Krišjānis Beļavskis (b. 1999, Baldone, Latvia)

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

other projects, talks, workshops

2026    1926-2026, Latvian Railway History Museum, scenography and exhibition setup, Riga, 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


recent press, texts and publications

Luftslott: The Phenomenon of Dagne Daudere – Krišjānis Beļavskis (May 2026)
https://mostmagazine.org/2026/05/26/luftslott-the-phenomenon-of-dagne-daudere-krisjanis-belavskis/

A Score of Scores. An interview with the artist Krišjānis Beļavskis (May 2026)
https://echogonewrong.com/a-score-of-scores-an-interview-with-the-artist-krisjanis-belavskis/

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

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-objektu-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/

La Historia

Group show Bilbao Defect 2, Dagda, Latvia
Part of Dagda Architecture, Art and Music Festival 2026, organized by Periferiju Centrs
 Opening: 09.07.2026

The La Historia 6/6 project has made Dagda town center the most densely marked historical area in Latvia, with the highest number of commemorative plaques per square kilometer—not because more happened there, but because more has been acknowledged.

Curated by:  Jānis Dzirnieks and Lauma Muižarāja
Participating artists: Krišjānis Beļavskis (LV), Matthew Cosslett (SCT), Margrieta Griestiņa (LV), Jānis Dzirnieks (LV), Sebastian Koeck (AT), Yuris Lesnik (LV), Lauma Muižarāja (LV), Luīze Nežberte (LV), Viktors Timofējevs (LV/USA)
Documentation: © Jānis Dzirnieks
Supported by: The State Culture Capital Foundation (SCFF), Latviešu vēsturisko zemju attīstības programma, Culture Moves Europe, Krāslavas novada pašvaldība, Radio NABA, Dagdas Tūrisma informācijas punkts, Dagdas Kultūras centrs.

Luftslott: The Phenomenon of Dagne Daudere

Solo show at TUR, Rīga, Latvia
01.04. 2026 –02.05.2026



At the center of Luftslott: The Phenomenon of Dagne Daudere lies a simple but disquieting condition: the moment when an idea begins to outweigh reality. The exhibition takes as its point of departure the figure of Mr. Dauders, a man who has been married three times to women all named Dagne, and who, through repetition, begins to construct an image of what “Dagne Daudere” should be. What emerges is not a person, but an ideal, a figure shaped through expectation, projection, and refinement. With each attempt, the distance between the real individual and the imagined Dagne widens, until the idea itself takes precedence.

In this sense, “Dagne Daudere” becomes less a character than a phenomenon, an example of how a constructed image can acquire a kind of autonomy. The real Dagne is gradually reduced to a surface onto which this ideal is projected, while the imagined version gains clarity, density, and authority. The exhibition draws on this condition to reflect on a broader tendency within contemporary life, where ideals of identity, selfhood, and perfection are continuously shaped and reinforced, often at the expense of lived experience. What begins as a personal fixation unfolds into a more general question: what happens when the representation becomes more convincing than the thing it is meant to represent?

The space of TUR is transformed into a spatial analogue of this mental state. Architectural elements appear suspended in partial completion, structures fail to align, and gestures remain unresolved. Doors do not act as expected, forms do not fully connect, and materials seem caught between intention and execution. The installation evokes a mind in the act of constructing something that cannot be completed, where each attempt is interrupted or diverted. Within this environment, the logic of the idea persists, but its realization is continually deferred.

Luftslott, literally “air castle,” names this condition directly. It describes a structure built entirely from imagination, convincing in its coherence yet lacking a foundation in reality. The exhibition does not seek to resolve this tension, but rather inhabits the space between the belief and its collapse. What remains is a space in which the ideal continues to assert itself, even as the world around it resists, misaligns, and quietly falls out of place.

