JĀNIS ŠNEIDERS (1995)
Lives and works in Riga, Latvia

 

Education

2019 – present   Art Academy of Latvia, Visual Communication Department, MA, Riga, Latvia
2015 – 2019   Art Academy of Latvia, Painting Department, BA, Riga, Latvia
2018    Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (Erasmus + studies)
2011 – 2015    Janis Rozentals Riga Art Highschool, Illustration, Riga, Latvia
2006 – 2010    Tukums Art School, Tukums, Latvia
2002 – 2011    Tukums Secondary School No. 2, Tukums, Latvia

 

Grants

2017    The Art Scholarship of the Rotary Art Society, Linköping Rotary Club, Linköping, Sweden

 

Collections

2021 Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2020 Secco Pontanova Foundation, Berlin, Germany

 

Solo exhibitions

2021    “IBIDEM”, Gallery Look, Riga, Latvia
2020    “Claus Michaletz Prize 2020: Jānis Šneiders”, POSITIONS BERLIN Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
2020    “A”, Theatre House Jūras Vārti, Ventspils, Latvia
2020    “Out”, Valmiera Drama Theatre Gallery, Valmiera, Latvia
2020    “Y”, Gallery Look, Riga, Latvia
2019    “Place”, Gallery Look, Riga, Latvia
2019    “Filling”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2017    “Debut”, Östergötlands museum, Linköping, Sweden

 

Group exhibitions

2021    „Still Life of Things”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2021    „The Weekend Show” – PAPER POSITIONS Berlin 2021, special exhibition project, Gallery Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin, Germany
2020    ART VILNIUS 2020, Pilot Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020    “Are We There Yet?”, Pilot Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2020    “Synthesis. Exploring reality through movement, development and contradiction”, former textile factory Bolshevichka, Riga, Latvia
2020    “The Itch” Gallery Istaba, Riga, Latvia
2020    “Resonance” Vidzeme Concert Hall, Cesis, Latvia
2019    “No one asked for this”, former textile factory Bolshevichka, Riga, Latvia
2019   “Academia”, Latvian National Museum of Art, exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2019    VOLTA, Gallery Bastejs, Basel, Switzerland
2019    “Fresh Meat for Critique”, former faculty of Biology of University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2019    “1919 199+”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2019    “Again”, Gallery Istaba, Riga, Latvia
2019    “Look. See”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2018    “Sour Cream Product”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2018    “Maris Argalis “Music”/ Vestards Simkus/ Janis Sneiders”, MVT Summer House, Riga, Latvia
2018    “Brother: What is Sex?”, Gallery Micēlijs, Riga, Latvia
2018    “Yard”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2017    “Generations”, Museum of Liepaja, Liepaja, Latvia
2017    “Summer Works“ Kuldiga Artists’ Residence, Kuldiga, Latvia
2017    “Art Academy Days”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2017    “Between Appearance and Reality”, Gallery Durvis, Tukums, Latvia
2016    “/06-16/”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2016    “Meeting at the Doors”, Gallery Durvis, Tukums, Latvia
2015   “Still, Still / Frame, Frame”, Kalnciema 14, Riga, Latvia
2015    “Graines d’artistes du monde entier”, Espace Argence, Troyes, France
2015    “Art Belongs to the People”, Women’s prison, Riga, Latvia
2014    “Exotic Still Life”, NicePlace Mansards, Riga, Latvia