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
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
- 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).
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 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