The Last Match, Ioseb Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2.10-10.10.10
The exhibition travels to Georgia and will be shown in the framework of Artisterium, the 3rd Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition and Art Events Festival. At the festival David Schilter (kuš! editor) and Martins Zutis (comics drawer) will hold a comics fanzine workshop. More information here.
25th Helsinki Comics Festival, Helsinki, 10.-12.09.2010
kuš! will be at the 25th anniversary edition of Helsinki Comics Festival with a stand in the main tent selling kuš! magazines, post cards, posters, bags and also books from kuš!-friends. At our stand there will be signing hours of artists such as Kollbein Karlsson, Marcus Nyblom, Emelie Östergren (Sweden), Joonas Sildre (Estonia), Roope Eronen, Katja Tukiainen, Jari Vaara, Anna Sailamaa, Matti Hagelberg (Finland) and others! So come by and pimp up your kuš!
Thanks to the Finnish Institute Estonia for the generous support!
New Anatomy, Fluxus Ministerija, Vilnius, 17.-22.08.2010
kuš! co-curated the comics art exhibition 'New Anatomy' in Lithuania. Participating artists were Maija Kurševa, Oskars Pavlovskis (Latvia), Eikantas Pakalka, Arturas Rožkovas, Karolis Strautniekas (Lithuania), Agnieszka Piksa, Kuba Woynarowski (Poland). Next to new works of this artists also the books, silkscreen posters and books of Le Dernier Cri were displayed. The exhibition was part of Drop Dead Festival.
Dernier Cri Exhibition, Dirty Deal Gallery, Riga, 15.07-06.08.2010
SILKSCREEN POSTERS, ANIMATION MOVIES AND BOOKS OF LE DERNIER CRI
International artists included in the exhibition among others: Pakito Bolino (Fr), Léo Quievreux (Fr), Moulinex (Fr), Marie Pierre Bunuel (Fr), Blanquet (Fr), Andy Bouls (Fr), Caroline Sury (Fr), Yann Taileffer (Fr), Les frères Guedin (Fr), Matthias Lehmann (Fr), Marcel Rujters (Nl), Daisuke Ichiba (J), Ota Keiti (J), Elina Merenmies (Fi), Matti Hagelberg (Fi), Katija Tukkiainen (Fi), Atak (De), MS Bastian (CH), Mat Brinkman (USA), Mike Diana (USA), Leif Goldberg (USA), Marco Corona (It)
The opening event included a live music jam to the animation films "wild religions" with Pakito Bolino and the DEX PISTOLS.
Presented by kuš! in cooperation with Dirty Deal and generously supported by the French Cultural Centre, Riga and by the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art.
The Last Match, Buchhandlung und Galerie MZIN, Leipzig, Germany, 11.06-11.07.2010
The exhibition "the last match" was on display in the beautiful MZIN gallery. It contains works from 219 artists from 43 countries. The exhibition was generously supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung.
The Last Match from the East, Galerie 37, Haarlem, the Netherlands, 03.06-18.06.2010
Selected "last match" works from Eastern European along with reproductions were exhibited in the gallery 37 at the Stripdagen in Haarlem. The comic festival had a special exhibition called ‘Komiks from the other half - more weird, more good', where also Dace Sietiņa from Latvia was invited to display her works. The exhibition was brought to Haarlem by Oskars Pavlovskis.
The Last Match, Comic-Salon Erlangen, Germany, 03.06-06.06.2010
The exhibition "the last match" was an official exhibition at the biggest German Comic Festival in Erlangen. The exhibition contained works from 205 artists from 42 countries.
Latvian Comics Showcase, Days for Contemporary Art, Bialystok, Poland, 20.05-30.05.2010
At the Days for Contemporary Art Kuš! presented some of the most interesting stories created by Latvian artists from the past three years. Works of the following artists are on display: Rūta Briede, Kaspars Groševs, Ernests Kļaviņš, Līga Koklače, Anete Melece, Oskars Pavlovskis (illustration above), Reinis Pētersons, Ingrīda Pičukāne and Mārtiņš Zutis.
The exhibiton was opened on Thursday the 20.05 at 21.30 with the presence of Kuš! editor David Schilter and artist Līga Koklače at Fama, ul. Legionowa 5, Bialystok with musical entertainment by DJ Monsta.
The Last Match, Haegeli, Bruchstrasse 55, Luzern, 20.04-10.05.2010
The exhibition "the last match" was on display as "satelite exhibition" at the International Comic Art Festival Fumetto in Lucerne, Switzerland. The exhibition contained works from 192 artists from 41 countries.
kuš! as special guest in Koomiksi Biennial, Tallinn, 16. April 2010
kuš! took part as"special guest" in a symposium at the first Comic Biennial in Tallinn, Estonia. Also there was an exhibition in which Ingrida Picukane was included.
Comics workshop in Valmiera and Riga, 17.-19.3.2010
Sylvain-Moizie from Strasbourg came to Latvia to hold 2 workshops to introduce the way how to create comics. The first one was two days at the Art School of Valmiera and the second one was one day at the Latvian Art Academy in Riga. This event was co-organized with the "co-operation Bas-Rhin - Vidzeme" and the French Cultural Centre Riga.
Exhibition "3 für 1", Culture Centre Kapu, Linz, 26.2-5.3.10
Kuš! was invited to the Austrian nextComic Festival were it presented 3 exhibitions at once. One part was "the last match", at the time containing works from 185 artists from 40 countries, the second part was a showcase of selected Latvian artists (Ernests Klavins, Martins Zutis, Maija Liduma, Dace Sietina, Kaspar Grosevs, Anete Melece, Oskars Pavlovskis and Maija Kurseva) and the third part was a solo exhibition of the works from Anete Melece. More infos you can find here.
