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As part of the program Kim? will stage an exhibition at the host gallery XYZ Collective & 4649 premises showcasing the new body of work by three Latvian artists \u2013 Indri\u0137is \u0122elzis (b. 1988), Maija Kur\u0161eva (b. 1981) and Kri\u0161s Salmanis (b. 1977).<\/b> <\/b>XYZ collective will present artist\u2019s Toru Otani (b. 1988) work and 4649 will present artists\u2019s Shogo Shimzu (b. 1993) work.<\/b><\/p>\n
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The project is meant to bring together like-minded gallerists in a spirit of collaboration and cooperation and to provide a friendly introduction to the unique context of the contemporary art world of Tokyo. ONSEN CONFIDENTIAL was inspired by precedents such as the Milwaukee International, Paramount Ranch, Condo, OKEY DOKEY, Friend of a Friend, the Villa Projects (Villa Warsaw, Villa Reykjavik and Villa Toronto), non-pro\ufb01t initiatives such as NADA (New Art Dealers Alliance) and Paris Internationale and gallery organizations such as CADAN (Contemporary Art Dealers Association Nippon) and the IGA (International Galleries Alliance).<\/p>\n
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ONSEN CONFIDENTIAL 2022 participants:<\/b><\/p>\n
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Guest Galleries from abroad:<\/b> Good Weather (Arkansas, Chicago USA), A Thousand Plateaus (Chengdu, China), Galerie Gregor Staiger (Zurich, Milan, Switzerland, Italy), Jan Kaps (Cologne, Germany), LambdaLambdaLambda (Prishtina, Kosovo), 47 Canal (New York, USA), Kim? ( Riga, Latvia), Galerie Crevecoeur (Paris, France), Johnathan Hopson (Houston, USA), Galeria Wsch\u00f3d (Warsaw), Chris Sharp (Los Angeles, USA), Air de Paris, (Paris, France), Max Mayer (Dusseldorf, Germany), The Green Gallery (Milwaukee), Kristina Kite Gallery (Los Angeles, USA).<\/p>\n
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Host Galleries in Tokyo: <\/b>Fig., Satoko Oe Contemporary, Mujin-to Production, Aoyama l Meguro, MISAKO & ROSEN, XYZ collective, Hagiwara Projects, KAYOKOYUKI, Tomio Koyama Gallery, 4649, Take Ninagawa, Anomaly.<\/p>\n
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Kim? participation in ONSEN CONFIDENTIAL 2022 is supported by: <\/b>State Culture Capital Foundation, Ministry of Culture, Riga City Council.<\/p>\n
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Biographies:<\/b><\/p>\n
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Indri\u0137is \u0122elzis<\/b> (b. 1988, Riga) analyzes personal experience, as well as memories and art history, using three-dimensional models for bringing together and abstracting information which seemingly makes up a pattern of data but does not in fact yield itself to comprehension. \u0122elzis\u2019 research ends up assuming the form of plane and freestanding objects\/figures, welded, bent and cut in the artist\u2019s studio. Recent solo and duo exhibitions: Tatjana Pieters (Ghent, 2021), Castor (London, 2020), Cinnnamon (Rotterdam, 2019), ASHES\/ASHES (New York, 2019), King\u2019s Leap (New York, 2018), Belenius with Adja Yunkers, (Stockholm, 2018), SUPRAINFINIT with Viktor Timofeev (Bucharest, 2018).<\/p>\n
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Maija Kur\u0161eva <\/b>(b. 1981, Lielplatone) works with installation, moving image, graphics and drawings. In 2017, Kur\u0161eva founded the not-for-profit gallery Low, and has acted as the gallery\u2019s programme director (2017-2019). She is also the founder and curator of Riga Zine Festival (2016, 2018) as well as co-founder and project manager of the artist collective Popper Publishing (2012-2018). Kur\u0161eva has partaken in artist residencies Kai in Tallinn (2020), ISCP in New York (2019) Cit\u00e9 Internationale des Arts in Paris as part of Kim? Residency Award (2019) and Iaspis in Umea (2013). From 2004, she has participated in exhibitions in Latvia and abroad, and notably, was nominated for the Purv\u012btis Prize in 2017 for her work Joviality<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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Toru Otani<\/b> (b. 1988, Kanagawa) is a Japanese artist who approaches to create new images by drawing over ready-made objects. Otani has been involved in group exhibitions Busy Work At Home<\/i> at Nonaka Hill, Los Angeles (2021), Maoya Kishi & Toru Otani<\/i> at Kodama Gallery, Tokyo (2018), Mud, Tokyo, and Swimming<\/i> at Shinjuku Park Hall 1, Tokyo (2017) and Nostalgia Fantasia<\/i> at Kodama Gallery, Tokyo (2016). He has had solo exhibitions at Nonaka Hill (2022) in Los Angeles, imalbor (2020) and Kodama Gallery (2017, 2015) in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
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Kri\u0161s Salmanis<\/b> (b. 1977, Riga) uses animation, video, photography, objects, his body, trees etc. in his art. Salmanis has had shows at Kim? Contemporary Art Centre in Riga, Latvia, CAC in Vilnius, Lithuania, Art in General in New York, USA,\u00a0 A4 in Chengdu, China, and elsewhere. He has gained a number of awards, including at the 13th Tallinn Print Triennial in 2004, 19. Videokunst F\u00f6rderpreis, Bremen, Germany (2010), Purv\u012btis Prize (2017) and Latvian Theatre award (2019). Salmanis\u2019 works are in the collections of the Latvian National Museum of Art and the Art Museum of Estonia. He has taken part in numerous international artist residencies, including HIAP in Helsinki, Finland (2012), KAIR in Kamiyama, Japan (2015) and ISCP in New York, USA (2022). He represented Latvia at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Shogo Shimizu <\/b>(b. 1993, Hokkaido). Through a variety of media, mainly colored pencil drawings, he has been attracting attention for his works that express, with a touch of humor, very personal details such as his own mental illness and addiction, and the anxieties and fears of urban life. Selected exhibitions include a group show at No Gallery in New York (2022), a two-person show with Calvin Miceli Nelson at 4649 in Tokyo (2021), M\u00fcnster Skulptur Projekte, Sagamihara (2018), STAKE HOUSE DOSKOI (2018), Strange Store (2013, 2012).<\/p>\n
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