CV Arnis Balcus was born in Riga, Latvia. EDUCATION 2004-05 University of Westminster, London, Photographic studies, MA 1998-2002 University of Latvia, Riga, Communication studies, BSc SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009 Amnesia, Riga Art Space, Riga [touring to Ventspils and Talsi] 2008 Flowers, Riga Gallery, Riga 2006 Episodes, Riga Gallery, Riga Episodes Vol. I, Matthew Bown Gallery, London 2005 Naked, Matthew Bown Gallery, London 2004 Exhibition Hall Arsenals of the State Museum of Art, Riga Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna 2003 New Association, chezTGN, New York Overgaden, Copenhagen Myself, Friends, Lovers and Others, Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin 2002 Out and Home, Museum of Photography, Siauliai, Lithuania 1998 Selbstsucht Macht Frei [colour self-portraits], ASuna Gallery, Riga 1996 Young People Portraits of Liepaja, club Utt, Liepaja, Latvia SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009 Gender Check, MUMOK, Vienna [touring to Warsaw] Private, Arsenals, Riga 2008 From M to ZZZ, Langhans Gallery, Prague Love II - Being, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna Private, Winzavod contemporary art centre, Moscow Baltic Pop, Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin 2007 Festival of Contemporary Arts, Cesis 2006 I am an artist, I love myself, Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin Nidon, Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas 2005 (Un)dressed, Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin Asking For It, Atlantis Bridge Gallery, London Das Land und Das Ich, Ausstellungshalle 1A, Frankfurt aM 2004 So weiss wie Schnee, so rot wie Blut, Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin What is important?, K.Valdemara 3, Riga 2003 MiteinAnders, Schonbrunnerstrasse 223, Vienna Adaptation, Rotermann Salt Storage Exhibition Hall, Tallinn 2002 Sex - social exhibitionism, Railway Museum, Riga Everything Everyday, Artist's Project Studio, Vilnius 2001 Too Close/Too Distant, Stock Exchange Grand Hall, Riga 2000 Moving Images, The Radiant Light Gallery, Portland Maine, USA Contemporary Latvian Art Photography, Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga 1999 Self-portrait of Generation, Gallery Russkoje Pole, Moscow Can You Hear Me? [2nd Ars Baltica Triennal of Photographic Art], Stadtgalerie am Kulturviertel / Sophienhoff, Kiel [touring to Rostock, Vilnius, Dresden, Bergen, Espoo] 1997 Fotokunst aus Lettland, Gallery Station3, Vienna TJN stu dios exhibition, Kiek In De Kok, Tallinn 1996 Moment, club Slepenais eksperiments, Riga Kill your darlings /Moving Art, Edison theatre, Copenhagen 1994 TJN studios exhibition, Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga VIDEO FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 2008 The Pesaro Film Festival, Rome Udensgabali, Riga Purescreen 22, Manchester 2007 Newport International Film festival, Newport, Wales Sefton Short Film Festival, Liverpool, England Senef, Seoul, South Korea At Home in Europe, touring to Sofia, Stockholm, Bergen, Riga and Newcastle Wise Thoughts - LGBT short films night, Cineworld Wood Green, London 2006 Blinks video tour, Espace Apollonia, Strasbourg & Hellenic American Union, Athens 2005 15th Bochum International video festival, Bochum 2004 Screen Spirit, Staedtische Galerie im Buntentor, Bremen SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Arndt, Melanie "Arnis Balcus on Arnis Balcus", Plotki, Berlin, Nr 4, 2003 Auzina, Ieva "Arnis Balcus", Orbita, Riga, 2000 Auzina Ieva "Desire to be Adored", Ptjuch, Moscow, November, 1999 Baal, Iphgenia "Arnis Balcus", Dazed & Confused, London, April 2006 Bankovskis, Pauls "Everyone's eyes are red again", Myself, Friends, Lovers and Others artist's catalogue, Riga/Berlin, 2003 Cerny, Katherina "Arnis Balcus - Myself, Friends, Lovers and Others", Eikon, Vienna, Nr.43/44, 2003 Dietz, Camilla Haseriis "Negaiditas simpatijas - Arnis Balcus Danija", Diena, Riga, 18 august, 2003 Forquy, Romain, "Non-films: Arnis Balcus' photographic road trip", Fotokvartals, Riga, issue 1, February 2006 Hanselle, Ralf "Arnis Balcus", Zitty, Berlin, 14 may 2003 Huttner, Per "Report from Riga", Creative Camera, London, October/November, 1999 Kalnina, Ieva "Arnis Balcus", Can You Hear Me? catalogue, Oktagon Verlag, 1999 Kalnina, Ieva "Created to be Admired", Desire to be Adored artist's book, Riga, 1999 Karathanos, Dimitris "Arnis Balcus", Soul Magazine, Thessaloniki, May, 2006 Klavina, Anda "Arnis Balcus", Flash Art, Milan, October, 2004 Klavina, Anda "Arna Balcus personalizstade Berline", Diena, Riga, 19 may, 2003 Krumina, Zane "Episodes Vol. I", Imago, Bratislava, Winter 2007 Kyan, Dmitry "O druzjah i lubovnikah", Foto&Video, Moscow, June, 2002 Morgante, Dario "Storie sexy degli adolescenti globalizzati", Blue, Rome, Nr 164, 2005 O'Reilly, Sally "Arnis Balcus", Time Out, London, 4 May, 2005 Peschke, Marc "Das Gedachtnis der Bilder", Photographie, Essen, November, 2004 Sandbye, Mette "I virkeligheden", Weekendavisen, Copenhagen, 4 august, 2003 Sutton, Veronica "Arnis Balcus", Black and White Magazine, Novato (USA), August, 2000 Steimane, Inga "Seksualais cilveks tomer ir maigs", Forums, Riga, 15 august, 2003 Tifentale, Alise "Alone with/without yourself", Desire to be Adored artist's book, Riga, 1999 Tifentale, Alise "Arna Balcus fotografiju izstades Lietuva", NRA, Riga, 8 apr il, 2002 Tifentale, Alise "Dzive bez vizazista un friziera", Studija, Riga, June/July, 2003 Therond, Eve "Exposition privee sur rendez-vous", PHOTO (French), Paris, December, 2003 Upleja, Sanita "Balcus fotografijas majas Bruklina", Diena, 13 november, 2003 Vejs, Vilnis "Atcereties vai aizmirst", Diena, Riga, 6 June, 2009 Vejs, Vilnis "Having said A says B", Studija, Riga, Februray/March, 2002 RESIDENCES 2003 Gothenburg, Sweden (by NIFCA) 2002 Vienna, Austria (by KulturKontakt Austria) 2000 Kunstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany