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Pauls Jaunzems

Born 23 July 1951at Užava, in the Ventspils region.   

1972    graduated from the Ventspils Music High School 

1982    graduated from the Department of Sculpture at the Latvian Academy of Art

1986    became a member of the Artists’ Union of Latvia

From 1976 has taken part in exhibitions, sculpting symposiums and plein air workshops

Main fields of work: indoor, garden and park sculptures

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011    "Stone story", Open - Air workshop, Riga

2008    “Morning”,Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

2001    “Metaphor”,Ventspils Museum, Ventspils, Latvia

1999    “Sea Stones”, Ventspils Museum, Ventspils, Latvia

1998    Open-Air Art Museum at Pedvāle, Latvia

1997    Foreign Art Museum, Riga, Latvia

1996    City Art Gallery, Kankaanpää, Finland

Gallery Rīgas vīni, Riga, Latvia

1994    “Myth of the Stone”, Daugava Gallery, Riga, Latvia

1987    AB Dam,Riga, Latvia

 

SIGNIFICANT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011    Exhibition "By the Amber Sea", Arsenal, Riga

2011    Exhibition, Ventspils

2010    Exhibition "Golden works", Arsenal, Riga

2005    Outdoor Installation Exhibition “Hiki International Expressions 2005”, Tokyo, Japan

2004    Outdoor Installation Exhibition “Hiki International Expressions 2004”, Tokyo, Japan

2003    Outdoor Installation Exhibition “Hiki International Expressions 2003”, Tokyo, Japan

Outdoor Project Exhibition “Kyoto Project 2003 – With Baltic Wind”, Kyoto, Japan

2001    Outdoor Installation Exhibition “International Sculptors Exhibition for and Together with the Friendly Sculptors Met at Symposiums Worldwide”, Seoul, South Korea

International Exhibition of Art “Omori Bellport Art Exhibition”, Tokyo, Japan

“Metropolis”, Riga, Latvia

“Project – Sculpture in the Riga Council”, Riga, Latvia

2000    International Sculpture Quadrennial “Riga 2000”, Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia

            Regional Artists Exhibition, Ventspils Museum, Ventspils, Latvia

            Exhibition “Baltic Art”, New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, USA

1999    “Autumn ‘99”, Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia

            Second World Latvian Art Exhibition, Riga, Latvia

1998    Ventspils Regional Artists Exhibition “Peninsula”, Gallery of the Artists’ Union of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

“Autumn ’98”, Exhibition Hall Arsenāls,Riga, Latvia

“Miniature”, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia

“Still Life”, Gallery of the Latvian Artists’ Union, Riga, Latvia

“Riga 800”, St. Peter's Cathedral, Riga, Latvia

1997    “Art Days ‘97” Riga, Latvia

“Peninsula”, Ventspils Museum, Ventspils, Latvia 

“Latvian Contemporary Art”, Grand Salle de l`Aubette, Strasbourg; Maison du Danemark, Paris, France

            “Autumn ’97”, Riga, Latvia 

“Origin”, Exhibition Hall of the Artists’ Union of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

1996    International Sculpture Quadrennial “Riga ‘96. At the Crossroads”, Riga, Latvia

1994    Exhibition of Latvian artists, Toronto, Canada 

1992    International Sculpture Quadrennial “Riga ‘92” Riga, Latvia (diploma)

1990    First World Latvian Art Exhibition, Riga, Latvia

1988    Sculpture Quadrennial “Riga 88”, Riga, Latvia (diploma) 

1986    Sculptors Group Exhibition “Art Days ‘86”, Cēsis Exhibition Hall, Cēsis, Latvia 

1984    Sculpture Quadrennial “Riga ‘84”, Riga, Latvia (diploma)

1983    “Autumn ‘83”, Riga, Latvia

1980    Sculpture Quadrennial “Riga ‘80”, Riga, Latvia 

1976    All Union Young Artists Exhibition, Moscow, USSR (diploma)

 

SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUMS, PLEIN AIRWORKSHOPS

2011    International Sculpture Symposium, Aswan, Egypt

2007    International Outdoor Art Symposium,Gaiziņkalns, Latvia

International Sculpture Symposium, Ventspils, Latvia

Outdoor Art Symposium “Boryeong’s International Black Stone Sculpture Symposium”,Boryeong, South Korea 

2006    International Sculpture Symposium, Ventspils, Latvia

International Sculpture Symposium, Šventoji, Lithuania

2005    International Sculpture Symposium, Ventspils, Latvia

International Sculpture Symposium, Riga, Latvia

International Sculpture Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey

2004    International Sculpture Symposium, Ventspils, Latvia

2000    First Saeng-Cho International Contemporary Sculpture Symposium, Saeng-Cho, South Korea

First Blokhus International Wood Sculpture Symposium, Blokhus, Denmark

1999    International Wood Sculpture Symposium, Hojer, Denmark 

1998    International Wood Sculpture Symposium,Riga, Latvia

International Wood Sculpture Symposium, Hojer, Denmark 

Stone Sculpture Symposium, Open-Air Art Museum at Pedvāle, Latvia

1997    International Stone Sculpture Symposium, Bramminge, Denmark

International Stone Sculpture Symposium, Angermünde, Germany

1995    Cliff and Stone Sculpture Symposium,Kankaanpää, Finland

First Wood Sculpture Plein AirWorkshop, Liepāja, Latvia 

1994    First International Granite Sculpture Symposium, Scarborough, Toronto, Canada 

1989    Valmiera Stone Sculpting Plein Air Workshop, Valmiera, Latvia

1987    International Sculpture Symposium, Riga

1986    International Granite Sculpting Symposium,Riga, Latvia

1985    Granite Sculpting Symposium, Riga, Latvia

Valmiera Stone Sculpting Plein Air Workshop, Valmiera, Latvia

1984    Sculpture symposium, “Ezerciems”, Riga region, Latvia

 

WORKS IN MUSEUMS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia 

Collection of the Artists’ Unionof Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Pāvilosta Regional Studies Museum, Pāvilosta, Latvia

Aizkraukle Museum of History and Art, Aizkraukle, Latvia

International Contemporary Art Centre, Seoul, South Korea

Latvian Centre, Toronto, Canada

Private collections in Riga, Stockholm, New York, Helsinki, Kankaanpää (Finland), Bramminge (Denmark)

 

GARDEN AND PARK SCULPTURES

Reykjavik (Iceland) – the work “Support” was created and erected in the city in 1996, as a gift from Latvia

Pāvilosta – open air exhibition

Rīga – Sculpture garden at Mārupīte, in the square by the Arkādijas Park, on AB Dam

City space,Jūrmala, Latvia

Ventspils– in the city

City Park, Scarborough, Toronto, Canada 

Eda Garden Museum, Japan 

 

DISTINCTIONS

2008    First place at the International sculpture symposium, Ventspils

2007    First place in the ideas competition for the “Victims of the Year of Terror”, Riga, Latvia

2000    Prize at the Saeng-Cho International SculptureSymposium, South Korea

1999    Second place in the fountain design competition, Ventspils, Latvia

1998    Prize in the competition for the Monument to Victims of the Communist Terror, Riga, Latvia

First place in the sculpture design competition, Ventspils, Latvia