Andris Brinkmanis
Latvian curator based in Milan.
Born in Riga, Latvia, he works as a freelance art critic and curator based in Milan and Venice. He has collaborated with various art magazine, like “ Studija” (LV) and the weekly magazine “Cultural Forum” (LV).
Among recent exhibitions he curated are: “October. Exit, memory and desire”, with Marco Scotini, Artra Gallery, Milan, Italy, 2007; “Mortals. Anton Corbijn”, Latvian State Art Museum Exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia, 2005; “The Dream Island”, Art galleries “ Noass” , “Betanovuss”, AB Dambis open air space. Riga, Latvia 2004; “Adaptation. Latvian contemporary art now” Estonian State Art Museum Exhibition hall Rotterman Salt storage, Tallinn, Estonia 2003.
He has collaborated with Estonian pavilion for the 52nd Venice Biennale and with curator Marco Scotini for the exhibitions “Der Prozess. Collective memory and social history”, Prague biennale 4, Prague, Czech Republic, 2007 and “Disobedience archive” presented within the exhibition “Forms of resistance” at Van Abbemueum in Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2007.