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    CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Inga Erdmane Birth data: June 12, 1973 in Riga, Latvia Nationality: Latvian Address: Lacplesa street 2-2, LV-1010, Riga, Latvia Telephone: +371 2837 6040 (LV) E-mail: inga.erdmane@gmail.com web: www.erdmane.com Education: 2008-2012 BA, Photography department, Royal Academy of Art, KABK, The Hague, The Netherlands 
 2001-2005 BA, Social Sciences in Psychology at Riga Teacher Training and Education Management Academy, LatviaMasterclases/COURSES / WORKSHOPS/residencies (Selected) 2019 
 • Art residency, Nowy Port, UCP, Danish Culture Institute, Gdansk, Poland
 • Art residency, Sarkandaugava & Bolderaja, UCP, Danish Culture Institute, Riga, Latvia2017 
 • Art residency, Karosta Water Tower Project, Liepaja, Latvia
 • Art residency, La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France2016 
 • Art residency MoKS, Mooste, Estonia
 • Workshop by Gordon MacDonald (GOST Books) Words and Pictures – Pictures and Words, Riga, Latvia2015-2016 
 • ISSP International Masterclass: Yuri Kozyrev & Andrei Polikanov, Beyond Photojournalism, Latvia/Portugal2014 
 • International Summer Photoschool ISSP, Ludza, Latvia, Masterclass: Multimedia Storytelling, Adrian Kelterborn, Switzerland
 • Crime Scene Laboratory, Migrating Art Academies (MigAA) by Gerardo Montes de Oca, Rauma, Finland
 • SÍM art residency, Reykjavik, Iceland2013 
 • EU Women, Sibiu, Romania, directed by Véronique Bourgoin (Atelier Reflexe), France
 • PAF Spring Meeting with Tristan Garcia, Denise Ferreira da Silva and Ben Woodard, St Erme Outre et Ramecourt, France2010 
 • International Summer Photoschool ISSP, Ludza, Latvia, Masterclass: Vrai ou Faux?, Véronique Bourgoin (Atelier Reflexe), France2007 
 • Summer Photoschool at Dom Fotografie, Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia, Masterclass: Constructing Still Lives, Joachim Froese, Australia2006 
 • Seminar: Dan Margulis (ASV)– Photoshop LAB Colour Space and Retouching, Moscow, RussiaSolo / Duo Exhibitions: 2018 • The Pleasure Of Ignorance, Latvian Photography Museum, Riga Latvia 2014 • Wildly Inaccurate Disbelief, gallery Époque Antwerp, Belgium (Duo w. Jeroen P. Visser) 2013 • I agree I have Blundered, Office gallery, The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA), Riga, Latvia GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected): 2019 
 • Portable Landscapes: Unveawing the Iron Curtain, District Berlin, Berlin, Germany
 • Outlands, Survival Kit 10.1, International Contemporary Art Festival, Riga, Latvia2018 
 • The Family Of No Man, Cosmos, The Rencontres d’Arles, Photofestival, Arles, France
 • Athens Photo Festival 2018, Athens, Greece
 • Portable Landscapes, contemporary art exhibition, LNMA, Riga, Latvia2017 
 • #Karosta Water Tower Project, Interdisciplinary contemporary art exhibition, Liepaja, Latvia
 • Landskrona Foto Festival, Landskrona, Sweden2016 
 • OMEGA3, Interdisciplinary Contemporary Art Exhibition, Mooste, ESTONIA
 • Self Publish Riga Exhibiton, Riga, Latvia
 • Lost In The Archive, Riga, Latvia2015 
 • Guate Photo International Photography Festival, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Central America
 • Tallinn Photomonth, Tallin, Estonia
 • BelfastPhotoFestival, Belfast, N. Ireland
 • MAD, Multiple Art Days, Paris, France2014 
 • Traces, Contemporary Baltic Photography, FUGA, Budapest, Hungary
 • Utopian City, Survival Kit 6 International Contemporary Art Festival, Riga, Latvia
 • Crime Scene, Rauma Biennale Balticum 2014, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
