Kristians Brekte (1981)
Education:
2006–2009 Master of Arts, Department of Stage Design, Art Academy of Latvia
2002–2006 Bachelor of Arts, Department of Stage Design, Art Academy of Latvia
1997–2002 Riga Design and Art School (former Riga College of Applied Art)
1987–1997 Riga 2nd Secondary School
Professional working experience:
2014–present Head of the Department of Environmental Art, Art Academy of Latvia
2013–present Assistant Professor in the Department of Stage Design, Art Academy of Latvia
2011–present Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Art, Art Academy of Latvia
2011–2013 Lecturer in the Department of Stage Design, Art Academy of Latvia
2009–2011 Guest Lecturer in the Department of Stage Design, Art Academy of Latvia
2012–2014 Independent expert at State Culture Capital Foundation, Council of Visual Arts
Solo exhibitions:
2014 – Dead Ain\\\'t Gone Alma Gallery
2013 – Animal Painting Mūkusala Art Salon, small hall
2013 – Obsessive Neurosis and Castrational Threat Alma Gallery
2012 – Pure Evil Alma Gallery
2011 – Trophies Riga Art Space, intro hall (nominated for The Annual Diena Newspaper Award for Culture)
2010 – Riga Madonnas Alma Gallery (nominated for Purvītis Prize)
2009 – My Animals / Allergy Alma Gallery
2008 – Morgue Gallery 1st Floor
2007 – Gastronomy Latvian Artists Union Gallery (nominated for The Annual Diena Newspaper Award for Culture)
Works in collections:
The Collection of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Latvia
Jānis Zuzāns’ Collection, Latvia
Dr.biol. Guntis Belēvičs’ Collection, Latvia
Irina and Māris Vītols’ Collection, Latvia
Jānis Loze’ Collection, Latvia
McKee Gallery Collection, United States
Other private collections in Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, France and United States
Used information:
http://kristiansbrekte.lv/bio/