IX Biennial of Graphic Art of the Baltic States

The main event of Kaliningrad art-life of this autumn is the IX Biennial of Graphic Art of the Baltic States “Kaliningrad-Koenigsberg 2008” in Kaliningrad Art Gallery. The slogan of the IX Biennial is “Space of topicality – European context”. The project will be held under the aegis of the International Committee “Ars Baltica”, it was supported by Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation, art institutions of countries-participants, Nordic Culture Fund (Denmark) and Ministry of Culture of Kaliningrad region. New exposition will be placed in all exhibit halls of the Gallery on a space that is more than 3000 sq.m. There will be shown artworks of well-known graphic artists of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Among the guest of the Biennial there will be artists, art-critics of the Baltic States. The members of the International Jury and Curators are specialists of Graphic Art from State Russian Museum, Kumu Art Museum (Estonia), Tallin Graphic Triennale (Estonia), Krakow Graphic Triennale (Poland), Swedish Graphic House, Lithuanian Institute, Latvian Art Academy etc. The main exposition will be lead by three parallel exhibitions: personal exhibition of Grand-Prix the VIII Biennial Malwina Niespodziawana (Poland), exhibition of Lowis Corinth’s graphic and interactive multimedia installation “Game-room” that will be presented by the Kaliningrad branch on the National Center of Contemporary Arts. International Jury will choose the winners of Grand-Prix, three prizes and laureates of the IX Biennial of Graphic Art. Also there will be presented special prizes. Exhibition will be accompanied by bilingual catalogue and International conference about problems of Contemporary art “Topicality and up-to-dateness in Graphic Art of the beginning of the XXI century” that will take place at 16 September in Kaliningrad Art Gallery.

IX Biennial of Graphic Art of the Baltic States
“Kaliningrad-Koenigsberg 2008”

Kuratoren: Vaidilute Brazauskaite-Lupikiene, Marta Raczek, Guntars Sietins, Eha Komissarov, Hannu Castren, Malmquist Lars, Norbert Weber, Bjarne Werner Sorensen, Ekaterina Klimova

Jury: Alexander Borovsky, Rita Mikucionyte, Adam Romaniuk, Kristaps Gelzis, Ilkka Väätti, Anna Seppannen, Gunda Luyken, Jes Wind Andersen

Künstler: Anda Auzina, Kristians Brekte, Liena Bondare, Liva Rutmane, Marite Elksne, Janis Murovskis, Paulis Liepa, Vidaga Karpenko, Guntars Sietins, Yury Alexandrov, Konstantin Batynkov, Anatoly Belkin, Peter Belyi, Vladimir Grig, Inna Grinchel, Alexander Dashevskiy, Anya Zholud, Yulia Zaretskaya, Aron Zinshtein, Mikhail Karasik, Marina Kastalskaya, Vladimir Kustov, Nika Kukhtina, Michail Molochnikov, Oleg Oskolkov, Vitaly Pushnitsky, Andry Rudjev, Marina Fedorova, Petr Shvetsov, Irma Balakauskaite, Birute Zokaityte, Marija Marcelionyte, Tadas Gindrenas, Zygimantas Augustinas, Kestutis Grigaliunas, Laisvyde Salciute, Egle Kuckaite, Marius Zavadskis, Tomasz M. Kukawski, Dominika Sadowska, Malgorzata Szandala, Agnieszka Izabela Wajszczuk, Raffael Rheinsberg, Olrik Kohlhoff, Rene J. Goffin, Maija Albrecht, Tuomas Hallivuo, Marjo Hyttinen, Taru Innanen, Antti Jokinen, Tiina Kivinen, Markus Lampinen, Reijo Mörö, Johanna Pihlajamaa, Tellervo Viitaniemi., Erik A. Frandsen, Claus Handgaard, Christian Lemmerz, Anne Marie Ploug, Jytte Rex, Bjarne Werner Sorensen, Ake Johansson, Catharina Warme, Cecilia Sikström, Hans Esselius, Jan Manker, Jöran Österman, Lars Wikström, Mattias Fagerholm, Ulrika Andersson, Ulrika Jevbratt, Gerda Märtens, HULA , Jaanika Okk, Kaarel Kütas, Lauri Koppel, Lembe Ruben, Raul Meel, Sandra Jogeva, Tiiu Pirsko & Mati Veermets, Villem Jahu, Igor Isaev, Mikhail Matveev, Nadezhda Matveevam, Valeriy Morozko, Evgeny Pechersky, Pjotr Toropov, Vladimir Ulianov, Lev Sherstyanoy, Vladimir Shcerbakov, Yuriy Vasiliev