Pauls Jaunzems
Date of birth: 23rd July 1951 in Užava, Ventspils region, Latvia.1972 graduated Ventspils Musical Hight School
1982 graduated Latvian Academy of Art, Faculty of Sculpture
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
2022 "Everything is in stone III" Railway History Museum, Riga, Latvia
2021 "Everything is in stone" 1.part, Ventspils, Latvia
2021 "Everything is in stone" 2. part, Ventspils, Latvia
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
2020 Exhibition "Sculpture. Object". Kuldīga, Latvia
2020 Exhibition of granite sculptures by contemporary Latvian sculptors. Pedvale art park
2019. Sculpture project in UBE Biennale in collaboration with Takeshi Tanabe, Ube, Japan
2017. International Contemporary Art Exhibition "SILK ROAD", Hi`an, China
2015. Exhibition "PERSPECTIVE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM" Arsenal, Riga
2015. Exhibition "OKURAYAMA EXPRESSIONS 2015" Okurayama, Japan
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
2023 Stone sculpture symposium, Bento Goncalves, Brazil
2022 Stone sculpture symposium, New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada2019 International sculpture symposium MUSIC IN STONE, Baku, Azerbaijan
2017 International sculpture symposium Tehran, Iran
2017 International sculpture symposium Udine, Italy
2016 STONE SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM. Riga
2015 International Sculpture Symposium Okurayama, Japan
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’ Union of 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
AWARDS
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