Name: Olga Shilova
Born: in 1966 in Ventspils, Latvia
Phone number: +371 29497503
E-mail: olga@olgasilova.lv
Website: www.olgasilova.lv
Resides: Jurmala, Latvia
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Education
Work experience
Solo exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
Awards
Works in Collections
Works In Public Space
Commissions
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Education
1991 graduated from the Sculpture Dept. of the Latvian Academy of Arts. Master of Arts.
In 2003 took the professional improvement course at the University of Daugavpils Innovations in the system of higher education.
Member of the Latvian Union of Artists.
Work experience
2010 – Present Associated professor at the Latvian Academy of Arts
2004 – 2010 Docent at the Latvian Academy of Arts
2001 – 2004 Lecturer at the Latvian Academy of Arts
1999 – 2001 Modeling teacher at the Janis Rozentals Riga Art High-school
1984 – 1985 Drawing teacher at Riga Primary school no. 18
Solo exhibitions
2019 Adam’s Apple. Rietumu Banka exhibition hall, RCC, Rīga, Latvija
2018 Milda’s Three-quarters Turn. gallery Art XO, Riga, Latvia
2016 Deposite, Cesis exhibition hall, Cesis, Latvia
2015 Journey ( together with Tatjana Krivenkova ) XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2015 Shapes of Riga (together with G.Pantelejev), Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2011 Calendar of Dreams 2012, XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2010 Calendar of Dreams 2011, Creative workshop of the exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2009 Olga Shilova. Sculpture. XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2002 Exploring the sand, Ventspils Museum, Ventspils, Latvia
2002 Distance of the kiss, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2002 Trajectory of subconsciousness, Gallery Valencia, St Petersburg, Russia
2000 In the sign of Aquarius, Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
1998 Fingerprints, Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
1996 Calligraphy, Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
1994 Honeymoon (together with G.Pantelejev), Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Still Life of Things. XO gallery, Riga, Latvia.
2020 Lactation. LNMM Kupola hall, iīga, Latvia.
2020 Sculpture. Object. Kuldiga Art House, Kuldiga, Latvia.
2020 Art project “What is M”? Ventspils theatre house “Juras varti”, Ventspils, Latvia.
2019 Sculpture. Pottery. Glass. Lecturer exhibition of the Visual Plastic Department of the Latvian Academy of Arts, Valmiera Museum, Valmiera, Latvia
2019 International Contemporary Art Fair ARTVILNIUS ’19, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2019 Power Source. Art Gallery Museum LV, Riga, Latvia
2019 Navigation’s Eleven Seasons. Livonian Order Castle Exhibition Hall, Ventspils, Latvia
2019 Drawing. Kuldiga Artists’ Residence, Kuldiga, Latvia
2018 ANTI – Sculpture Park (with students), Polish Sculpture Center Oronsko, Oronsko, Poland
2018 Portrait in Latvia. 20th Century. Visage. LNMA exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia.
2018 Tautumeitas un tautudēli. Mūkusala Art Salon, Riga, Latvia
2017 Eskultura, Kuldiga art house, Kuldiga, Latvia
2017 Hiperrealism. LNMM exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2016 Entrails, Gallery CIVITA NOVA, Lielais Dzintars, Liepaja, Latvia
2015 My heart is a tiger, Gallery Art Station Dubulti, Jūrmala, Latvia
2014 Autumn 2014. Black dogs. LMS gallery, Riga, Latvia
2014 Perspective of the solar system, LNMA exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2014 European professional doll art festival, Latvian Railway History Museum,Riga,Latvia
2014 Money Design. Pin code., The Embassy of Latgale GORS, Rezekne, Latvia
2014 Money Design. PIN code., Ventspils city museum in the castle of the Livonian Order, Ventspils, Latvia
2013 Monumental public sculpture competititon for the development of the Future Levante Park in Murcia city, Murcia Spain
2012 Sculpture. From Terpis until Masurius, LMS gallery, Riga, Latvia
2012 Where is my airplane? Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2012 Dolls, Ventspils city museum in the castle of the Livonian Order, Ventspils, Latvia
2012 The garden of fate, charity auction, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2011 Woman’s breath, contemporary art exhibiton of the magazine Santa, Riga, Latvia
2011 The International Mass of contemporary art ARTVILNIUS ’11, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 Women, women, women, European Union House, Riga, Latvia
2010 RECYCLING, annual autumn exhibition, Railroad museum, Riga, Latvia
2010 ARTNOCTURNE CNOCKE, Cnocke, Belgium
2010 HOT ART BASEL, Basel, Switzerland
2010 Golden works, exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2009 Blue, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2007 The hot scpecifics, exhibition hall of Mentzendorff’s House, Riga, Latvia
2005 Latvian art of the 20th cenutry’s second half, exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2004 White concrete, Jurmala City Museum, Jurmala, Latvia
2003 Latvian Art, XX Century, Zvolle Stedeliijk Museum, Zvolle, Netherlands
2000 The International Baltic Animalistic Sculpture Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
2000 International Sculpture Quadrennial Riga-2000, Museum Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2000 Baltic Art. Contemporary paintings and sculpture. National Arts Club, New York, Gallery of the international Monetary Fund.
