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Sietins Guntars

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Guntars Sietins

(born 1962)

 

Guntars Sietins was born on October 23, 1962 in Kuldiga, Latvia. He is Associate Professor of Printmaking at the Latvian Academy of Art and has created a masterly body of work in this difficult technique, exhibits internationally, and is the recipient of a number of awards in international competitions. He also works in book and magazine design, and the design of currency notes and coins. His prints are in numerous museums in Europe.

Solo exhibitions

2009

“Eclipse” – gallery “M6”, Riga

2008

“Unicode” – gallery “Daugava”, Riga

2007

in the gallery of Kaunas City, Lithuania

2006

gallery “Kunstlerhaus Hohenossig”, Leipzig, Germany

gallery “Grafikens Hus”, Mariefred, Sweden

gallery “Samlargrafik”, Fjalkinge, Sweden

2003

“Black No 55981” – the State Art Museum, Riga

1999

“Sub Rosa” – Ivonna Veiherte gallery, Riga

1998

Gallery “Fotostudija 1”, Boston, USA

1997

Gallery of Klasen Foundation, Vesterviik, Sweden

Kuldiga District Museum, Latvia 

1996

Gallery “Rīgas galerija”, Riga

1993

Gallery “Bastejs”, Riga

The State Art Museum of M.Zilinskas in Kaunas, Lithuania (together with A.Kalnacs)

Gallery “Vartai” in Vilnius, Lithuania (together with A.Kalnacs)

 

Group exhibitions

2010

The exhibition of  winners of the international graphics triennial in Krakow (in 2009) in the Dalarna Museum, Foluna, Sweden

Art exhibition “Rīgas Laiks” in the exhibition hall “Pinakoteka”, Riga

2009

The international graphics triennial in Krakow, Poland (cat.)

The 15th international graphics biennial in Seoul, Korea (cat.)

“Noir de Noir” in the gallery “ArchivArte” in Bern, Switzerland

“Druck Kunst x 15” in the Graphic Art Museum in Leipzig, Germany

2008

The 2nd Bangkok international graphics and drawings triennial, Tailand (cat.)

The international graphics triennial “Bridges Over the Mediterranean and the Baltic” in the gallery of Municipal Graphics Centre “Helios” in Saloniki, Greece (cat.)

The 30th Leipzig Graphics Exchange (Leipziger Grafiksborse), Germany (cat.)

The 9th international graphics biennial of the Baltic Sea States “Kaliningrad – Konigsberg”, Russia (cat.)

Graphic arts exhibition “Masters of Mezzotint” in the gallery “Larry Warnock Fine Arts”, San Francisco, USA

The international graphics biennial in Kochi, Japan (cat.)

2007

The international graphics biennial in Aomori, Japan (cat.)

Exhibition of paintings and graphics “Durch Kunst Brucken schlagen” in the Fraunhofer Centre in Leipzig, Germany

The Graphics exhibition “Anime della Maniera near / The Soul of the black manner” in Trento, Italy (cat.)

2006

The graphics exhibition of the Baltic States “Power and Man” in the gallery “Novas”, London, the UK

The exhibition of Latvian graphics “The Age of Paper” in the Ebeling Museum, Torshell, Eskilstun, Sweden

2004

AAF Contemporary Art Fair – New York, the USA

 

International awards

A Diploma in the 8th Tallinn graphics triennial (1989)

Jury grant in the 1st international graphics biennial – Maastricht, the Netherlands (1993)

A Diploma in the 11th international Norway graphics triennial – Fredrikstad, Norway (1995)

A grant in the 10th Tallinn graphics triennial (1995)

The first grant in the 8th international graphics biennial in Varnas, Bulgary (1995)

The public’s grant in the international minigraphics exhibition in Namura, Belgium (1998)

Jury grant in the international graphics biennial in Aomori, Japan (2007)

The first grant in the international graphics triennial “Bridges Over the Mediterranean and the Baltic” in Saloniki, Greece (2008)

A grant in the 15th international graphics biennial in Seoul, Korea (2009)

The Rector’s Grant of the Warsaw Art Academy in the international graphics triennial in Krakow, Poland (2009)

 

Works in collections

The Latvian National Arts Museum, Riga, Latvia

Swedbank, Riga, Latvia

The collection of the Bank of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Kuldiga District Museum, Kuldiga, Latvia

Curlonis National State Museum, Art Gallery of M. Zilinskas, Kaunas, Lithuania

The State Art Gallery of Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad, Russia

The State Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia

Jundt Art Museum at the Gonzaga University, Washington, the USA.