Elīna Vītola
Elīna Vītola (b. 1986) is an artist based in Riga. Her conceptual and visually vibrant work varies from paintings to complex communal installations involving several other artists and creative practitioners. Classically trained as a painter at the Art Academy of Latvia (BA and MA), Vītola has taken up this medium as a companion in her artistic journey to disentangle some issues that are connected with her identity as an artist and the art world in general and to build new platforms for other artists. She has worked both as an artist and as a curator in organisations such as the Monumental Cafe and Low Gallery in Riga.
Vītola has participated in exhibitions at the Latvian National Museum of Art, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre in Riga, Tallinn Art Hall, Kadriorg Art Museum in Tallinn, the University of Tartu Art Museum, Kogo Gallery in Tartu and P/////AKT in Amsterdam.
Kogo Gallery presented her solo installation Common Issues in Painting and Everyday Life at Liste Art Fair Basel 2024.
In 2021, she was shortlisted for the Purvītis Prize, in 2018, she received the Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award.
Her works are in the collections of the Latvian National Museum of Art, VV Foundation and the European Patent Office Collection.
Exhibitions at Kogo
Press and Publications
Galerii: Kogo galeriis avati tõsist huumorit käsitlev näitus
ERR kultuur. 25/01/2024
Food-themed community program to launch at Tallinn Art Hall
ERR uudised. 19/08/2023
Rīga Confidential: A compact art fair at Kim?
Art Viewer. 30/07/2023
Galerii: Kogo galeriis avati näitus “Triquetra”
ERR kultuur. 20/06/2023
Kunstnik Darja Popolitova: nukisõrmused tasakaalustavad kättemaksuhimu
Ode Maria Punamäe. ERR kultuur. 29/05/2023
Kanal galerii talvise näituseperioodi konkursi võitsid Eva Mustonen ja Elīna Vītola
ERR kultuur. 22/08/2022
Echo Gone Wrong. 12/12/2022
Art Viewer. 16/01/2021
Purvītis Prize 2021 Nominee work exhibition at the Latvian National Museum of Art
Arterritory. 04/06/2021
SPECIAL FEATURE: NADA Miami 2020 (part 2)
Art Viewer. 04/12/2020
Ieva Kraule-Kūna & Elīna Vītola at P/////AKT
Art Viewer. 17/12/2020
2020: Umbluu, the first-ever Tallinn Biennial and bold young art
NOBA. 23/12/2020
Tallinna Biennaalil avatakse kriisikeskus kannatavatele kunstnikele ja nende teostele
Triinu Soikmets. NOBA. 18/06/2020
‘Sol LeWitt’s WD #719’ by Elīna Vītola and Amanda Ziemele at 427, Riga
TZVETNIK, 2020
‘Artist Crisis Center’ by Ieva Kraule-Kūna and Elīna Vītola at Gallery LOW, Riga
Tzvetnik. 2019
‘Commission’ by Marta Trektere (Elīna Vītola, Amanda Ziemele) at Riga circus elephant stables, Riga
TZVETNIK, 2019
Baltikumi noore kunstniku auhinna tänavune laureaat on lätlanna Elina Vitola
Gerli Nõmm. ERR kultuur. 26/10/2018
Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award 2018 goes to Latvian painter
NOBA. 29/10/2018
The destiny of a young artist is decided by curators and other art workers, pure luck and random
NOBA 29/10/2018
Par Ziemeļvalstu un Baltijas 2018. gada labāko jauno mākslinieku atzīta gleznotāja Elīna Vītola
Satori. 26/10/2018
“Common issues in painting and every-day life: crapstraction” by Elīna Vītola at Kogo Gallery
Echo Gone Wrong. 22/10/2018
Balti- ja Põhjamaade noore kunsti auhind Elīna Vītolale
Egle Loor. Sirp, 09/11/2018
Tõejärgse ajastu tõejärgne kunst
Tanel Rander. Sirp, 17/03/2017
Romantiline Ida–Euroopa Lääne moodi
Eva-Erle Lilleaed. Postimees, 21/03/2017
CV
Elīna Vītola, born in 1986, lives and works in Riga, Latvia.
