JANA BRIKE
  Born in August 29, 1980
Lives and works in Riga, Latvia
 
 

EDUCATION
2003-05  



Art Academy of Latvia
Riga, Latvia
Figurative painting Master class
1999-03 Art Academy of Latvia
Riga, Latvia
Painting department, Bachelor course
1991-98 J.Rozental Riga Art secondary school
 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Flower, Fire, & Fallen Star, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
2018 Sea of Change, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA; curated by Distinction Gallery
  Summer of the Wild Wallflower, Gallery House, Toronto, Canada
2017 The Ebbs and Flows of Heartblood, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
  Savage Eden, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2016 Superabundance of Ordinary Being, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  About a Girl, Gallery of the Youth, Kyoto, Japan
2015 Anatomy of Innocence, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 After The End of Time, FB69 Gallery, Muenster, Germany
2013 My Parallel Lives, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
  Songs of Purity, Distinction gallery, San Diego, California, USA
2012 Winter of Love, Mondo Pop gallery, Rome, Italy
2011 Milk and Blood, Maksla XO, Riga, Latvia
  Voyage Inside, Curly Tale Gallery, Chicago, IL
  Book of Taboo, Distinction Gallery, San Diego, CA
2010 Science of Sleep, White Piano House, Sigulda, Latvia
  The Lost Children, Distinction Gallery, San Diego, CA
2007 Playground, Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2005 Firebird Seekers, Convent Yard, Riga, Latvia
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Art Collectors Starter Kit, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  13th Annual BLAB Exhibition, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA; curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
  Ephemeral, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA; curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
  New Romantics, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  East Meets West, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 12th Annual BLAB Exhibition, Corpo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Small Works, BeinArt Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
  Lush, BeinArt Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
  Animal Kingdom, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
2016 The Hours of Silence, Gallery House, Toronto, Canada
  Femme to Femme Fatale, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA; co-curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
  Amethyst, Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  11th annual BLAB, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Suggestivism, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA; co-curated by Nathan Spoor
  Small Works, BeinArt Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
  Selfie, Stephanie Chefas gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Don't Wake Daddy X, Feinkunst Kruger Gallery; curated by Heiko Muller, Hamburg, Germany
  13th Hour, Last Rites gallery, New York, NY
  Les Petit Fours, co-curated by Friends of Leon Gallery and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Sydney, Australia
  The BLAB! Show, Copro gallery, Los Angeles, CA; curated Monte Beauchamp
  Ephemeral: erritory of Girls, Jiro Miura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  Storybook, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA; co-curated by the Warholian's Michael Cuffe
  Inevitably Imperfect, Vinyl on Vinyl gallery, Manila, Philippines; curated by Dan Barry and Dexter Sy
  Golden, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  Floating Intersections, Pink Zeppelin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2014 Milk, Secret Fresh Gallery, Manila, Philippines
  Mysterium Cosmographicum, Stephen Romano Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
  Small Indignities, Red Truck Gallery, New Orleans, LA
  Welcome to the Dreamtime, Stephen Romano Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
  Suggestivism, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; curated by Nathan Spoor
  The BLAB! Show, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; curated Monte Beauchamp
  Metro Show 2014, Stephen Romano Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2013 Something Wicked This Way Comes, Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; curated by Stephanie Chefas
  Draw, Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
  Inevitably Imperfect, Artery Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand; curated by Dan Barry
  Painted Sound, Flower Pepper Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Anomalies, BeinArt Collective; Copro gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  The BLAB! Show, Copro gallery, Los Angeles, CA; curated by Monte Beauchamp
  Go with the Flow, Lucca, Italy; curated by Elena Girelli
  Taboo, BeinArt Collective; Last Rites gallery, New York, NY
  Vending Art Machine, ficina 36; Barcelona, Spain; Maksla XO Gallery
  This is So Contemporary, Ayden Gallery, Vancouver, Canada; curated by Daniela De Giorgi Petkovic
  Closeup of pop-surrealism and Urban Art, Miomao gallery, Perugia, Italy
2011 Krampus Show, Curly Tale Gallery, Chicago, IL; curated by Monte Beauchamp
  Taetrum et Dulce, Mondo Pop Gallery, Rome, Italy; curated by Dan Barry and David Vecchiato
  The BLAB! Show, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; curated by Monte Beauchamp
  Beyond Black and White, National Library of St Petersburg, Russia
  Sanrio For Smiles, Mi Japan, Chiostri dell'Umanitaria, Milan; curated by Christian Gancitano
  The BLAB! Show, Roq La Rue, Seattle, WA; curated by Monte Beauchamp
2010 Subtleties of Character, WWA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Comfort me Again, Experimental Station Laimdota, Contemporary Music and Art Festival, Cesis, Latvia. Curated by Daiga Kruze
  Horrorwood, WWA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Jest in Time, The Phylogenesis of Clowns, Distinction Gallery, San Diego, CA
2009 Unbearable Freedom, White Night 2009 Festival, Riga, Latvia
  The Dark Arts Laboratory, Slazds, Riga, Latvia
  European cities in the paintings of Latvian artists II, ASuna Gallery, Riga and in the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the EU, Brussels, Belgium
  Good-bye cruel world!, Gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia
  Purity, Creative Space Tasty, Riga, Latvia
2008 Exhibition of Contemporary Latvian Art, Consulate of Latvia, Zurich, Switzerland
  Painting of the Year, ASuna Gallery, Riga, Latvia
  Autumn 080808, I am Georgian!, Latvian Artist Union, Riga, Latvia
  Time, Helsinki, Finland; organized by ASuna Gallery
  Take Your Time, Strelnieku street, Riga, Latvia; curated by Inga Bunkse
  Cameo II, Art Garden Gallery, Riga, Latvia
  European Cities in the Paintings of Latvian Artists, The Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the EU, Brussels, Belgium
  Apgaztais prieks, Gallery Mans's, Jekabpils, Latvia
2007 Painting of the Year, ASuna Gallery, Riga, Latvia
  Everything is White, Laipa, Valmiera, Latvia
  Myth about..., Consulate General of Latvia, St. Petersburg, Russia
  Plein air of Ropazi 2007, Ropazi, Latvia
  Silence, Open Air Museum of Ventspils,Ventspils, Latvia
  Art & Soul, auction in aid of the Demelza Hospice Care of Children,Tunbridge Wells, UK
2006 Bounded transference, Gallery Mans's, Jekabpils, Latvia
  Autumn 2006, Latvian Artist Union, Railway Museum, Riga, Latvia
  My Tender Beast, Art Garden Gallery, Riga, Latvia
  Mondo Lettone. Made in Italy, Bose Marina, Sardinia, Italy
  Contemporary Women Artists, Kreishaus, Giterslo region, Germany
  Human, Riga Art and Design College, Riga, Latvia
  Tra i colori del Carnevale, Tempio Pausania, Sardinia, Italy
  Latvian Contemporary Painting, Castle of Jekabpils, Jekabpils, Latvia
  L'Eros degli Artisti da Est a Ovest, Priapeide 2006, San Maurizio square, Venice, Italy
2005 Painting of the Year, ASuna Gallery, Riga, Latvia
  Cafe Art Exhibition, RTBiz, Edinburgh, UK
  Surprising Academy, La Serre, Saint-Etienne, France
  Portrait of a Flower, Carrousell, Riga, Latvia
  Latvian Contemporary Painting, ANO House, Riga, Latvia
  Sguardo ad est, Sala Delegazione Comunale and Salone Parrochiale, Sardinia, Italy
  Gli Amici Artisti per Le Bambine di Kalitala, Sotheby's auction, Sabera Foundation, Milan, Italy
  Tre pittrici lettoni, Venice Biennale 51, Venice, Italy
  Exhibition of Latvian art, Institute of I.Repin, St. Petersburg, Russia
  Dreaming of something, New Realms, London, UK
  L'eros Degli Artisti, Smallbobcafe, Lawrence, Italy
2004 Cameo, Art Garden Gallery, Riga, Latvia
  Opening exhibition, New Realms, London, UK
  Exhibition of Latvian Academy of Art, University of Art and design, Helsinki, Finland
  I Fumi Cotti di Ripe San Ginesio 2004, San Ginesio, Italy
  Six Ways to Dream, ART ID Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, UK
  Absolute Things, Art Garden Gallery, Riga, Latvia
  Plein air, Ropazi, Latvia
  Boheme House Gallery, London, UK
  ART house, Tunbridge Wells and London, England
   European Commission, Brussels
  That Inside You, Valmiera, Latvia
2003 Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2002 Autostop, Riga, Latvia
1998 Latvian Artists Union, Riga, Latvia
1997 Contemporary Painting, Vecriga, Riga, Latvia
1996 Plein air and Exhibition of Young Artists, Minsk, Belarus
 

