Ēriks Apaļais

Born 1981 in Riga, Latvia

Lives and works in Riga, Latvia

Exhibitions

An Average Comet

July 20 - Aug 31, 2024

A broom will leap out of the forest

Dec 5 - Dec 9, 2023

Education

2021
Bachelors of Arts, Degree in Philology
University of Latvia, Riga, Lativa
2011
Diploma in Fine Arts
University of Fine Arts of Hamburg (HFBK), Hamburg, Germany

Solo

2023
Mailbox Nr.12
Gallery 427, Riga, Latvia
2020
Family
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2018
Institutional Gambling
Alma Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2016
Le Cygne
Alma Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2014
Twigs
The Arsenāls Exhibition Hall, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
Inscribed Silhouettes
Gallery Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
2013
Words
Contemporary Art Centre kim?, Riga, Latvia
2011
Confessions
Gallery Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany

Group

2024
Harkawik, New York, NY
2023
2022
427 Collection
Skulpturinstitut, Vienna, Austria
2020
Collection of Video Art of the Latvian National Museum of Art
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2019
The Estate
Contemporary Art Centre kim?, Riga, Latvia
2017
Dedication, Exploitation & Haute Collaboration
Silberkuppe Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015
Le Fragole Del Baltico
Careof, Milan, Italy
2014
The forgotten Pioneer Movement
District Berlin, Berlin, Germany
M.S.
427 Gallery, Riga, Lativa
2013
15th Vilnius Painting Triennial
Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

Awards

2011
Karl H. Ditze Award for the best Diploma
University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Nomination for Ars Viva Prize
2008
Award for Outstanding Achievements
DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)

Press

2023
Ēriks Apaļais, 427 Gallery, Critics' Picks, Text: Zane Onckule
Artforum, May 2023
2020
P:16, Text: Ieva Astahovska
Foreign Language Index (FLI) 2, 2020
Visual Retellings, Text: Marina Gerber
Echo Gone Wrong, March 2020
2014
Mousse Magazine, July 2014
P.258, Text Jens Asthoff
Kunstforum, Edition 299, 2014
2013
Yearning for degree zero, Text: Ulrike Gerhardt
Echo Gone Wrong, March 2013
2012
Schilderkunst in Lettland en Estland, Text: Jurrian Benschop
Kunstbeeld, June 2012
2011
P.328, Text: Jens Asthoff
Artforum, Edition 10, 2011
P.329, Text: Rainer Unruh
Kunstforum, Edition 208, 2011