1999 15 Artists from Latvia. Gallery J&B, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1998 2nd World-wide Latvian Contemporary Art exhibition, State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
1998 Chinese Pipe. Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Latvia.
Latvian Contemporary Art. Architects Hall of Rathhouse, Prague, Czech Republic
1997 Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale. Hokkaido, Japan
1997 Riga in Contemporary Art. Exhibition-competition, Gallery A. Suna, Riga, Latvia (prize)
1997 Latvian Contemporary Art. Grande Salle deL’Aubette, Strasbourg, France
1996 International Sculpture Quadrennial Riga – 96 Crossroads. Latvian National Museum of Art exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
1996 Women Europe, Gallery Shambala, Copenhagen, Denmark
1996 Les Journees Baltes. Baltic States Art Exhibition. UNESCO building, Paris, France
1994 Contemporary Art from Latvia. Morphy Gallery Limassol, Cyprus
1991 Four Young Sculptors. Sculptors House, Riga, Latvia
Awards
2020 – Badge of honor and title “Honorary citizen of Jurmala” for her contribution to the popularization of the image of the city and its development. Jurmala, Latvia
2019 Third Prize of Jurmala City Council proposal for Creation of Artistic High Quality Environmental Object in Jurmala
2019 Roja County Council First Prize in the Design Contest Creation of a recreational area and sculpture project “People by the Sea” next to the Roja Sea Fishery Museum. Roja, Latvia
2019 Awarded with Republic of Latvia the Order of the Three Stars and appointed a Chief of the Order.
2018 Riga city council incentive award Latvia 100 environmental object by Latvian National theatre. Riga, Latvia .
2018 Incentive prize memorial plate to Archbishop Teodors Grinbergs at Ventspils state 1st gymnasium facade. Ventspils, Latvia.
2017 Incentive award Environmental object/sculpture Latvia 100 Dobele city square. Dobele, Latvia.
2016 Moscow garden revitalization. Riga, Latvia.
2016 3rd place in nomination public exterior Latvijan builders guilde award ceremony 2016. for sculpture Leste, Daugava promanade, Riga, Latvia.
2016 SIA „Dzintaru koncertzale” incentive award for proposal for “Dzintaru concert hall” small hall southern and northern galleries. Jurmala, Latvia.
2015 Third prize at Riga city council and A/S „Latvijas balzāms” contest Alberta square development concept and Abrahams Kunce memorial, Alberta square, Riga, Latvia.
