Olga Shilova

Olga Shilova (31st of March 1967, Ventspils, Latvian SSR) –  a well-known Latvian sculptor. 

Member of the Latvian Union of Artists

In 1991 Olga Shilova graduated from the department of sculpture of the Latvian Academy of Arts. 

She is an associated professor of the Latvian Academy of Arts.

Her sculptures and fountains are situated in Riga, Jūrmala, Ventspils, Cēsis and Limbaži. She is the author of designs of various prizes and coins. 

She participated in more than personal exhibitions and more than hundred group exhibitions in Latvia and abroad.  

Her works can be found in the collections of the National Museum of Art, Jūrmala City Museum, the Bank of Latvia and Swedbank, as well as in art collections in Denmark, Japan, Spain and Latvia. 

Her husband is the famous Latvian sculptor Gleb Panteleev. 

Education:

1991 graduated from the Sculpture Dept. of the Latvian Academy of Arts. Master of Arts.

In 2003 took the professional improvement course at the University of Daugavpils Innovations in the system of higher education

Work experience:

2010 - present Associated professor at the Latvian Academy of Arts

2004 - 2010 Docent at the Latvian Academy of Arts

2001 - 2004 Lecturer at the Latvian Academy of Arts

1999 - 2001 Teacher of modeling eacher at the Janis Rozentals Riga Art High-school

1984 - 1985 Teacher of drawing at Riga Primary school no. 18

Awards: 

2020 - Badge of honor and title Honorary Citizen of Jurmala for the contribution into the popularization of the image of the city and its development. Jurmala, Latvia

2019 - the third prize of the Jurmala City Council in the sketch competition Creation of Highly Artistic Objects of the Environment in Jurmala. Jurmala, Latvia

2019 - the first prize of the Roya district Council in the sketch competition Landscaped Square. "People by the Sea" near the branch of the Roya Museum of Marine Fisheries. Roya, Latvia  

2019 - Awarded the Order of the Three Stars of the IV class of the Republic of Latvia.

2018 - Riga city council incentive award Latvia 100 Environmental 0bject by the Latvian National Theatre. Riga, Latvia.

2018 - Incentive prize Memorial Plate to Archbishop Teodors Grinbergs at Ventspils State 1st Gymnasium's Facade. Ventspils, Latvia.

2017 - Incentive award Environmental Object/Sculpture Latvia 100 Dobele City Square. Dobele, Latvia.

2016 - Moscow Garden Revitalization. Riga, Latvia.

2016 -  3rd place in the nomination Public Exterior at the Latvian Builders' Guilde award ceremony 2016 for the sculpture Leste, Daugava promenade, Riga, Latvia.

2016 - Dzintaru Koncertzale LTD incentive award for the proposal for Dzintaru Concert Hall small hall's southern and northern galleries. Jurmala, Latvia.

2015 - Third prize at Riga city council and Latvijas balzāms JSC contest Alberta Square Development Concept and Abrahams Kunce Memorial, Alberta square, Riga, Latvia.

2015 -  First place in Jelgava city council's contest Jubilee Sign “Jelgava -750“, Latvia.

2014 - Riga Eastern executive incentive bonus for design contest Vārnu Street Republic, Riga, Latvia

2014 - Selected projects nomination in monumental public sculpture contest Competition for the Future Park in Murcia City, Murcia, Spain

2006 - First place in Riga city council's contest Livu Square Design Object, Riga, Latvia

2005 - Second prize in the competition of the Liberation War Monument, Preili, Latvia

2004 - Prize of the Year in Architecture, nomination Best outdoor design object in Latvia

2002 - Riga City Council Award, Latvia

2000 - Second prize in the International Animality Festival in Tallinn, Estonia

1997 - Award of the Trust Commercial Bank, Latvia

Solo exhibitions:

2019 - Adam's Apple. Rietumu banka gallery, Riga, Latvia

2018 -  Milda in a Three-Quarter Turn, Riga, Latvia

2016 - Deposite, Cesis exhibition hall, Cesis, Latvia 

2015 - Journey (together with Tatjana Krivenkova) XO gallery, Riga, Latvia

2015 - Shapes of Riga (together with Gleb Panteleev), Vinzor Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2011 - Calendar of Dreams 2012, XO gallery, Riga, Latvia

