Works

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1949 in Riga, Latvia

EUCATION

1967-1973 Latvian Academy of Art. Painting department BA, MA

WORK EXPIERENCE

1974-2004 as a teacher at the Academy’s preparatory evening classes

1995-2009 as assistant professor at the Department of Functional Design

2007-TODAY as head of the Arts Department at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning

(Faculty of Architecture) in Riga Technical University (practicing assistant professor).

MAJOR SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 I AM. Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia

2018 Solo exhibition “Away from Grey” at Jozas Miltiņs Drama Theatre, Panevezys, Lithuania

Exhibition by Beate Gjersvold (Norway), Ove Stokstad (Norway) and Anita Meldere (Latvia) at

Galleri Hans, Ørland Kultursenter, Ørland, Norway

2017 Exhibition by Beate Gjersvold (Norway), Ove Stokstad (Norway) and Anita Meldere

(Latvia) at Galleri Dobag, Kristiansund, Norway

2016 Portraits. Valmiera Museum Exhibition Hall, Valmiera, Latvia

I AM. Watercolours, exhibition space at concert hall GORS, Rezekne, Latvia

Meeting. Madona Museum of Local History and Art, Madona, Latvia

2015 Oils and Watercolours. Vidzeme Concert Hall “Cesis”, Cesis, Latvia

2014 Expressions. Abstract Painting. Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia

Real Values. Bauska Local History and Art Museum, Bauska, Latvia

Anniversary. Riga Technical University Design Centre, Riga, Latvia

2011 WATERCOLOURS+ by Anita Meldere (Latvia) and Beate Gjersvold (Norway). House of the

Architects (Curator), Riga, Latvia

Northern Bridge. Anita Meldere (Latvia) – oil paintings, Beate Gjersvold (Norway) –

watercolours, Gallery SG, Trondheim, Norway (Nordic Culture Point mobility programme

grant)

2009 Talk to Me. Jurmala City Museum, Jurmala, Latvia

Landscape Motif. Talsi Museum of Local History and Art, Talsi, Latvia

2007 Faces. Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia

2004 Watercolours. Ivonna Veiherte gallery, Riga, Latvia

2003 Watercolours. Gallery “BonhanS.S”, Riga , Latvia

2002 My Abstraction. State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

2000 Close and Distant. Agija Sūna’s Gallery, Riga, Latvia (with Beate Gjersvold (Norway)

1999 Spectral Games. Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia

Ascension.Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia

1995 To leave. To return. State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

1994 Springtime Thunders. Gallery Bastejs, Rīga , Latvia

1993 Look into my Eyes. Exhibition Hall Jāņa sēta and Artists House (retrospective part), Riga,

Latvia

1990 Latvian Society House, Toronto, Canada

1988 Paintings and Watercolours. Dzintari Exhibition Hall, Jūrmala, Latvia

MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 Marina 2019. Jurmala city Museum, Jurmala, Latvia

2018 Contemporary Latvian Watercolour. Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia

Early Realism 2018. Ventspils History Museum at the Castle of the Livonian Order, Ventspils,

Latvia

100 in Latvian Art. Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvija

Portrait in Latvia. Facial Expression. The 20th Century. Exhibition hall Arsenal, Riga, Latvia

2017/18 “Autumn 2017. House of Artists, Riga, Latvia

Current Latvian Watercolour. Laiptai Gallery, Siaulai, Lithuania

2017 2nd international watercolour painting biennale. National History Museum in Tirana,

Tirana, Albania

Autumn 2017. Latvian Artistst`s Union exhibition hall, Riga, Latvia

Current Latvian Watercolour. Panevezys, Lithuania

Marina 2017. Jurmala city Museum, Jurmala, Latvia

Class of Kalnciems at Kalnciems District. Kalnciems District Gallery, Riga, Latvia

2016 Watercolour in Latvia. 19th-21st Century. Exhibition hall Arsenal, Riga, Latvia

2014 International watercolour painting biennale Baltic Bridges, Kaunas, Lithuania

2013 Exhibition of Mark Rothko’s plein air participants within the framework of the opening

exhibition of Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre. Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre,

Daugavpils, Latvia

International ceramics exhibition within the framework of European Arts and Crafts Days 30 et

quelques tapirs entêtéres. Galerie Librairie terres d'Aligre, Paris, France

2012 International watercolour painting biennale Baltic Bridges. Kaunas, Lithuania

2011 He Doesn’t Seek the Truth, He Wants to Affect. Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia

2010 International watercolour painting biennale Baltic Bridges. Vilnius, Lithuania

2009 International watercolour painting biennale. Polotsk, Belarus

2007 Exhibition from the collection of contemporary Latvian art. Hansabank, Riga, Latvia

Exhibition of the international art plein air “Mark Rothko 2007”, Daugavpils Local History and

Art Museum, Daugavpils, Latvia

2005 Dialogue 2007. Hall of the Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

2004 International watercolour painting festival. Husets Galleri, Alborg, Denmark

6 FROM RIGA. Galleri Akvarellcenter, Stockholm, Sweden

2003 Abstractionism in Latvian Painting. Exhibition hall Arsenal, Riga, Latvia

2002 Latvian Art at the 20th century. Municipal Museum Zwolle, Zwolle, the Netherlands

Witnesses of the Epoch. State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

2nd international watercolour painting biennale Neues Aquarell. Fulda, Germany

2001 Nordjysk kunst. Alborg Exhibition Hall, Alborg, Denmark

2000 Latvian Painting 1945-1985 plus. State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

1998 Attention – Fragile. Exhibition hall Latvia, Riga, Latvia

1997 Arsenal Acquisitions. Exhibition hall Arsenal, Riga, Latvia

1996 17th exhibition of Latvian watercolour painting. Exhibition hall Latvia, Riga, Latvia

23 Latvian Artists, Salla Millares, Madrid, Spain

1992 Current Latvian Painting. Vilnius Art Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania

The Baltic Way. Exhibition hall Latvia, Riga, Latvia

1991 Auction exhibition of Latvian painting, Paris, France

1990 First nationwide exhibition of Latvian art. Exhibition hall Arsenal, Riga, Latvia

Exhibition of Latvian painting. Astra Gallery, Chicago, USA

Auction exhibition of Latvian painting. Paris, France

1989 Exhibition of Latvian painting. Eduard Nakhamkin Fine Arts Gallery, New York, USA

1987 Painting triennial of the Baltic Republics. State Museum of Art, Central Exhibition Hall,

Vilnius, Lithuania

Exhibition of Latvian painting. Sofia, Bulgaria

1984 Painting triennial of the Baltic Republics. Central Exhibition Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania

Exhibition within the framework of USSR Culture Days. Cultural Centre, Berlin, GDR

1983 Exhibition of Latvian Soviet art, Mechelen, Belgium

1982 Young Painters of the 1970s. Tokyo, Japan

Exhibition of Latvian art. Pori, Finland

1981 Exhibition of work by young Soviet artists. Urbino, Italy

Exhibition within the framework of USSR Culture Days. Bremen, Germany

1980 Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits. State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

1979 Exhibition of young artists’ work from Latvian SSR. Finland

1978 Soviet Latvian Painting. Szczecin, Poland

1977 Soviet Union Exhibition of Young Artists’ Work. USSR Academy of Arts. Moscow, Russia

1976 3rd Soviet Union exhibition of young artists’ work Youth of the Earth. Moscow, Russia

1973 Sports in the Art of the Young within the framework of Soviet Union University Games,

Moscow, Russia

1972 9th republican exhibition of young artists’ work. Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Latvia