ART FAIRS
2018 PULSE Miami, William Baczek Fine Arts, Miami, FL
2017 PULSE Miami, William Baczek Fine Arts, Miami, FL
2013 PULSE New York, independent curator Stephen Romano, New York, NY
2012 The Metro Show Art Fair; with independent curator Stephen Romano, New York, NY
  Preview Berlin Art Fair, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009 Art Zurich 2009, Switzerland
  International Contemporary Art Fair Europ'ART, Geneva, Switzerland
  Bridge Art Fair, New York, NY
2008 Lineart Art Fair, Art Garden Gallery, Gent, Belgium
  International Contemporary Art Fair Europ'ART, Geneva, Switzerland
  The Art Now Fair, Hotel 30/30, New York, NY
  The Art EXPO Fair, New York, NY
  ART Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
2007 Art International Zurich, Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland
  Brighton Art Fair, Gallery Rhapsody House, Brighton, UK
2006 Art Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
2003 StArt, Strasburg, Switzerland
 

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Harris, Bella. "Sea of Change: Exclusive Interviews with Jana Brike + Art Collector Ken Hakura," Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, November 30.
2015 "Jana Brike - Painting Adolescence to Make Peace with Her Own," Buzzworthy (blog).
  Cadilhac, Julie. "Jana Brike: Le Trait Poetique d'une Lettone Talentuese," BSC News.fr, June 4. (France)
2014 Spoor, Nathan. "Behind the Scenes of 'After the End of Time': Exclusive Interview with Jana Brike," HI FRUCTOSE, Aug 29.
  "Jana Brike," The Mother Artist Project (blog), June 11.
  "Interview with Jana Brike," Hypocritedesign Magazine, Jan 7.
2012 Chappell, Scott."Painter Jana Brike," Stated Magazine
 

 


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