EDUCATION
1992-1997 New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture New York, NY.
Two years of painting and drawing and three years of sculpture and drawing
1985-1986 Seattle University, Bachelor of Arts in Art Seattle, WA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020
Alumni Show, New York Studio School
Group Show, Catherine Fosnot Art Gallery and Center, New London, CT, curated by Catherine Fosnot
2019
Location / Dislocation: Between Remembering and Forgetting, Mark Rothko Center, Daugabpils, Latvia, curated by Vineta Kaulaca
Location / Dislocation: Between Remembering and Forgetting, Art Station, Dubulit, Latvia, curated by Vineta Kaulaca
NYSS Coast to Coast, New York City and San Francisco, CA, curated by Karin Wilkin
Alumni Show, New York Studio School, curated by Michael Tcheyan
2018
Global Center for Latvian Art, group exhibition, curated by Lelde Kalmite, Cesis, Latvia
2017
Cesis Workshop Exhibition, World Latvian Art Center Gallery, Cesis, Latvia
2016
I Know What I Like, Triangle Arts Association, curated by Christina Kee, NY
2015
Western Carolina University Gallery exhibition in conjunction with lecture
ARTBridge mural commission
2014
Art in Nature, Greenwood Gardens, curated by Karen Wilkin. Short Hills, NJ.
World Latvian Art Center Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition, curated by Lde Kalmite, Cesis, Latvia
2013
Commission—Clair Weiss Public Art Fund, Tappen Park, Staten Island, NY
DUMBO Arts Festival, New York, NY
So Real – Radiator Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, Triangle Arts Gallery, New York, NY
DUMBO Arts Festival, New York, NY
2011
Pop Up Art Event, Soho. curated by Malado Baldwin
2009
Sculpture Key West 2009 – curated by Shamim M. Momin, Key West, FL
Four Heads Art Fair, Governor’s Island, New York, NY
Embassy Week Exhibition, Latvian Embassy, Washington, DC
2008
Sculpture Key West 2008, curated by Mary Ceruti, Key West, FL
Four Heads Art Fair, Governor’s Island, New York, NY
2007-8
Big Drawing – Lori Bookstein Fine Art New York, NY
2007
Preview – Galerie M + R Fricke Berlin, Germany
Karlis Rekevics: An Installation, Bulwarks Vanity – Lori Bookstein Fine Art New York, NY
2006
Trace – Whitney at Altria, organized by Shamim M. Momin New York, NY
2×2 Installation by Clay Ellis & Karlis Rekevics – Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College,
curated by Karen Wilkin, Hanover, NY
2005
Solo sculpture and drawing show – Wooster Art Space, curated by Karen Wilkin, New York, NY
Recent Modernist Sculpture – Locks Gallery, curated by Karen Wilkin Philadelphia, PA
Four Sculptors: Chris Duncan, Geoffrey Heyworth, Karlis Rekevics, Sally Tittmann
New York Studio School, curated by David Cohen New York, NY
Group show – Lori Bookstein Fine Art New York, NY
Crossing the Line – The Painting Center, curated by Cathy Diamond New York, NY
Solo sculpture and drawing show – Perimeter Gallery Belfast, ME
In Practice – Sculpture Center Long Island City, NY
Slouching Towards Bethlehem – The Project, curated by Jeffrey Uslip New York, NY
Triangle Art Residency DUMBO Brooklyn, New York, NY
New York Studio School Alumni Show, curated by James Hyde Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, NY
2003
Drawing Show – Zerene Gallery Seattle, WA
Trannie: Rhetorics of Identity in Transition – The Annex New York, NY
Building Structures – P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Long Island City, New York, NY
New York Studio School Alumni Show – Elizabeth Harris Gallery New York, NY
Sculptor’s Drawing Group Show – Studio Facchetti Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2001
Long Island City Sculpture Installation Long Island City, NY
1999
Drawing Show – Opus 204 Seattle, WA
1998
Rekevics/Rebholz – Viaduct Studio Long Island City, NY
Drawing from Perception II – Wright State University Dayton, OH
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS/RESIDENCIES/LECTURES
2019
Artist in Residence, Rothko Arts Center, Daugabpils, Latvia
ArtCritical Interview Award
2017
Artist in Residence, Cesis Workshop, Latvia
2015
Artist in Residence, Western Carolina University
2013
Yaddo Artist Residency, New York
2012
Ways of Worldmaking, Lecture at Northeastern University, Boston, MA
2011
Criss-Cross Views, Le Havre Residency, Le Havre, France
2010
Ways of Worldmaking: Lecture at New York Studio School
2008
Bob Crane Grant Esplanade Award, Best in Show, Sculpture Key West, Key West, FL
2004
Triangle Art – Residency, NYFA Grant New York, NY
2003
Emma Lake – Artist Workshop, full fellowship Saskatchewan, Canada
2000
The Vermont Studio Center – Artist Residency, full fellowship Johnson, VT
1998
Best in Show Drawing from Perception II – Wright State University Dayton, OH. Juried by Rackstraw Downes
Triangle Art – Workshop New York, NY
1995
Art OMI – Artist Residency Omi, NY
COLLECTIONS
2019 Collection Latvian National Museum of Art
2013 Collection of William Louis-Dreyfus
2005 Cone and Pallet, Deutsche Bank permanent collection