Some more pictures you can see on the Unkraut blog.
Exhibition "Lost in the City", Galeria Starter, Poznan, 06.02-15.02.10
Exhibition with works by Latvian artists Anete Melece, Kaspars Groševs, Ingrīda Pičukāne, Maija Kurševa and Oskars Pavlovskis at the Comics Art Festival Ligatura in Poznan. The exhibition was opened on Saturday, February 6th at 15.00 with the presence of curator David Schilter and artist Ingrīda Pičukāne. Read more here.
The Last Match, Gallery Artside, Lisbon 16.01.-08.02.2010
The exhibition "the last match" traveled further to Lisbon in an extended version and more artists from Portugal were invited at the place. The exhibition contained works from 179 artists from 38 countries. Organized in Cooperation with Chili Com Carne and supported by the Latvian Embassy in Portugal and KKF.
Fanzine Exhibition and Workshop, Survival Kit, Riga, 14.09.2009
Small exhibition of International comic fanzines and comic workshop led by Aivars Baranovs and David Schilter to introduce fanzines to Latvian comics artists.
The Last Match, Survival Kit Festival, Riga, 12.09-19.09.2009
Comics artists were invited to draw one worke in the size of a matchbox about the theme "the last match". The papers are collected in matchboxes, in one matchbox fit 25 artworks, for the exhibition the works are spread on the wall. The exhibition contained 155 artist from 38 countries.
Lost in the City, Gallery "Tasty Telpa", Riga, 30.07-12.08.2009
kuš!-Exhibition in Riga (August 2009) in TastyTelpa with the theme "lost in the city" showcasing 5 works by the Latvian artists: Anete Melece, Kaspars Groševs, Ingrīda Pičukāne, Maija Kurševa and Oskars Pavlovskis. Extended with some works from the š! with the same theme by Léo Quievreux (France), König Lü.Q. (Switzerland), Mārtiņš Zutis (Latvia) and Paul Paetzel (Germany).
Lost in the City, Gallery of the Latvian Centre, Berlin, 24.04-19.06
kuš!-Exhibition in Berlin (April-June 2009) with the theme "lost in the city" showcasing 5 works by the Latvian artists: Anete Melece, Kaspars Groševs, Ingrīda Pičukāne, Maija Kurševa and Oskars Pavlovskis. At the opening event the marvoellous Latvian-Finnish Bärenzunge performed.
Tell Me More..., Andrejsala, Riga, 07.02-08.03.2009
In February 2009 the first big International Comics exhibition took place in Latvia organized by kush! in collaboration with the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art. 14 artists or artist groups from 8 European countries took over the exhibition halls in the former military harbour area Andrejsala in Riga.
Participating artist: Florent Ruppert & Jerome Mulot (France), Atak, Anke Feuchtenberger, Moki (Germany), Matti Hagelberg, Katja Tukiainen, Tommi Musturi (Finnland), Nicolas Robel (Switzerland), Kolbeinn Karlsonn (Sweden), Stripburger (Slovenia), the Lamelos (Netherlands) and also three Latvians: Anete Melece, Maija Kurševa, Ingrīda Pičukāne.
Next to the exhibition there were also two comics workshops, one hold by Latvian artists for children and one for older guys lead by Gasper Rus and Andrej Stular from Stripburger. A further highlight was an animation movie night with animation movies from the participating artists and more Latvian and foreign artists as well as the screening of "Peurs du Noir" in the Cinema Riga.
Some pictures you can see on Andrejsala.lv or on Tribine.lv and video on Diena.lv
Three Little Sisters, Gallery "Tasty Telpa", Riga, 15.11-30.11.2008
From the 15th until 30th November 2008 in TastyTelpa in Riga took place an exhibition of 17 comics artists and illustrators from the Baltic States. The goal was on one side to display the works of some of the best Baltic artist of the field in Latvia and on the other side also to build up a connection between the artist from this countries, which only from the outside look like close neighbours.
Artists exhibited were: Mārtiņš Zutis, Roberts Galviņš, Oskars Pavlovskis, Krišs Salmanis, Līga Koklače, Ingrīda Pičukāne un Kaspars Groševs from Latvia, Joonas Sildre, Elina Sildre, Kristel Maamägi, Sander Taal from Estonia and Elena Dvoretskaya (Maya), Aiste Mo, Eikantas, Gediminas Šiaulys, Gustė Karkalaitė and Rasa Sabutyte from Lithuania.
Comics Workshop, 14.,15.06.2008, Andrejsala, Riga
In June 2008 the German Comics artists Henning Wagenbreth and Markus Huber came to Riga to hold a 2-day comics workshop for about 35 Latvian participants from several art fields. Event organized in cooperation with the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, the Goethe Institute Riga and the Latvian Art Directors Club.
König Lü.Q. Exhibition, Restaurant Lasite, Riga, 08.05-07.06.2008
On the 8th of May 2008 was the opening of the Comics exhibition of the Swiss stick figure master König Lü.Q. in the royal bar Lasite in Riga. In the same time was the release of a collection of König Lü.Q.'s Comics in Latvian with the title "telefoniste". Two days later was a comics jam with Lü.Q. and Latvian artists which resulted in yet another fanzine.
HERE you can see a video from the Latvian daily Diena about the opening event.
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