Rūdolfs Štamers (1995)
born in Riga, Latvia
currently living in Paris, France / Riga, Latvia
EDUCATION
2019-2020 Royal Academy of fine arts Antwerp, Sculpture department MA
2017-2018 KASK, Gent, Belgium, Erasmus+
2015-2019 Art Academy of Latvia (LMA), Visual Communication department BA
2011- 2015 Riga school of Design and Art (RDMV)
SOLO SHOWS
2024 Somewhere something fell down,kim?, Riga, Latvia
2023 VOICES IN MY HEADS, TUR, Riga, Latvia
2022 Metamorphoses, New Garden gallerie, Paris, France
2020 Tur kaut kam ir jābūt, Tu Jau Zini Kur, Riga, Latvia
2019 Blackouts, club PRIVAT, Riga, Latvia
2019 Maybe may be, LOW gallery, Riga, Latvia
2018 Speed is the only option, art space Stock, Gent, Belgium
2017 Unwanted truth, LOW gallery, Riga, Latvia
2016 </3 or Not Bigger Than Three, Barona street 32, Riga, Latvia
2015 & now i will start to be, Lāčplēša street 55, Riga, Latvia
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2024 COLLABORATE OR COLLAPSE, New Garden galerie, Paris, France
2024 Onsen Confidencial, Fig gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2023 Future Retrospectives, TUR, Riga, Latvia
2023 Decentrējot, izkliedējot vienuviet, Padures Muiža, Latvia
2022 Lucky Charms, Ballroom gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2022 Pilot LMA x Art Vilnius’21, Kuldiga Art House, Kuldiga, Latvia
2021 Surrender, gallery Pilot, Riga, Latvia
2021 "Art Vilnius" Art Fair, gallery Pilot booth, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020 MASTERS EXPO, Royal Academy of fine arts Antwerp, Belgium
2020 Pieradušie, Zaļusala, Riga, Latvia
2020 Nieze, gallery Istaba, Riga, Latvia
2020 20/20, Royal Academy of fine arts Antwerp, Belgium
2019 Academia, Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia
2019 1919 199+, LMA, Riga, Latvia
2019 Vērtības, LMA, Riga, Latvia
2018 A glimpse of Riga, Quartair, the Hague, Netherland
2018 Marginalia, Gent, Belgium
2018 Krējuma izstrādājums, LMA, Riga, Latvia
2018 Eurodoggy, Gent, Belgium
2017-19 JCE BIENNALE , France, Denmark, Poland, Latvia, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic, Romania, Italy
2018 Festival "TumultinGent 6" group show , De Krook, Gent, Belgium
2017 Work in regress , New Hanza territory, Riga, Latvia
CURATED SHOWS
2025 Pieradušie II, Zaļusala, Riga, Latvia
2024 WHERE DOES A THOUGHT GO WHEN IT’S FORGOTTEN?, New Garden galerie, Pantin, France
2024 Pleasure Pavilion, New Garden galerie, Pantin, France
2023 Breaking Ground, New Garden galerie, Pantin, France
2023 HEADSPACE, New Garden galerie, Pantin, France
2022 No Augstuma Gaismā, Tur_telpa, Riga, Latvia
2022 Saaugšana/saudzējot, Tur_telpa, Riga, Latvia
2021 Artefaktu rekonstrukcijas, Tu Jau Zini Kur, Riga, Latvia
2021 Artefaktu dekonstrukcijas, Tu Jau Zini Kur, Riga, Latvia
2021 Artefaktu konstrukcijas, Tu Jau Zini Kur, Riga, Latvia
2020 Iknedēļas atklājums, Tu Jau Zini Kur, Riga, Latvia
2020 Pieradušie, Zaļusala, Riga, Latvia
2018 Krējuma izstrādājums, LMA, Riga, Latvia
2018 Eurodoggy, Gent, Belgium
2017 Work in regress , New Hanza territory, Riga, Latvia
bio
Rūdolfs Štamers is Latvian artist living and working in Paris. Although in his works he like to use industrial and raw materials, he speak about fragile and sensitive themes. Štamers work with the interspace between reality and dream world, where the states of mind are used as instruments. He reflect about unconscious sensations we get when we encounter lust, fear, amazement etc. Often in his installations and sculptures when Štamers revolve the lust, love and unattainable desires, he frequently base them in fictional scenarios, absurd tales/situations. Material wise those mental states are juxtaposed with construction field materials from home depot stores mixed with composite materials, paint and found object elements.