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ANDA MAGONE (ex Bankovska)
Born: 1971, Latvia
Education
2001 – 2005 Andrejs Grants’ photography studio, The Technical Creation House
1991 – 1995 BA, Faculty of Theology, University of Latvia
1987 – 1991 Department of Fashion Design, Arts and Crafts School of Riga
Solo exhibitions
2009 Life in the Garden (with latvian photographer Ieva Epnere), Berlin, Giedre Bartelt Galerie /Germany
2008 The Garden, Riga Art Space, Riga/Latvia
2006 I think about myself, Gallery Laipa, Valmiera/Latvia
2005 I think about myself, Gallery ag7, Riga/Latvia
Competitions & Awards
2009 Annual Award 2008 of daily Diena
2008 Member of The Artists’ Union of Latvia
2008 Nominee for Vilhelms Purvītis prize
2008 Finalist of the Sovereign European Art Prize
2005 Finalist of the Latio black&white photography calendar contest, participated in exhibitions in Riga and Jelgava
2003 Third prize in the Art Garden competition Photography of the year
Group exhibitions & Projects
2018 Group exhibition Implicit Memory (project Seven Summers) with Latvian photographers Laila Halilova and Rūta Kalmuka. Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga
2017 Participating in the group show Goddess Ex Machina with projects Twins and The Middle together with Latvian artists Rasa Jansone, Inga Meldere, Ingrīda Pičukāne and Eva Vēvere. Tartu Art House, Estonia.
2017 Exhibition I Touch Myself with projects Twins (2006-2016) and The Middle (2009) in Latvian National Museum Of Art, Riga
2014 Project I am/I am not, participation in "Norrlandsdagarna" Seminar of the Association of Swedish Professional Photographers, Umeå, Sweden.
2012 Participation in Presentation of Latvian Photography Liege, Centre Culturel de Liege, Belgium
2012 Collaboration with Triin Tamm (EE) „The Carousel Collection” project in exhibition „And So On And So Forth”, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga and Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Beden
2012 Participation in Photo Seminar The Way of Egons Spuris, Ogre, Latvia
2012 Exhibition And So On And So Forth (in collaboration with Triin Tamm (Estonia), kim?, Contemporary Art Centre, Riga
2011 Exhibition Is It That He Does Not Seek The Truth, But Does Want To Influence?, Riga Art Space
Exhibition Point Zero, Art Center Totaldobze, Riga
Exhibition Object – Riga Living Space, Riga
2010 Participation in Photo Seminar The Way of Egons Spuris, Ogre, Latvia
Photo project Object – Riga Living Space, exhibition Riga in the Light, Riga
Exhibition Switch, in Riga Art Space
2009 Exhibition Autumn 2009, The Artists’ Union of Latvia, Happy Art Museum
Photo project Object – Riga in the Light, Riga
Exhibition The Self Portrait The Gallery of The Artists’ Union of Latvia
2008 Exhibition From M to ZZZ, gallery Langhans, Prague/Chech Republic
Exhibition Is the Medium the Message?, Contemporary Art Centre, Andrejsala, Riga
Photo project Object – Riga in Motion, Riga/Latvia
2007 Photo project Object – Riga from Above, group show in 2008, Riga
2006 Photography exhibition I am an Artist, I love myself, Berlin, Giedre Bartelt Galerie /Germany
Photography exhibition Portrait. Latvian photography 1890-2005, Talsi/Latvia
Art symposium and exhibition Valmiera 2006, Valmiera
Photo project Object: Riga at Night, Riga/Latvia
Exhibition The Power of Body, Gallery Riga, Riga
2005 Photography exhibition Right Bank, Left Bank (Object-Riga), Riga
Photography exhibition (un)dressed Body in the Baltic Photo Art Vol.3: Latvia, Berlin, Giedre Bartelt Galerie/Germany
Art symposium and exhibition Valmiera 2005, Valmiera
2004/2005 Photography exhibition Object-Riga, Riga/Latvia Bordeaux/France
2004 Contemporary Art Exhibition Drei Tage Freie Räume-100 Künstler, Augsburg/Germany
Exhibition of Latvian photography What is important?, Riga
2003 Solarium, Exhibition of Andrejs Grants’ photography studio Annas 2, Riga
Works in Collections
Photographs from 'I think about myself' and 'The Garden' are in the collections of the Latvian Museum of Photography and the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art
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Anda Magone ©