2010 - Calendar of Dreams 2011, Creative workshop of the exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga,         Latvia

2009 - Olga Shilova. Sculpture. XO gallery, Riga, Latvia

2002 - Exploring the Sand, Ventspils Museum, Ventspils, Latvia

2002 - Distance of the Kiss, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia

2002 - Trajectory of Subconsciousness, Gallery Valencia, St. Petersburg, Russia

2000 - In the Sign of Aquarius, Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia

1998 - Fingerprints, Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia

1996 - Calligraphy, Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia

1994 - Honeymoon (together with Gleb Panteleev), Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia

Selected group exhibitions:

2020 - Lactation. Dome Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

2020 - Sculpture. An object. House of Arts in Kuldiga. Kuldiga, Latvia

2020 - Art project Who is M? Ventspis theater Jūras vārti, Vetspils, Latvia

2019 - Sculpture. Ceramics. Glass. Exhibition of works by teachers of the Department of Visual Plastics of the Latvian Academy of Arts, Valmiera Museum, Valmiera, Latvia

2019 - Eleven Seasons of Navigation. Exhibition Hall of the Livonian Order Castle, Ventspils, Latvia

2019 - Source of Power, MuseumLV Gallery, Riga, Latvia

2019 - International Mass of Contemporary art ARTVILNIUS`19, Vilnius, Lithuania

2018 - Portrait in Latvia. 20th Century. Facial Expressions. Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

2018 - Tautumeitas un Tautasdēli. Mūkusalas Art Salon, Riga, Latvia

2018 - Drawing. Kuldiga Artists' Residence, Kuldiga, Latvia

2018 - ANTI-Sculpture Park (together with students), Polish Sculpture Center, Oronsko, Poland

2017 - Eskultura, Kuldiga House of Arts, Kuldiga, Latvia

2017 - Hiperrealism. Latvian National Art Museum's exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia.

2016 - Entrails, Gallery CIVITA NOVA, Lielais Dzintars, Liepaja, Latvia 

2015 - Small Red Shoes. Kuldiga House of Art, Kuldiga, Latvia

2015 - My heart is a Tiger, Gallery Art Station Dubulti, Jūrmala, Latvia   

2014 - Perspective of the Solar System, Latvian National Art Museum's exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

2014 - European Professional Doll Art Festival, Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, Latvia

2014 - Money Design. PIN Code, the Embassy of Latgale GORS, Rezekne, Latvia

2014 - Money Design. PIN Code, Ventspils city museum in the castle of the Livonian Order, Ventspils, Latvia

2013 - Monumental Public Sculpture Competititon for the Development of the Future Levante Park in Murcia city, Murcia, Spain

2012 - Sculpture. From Terpis to Masurius, LMS gallery, Riga, Latvia

2012 - Where is my Airoplane? Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia

2012 - Dolls, Ventspils city museum in the castle of the Livonian Order, Ventspils, Latvia

2012 - The garden of Fate, charity auction, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia

2011 - Woman’s Breath, contemporary art exhibiton of the magazine Santa, Riga, Latvia

2011 - The International Mass of contemporary art ARTVILNIUS ’11, Vilnius, Lithuania

2011 - Women, Women, Women, European Union House, Riga, Latvia

2010 - RECYCLING, annual autumn exhibition, Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, Latvia

2010 - ARTNOCTURNE CNOCKE, Cnocke, Belgium

2010 - HOT ART BASEL, Basel, Switzerland

2010 - Golden Works, exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

2009 - Blue, gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia

2007 - The Hot Specifics, exhibition hall of Mentzendorff’s House, Riga, Latvia

2005 - Latvian Art of the Second Half of the 20th Cenutry, exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

2004 - White Concrete, Jurmala City Museum, Jurmala, Latvia

2003 - Latvian Art, XX Century, Zvolle Stedeliijk Museum, Zvolle, Netherlands

2000 - the International Baltic Festival of Animalistic Sculpture, Tallinn, Estonia                    

2000 - the International Sculpture Quadrennial Riga-2000, Museum Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

2000 - Baltic Art. Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture. National Arts Club, New York; gallery of the International Monetary Fund