 • Salon Cosmos, 116, Centre d’Art Contemporain Montreuil, Paris, France
 • Here-Now, SÍM gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland2013 
 • EU Women, Centrul Cultural HABITUS, Sibiu, Roumania
 • Faceless II - Museumkwartier Wenen, Austria
 • Vrai ou Faux?, Rotterdam Fotomuseum, The Netherlands2012 
 • «INexactly THIS», Kunstvlaai: Festival of Independents 2012, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
 • Static Electricity, DeSlang, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
 • The Rencontres d’Arles 2012, Photofestival, Arles, France
 • I agree I have Blundered, graduation show, The Hague, The Netherlands2011 
 • Raum linksrechts/ KunstLeben Projektraum, Hamburg, Germany
 • Ventilazione, Vienna, Austria
 • Limitation within opportunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
 • Identity, Skalvija Cinema Center, Vilnius, Lithuania2010 
 • Pulchri Studio, The Hague, the Netherlands2007 
 • Dom Fotografie, Liptovsky Mikulas, SlovakiaArtist Books 2018 
 • The Pleasure of Ignorance, self-published2017 
 • #Karosta Water Tower Project, (limited edition, self-published) collaboration with Edd Schouten (NL)2016 
 • Zetor Zine, (limited edition, self-published) collaboration with Edd Schouten (NL)2014 
 • Press House, (limited edition, self-published) collaboration with Ilze Vanaga2012 
 • I Agree I Have Blundered (limited edition, self-published)2010 
 • Birds of Passage (limited edition, self-published)2009 
 • Life is not an Empty Vie (limited edition, self-published)Publications (selected) 2016 • ISSP 10 postcard set, ISSP’s tenth anniversary publication of 10 emerging Latvian photographers 2015 
 • GUEST-ROOM by Erik Kessels, Der Greif, Germany
 • Latvian Photography Yearbook 2015, FK magazine, Riga, Latvia2014 
 • Connecting Points, Popper Magazine, Popper Publishing (Latvian illustration magazine)
 • Life is Not An Empty Vie, Iespiedgrafika, profesional magazine for printing, Latvia, 20102010 
 • Editorial photo for an article in Wired online magazine, (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/06/ gallery-smart-textiles/)2008 
 • Editorial photos for an article in TYPO (Czech typography magazine)
 • Publication in Latvian photo magazine Fotokvartāls: 4 photos from series de+re=construction (2007)Guest Lectures 2018 
 • LCCA International Summer School Contemporary Geographies. To Map Places, Experiences and Ideas, lecture, workshop, Kuldiga, Latvia2018 
 • ISSP school of photography spring session, lectures, Riga, Latvia2017 
 • Rīga Stradiņš University spring session, lectures, Riga, Latvia2016 
 • ISSP school of photography spring session, lectures, Riga, Latvia2014 
 • ISSP school of photography winter session, lectures, Riga, LatviaCollections/Grants/Nominations 2020 
 • Grant: KKF – the State Culture Capital Foundation for Visual arts, Latvia2019 
 • Grant: KKF – the State Culture Capital Foundation for Visual arts, Latvia2018 
 • Grant: KKF – the State Culture Capital Foundation for Visual arts, Latvia2017 
 • Grant: KKF – the State Culture Capital Foundation for Visual arts, Latvia2015 
 • in the collection of Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
 • Grant: KKF – the State Culture Capital Foundation for Visual arts, Latvia2014 
 • in the collection of Photo Book Museum, Cologne, Germany
 • Grant: KKF – the State Culture Capital Foundation for Visual arts, Latvia
 • Mobility grant: The Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, Norway
 • shortlisted for Unseen Amsterdam Book dummy, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
 • book signing at ParisPhoto (DIRK K.BAKKER BOEKEN Amsterdam, The Netherlands)