024    Branch in a Monkey, Rīga, LV
    2024    Sun (Sunshine) in Sink, Savvaļa, Drusti, LV
    2023    Milk Stool, Smiltene, LV
    2021    Big Brother, Project Future City/Future Art, Rīga, LV

    other projects, talks, workshops














    2026    Elgaland–Vargaland, Erasmus+ internship, artist assistant, Stockholm, SE
    2025    The Bureaucrat Who Secretly Reads Poems, curated by Roberta Atraste, Riga Photography Biennial – NEXT, scenography and exhibition setup, PILOT, Rīga LV
    2024   Īpaša vieta laikmetīgajai mākslai. Kas notiek savvaļā?, panel discussion, Survival Kit 15, Rīga, LV
    2024   City out of  Sight, KUNO short term mobility, Trondheim, NO
    2024   Extracurricular, durational performance with Mark Hulson and Owen Perry, Lethaby Gallery, London, GB
    2023    Recollection Bureau: An instructive happening, Wearable Memory and Body Techniques. Featuring Solomon Levitanus and Ljuba Monastirsky, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Rīga, LV
    2023   Ķirmis, wood art symposium, Suntaži, LV
    2023   YES Sculpture, Erasmus+ short term mobility, TALM - École Supérieure d'Art et de Design Tours Angers- Le Mans, FR
    2022   The art of Zellige, summer school, Michelangelo foundation, Tetouan, MA
    2020   16th international cast iron syposium, SERDE, Aizpute, LV

    residencies

    2025   DAS WEISSE HAUS, Wien, AT
    2024   PAiR, Pāvilosta, LV
    2024   Dolomiti Contemporaine, short term residency, Ex Villagio Eni, Borca di Cadore, IT
    2022   Österreichischer Skulpturenpark, short term residency, Graz, AT

    awards / grants

    2025    VKKF Creative Work Grant, LV
    2025    SPOT Exchange Award, Rīga – Wien, LV/AT
    2025    Finalist for ACADEMIA Award / Helen Scott Lidgett Studio Prize, LV/GB
    2024    Support from VVFoundation for research trip in the Dolomites and Venice, IT
    2024    VKKF Creative Work Grant, LV

    education

    2023 - 2025      Art Academy of Latvia, MA POST
    2021 - 2022      Art Academy of Munich, (Akademie der Bildenden Künste München), Klasse Peter Kogler
    2019 - 2023      Art Academy of Latvia, BA Sculpture


    recent press, texts and publications

    Dagnes Dauderes fenomens (April 2026)
    https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/kultura/maksla/07.04.2026-krisjanis-belavskis-makslas-telpa-tur-peta-dagnes-dauderes-fenomenu.a641983/

    Photo reportage from the exhibition 'Thank You For Your Time' by Krišjānis Beļavskis at Keskpuur (April 2026)
    https://echogonewrong.com/photo-reportage-from-the-exhibition-thank-you-for-your-time-by-krisjanis-belavskis-at-keskpuur/

    Photo reportage from the exhibition 'Jag jobbar här nu (I work here now)' by Krišjānis Beļavskis at DAS WEISSE HAUS in Vienna     (December 2025)
    https://echogonewrong.com/photo-reportage-from-the-exhibition-jag-jobbar-har-nu-i-work-here-now-by-krisjanis-belavskis-at-das-weisse-haus-in-vienna/

    AiR Krišjānis Beļavskis (July 2025)
    https://dasweissehaus.at/en/2025/air-krisjanis-belavskis/

    Post. Pastnieks, zobārsts, scenogrāfs, viņu pēctecība un konteksts (July 2025)
    http://www.creativemuseum.lv/lv/raksti/dienasgramata/post-pastnieks-zobarsts-scenografs-vinu-pecteciba-un-konteksts?fbclid=IwY2xjawLZ0N5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFHbWpHOWFSMFkzcjNuc2kzAR5MCwdHrv4ghntbBqOTiBGljE42KJRrldGcud2tTL63DsydOVDZ0zVdnquEBw_aem_56qHXDMvXOqUdSDxTpgqlA


    Photo reportage from Riga Photography Biennial—NEXT 2025 exhibition ‘The Bureaucrat Who Secretly Reads Poems’ at the experimental art space ‘Pilot' (May 2025)
    https://echogonewrong.com/photo-reportage-from-riga-photography-biennial-next-2025-exhibition-the-bureaucrat-who-secretly-reads-poems-at-the-experimental-art-space-pilot/

    Ķengaragā izveidots vides mākslas objektu pastaigu maršruts “Pastaigu kvadrāts ar stipri noapaļotām malām” (November 2024)
    https://www.riga.lv/lv/jaunums/kengaraga-izveidots-vides-makslas-o    bjektu-pastaigu-marsruts-pastaigu-kvadrats-ar-stipri-noapalotam-malam?utm_source=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

    Photo reportage from the exhibition 'a wall without a window is not the same as a wall without a door (AWWAWINTSAAWWAD)' by Krišjānis Beļavskis at the DOM Gallery     (August 2024)
    https://echogonewrong.com/photo-reportage-from-the-exhibition-a-wall-without-a-window-is-not-the-same-as-a-wall-without-a-door-awwawintsaawwad-by-krisjanis-belavskis-at-the-dom-gallery/

    Rapids Have Working Hours     (August 2024)
    https://mostmagazine.org/2024/08/13/rapids-have-working-hours/

    Māxlas Žurnāls 16     (April 2024)
    https://www.valtersdaksa.lv/veikals/item/maxlas-zurnals/mz-16---radosa-birokratija/