1999 - 15 Artists from Latvia. Gallery J&B, Copenhagen, Denmark

1998 - 2^nd International Latvian Contemporary Art Exhibition, State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

1998 - Chinese Pipe. Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Latvia

1998 - Latvian Contemporary Art. Architects' Hall of the City Council, Prague, Czech Republic

1997 - Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale. Hokkaido, Japan

1997 - Riga in Contemporary Art. Exhibition-competition, Gallery A. Suna, Riga, Latvia

1997 - Latvian Contemporary Art. Grande Salle deL’Aubette, Strasbourg, France

1996 - International Sculpture Quadrennial Riga – 96 Crossroads. Latvian National Art Museum's exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

1996 - Women Europe, Gallery Shambala, Copenhagen, Denmark                                   

1996 - Les Journees Baltes. Baltic States Art Exhibition. UNESCO House, Paris, France

1994 - Contemporary Art from Latvia. Morphy Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus

1991 - Four Young Sculptors. Sculptors' House, Riga, Latvia. 

Works in collections

Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

Exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia

Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jurmala City Museum, Jurmala, Latvia

Toyamura Sculpture Biennale Committee, Hokkaido, Japan

Swedbank, Riga, Latvia

Ventspils Nafta, Ventspils, Latvia

Fundacion Murcia Futuro, Murcia, Spain

Mūkusala Art Salon, Riga, Latvia

Māris Vītols Art Collection, Riga, Latvia

Works in private collections in Latvia, Cyprus, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, USA, France

Works in public spaces (1998-2020):

Sculpture in the urban environment Swing. Riga, Latvia

Aspasia in the Dunes. Dubulti, Jurmala, Latvia

Urban sculpture Leste, Daugavas promenade, Spikeri, Riga, Latvia

Statuette Imants Ziedonis, The atrium of main building of Latvian National Library in front of the entrance to the Hall of Ziedonis, Riga, Latvia

Commemorative plaque Blossom, within the territory of elementary school Taurenitis, Jurmala, Latvia

Riga Tower Counter, an open-air sculpture, Riga, Latvia

Mermaid and the Swimmer, an open-air sculpture, Jurmala, Latvia

Amberclock, a design object, Liepaja, Latvia

A Kissing Couple, a sculpture, Limbazi, Latvia.

Sculptural Fountain Water Pole, Cesis, Latvia

Sculpture group The Disks, ANS center of education, Riga, Latvia 

Sculptural Fountain The Horse, Ventspils, Latvia

Sculptural Fountain The Jug, Jurmala, Latvia

Commissions:

2020 - sculpture Swing, Miera street 25, Riga, "Roche Latvija" LTD

2019 - sculpture Adam and Eve, Jurmala. A private commission

2015 - 2 EUR commemorative Latvian coin The Stork, the commission by the Bank of Latvia 

2014 - sculpture Milda, the commission by the Bank of Latvia

2014 - prize for the project Ziedonis Time, the commission by the Viegli foundation 

2013 - author of the prize and medals for the World Choir Games

2011 - author of the prize The Tree of Good Intentions, commissioned by Latvijas zaļais punkts JSC

2010 - author of the prize Golden Rake of the project The Big Community Volunteer Service,         commissioned by P.R.A.E. LLC

2010 - author of the prize of the project Latvia Can!, commissioned by P.R.A.E. LLC

2006 - author of the prize of the year of the constest Environment, Health, Safety, commisssioned by Statoil Latvia LLC

2005 - author of the prize for the project We are Looking for the Pride of Latvia

2001 - the design of the 1 LS coin The Stork, commissioned by the Bank of Latvia

2000 - the author of the prize Baltic Pearl 2000 for the international film festival Baltic pearl, commissioned by Artcontract LLC

1999 - the author of the prize Baltic Pearl ’99 for the international film festival Baltic pearl, commissioned by Artcontract LLC

1999 - the design of the golden coin Javelin Thrower, dedication to the Olympic Games of 2000 in Sydney, commissioned by the Bank of Latvia

1994 - the author of the prize The Seagull for the international choir festival Ventspils ’94, commisioned by the Ventspils City Council

Source of information:

www.olgasilova.lv