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    Inga Meldere (b. 1979) lives and works in Helsinki. She studied at the University of Latvia and at the Art Academy of Latvia. Between 2013 and 2014, Meldere was a researcher at Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. She graduated the Painting MA programme at the University of the Arts in Helsinki in 2021.

    Inga Meldere describes her works as being about art practices and painting methods. In her practice, she emphasises painting as a performative tool and considers it an expanded field. Meldere works with cross-disciplinary, innovative, and speculative approaches with conservation, pedagogy and contemporary art. Her practice explores the traces of impermanence, dealing with questions around authenticity, social history, and the exploration of micro-histories.

     

    Solo/duo shows

    2024 Sunpoles duo show together with Luīze Nežberte KIM? Contemporary art centre, Riga, Latvia

             Breathwork, Pech Contemporary Art space, Vienna, Austria

    2022  Bloototh (Sister N) Temnikova&Kasela Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

    2021  Ashes of a Seedlings together with Emelie Luostarinen, Low Gallery, Riga, Latvia

    2019   Hidden matter together with Mikko Hintz, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
              Brownie from Bruninieku street, the inter-season programme of RIBOCA, Riga, Latvia
    2017  Twofold together with Atis Ieviņš, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
             Vertex SIC space, Helsinki, Finland
    2016  Coloring Books Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
              House by the waterfall Temnikova&Kasela Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
    2015  Writers room Museum of Janis Rozentāls and Rūdolfs Blaumanis, Riga, Latvia
    2014  Magic Mountain Gallery XO, Riga, Latvia
    2013  Untitled together with Oscar Santillan (EC) Temnikova&Kasela Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
    2011  Enough is Enough with Mikko Hintz (FI) Temnikova&Kasela Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
              Offset XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
    2010  Unwritten Kim? Contemporary Art centre, Riga, Latvia



    Selected group shows

    2025 Coalescence: Happenstance With Al Due Intent, Shimmer_Shimmer, 

              Rotterdam, Netherlands's

             THOSE SWEATY RAGED KIDS, Pitted Dates, Helsinki, Finland

              The Purvītis Prize 2025 Candidates’ exhibition, Latvian National Museum of Arts, Riga

              COUPLING, at PUBLICS, Helsinki, Finland

    2024  Straight No Chaiser, curated by La Méditerranée group, Zuzeum Art Centre, Riga, Latvia

              The Moon Bends Back curated together with Aino Lintunen, SIC Space, Helsinki, Finland

             Everyone is Invited Except Those Who Were Not, Temnikova&Kasela Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

             In the Name of Desire, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

    2023 Don’t Cry! Feminist Perspectives in Latvian Art: 1965–2023, LNMA , Riga, Latvia  
             SAVVAĻA SKETE, together with Mikko Hintz, Savvaļa, Drusti, Latvia
             Their Room Washed With Hot Light, Turku, Finland
             The Nest For Us To Rest, Helsinki, Finland
             Decentrality dispersed in one place, Padure, Kuldīga, Latvia       
    2022  Archaeologists of Memory: Vitols Contemporary Art Collection, KUMU, Tallinn, Estonia
              Ruins/Rovine, curated by And a Klavina, Trapani, Sicily, Italy

    2021  The Same Sea Helsinki Biennial first edition, Vallisaari, Helsinki, Finland

              Wrap Around Her Lap, Kuldiga Artist Residency, Kuldiga, Latvia

    2020   Black Market, KIM?, Riga, Latvia

               Kuvan Kevät 2020, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland  

    2019  Talk to Me! Exhibition of Latvian contemporary art from the collection of the LNMA             

               Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland
               Contemporary Art Festival SURVIVAL KIT 10 to Exploring Outlands Riga, Latvia
               Post Winter Mixtape Gallery Temnikova&Kasela, Tallinn, Estonia
    2018   The Provisional City  Spazio Murat, Bari, Italy
               The Malphigian Layer CARDE gallery, Bologna, Italy
               Portable Landscapes Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
               Portable Landscapes Körsbärsgården, Gotland, Sweden
               There and Back Again - Contemporary Art from the Baltic Sea Region KIASMA, Helsinki
    2017   Young Popes Latvian Institute Rome, Instituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome, Italy
               I Touch Myself Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
    2016  You Talkin' to Me? Barbara Seiler Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland         
              Contemporary Landscape Art Festival Cesis, Cesis, Latvia
    2015   Le Fragole Del Baltico CareOf, Milan, Italy
    2014  Magical Riso Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands
              JVE Open studios Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands
    2012  Jaunums! Fresh Latvian Painting Tartu Art House, Monumentaalgaleri, Tartu, Estonia
              Traveling exibition Important Contemporary Latvian artists Driehaus/Museum Chicago 

              USA and Latvian National museum of Art, Riga, Latvia   
              Is it that he does not seek the truth, but does want to influence? Riga Art Space, Latvia      
    2011  Tides of Change. Balticum HangART-7, Salzburg, Austria
              FAX South London Gallery, London, England
              Résidences Croisées CEEAC gallery, Strasbourg, France
    2010  Mother of Wind HFBK gallery, Hamburg, Germany
              False Recognition 14th Vilnius Painting Triennial CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania

    2009  Moving lines ART forum Offenburg, Germany
              Solitude Neue Kunstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop, Germany
    2008  Candy Bomber young artists in Latvian painting Latvian National Museum of Art, Latvia       

     

     Residency's

    2023  Structures Envisioned, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    2022  Cité des Arts, Paris, France

    2021  Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, Ireland

    2017  BAC (Baltic Art Center), Gotland, Sweden
    2010  Centre Europeen d`Actions Artistiques Conteporaines, Strasbourg, France
    2009  Mecklenburg/Western Pomerania scholarship in Künstlerhaus Ahrenshoop, Germany


     Awards/grants and nominations

    2022 Finnish Cultural Foundation two year working grant

    2014  Mondriaan Fund grant, Netherlands
    2007  Brederlo Family Award (Germany)
           

    Works in Collections
    KIASMA Finland; Latvian National Museum of Art; Finnish State Art Collection, and private collections