Daiga Grantina

Resident
07.04.2025 - 21.04.2025

Medici Residency

Visual arts

Biography

Daiga Grantina (born in 1985 in Saldus, Latvia) lives and works in Paris, France.
Her solo exhibitions have been presented at Massimo de Carlo, Paris, FR (2024), Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, PL (2024), Z33, Hasselt, BE (2024), Riga Art Museum Bourse, LV (2022); GAMeC, Bergamo, IT (2021); Emalin, London, UK (2021); New Museum, New York, US (2020); Latvian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, IT (2019); Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR (2018); Kunstverein in Hamburg, DE (2017).
Her current and upcoming solo exhibitions include Notes on Kim Lim at Kunstmuseum Appenzell, CH (2024) and Emalin, London, UK (2025).

Project

On the way to Rome

 

 

Florence (with my mother), Turin (with Joseph), Venice (with Inga and Valentinas), Bergamo (with Sara and Valentina), Lago d’Orta (with Elsa and Nicoletta),
Rome …

 

This has been all important visits to Italy for me and it will be my first to Rome. My impression is that I am climbing a mountain to find proximity with the ardent expression of the inseparable weave of art and life in Italian culture. The two weeks in April should serve me to build a first contact with the capital city.

The residents

Visual arts

Medici Residency

Application 16.12.2024 - 21.02.2025

Throughout the year, the French Academy in Rome welcomes artists, authors and researchers from all disciplines to carry out a specific creative or research project as part of the "Medici Residency" program. These residencies are not part of the annual residents' competition. These residencies last from 2 weeks to 2 months, and are designed to carry out a specific research or creative project.

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