JURIS PUTRAMS

Born in Plavinas, Latvia in 1956
1975 - Graduated from the Riga Building Construction Technical School
1981 - Graduated from the Latvian Academy of Arts, Department of Graphic Arts
1983 - Joined Latvian Artists' Union
Has participated in exhibitions since 1977
Mediums employed: print-making, installations, video installations, oil painting, sculpture, graphic design, exhibition and interior design

SOLO SHOWS

1991 - Three Horizons - Kolonna gallery, Riga, Latvia
1993 - The Passerby - Aperto Libro bookshop, Riga, Latvia
Roses and Chameleons - Tifana Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

1979, 1982 - Diploma; 1991 - Young Artists' Triennial of the Baltic republics, Vilnius, Lithuania
1981 (Vilnius); 1984 (Tallinn) - Diploma; 1987 (Riga) - Diploma; Poster Triennial of the Baltic republics
1983 - Diploma; 1986 - Diploma, 1989 - Graphics triennial of the Baltic republics, Tallinn, Estonia
1984 - "Nature. Environment. Man". - St. Peter's church, Riga
1985 - Group exhibitions - Foreign Art Museum, Riga
1986 - Art Days '86 - 1 st exhibition - performance at the Riga railway terminal pedestrian tunnel, Riga
1987 - Group exhibition - Foreign Art Museum, Riga
- Art Days '87 - 2nd exhibition - performance at the Riga railway terminal pedestrian tunnel, Riga
- International exhibition of miniature graphics - Lodz, Poland
- International poster biennial, Lohti, Finland
- Triennial of miniature graphics of the Baltic republics, Riga
1988 - Exhibition of Five Artists - Theater Museum, Riga
- Art Days '88 - 3rd exhibition - performance at the Riga railway terminal pedestrian tunnel, Riga
1988-1989 - "Riga - Latvian Avantgarde" - State Art Hall, West Berlin - City Art Gallery Im Sophienhof - Kiel, Exhibition Hall Weserburg - Bremen, Germany
- "Telephone" - (together with A. Breze, O. Petersons) - Congress Hall, West Berlin
1990 - "Latvia. XX Century Somersault 1940-1990" - Latvia Exhibition Hall, Riga
1991 - "Ars Baltica" - International poster exhibition - Warsaw, Poland (traveled to Lubeck, Germany, and Riga)
1992 - "Forma Anthropologico" - Exhibition hall of the Estonian Artists' Union, Tallinn, Estonia
- Expo '92 - International Poster Exhibition "90 Earth Flogs" - Seville, Spain
- "Generation" - Museum of Contemporary Art, Pori, Finland
1993 - "90 Earth Flags" International Poster Exhibition - Lacko, Sweden
- 4th Minigraphics Triennial - Arsenals art museum, Riga. Diploma
- Art action throughout Latvia - print exhibitions in 33 locations throughout Latvia
- 2nd French-Baltic video art Festival - Arsenals art museum, Riga
- "Sensation No. 30" - Arsenals art museum, Riga
1994 - Graphic arts exhibition - Print Club, Philadelphia (traveled to Pittsburgh), USA
- 14th International Poster Triennial - Warsaw, Poland
- International minigraphics exhibition - 5ieme Festival d'Affidres de Chaumont, France
- "Firkspedvale Conversations '94" - Art object Plein-air exhibition - Pedvale Manor, Sabile, Latvia
- Drawing exhibition - Meiden Bauerculture Center Seattle, USA
- 4th International Poster Triennial - Toyomo, Japan
- 1st World Logo Design Biennial "90 Earth Flags" - Casino-Kursaal, Ostend, Belgium
- Latvia is Europe. Five artists form Riga. Gallery Im Margarethenhof, Bonn Germany
- "State" - 2nd exhibition of the Soros Center of Contemporary Arts - Arsenals museum of art, Riga
1995 - International poster biennial "Poster '95 Lahti" - Lahti Art Museum, Finland
- "Monument" - 3rd exhibition of the Soros Center of Contemporary Art, Riga
- 1st Computer Art Biennial - exhibition hall in Czeszow, Poland
1996. "Geo-Geo" 4th exhibition of the soros center of contemporary art, Riga
1996. "Group exhibition together with Vorkals, Breþe, Peterson, Riga
1997. "Opera" 5th exhibition of the soros center of contemporary art, Riga
1998. Global latvian art exhibition "warning-fragile", exhibition hall "Lavia", Riga