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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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2006 |
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Starts to work on the photographic series „Neighbours“
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2007 |
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Two-month artist-in-residence-scholarship of the IASPIS (International Artists Studio Program in Sweden) in Stockholm
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2009 |
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Invested as a “Chevalier (Knight)”, the highest award of the “Order of the Three Stars” of the State of Latvia
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The artist lives and works in Riga
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Amalias Street 5, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga (solo)
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2008 - 2009
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From M to ZZZ, Contemporary Art from Latvia, Langhans Gallery, Prague
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2008
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On the Human Being. International Photography 1950-2000“ (with Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Rineke Dijkstra, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Boris Mikhailov, László Moholy-Nagy, Bernhard Prinz, August Sander, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth et al.), Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, in cooperation with the Folkwang Museum, Essen, and the Picasso Museum, Málaga (curated by Ute Eskildsen)
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2008
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The Greenroom: Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art(Part I)“, CCS Bard Hessel Museum / Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
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2008
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Art from the Future Contemporary Art Museum, Riga”, European Commission, Berlaymont Building, Brussels
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2008
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Private. Exhibition of contemporary Photography from Latvia”, in the framework of the “Moscow Photobiennale 2008”, Contemporary Art Center Winzavod, Moscow
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2008
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Amalias Street 5, Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg (solo)
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2008
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Amalias Street 5, heden, The Hague (NL) (solo)
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2008
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Amalias Street 5, Moderna Museet, Stockholm (solo)
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2007
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Portraits, Baukunst Galerie, Cologne (solo)
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2007
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Contemporary Art from Latvia, European Central Bank, Frankfurt a. M.
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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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2008
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Ruka, Inta: Amãlijas iela 5a / Amãlijas Street 5a, with texts of Irēna Bužinska, Jānis Rokpelnis and Inta Ruka, Riga 2008.
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2008
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On the Human Being. International Photography 1950-2000, Cat.: Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla 2008.
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2008
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Tellgren, Anna: Inta Ruka’s Latvian Portraits, in: Inta Ruka. Amalias Street 5a, Cat.: Heden, The Hague 2008, pp 9-11.
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2008
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Tifentale, Alise: Exhibition of Contemporary Photography from Latvia in Moscow, in: Foto Kvartals, Nr. 1(9), Riga 2008, pp 94-96, images: pp 50-51.
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2008
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Buzinska, Irena: “Inta Ruka, Amalias Street 5“, in: Private. Exhibition of contemporary photography from Latvia, Cat.: Contemporary Art Center Winzavod Moscow, Riga 2008, pp 185-187, images: pp 114-127.
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2007
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Kolár, Viktor: “Inta Ruka“, in: Revolver Revue, 69/2007, pp 47-55.
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2007
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Contemporary Art from Latvia. Spotlight: The Collection of the LatvianContemporary Art Museum, Cat.: European Central Bank,Frankfurt a.M. 2007.
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2007
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Bernhard, Urs: “Inta Ruka. Der erzählerische Blick“, in: Quadrat,a photography e-magazine by Franke & Heidecke, 1/2007, pp 12-18.
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2007
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Fricke, Christiane: “Grosse Kohle oder doch nur Liebhaberei? Wertsteigerung bei Fotos“, in: Photographie, No. 6, 2007, pp 26-29.
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2006
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In the Face of History. European Photographers in the 20th Century, Cat.: In the Face of History. European Photographers in the 20th Century, Cat.: Barbican Art Gallery, London, ed. by Kate Bush and Mark Sladen, London 2006.
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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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