Daria Melnikova Latvian, b. 1984
Born 1984 in Latvia
Lives and works in Riga, Latvia
Education/RESIDENCIES
2018
November - December Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
2017
June - July Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015
May - July KW Residencies, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2005 - 2011
Art Academy of Latvia, Audio-Visual Art department, BA, MA
SELECTED Solo EXHIBITIONS
17.04.2019
House of Muses (as part of Temporary Structures/ Display project till 2023) PLATO, Ostrava, Czech Rebublic
31.10. - 18.11.2018
Meet Mr. Jazzy Sunday! Kulturfolger, Zurich, Switzerland
20.05. - 09.07.2017
Dancing Specularity (together with Agata Melnikova) kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
21.03. - 15.04. 2017
Yesterday Is The New Tomorrow ISSMAG gallery, Moscow, Russia
29.09. - 27.10. 2016
Celestial Stems (together with Agata Melnikova) Four to Seven, Riga, Latvia
13.05. - 19.06. 2016
EX-UVIA Konstanet, Tallinn, Estonia
03.09. - 23.09.2015
Room 2. Fool’s Gold Summer House, Riga, Latvia
11.04. - 03.05.2014
Room 1. Brewing Harmony Vita Kuben, Umea, Sweden
07.02. - 16.03.2014
A Green Silhouette of Grey kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
15.05. - 19.06.2011
Dashing Lines and Forming Heaps kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
16.10. - 01.12.2019
The Estate Autumn kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
03.08. - 30.09.2019
The Estate Tobias Kaspar’s Estate, Salacgriva, Latvia
11.06. - 20.10.2019
Orient 2 KHB Kunsthalle Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
09.02.2018 - 24.03.2019
There and Back Again Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland 04.07. - 03.08.2018
Entangled Tales Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
07.10. - 19.11.2017
Title Doesn’t Matter Latvian National Museum of Art
29.09. - 01.10.2017
Tallinn Photomonth 2017
Art fair Konstanet booth, Tallinn, Estonia
19.02. - 08.04. 2017
The Aesthetics of Dedication, Exploitation and Haute Collaboration Silberkuppe, Berlin, Germany
20.08.2016
Stoneroses #5 Riverside, Bern, Switzerland
29.06. - 24.07.2016
San Serriffe Intro Space, Riga, Latvia
26.02. - 17.04.2016
Something Eerie SIGNAL– Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden
07.10. - 15.11.2015
A Bigger Peace, A Smaller Peace Latvian Railway History museum, Riga, Latvia 23.01. - 21.02.2015
Lily’s Pool Art in General, New York, USA
15.11.2014 - 15.02.2015
Present Tense Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
15.08. - 21.09.2014
Aspen - Kemmern kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
08.05. - 01.06.2014
Vortex Garage Contemporary Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
06.02. - 01.06.2014
Literacy - Illiteracy 16th Tallinn Print Triennial, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia 20.12.2013 - 06.01.2014
Sculpture Is Space Hobusepea Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia
04.05. - 18.08.2013
You Only Live Thrice NoPlace, Malmo, Sweden
04.05. - 18.08.2013 24
Spaces - Cacophony Malmo Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden
12.06. - 19.09.2010
Rauma Biennale Balticum 10 Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
Learn to talk while talking http://echogonewrong.com/learn-to-talk-while-talking/ An interview for echogonewrong.com, 2016
The X Factor http://echogonewrong.com/the-x-factor/ echogonewrong.com, 2016 A Bigger Peace, A Smaller Peace, Š. Puķīte, Studija, visual arts magazine, #105 Neputns, Riga, 2011
An Irresponsible Perfectionist, http://arterritory.com/en/texts/interviews/4629-an_irresponsible_perfectionist/1/ An interview for arterritory.com, 2015
Wrapped up in the cafe, M.Rudovska, Studija, visual arts magazine #97, Neputns, Riga, 2014
Dashing Lines and Forming Heaps, J. Taurens, K. Groševs, D. Melnikova, album of works, Biennāle - 2005, Riga, 2012
The Order of Chaos. Whirls of Jumbled and Organized Thoughts, J. Borgs, Studija, visual arts magazine, #79 Neputns, Riga, 2011