Curator and exhibition text: Edd Schouten
Project Manager: Kristīne Ercika
Production Manager: Ada Ruszkiewicz
Technical support: Oto Holgers Ozoliņš
Documentation: Kristīne Madjare
Supported by: The State Culture Capital Foundation (SCFF)

Thank You For Your Time

Solo show  at Keskpuur, Tallinn, Estonia
21.03. 2026 – 19.04.2026




Keskpuur is pleased to present Krišjānis Beļavskis’ solo exhibition Thank You For Your Time. This new series of works builds on the residue of the project Open Call from 2024, where Beļavskis made an open call to invite one participate to sit in the studio and observe him working, after a selection of formal job interviews, one winner of the open call was chosen and invited to observe Beļavskis working on a series of sculptures. The selected participant was paid €10.00 per hour, which is the average gross hourly wage in Latvia (as of the end of 2023). The only requirements were that they could not leave the studio during the working hours and were not allowed to engage in their own activities. A contract was signed, and over the course of 10 hours, a group of styrofoam sculptures was created. A number of them have been cast in aluminum for this exhibition.
Thank You For Your Time explores the themes of labour, authorship and the roles of the spectator. The artist performed manual labour for ten hours while the participant engaged a constant observation of his work. Within this relationship, the participant became part of the labour, a form of mental labour that often uses looking, observing, and scrutinizing. The hierarchy of labour therefore becomes blurry, they are not equal but interdependent. The work highlights what kind of relations are required for the work to exist, 1. The open call that gathers a pool of contestants to be interviewed and selected 2. The contract that holds a legal framework that defines the authorship of the work and the requirements of the labour 3. The labour that requires the artist and the participant to enact their roles together. The title Thank You For Your Time also suggests viewers as a form of mental labour, simply thanking the visitors for taking their time to visit the exhibition and to observe the works. The premise of the work lies less in the articulation of a predetermined agenda, and more in the doing itself. It operates through a simple proposition: do thing A and see whether thing B emerges from it.

Curated by: Kwan Kit Lau (KitKit Para)
Documentation: © Kwan Kit Lau (KitKit Para) – Keskpuur
Supported by: The State Culture Capital Foundation (SCFF) and Cultural Endowment of Estonia

Jag jobbar här nu

Solo show at DAS WEISSE HAUS, Vienna, Austria
04.12. 2025 – 24.01.2026



Jag jobbar här nu (English: I work here now) by Krišjānis Beļavskis concludes his 6 month residency at DAS WEISSE HAUS during which he has been working with the notion of mock job applications and truths that sound more like lies. One of these ideas involves filming short scenes featuring a character named Hugo. Jag jobbar här nu feature sculpture, video, photography and relaxed watercolour landscape painting that in one way or another have been influenced by the experiences gathered in Vienna – from listening to Herman Czech lectures on architecture to watching Barry Lydon at the Gartenbaukino.
This exhibition marked the very first edition of the SPOT Exchange Award, a new joint initiative by the Art Academy of Latvia, the Zuzeum Art Centre, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and DAS WEISSE HAUS. The award includes a six-month residency at STUDIO DAS WEISSE HAUS, offering the selected artist dedicated resources, a vibrant and supportive creative environment, and meaningful engagement with a wide artistic network.

Documentation: © Lea-Maraike Sambale – DAS WEISSE HAUS
Supported by: The State Culture Capital Foundation (SCFF)

Third Party. Shareholder project

MA POST degree show Your House Has Cavities at Jānis Kuga House in Ikšķile, Latvia
12.06. 2025 – 12.07.2025

Building on the idea of an open call, Third Party. Shareholder project was announced in February 2025. An artist assistant was selected and a group of sculptural objects was dedicated to them. The assistant's responsibilities include becoming part of the piece as well as its legal co-owner and co-author. In the event of the work being sold, the assistant will receive a portion of the proceeds (See Appendix 2).
Job Description: We are looking for an Artist Assistant. Krišjānis Beļavskis within the project Third Party Shareholder will produce an artwork dedicated to Artist Assistant and only Artist Assistant. The Artist Assistant will become a legal shareholder of the artwork (details below) and an integral part of the artwork (details below). The Artist Assistant is expected to accept the dedication of the artwork to them and have a meeting with the Event Organiser (Artist) twice a month from March through June (a total of 8 meetings) on a mutually agreed schedule.
Qualifications: No formal qualifications required. Preference will be given to candidates with distinctive or memorable names.
Location: Confidential / To be announced / Volatile.
Remuneration: The Artist Assistant will be recognized as a co-author and will hold a share of the artwork produced within the project Third Party Shareholder. If the artwork is sold, the Artist Assistant will receive a percentage of the total sale price: see below (details to be discussed before signing the contract).

