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