CURRICULUM VITAE



Egils ROZENBERGS
Born: September 13, 1948
Address: 39 Vasaras St., Jūrmala LV 2008, Latvia
Tel: (+371) 29274468
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Education and professional experience:
Graduated from the Latvian Academy of Art, Textile Art & Design Department
1966    Graduated from the J.Rozentāls’s Fine Art School, Painting Department


Membership of Professional Bodies:
1993-1999    Secretary General, Association European Textile Network
Since 1991    ETN (European Textile Network) member
Since 1973    member of the Artists’ Union of Latvia
1994-2005    President of the Artists’ Union of Latvia


International experience:
1995-2005     Project leader for the Latvian Artists’ Union International Art and
                   Education Centre in Zvārtava, Latvia (organizing of Symposiums,
                   exhibitions, workshops, Artists in residences projects, conferences)
1984-1994      Organizer of the International textile Art Symposias in Dzintari
                    (Jūrmala) and Riga


Awards
2005        Prize of the year, award for the individual investment by the Public
              Administration of Cultural Heritage, Latvia
2004        Ordine „Al Merito della Republica Italiana”, Italy
2003        The Order of Three Stars, Republic of Latvia
2001        Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur, Republice Franēaise (France)
1998        Den Kongelige  Norske Fortjenstorden (The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit)


Art Works in the Museums & Collections:
Central Textile Museum in Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, the U.S.A.
Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) New York, N.Y., the U.S.A.
The Latvian National Museum of Art/Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Latvia to the United Nations, New York, N.Y., the U.S.A.
General Consulate of the Royal Danish Embassy in New York, N.Y, the U.S.A.
Royal Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Danish Culture Institute, Riga, Latvia
IMG Bank, Caracas, Venezuela
Collection of the Ministry of Culture, Moscow, Russia
Collection of the Latvian Artists’ Union, Riga
Collection of the International Art confederation, Moscow, Russia
Private collections in the U.S.A, Canada, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, France, the Check Republic, Latvia, etc.


Participating in exhibitions since 1968
Works have been exhibited in Athens (Greece), London (the U.K.), Prague (the Check Republic), Paris (France), Rome, Urbino, Bologne (Italy), Brussels (Belgium), Copenhagen, Aalborg (Denmark), New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington (the U.S.A.), Kristiansand (Norway), Frankfurt, Hamburg (Germany), Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Gothenburg (Sweden), Istanbul (Turkey), etc.


Selected Solo Exhibitions & Projects
2015-2018     The International Competition of Sketches organized by the French Ministry of Culture for the  tapestry realisation for the collection of the Mobilier National (two sketches from the series  “Reflections – contemplation” has been selected and are produced)
2017       Project “Magnetic Resonance”, Exhibition space at the Concert Hall “Great  Amber”,  Liepāja, Latvia
2016       Exhibition “Reflections”, Vidzemes Concert Hall, Cēsis, Latvia
2015      “Latvia. Patterns”.  Latvian diplomatic mission to the European Union, Brussels,      
             Belgium
             Exhibition at the International Art Festival "lys over Lolland ", Denmark
             Exhibition “Highlights”, gallery BASTEJS, Riga, Latvia     
2013       Solo Retrospective Exhibition. Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall  “Arsenals”, Riga, Latvia
2011       Madona’s History and Art Museum, Madona, Latvia
             “Blue Horizon”, Art Gallery XO, Riga, Latvia                 
2009       Solo exhibition”Angels and Masks” , Jurmala Town Museum, Jūrmala, Latvia
2007       Solo exhibition ”Angels and Masks”, Museum of Decorative Arts and
              Design, Riga, Latvia
2004        Solo exhibition „Ornament of China”, Gallery „Riga”, Latvia
              Egils Rozenbergs “Living by the Sea”, Galleri Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
1999        One-man show, Museum of Decorative Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
1998        One-man show, Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Copenhagen, Denmark


Selected Group exhibitions
2013        14th International Textile Triennial in Lodz, Lodz, Central Textile Museum,
              Lodz, Poland
2011        “Colour. Red”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2007        Exhibition „Textile and Fibre Art from Latvia”, Mustafa Kemakl Merkezi,
                 Istanbul, Turkey        
2004-2006     Exhibition “Arte Lettone Contemporanea” – Collegio Raffaello – Urbino;  
                   Sala Delegazione Comunale – Cannigione Arzachena/Sassari – Sardegna;
                   Torre   Aragonese – Ghilarza/Oristano – Sardegna; Sala Museale del  
                   Baraccano –   Bologna: (Italy)
2004          Exhibition „Art from Latvia”, Patronato del Real Alcįzar, Seville, Spain                                                                                                            
                Exhibition “Textile Art & Fiber Art objects From Latvia”, Moscow, Russian Federation
                Egils Rozenbergs “Living by the Sea”, Galleri Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
2001         European Textile Art Exhibition “Tradition & Innovation”, Latvian National    Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia
               Latvian Textile Art Exhibition Le Fibre UNESCO building, Paris, France
               Latvian Decorative Applied Art Exhibition, City Hall, Oslo, Norway
              Latvian Textile Art Association Exhibition The Fifth, Art Museum Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia
              Fibre Art Exhibition, Museum of Decorative Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
              Group Exhibition I.Blumbergs, I.Iltnere, E.Rozenbergs, City Gallery, Vienna, Austria
              Latvian Textile Art Exhibition, Athens, Greece
              Latvian Textile Art Exhibition, Prague, Check Republic
1998        Latvian Contemporary Art, Maisson du Denmark, Paris, France
              Latvian Textile Art Exhibition, Castle de San Angelo, Rome, Italy
1997       Latvian Contemporary Art, Strasbourg, France
             Baltic Art Exhibition, UNESCO, Paris, France
1994       Exhibition “The State”, Exhibition of Conceptual Art, Art Museum Arsenāls,
              Riga, Latvia
              Decorative and Applied Art Exhibition of the Baltic States, Tallinn, Estonia
              +-48 Group Exhibition, Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
             7th International Textile Symposium Exhibition, Museum of Decorative and       Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
             Group Exhibition, Museum of Applied Art, Tallinn, Estonia
            From Dreams to Reality, Baltic/Scandinavian Design and Craft Exhibition, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden
            6th International Textile Symposium Exhibition, Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
           Baltic and Danish Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
           5th International Textile Symposium Exhibition, Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Riga, Latvia
           Textil’91 Group Exhibition, Kristiansand, Norway


Conferences and Symposia
2011            International Artists’ Residence Cité des Arts, Paris, France
2001-2015     International Textile Art Triennales “Tradition & I nnovation”, Riga, Latvia
                  4th International European Textile Network Conference, Budapest, Sombathey, Hungary
                 3rd Inernational European Textile Network Conference, Strasbourg, France
                2nd  International European Textile Network Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland
               1st International European Textile Network Conference, Erfurt, Germany
               Norwegian/Latvian Textile Exchange Programme, Oslo & Kristiansand, Norway
              Lakeside Studio Artist  Residence Program, Lakeside, Michigan, USA
1988        Stutgart 88’ European Craft Conference, Germany

Riga, 03.08.2017