Marta Gibiete | Latvia | web

* 24.03.1973, Liepāja, Latvija

Education

2005. MA, Art Aademy of Latvia, Glass department

Aknowledgements

Member of Latvian Artist’s Union
Working at the Glass Gallery (2002-2003), Riga, Latvia
2008., 2007., 2006., 2005., 2004., 2002. Grant for creative work, Latvia Culture Capital Fund
2008., 2007., 2002. Baltic Sleipnir, traveling fellowship, Nordic Council of Ministers’
1999. The Jutta Cuny – Franz Memorial Award, Dusseldorf,Germany
1997. The Ebeltoft Prize, International Competition Young Glass’97, The Glasmuseum, Denmark

Symposiums

2004. VI International Blown Glass Symposium, Lvov, Ukraine
2003. Reconstruction, International glass art Symposium, Hungary
Roja-Raku, Landart symposium, Roja, Latvia
1999. Līvāni 99’, Large-scale ceramic symposium, Livani, Latvia
Palamuse 99’, Students International Glassart Symposium, Palamuse, Esatonia
1998. Roja-Raku II, Ceramic symposium, Roja, Latvia
1997. Roja-Raku I, Ceramic symposium, Roja, Latvia
Balance, International glass art symposium, Bardudvarnok, Hungary

Techniques

Kiln-formed glass, cold glass techniques, stained glass, mixed media

Solo-exhibitions

2007. House plants, gallery Istaba, Rīga, Latvia
2006. Sisterhood, together with sister Elīna Ģibiete, Rīga, Latvia
2001. Another company, gallery A.Sūna, Rīga, Latvia
1999. IN, gallery Art by Fire, Seattle, USA

Significant exhibitions

2008. Glass Context 2008, Bornholm, Denmark
7Tth International Exhibition of Glass Sculpture and Garden, Munster, Germany
2007. International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2007, Kanazawa, Japan
2006. Coburg Glass Prize 2006, Coburga, Germany
Tallinn Applied Art Exhibition 2006 Two Closes One, Tallinn, Estonia
Crossing Borders. Meditaties in Glass VI, Galerie Mariska Dirkx, Roermond, The Netherlands
2005. Broken Things, Tallinn, Estonia
The 4th Cheongju International Craft Competition Hide&Reveal, Cheongju, Korea
1st International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Kecskemet, Hungary
European sculpture summit 2005 From West to East, Montauban, France
2004. Verre de Lettonie, Chateeau du val Saint-Lamber, Belgium
Tradition & Innovation, 2nd European Triennial Textile and Fibre Art, Riga, Latvia
2003. Riga-Prague Art Dialog, Galerie Pokorna, Prague, Czech
Vitrum Balticum II, Kaunas, Lithuania
2002. Between Heaven and See - Baltic Glass, Karlskrona, Sweden
Meditaties IV, Meditaties III, Mariska Dirkx gallery, Roermond, The Netherlands
2001. Recent Glass Art in Latvia, The Finnish Glass museum, Riihimaki, Finland
Vitrum Balticum, Keramikos muziejuje, Kaunas, Lithuania
2000. Spirited Approach. Women Glass art Today, Museum Kunst Palast, Duseldorf, Germany
Nordic Glass 2000. Glass Without Boundaries, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway
Eastern Europe Glass, Cane Maria gallery, Virginia Beach, USA
1998. International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa ’98, Kanazawa, Japan
1997. Young Glass ’97, The Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
1996. Because of You, Liepaja, Latvia

Works represented in

Hungarian Glass Art Society, Budapest, Hungaria; The Gasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark; Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany;
Ernsting Stiftung Glassmuseum, Germany; Latvian Embassy in Berlin, Germany; Applied Art Museum, Riga, Latvia

Marta Gibiete
phone: +371 29883632
martagibi@tvnet.lv