2015 First prize in Jelgava city council contest Jubilejas zīme “Jelgava – 750”
2014 Riga Eastern executive incentive award for design contest Crow Street republic .
2014 Selected projects nomination in monumental public sculpture contest Competition for the future Park in Murcia city.
2006 First prize in the competition of Livu square design object, Riga, Latvia.
2005 Second Prize in the competition of the Liberation war monument , Preili, Latvia.
2004 Prize of the Year in Architecture, nomination Best outdoor design object in Latvia.
2002 Riga City Council Award
2000 Second Prize in the International Animality Festival in Tallinn, Estonia
1997 Award of the Trust Commercial Bank
Works in Collections
Latvian National Museum of art, Riga, Latvia
Exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jurmala City Museum, Jurmala, Latvia
Toyamura Sculpture Biennale Committee, Hokkaido, Japan
Swedbank, Riga, Latvia
Ventspils Nafta, Ventspils, Latvia
Fundacion Murcia Futuro, Murcia, Spain
Mūkusala Art Salon, Riga, Latvia
Māris Vītols Art Collection, Riga, Latvia
Works in private collections in Latvia, Cyprus, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, USA, France
Works In Public Space
2021 Urban sculpture, Standing, Singing on a High Hill, Melluži park, Jurmala, Latvia
2021 Commemorative plaque Brothers Imants and Gido Kokari, Mežaparks Great Bandstand, Riga, Latvia
2021 Sculpture Big fish. 2021, Roja, Latvia
2020 Urban sculpture, The Swings, Riga, Latvia
2020 Aspazija in Dunes, open-air sculpture, Dubulti, Jurmala, Latvia
2016 Urban sculpture Leste, Daugavas promenade, Spikeri quarter, Riga, Latvia.
2014 Statuette Imants Ziedonis, The atrium of LNL building in front of the entrance to the Holl of Ziedonis, Riga, Latvia
2009 Commemorative plaque Blossom, within the territory of primary school Taurenitis, Jurmala, Latvia
2007 Riga Tower Counter, open-air sculpture, Riga, Latvia
2005 Mermaid and the swimmer, open-air sculpture, Jurmala, Latvia
2004 Amberclock, design object, Liepaja, Latvia
2003 Sculpture Kissers, Limbazi, Latvia.
2004 Sculptural Fountain Water Pole, Cesis, Latvia
2000 Sculpture group The Disks, ANS center of education, Riga, Latvia
1998 Sculptural Fountain Horse, City of Ventspils, Latvia
1997 Sculptural Fountain The Jug, Jurmala, Latvia
Commissions
2021 Urban sculpture, Standing, Singing on a High Hill, Melluži park, Jurmala, Latvia
2021 Commemorative plaque Brothers Imants and Gido Kokari, Mežaparks Great Bandstand, Riga, Latvia
2021 Sculpture Big fish. 2021, Roja, Latvia
2020 Aspazija in Dunes, open-air sculpture, Dubulti, Jurmala, Latvia, Commissioned by SIA “Roche Latvia”.
2019 Exterior sculpture Adam and Eve. Jurmala. Private commission.
2018 Plank Ventspils oldest coat of arms. Ordered by the Ventspils City Museum.
2017 Project Jurmala – for Latvia 100. sculpture Aspazijas dunes. Commissioned by Jurmala History and Art Society.
2017 Poets Eduards Veidenbaums Memorial Plaque at Pils laukums 2, Riga. Ordered by Writing and Music Museum.
2016 Caress. Yearly award. Commissioned by society AGIHAS.
2016 Jurmala holiday resort cup. Jurmala city council commission.
2016 Peteris Dindonis Award for life achievement at Bulduri gardening school. Commission for Bulduri gardening school.
2015 Latvijan 2 euro coin Stork design authot. Commission for Bank of Latvia.
2014 Sculpture Milda, commission of the Bank of Latvia
2014 Author of the prize for the project Ziedonis Time, Foundation Viegli commission.
2013 Author of the prize and medals for the World Choir Games 2014, commission of Riga – 2014 Foundation.
2011 Author of the prize The tree of good intentions, commission by joint-stock company Latvijas zalais punkts
2010 Author of the prize Golden rake of the project The big community volunteer service, commission by LLC P.R.A.E.
2010 Author of the prize of the project Latvia can!, commission by LLC P.R.A.E.
2006 Author of the prize of the year, Environment, Health, Safety, commisssion by LLC Statoil Latvia
2005 Author of the prize for the project We are looking for the pride of Latvia
2001 The design of a 1 LS coin The Stork, commission by the Bank of Latvia
1999 The author of the prize Baltic Pearl ’99 for international film festival Baltic pearl, commission by LLC Artcontract
1999 The design of golden coin Javelin Thrower, dedication to the Olympic Games of 2000 in Sydney, commission by the Bank of Latvia
1994 The author of the prize The Seagull for the international choir festival Ventspils ’94, commision by the Ventspils City Council