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Riga Photography Biennial – NEXT 2019 Portfolio Review

5 April, 2019 | ISSP Gallery, Berga Bazārs, Marijas street 13, k. 3 and Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Latvia, Berga Bazārs, Marijas street 13, Riga

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In 2019, the Riga Photography Biennial Programme will be supplemented with a new event – Portfolio Review. The purpose of Portfolio Review is to create an opportunity for emerging and professional artists and photographers to meet industry representatives from the Baltic States and Europe – curators, photographers, art historians, representatives of photography festivals, book publishers and magazine editors.

The objective of Portfolio Review is to assist artists and photographers in evaluating their own work (portfolio), offer professional feedback and guidelines for further development and create opportunities for building contacts with industry representatives.

The Portfolio Review is open to applications from participants from any part of the world, there are no age restrictions, submission period - till 20 March, 2019.

Participants must prepare a presentable portfolio (1-3 series of work) either in a printed or digital format.

Until 1st March the application fee is 70 EUR (for students – 40 EUR), after 1st March 80 EUR (for students – 50 EUR). Each participant is guaranteed to receive five individual portfolio review sessions. The length of each session is 20 minutes. Language: English.



List of reviewers


Marianne Ager (Denmark)
Curator at Brandts Museum of Art and Visual Culture in Odense
www.brandts.dk

Michael Biedowicz (Germany)
Photo editor and owner of Pavlov’s Dog Gallery
www.pavlovsdog.org

Krzysztof Candrowicz (Poland)
Co-founder and curator of the Foundation of Visual Education and the International Festival of Photography in Lodz in Poland, artistic director of the Triennial of Photography in Hamburg in Germany and a curator of Porto Biennial in Portugal
www.phototriennale.de
www.fotofestiwal.com

Evita Goze (Latvia)
Artist, curator, ISSP Gallery
www.issp.lv
www.evitagoze.net

Saara Hacklin (Finland)
Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA
www.kiasma.fi

Virginija Januškevičiūtė (Lithuania)
Curator at Contemporary Art Center (CAC) in Vilnius
www.cac.lt

Solvita Krese (Latvia)
Art critic and curator, director at Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art
www.lcca.lv

Shoair Mavlian (England)
Director, Photoworks
www.photoworks.org.uk

Adomas Narkevičius (Lithuania)
Curator at Centre for Art and Education Rupert
www.rupert.lt

Andreas Nilsson (Sweden)
Curator, writer and assistant curator at Moderna Museet Malmö
www.modernamuseet.se

Šelda Puķīte(Latvia)
Art critic and curator at Riga Photography Biennial
www.rpbiennial.com

Vilma Samulionyte un Gytis Skudžinskas (Lithuania)
Founders of NoRoutine Books
www.nrb.lt

Amelie Schuele (Germany)
Curator at ‘Unseen’
www.unseenamsterdam.com

Information


- The RPB Portfolio Review will take place on 5 April 2019 from 10:00 until 17:00 at the ISSP Gallery (Berga Bazārs, Marijas street 13 k.3, Riga) and The Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Latvia (Berga Bazārs, Marijas street 13, Riga).
- The Portfolio Review is open to applications from participants from any part of the world, there are no age restrictions, submission period – till 20 March, 2019.
- Until 1st March the application fee is 70 EUR (for students – 40 EUR), after 1st March 80 EUR (for students – 50 EUR).
- The participants of Portfolio Review are guaranteed to receive 5 individual portfolio review sessions. The length of each session is 20 minutes. Review language: English.
- Each participant must prepare a presentable portfolio (1-3 series of work) in a printed or digital format (the Biennial’s team recommends: prepare work in a printed format).
- You can select 5 experts of your choice. The Riga Photography Biennial’s team will do its best to allocate selected experts, although we reserve the right to assign different experts to your review sessions if your selected experts are already fully booked.
- To participate please fill in the application form. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. The application process will close as soon as all places have been fully booked.
- As soon as we have received your application we will provide you with the Riga Photography Biennial’s payment information. Application fee must be paid within 4 working days. Your place will only be guaranteed and confirmed once the payment has been received.
- You can cancel your participation at any time. We will refund 50% of the application fee for cancellations received before 8 March. No refund will be issued for cancellations received after 8 March.
- For further information please contact: info@rpbiennial.com

Image: Zanda Puče. From series ‘Frago’. Archive of Kuldiga District Museum. 2018


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    • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME PARTICIPANTS
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  • AWARD 2019
  • PORTFOLIO REVIEW
    • PORTFOLIO REVIEW
    • REVIEWERS
  • GALLERY
    • Exhibition by the winner of Award ‘Seeking the Latest in Photography!’ Annija Muižule
    • Award ‘Seeking the Latest in Photography!’ finalists presentation evening
    • Polish Young Artists exhibition ‘(UN)NATURAL BODIES’
    • Diāna Tamane solo exhibition ‘Blood Pressure’
    • Vika Eksta solo exhibition ‘P.’
    • Exhibition ‘NoRoutine Books x 3’
    • Portfolio Review
    • Symposium ‘Manifestations of (In)Activism in the Latest Baltic Art’
    • Katarzyna Sagatowska lecture
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