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Franceska Kirke  

1953
Born in Riga, Latvia

1972
Graduates J. Rozentals School of Art, Riga

1978
Graduates Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga

1980
Portraits and Self-Portraits. The State Art Museum, Riga

1981
Space, Nature, Man. St. Peter's Church, Riga

1984
Zinibu Nams Exhibition Hall, Riga. Solo Exhibition

Happening1. E. Smilgis Museum, Riga

Posters from the Baltic Republics. Tallinn, Estonia

1985
Third International Drawing Triennial. Kunsthalle, Nurenburg, Germany

The Baltic Republics Painting Biennial. Vilnius, Lithuania

1986
Five Artists. Dieter Hildebrandt Gallery, Hamburg

Post-Traditionalism. Young Latvian Artists Group Exhibition. Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow

1988
Dieter Hildebrandt Gallery, Hamburg. Solo Exhibition

1989
Lacpleses. Art Museum Arsenals, Riga

Contemporary Soviet Painters from Riga, Latvia. Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York

Latvian Paintings. Seoul, South Korea

New Paintings from Russia. Ravenna, Italy

Drawing 89. International Biennial, England

Latvian Painting
. Hilton Hotel, Munich, Germany

Express Avant-Garde Gallery, Vienna, Austria

1990
Young Latvian Artists Group Exhibition. Neuss City Gallery, Neuss, Germany

Art Hamburg. International Art Fair, Germany

1991
Latvian and Russian Artists. Grand Hyatt Hotel, Hong Kong

Latvian and Russian Artists. Granovsky Gallery, San Francisco

Painters' Group Exhibition. Factura Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

1992
Salon A, Riga. Solo Exhibition

Salzburg Cultural Centre, Salzburg, Austria

Art MIF. International Art Fair. Moscow

International Art Fair, Sollentuna, Sweden

Art Frankfurt. International Art Fair, Germany

Latvian Watercolors. Artists Association Exhibition Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania

1993-1994
Latvian Painters of the Twentieth Century. Celebration of Latvian Independence, Paris, Bordeaux, Strasbourg

1994
Art Frankfurt. International Art Fair, Germany

Contemporary Art from Latvia. Morphy Gallery, Cyprus

23 Artistas de Letonia. Sala Millares, Madrid

Latvian Art. Unesco Palace, Paris

Women Painting Women.
Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York

With Spain in Heart
. Gallery Sussi, Riga

Art After A Century; within the framework of the International Conference-Art Nouveau in the Baltics. Riga Gallery, Riga

The Other Picture. Riga Gallery, Riga

Art, Music, Furniture. Gallery of the Latvian Artists' Union, Riga

1997
Still Life. Gallery of the Latvian Artists's Union, Riga

John, Hulio, Juris, Willy. Club Slepenais Eksperiments, Riga

Early Sensations. Gallery Ciris, Riga

Love. Gallery Asuna, Saules Bank, Riga

Ballet. Riga Stock Exchange, Grand Hall, Riga

Melancholie. Die Galerie der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn

Restoration. Gallery Bastejs, Riga

Six Latvian Artists in Tel Aviv. Artists Association Exhibition Hall, Israel

1998
Kolumbarijs. Gallery Melnais balodis, Riga

Art Frankfurt. International Art Fair, Germany

Impossible Meetings. Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York

1999
Nudes. Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York

15 Artists from Latvia. Gallery J&B, Copenhagen, Denmark

Past-Present-Future. Gallery Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Joy of Being. The State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

2000
The Appropriated Image. Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York. Solo Exhibition

2004
Portraits. Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York

Museum and Public Collections: Ludwig Museum, Cologne
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Art Collection of the Latvian Artist's Union, Riga, Latvia
Museum of Art Arsenal, Riga, Latvia