Artwork Price (€)	Artist Assistant Profit (€)	Percentage (%)
1 000 000 – 10 000 000	900 000 – 9 000 000	90%
300 000 – 1 000 000	210 000 – 700 000	70%
0 – 300 000	0 –150 000	50%

Legal Status: If the artwork produced within the project Third Party Shareholder is sold, the Artist Assistant is not sold along with it and remains a free individual and citizen of their respective country.
Application Process: Send your application to: apply.thirdparty.assistant@gmail.com
Application deadline: 01-03-2025
Selection Process: Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview. The selected candidate will sign a contract with the Event Organiser (Artist) before starting the role.
Dress Code: Smart casual.
Media & Documentation: Photographs and video footage may be taken throughout project Third Party Shareholder and used for marketing and publicity, including publications, websites, social media, or third-party platforms. If you have any further concerns, do not contact the Event Organiser (Artist).

Cast: Māris Penders, Krišjānis Beļavskis
Documentation: © Krišjānis Beļavskis

(AWWAWINTSAAWWAD)

Solo show (AWWAWINTSAAWWAD) a wall without a window is not the same as a wall without a door at DOM, Riga, Latvia
14.08.2024 – 31.08.2024



Enter a rock from below, through the ground. Or a tree. Perhaps it has no roots down there. They appear only when the ground is dug up and your eyes can see them. While I am not looking, a bowl bounces on the kitchen table. The table is a surface. The table stands on the surface of the ground but if the table is flipped upside down, the ground stands on the table. A bucket is a blanket and to arrange means to trick.


Opening: 14.08.2024 concert by Johanna Sandels
Graphic design: Elīna Salnāja
Documentation: © Krišjānis Beļavskis, Ieva Viese
Supported by: The State Culture Capital Foundation (SCFF) , Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2024, Tālava

Open Call

Group show Rapids Have Working Hours at Zuzeum Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
10.05.2024 – 26.05.2024



Sit in the studio and watch how I work for two days 10AM – 3PM
Event dates: March 25 and 26, 2024 or March 27 and 28, 2024. TBD
Location: Avotu iela 36, Rīga
Deadline: 19/March/2024
Fees and support: YOU GET 10 €/hour. TOTAL: 100 €
Requirements: Please note that filming/photography will be taking place for archival purposes. The photographs and recordings made are likely to be shown to a wider audience. The participant will be provided with a respiratory mask, safety goggles and hearing protection if needed. The participant is not allowed to do their own stuff during the working hours 10AM – 3PM. No skills required
How to apply: Submit a short statement (2 – 3 sentences) expressing your eligibility to this project and send it to watch.opencall@gmail.com or Instagram @ch2kb

Interviewees: Andris Freibergs, Kristiāna Švābe-Putāne, Lou Von Schäfer, Marija Luīze Meļķe, Rasmus Marks Ivanovs
Curated by: Domo Baal, Kristaps Ancāns
Documentation: © Dasha Trofimova

Solo show and auction Week For Sale Week To Sell at Zuzeum Greenhouse. Riga, Latvia
01.07.2024 – 14.07.2024



Part of the open studio and exhibition cycle at the Zuzeum Greenhouse, titled – Remember when I said [..] – I’ll answer in a week! as part of the collaboration between MA POST and Zuzeum Art Centre. The outcome of the Open Studio was in dialogue with the Sigismuds Vidbergs fake (author unknown) found in the Zuzeum Collection. An auction was announced where five days of the week were to be sold on five separate USB flash drives.

Graphic design: Dena Doloresa Sircova
Documentation: © Johanna Sandels, Krišjānis Beļavskis
Supported by: The State Culture Capital Foundation (SCFF), Art Academy of Latvia, Zuzeum Art Centre