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Inta Ruka Biography
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1958 |
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Born in Riga, Latvia
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1973 |
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Photo Club, training group with G. Birkmanis, Riga, Latvia
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1973 - 1976 |
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Business school of Riga, certificate as sewer
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1979 - 1982 |
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Education and collaboration at the “V.E.E.“ studio in Riga under the leadership of Gunãrs Birkmanis
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1983 |
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Since then photographic series 'My Country People'
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1983 - 1984 |
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Member of the photographer-group “Riga”
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1985 |
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Member of the group “A”, Riga since then
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1984 - 1988 |
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Member of the photo-studio “Ogre“, Ogre, Latvia
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1986 - 1988 |
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Work as freelance photographer in Vladivostok, UdSSR
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1990 |
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Member of the Designer Association of Latvia since then
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1994 |
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Workshop with E. Mark (U.S.A.) at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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1998 |
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Grant of the 'Hasselblad Foundation'
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1999 |
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'Spídola-Award' of the Latvian Culture Foundation
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2000 |
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Starts of the photographic series 'People I happened to meet'
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2002 |
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Scholarship at the Villa Walberta, Feldafing, Germany
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2004 |
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Latvian 'Price of the Year' for the exhibition with Egon Spuris in the State Art Museum in Riga
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2004 |
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Starts of the photographic series 'Amalias Street 5'
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The artist lives and works in Riga
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2006
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In the Face of History: European Photographers in the 20th Century (among others with Wolfgang Tillmanns, Boris Mikhailov et al.), Barbican Art Gallery, London
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2006
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People I Happened to Meet, Photography Center Istanbul (solo)
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2005
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Generations, The Historical Museum of Alytus (LIT)
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2005
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Die Sammlung I: Das Porträt 1970-2000, Fotomuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich
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2005
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Dogs, Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg
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2005
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Generations: Changing Photography, Alytus (LIT)
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2005
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Inta Ruka 'Portraits', Baukunst Galerie, Cologne (solo)
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2004
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Passage d’Europe - Musée d’Art Moderne Saint-Etienne, France (group)
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2003 - 2004
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Modern Latvian Art and Photograph - Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia (group)
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2003
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Inta Ruka and Egons Spuris - State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia (group)
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2003
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Dokument 03 – Bildens Hus, Fotomuseet, Sundvall, Sweden (group)
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2003
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Inta Ruka and Egon Spuris, State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia (group)
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2003
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Königliche Bibliothek, Stockholm (solo)
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2003
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Portraits, Baukunst Galerie, Cologne (cat.) (solo)
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2003
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Portraits, PAK, Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Kunstverein Glückstadt (solo)
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2003
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Inta Ruka – fotografiju paroda, Prospekto Photo Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania (solo)
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2002
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Inta Ruka, Villa Ichon, Bremen (solo)
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2002
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Pilseta: Stasti par Rigu/City. Stories about Riga, Riga, Latvia (group)
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2002
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Latvian artists exhibition – M. Zilinska Art Gallery, Kaunas, Latvia (group)
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2001
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Metropolis. Riga – stock market, Riga, Latvia (group)
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2001
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Latvia. Changing and Unchanging Reality, Giedre Bartelt Galerie, Berlin (solo)
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2001
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People I happened to meet, Pomerania Dukes castle South gallery, Szczecin, Poland (solo)
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2000
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My Country People, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Riga, Latvia (solo)
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2000
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Inta Ruka and Andrejs Grants – Strasburg, France (group)
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2000
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Latvia. Changing and Unchanging Reality – with Andrejs Grants, Gallery of the Latvian Artists Union, Riga, Latvia (group)
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2000
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Utopia – Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway (group)
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2000
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Parallels – Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland (group)
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1997
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Inta Ruka, Photostudio 1, Boston, U.S.A. (solo)
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1995
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My Country People, Bratislava, Slovakia (solo)
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1995
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Inta Ruka, Amiens, France (solo)
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1994
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My Country People, Centre Photographique de Normandie, Rouen, France (solo)
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1994
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My Country People, Museum of Regional Studies and Art, Madona, Latvia (solo)
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1992
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My Country People, at 'Pârmijas - Aktuelle Kunst aus Riga', Kultur- und Begegnungszentrum Achtermannstrasse (C.U.B.A.), Münster,Germany (cat.) (solo)
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1991
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My Country People, Karlshamn, Sweden (solo)
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1986
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Inta Ruka, Exhibition Hall 'Kiek in de Koek', Tallinn, Estonia (solo)
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| Literature |
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2003
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Inta Ruka, Egons Spuris. Fotografijas / Photographies, Cat.: Staatl. Kunstmuseum Riga, Riga 2003.