Education
| 2018 | Art Academy of Latvia, Painting (MA) |
| 2015 | Art Academy of Latvia, Painting (BA) |
| 2006 | Janis Rozentals Riga Art High School, qualification Illustrator |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2023 | Parasites with Flo Kasearu. Curators David Falkner, Bori Soos. Dorich House, London, UK. |
| 2022 | Let’s Find a Way: Off-season with Eva Mustonen. Kuraator Stella Mõttus, Kanal gallery, Võru, Estonia. |
| 2021 | Feet of Clay with Andris Eglītis and Uģis Albiņš. Curator Margrieta Griestiņa, MABOCA gallery, Visuma Centrs 2, Madona, Latvia. |
| 2020 | Artist Crisis Center II: Tact Gear, with Ieva Kraule- Kūna. P/////AKT, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
| 2020 | Artist Crisis Center. Nutritional Guide. Together with Ieva Kraule-Kūna and Daria Melnikova. ARS Factory, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2020 | Sol LeWitt’s WD #719, with Amanda Ziemele, 427, Riga, Latvia. |
| 2019 | Commission, with Amanda Ziemele and Marta Trektere. Elephant Stables at Riga Circus, Latvia. |
| 2019 | Common Issues in Painting and Everyday Life – Solo Exhibition. ARSENĀLS Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia. |
| 2019 | Artist Crisis Center with Ieva Kraule- Kūna. LOW gallery, Riga, Latvia. |
| 2019 | Common Issues in Painting and Everyday Life -The Booth. Art Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania. |
| 2019 | Monumental Café with Amanda Ziemele. Maboca Festival, Madona, Latvia. |
| 2018 | Common Issues in Painting and Everyday Life: Content. Careva contemporary, Riga, Latvia. |
| 2018 | Common Issues in Painting and Everyday Life: Crapstraction. Kogo gallery, Tartu, Estonia. |
| 2017 | Common Issues in Painting and Everyday Life 3 — Landscape. Kolekcionārs, Riga, Latvia. |
| 2017 | Dunno on the moon. 427 Gallery, Riga, Latvia. |
| 2013 | no/birches/inside/me Vol.2. Kuupmeetri Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia, |
Group Exhibitions
| 2024 | Octopus Rococo. Curator Šelda Puķīte, Kogo Gallery, Tartu, Estonia. |
| 2023 | Power. Curators Marje Taska, Reet Varblane. Kadriorg Art Museum and Park, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2023 | Hold Me Tender. Curator Siim Preiman, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2023 | Heads of Stone. Curator Madara Peiseniece, Daugava museum, Dole Island, Latvia. |
| 2022 | Islands of Hope. Curator Madara Peiseniece, Dole Island, Latvia. |
| 2022 | Savage. Curator Andris Eglītis, Drusti Parish, Latvia. |
| 2021 | Survival Kit 21. Curators Joanna Warsza, Övül Ö. Durmușoğlu. Eduards Smiļģis Theatre Museum, Riga, Latvia. |
| 2020 | Black Market. Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia. |
| 2020 | Daria Melnikova’s Palette: Three-legged Evidence. Manifesta 13 Biennial / Les Parallèles du Sud, Marseille, France. |
| 2020 | Time to Dream or Fear? Kogo Gallery, Tartu, Estonia. |
| 2019 | Black Market. Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia. |
| 2019 | When the Hunger Starts. Project Space Festival, Berlin, Germany. |
| 2018 | Viewing and Reading Room. Curated by Liina Raus. Kogo Gallery, Tartu, Estonia. |
| 2018 | MA graduation exhibition, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia. |
| 2017 | Children of the New East. Curated by Siim Preiman. Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 2017 | Bikini Zona. Jūrmala City Museum, Jūrmala, Latvia. |
| 2016 | Too Far East is West. Alūksne, Latvia. |
| 2015 | Apzīmētājs. Tobacco factory, Riga, Latvia. |
| 2013 | Elīna+Madara 0123456789. Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia. |
| 2012 | Warning. Gallery L, Riga, Latvia. |
Prizes
| 2018 | Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award, Grand Prix |
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