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Artist Residency

Anna Dzerve/Riga Photography Biennial – NEXT 2023 award

This year our award of 1000 EUR and the opportunity to spend a month in PAiR artist residency was awarded to the Latvian artist Anna Dzērve for her work „I’m glad he died”.  We believe that the author has transcended her personal experience in the language of art, through which the viewer can recognize many […]

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Artist Residency

Anna Dzerve/Riga Photography Biennial – NEXT 2023 award

This year our award of 1000 EUR and the opportunity to spend a month in PAiR artist residency was awarded to the Latvian artist Anna Dzērve for her work „I’m glad he died”.  We believe that the author has transcended her personal experience in the language of art, through which the viewer can recognize many […]

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SHOAL. A NEW DEBUT FEATURE FILM

Today is the National Premiere of the debut feature film by New Riga Theater actor and photographer Toms Harjo that was shot in Pāvilosta with his fellow students, creating three different scenarios of romantic relationships. The roles are played by actors Jānis Grūtups, Agate Krista, Marta Lovisa Jančevska, Matīss Ozols, Sabīne Tīkmane and Harjo himself, […]

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Education

Ieva Epnere / Video on PAiR residency work

By cooperating with the school dramatic group and inviting the choreographer Elīna Gediņa, Ieva Epnere has created work depicting five “Laidi Legends” plays. Here is the video on how the work came to life. Video: Toms Šķēle The exhibition is supported by: VKKF and Kurzeme Cultural Programme 2022

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Exhibitions

Ieva Epnere. Laidi Legends

Laidi Legends “Laidi Legends” is an art event at the PAiR residence in Pāvilosta, where Ieva Epnere exhibits her video works and photographs. In the autumn of 2021, the artist spent two weeks at the “Kuldīga Municipality Creative Artists’ Residence”, staying in the right wing of Laidi School and getting to know people and their […]

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Education

Discussion. Art and science

On August 6 at 4 pm, we look forward to welcoming you to the discussion Art and science: a match looking for heaven which will take place at the PAiR residency in Pāvilosta. “Interdisciplinary” has now been a buzzword for long enough in order to evaluate its merits. The intersection and cooperation between art and science has been […]

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Education

Voldemārs Johansons / Video on PAiR Residency

The ecosystems of northern Norway, the Faroe Islands and the Svalbard Archipelago are experiencing rapid changes, and even the most conservative forecasts indicate that the North Pole’s ice sheet will melt completely in summers in the foreseeable future. In it, Johansons explores the ways to look at this part of the planet affected by climate […]

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Education

Skuja Braden / Video on the work at PAiR gallery

Skuja Braden is an artist duo created in 1999 by Inguna Skuja from Latvia and Melissa D. Braden from California. It is a rather unusual phenomenon for the Latvian art scene, thanks to both direct and critical messages and the baroque intensity, as well as the insatiably bright form of expression. At the Venice Biennale, […]

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Exhibitions

Voldemārs Johansons. Storm Sees No Colour

From 9 July to 14 August, the PAiR residence gallery in Pāvilosta will host a solo exhibition of the artist Voldemars Johansons “Storm Sees No Colour”. The starting point of the exhibition can be found in the artist’s expeditions to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. In it, Johansons explores the ways to look […]

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SkujaBraden. Feast your Eye

From 28 May to 27 June, the PAIR Residence Gallery in Pāvilosta will host the exhibition of the artist duo Skuja Braden “Acs ābola dzīru mielasts” (Feast your Eye). Skuja Braden is an artist duo created in 1999 by Inguna Skuja from Latvia and Melissa D. Braden from California. It is a rather unusual phenomenon […]

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Exhibitions

Sadura. Expanded painting

From April 1 until May 15, 2022 an exhibition “Sadura”, dedicated to expanded painting is on view at the PAiR residency gallery (E. Šneidera laukums 11, Pāvilosta). The show includes works by Jānis Dzirnieks, Andris Eglītis, Sarmīte Māliņa, Elza Sīle, Jānis Šneiders and Aija Zariņa from the collection of VV Foundation. Curator of the exhibition is […]

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