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2003
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Harder, Matthias: Blicke in die lettische Seele, in: Folder for the exhibition at the Baukunst Galerie Cologne and at PAK, Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Kunstverein Glückstadt, Cologne 2003.
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2003
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Kaufhold, Enno: Weltbilder vom Lande. Inta Ruka und ihre Lettland- Porträts, in: Photonews, Nr. 3, March 2003, 15. Jahrgang, p. 6-7.
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2001
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Kaufhold, Enno: Mit geneigtem Blick, in: FAZ, Nr. 92, 20 April 2001, Berliner Seiten, S. 6.
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1999
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Inta Ruka, Mani lauku ïaudis/Inta Ruka, My Country People/Inta Ruka, La mia gente di campagna, Cat. published due to the participation of the 48th Venice Biennale, Soros Center for Contemporary Arts u.a. (Hrsg.), Riga 1999.
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1999
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Bankovskis, Pçteris: People at the margin, in: Inta Ruka, Mani lauku ïaudis/Inta Ruka, My Country People/Inta Ruka, La mia gente di campagna, Riga 1999, p. 8-11.
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1999
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Demakova, Helçna, Let’s have a picture taken. When you’re dead I’ll have something to look at“, in: Inta Ruka, Mani lauku ïaudis/Inta Ruka, My Country People/Inta Ruka, La mia gente di campagna, Riga 1999, p. 18-25.
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1999
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Stories, Storytellers, Inta Ruka, Anita Zabilevska, Ojars Petersons, Republic of Latvia, in: Ausst.-Kat.: 48. Internationalen Ausstellung Zeitgenössischer Kunst, Biennale von Venedig 1999.
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1999
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Esmu labaka fotografe starp apkopejam, interview with Inta Ruka, in: Santa, 1999/No. 5, p. 62-66.
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1998
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There is nothing more interesting than a person, interview of L. Slava with Inta Ruka, in: Studija, quarterly magazine of fine arts, Riga, 1998, No. 3, p. 24-31.
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1995
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Raphael, Michel, in: Images de Lettonie, Cat.: Galerie Claire M. Laurin, La Fontaine Obscure, Aix-en-Provence 1995.
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1995
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My people from the countryside, Text von Inta Ruka, in: The Memory of Images. Baltic Photo Art Today, Cat.: Kiel 1993.
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1993
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Linnap, Peter: Anthropologist Inta Ruka, in: Borderlands, Photography of the Baltic States, Ausst.-Kat.: Street Level Gallery, Glasgow 1993.
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1992
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Straka, Barbara: Blick zurück nach vorn. Ein baltisches Memorial (Über die Entwicklung der baltischen Kunstphotographie), in: Merian, September, p. 88-95.
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1991
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Demakova, Helena: Grupa A, in: Maksla. Almanac of Fine Arts (Riga/Latvia), 1991/No. 4, p. 56-63.
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1991
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Changing Reality: Recent Soviet Photography, Starwood Publishing in association with The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Virginia/USA 1991.
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1991
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Comrades & Cameras: Photographs from Latvia and Other Soviet Republics, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara/USA 1991.
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1991
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Ingelevics, V.: Latvian Photographers in the Age of Glasnost, Cat.: Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto 1991.
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1990
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Mikhailowsky, W.: Grupa A, in: Avots. Monthly Magazine, Riga 1990, No. 10, p. 32-43.
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1990
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Querrin, M.: Ohne Titel, in: Le Monde (Paris), 1990, No. 14.
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1989
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Annäherung an die Sowjetunion: Ein fotografischer Dialog/Photographical Acquaints with the USSR: A Photographical Dialogue, Cat.: Fachhochschule Hannover, Hannover 1989.
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1986
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Neiburga, A.: Inta Ruka – cela sakuma, in: Literatura un Maksla, 23 May 1986.
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