Bio
Born 1981, Ventspils, LV
Lives and works in The Hague, NL
Education
2008-2009
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
2001-2005
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht, NL
1999-2000
Croydon College, London, UK
Awards, Grants, & Scholarships
2013
Prix de Rome, finalist
Lo schermo dell'arte, finalist
Residencies
2011
EKWC, Den Bosch, NL
2010
Heden, The Hague, NL
DCR Gueststudios, The Hague, NL
2006
Impakt Works, Utrecht, NL
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2018
Song and Love, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Ola Vasiljeva, Indipendenza, Rome, IT
Qualcuno si è seduto sulla mia sedia, Quartz Studio, Turin, IT
Song and Love, Matthew Lutz Kinoy - Ola Vasiljeva, Indipendenza, Rome, IT
2017
The Decline of the Showpieces, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, AT
The Dong with a Luminous Nose. Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL
Gold is The Metal With the Broadest Shoulders, Supportico Lopez, Berlin, DE
Zefiro Torna, Passerelle Centre d'art contemporain, Brest, FR
2016
Coeurtregetour, Antoine Levi, Paris, FR
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know, Kunstverein München, DE
2015
En Rachâchant, Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL
University, Antoine Levi, Paris, FR
The Limp of A Letter, BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, BE
2014
Jargot, Art in General, New York, US
2013
The Limp of A Letter, Prix de Rome, de Appel, Amsterdam, NL
Cinq à sept, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV
2012
Komplekts, Whatspace, Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, NL
OAOA Vestibule, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, NL
2011
Francis Ponge, 1646, The Hague, NL
2010
Petit Maitre, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, NL
Salon, Heden Hier, The Hague, NL
2009
Alchimie du Verbe, Ellen de Bruijne projects, Amsterdam, NL
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2018
Give Up the Ghost, Baltic Triennial, Center for Contemporary Arts Estonia, Tallinn, EST (forthcoming, June)
2017
Baltika, Galerie Antoine Levi, Paris, FR
2016
Carpet for a Lord, Supportico Lopez, Berlin, DE
Kunstnerbøger – Vildt Voksende, Den Frie, Copenhagen, DK
2015
XII Baltic Triennial of International Art, CAC, Vilnius, LT
University, OAOA, Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL
Le fragole del Baltico, Careof, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT
Ruler, SIC, Helsinki, FI
2014
Society Acts - The Moderna exhibition 2, Moderna Museet, Malmö, S
SHIFT, Antoine Levi, Paris, FR
Last Seen Entering the Biltmore, South London Gallery, London, UK
Graphic Design, at FUTURA, Prague, CZ
What Were You Expecting, Mr. Milquetoast, a Plot?, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsrühe, DE
Jargot, Art in General, New York, US
2013
Fusiform Gyrus, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
This and That and That, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, NL
Para Curare, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, NL
Free Enterprise, Academiegalerie, Utrecht, NL
Liecinieks, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV
2012
Inside & Out, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV
Krummes Ding, V8 Platform, Karlsruhe, Germany, DE
Material Information, Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen, N
Berlin Art Link, Sur la Montagne & Duve Gallery, Berlin, DE
Kids Are Alright, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL
Dinner Theatre, KunstHuis SYB, NL
2011
Say It With Flowers, Deweer Galery, Otegem, BE
Intermissions, Survival Kit Festival, Riga, LV
Parallelograms, Malibu Circa 1990 Gallery, Malibu, US
We Who Saw Signs, Contemporary Arts Singapore (ICAS), Singapore, CN
More Or Less, A Few Pocket Universes, Gallery Augusta, Helsinki, FIN
In Between, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, NL
2010
1990, Malibu Circa 1990 Gallery, Malibu, US
Eat Me & Playlist, Postmasters Gallery, New York, US
Witty Lo-fi Works.., NIMK, Amsterdam, NL
Of Facts and Fables, Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
If There Is One Hand, CAC, Vilnius, LV
Zachary Formwalt, Rumiko Hagiwara, Ola Vasiljeva, BillyTown, The Hague, NL
Don't Worry Be Happy, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam, NL
2009
Objects, Furniture and Patterns, Gallery Art Since the Summer of '69, New York, US
Argot, Plan B Projects, Amsterdam, NL
Dissociation, www.clubinternet.org
Drawn, Stairwell Gallery, Providence, US
Saudade, VCC, Ventspils, LV
Dream Sequence, Synchronicity, Los Angeles, US
Pictoplasma, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE
In Real Life, www.clubinternet.org
Contemporary Semantics Beta, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
2008
RijksakademieOPEN, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
White Noise/Black Magic, NOG Gallery, London, UK
The Joyful Bewilderment, Rough Trade, London, UK
Not Quite, Röda Sten, Göteborg, S
I Might Be Wrong, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, AU
Drawing a Conclusion, Peloton Gallery, Sydney, AU
2007
Nederclips'Sm, Stedelijk Museum's Hertogenbosch, Den Bosch, NL
I see the face I see the light, The Whole Gallery, Baltimore, US
TBA Festival, Portland Contemporary Art Institute, Portland, US
Float, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, US
Utrecht uploaded #2, Expodium, Utrecht, NL
2006
Hopes and Fears, Rael Artel Gallery, Pärnu, EW
2005
Spacequake, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam, NL
Popless, DOM, Moscow, RUS
The Benches, Expodium, Utrecht, NL