“Saki ko man darīt, nesaki ko man darīt” exhibition by Krišjanis Elviks as part of the programme “Artefact reconstructions” culture space “Tu jau zini kur” 16 – 21/05/2022, Rīga, Latvija

“Transition” Art Hall of the Academy of Fine Arts Dresden (HfBK) “Oktogon”, 6/05 – 19/06/2022, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

“Utopias” Rīga Photography biennale, Culture space “Smilga” 29/04 – 21/05/2022, Rīga, Latvia.

2021

Guest curator – Unexpected sources Audio gallery, online radio tirkultura.net

“Hanseatic New Gold” Riga Art Space 19/08 –19/09/2021, Rīga, Latvia

JCE Biennale 2019 – 2021, Museum of the Emporda, 29/05 – 08/08/2021 Figueres, Spain,

“Wrap in her lap” Kuldīga Artist residency gallery 23/04 – 13/05/2021, Kuldīga, Latvia.

2020

“ArtVilnius’20” 2/10 – 4/10/2020, Vilnius, Lithuania. Photo series “Love Re-Search”

“Are We There Yet” 29/09 – 1/11/2020, Art Academy of Latvia Art space Pilot, Riga, Latvia.

“Synthesis. Study of the truth through movement, progress and divergence” 28/08 – 9/10/2020, “Boļševička”, Riga, Latvia. Installation “Our lives are full of interesting affairs and infinitely versatile!”

“Stop making sense” – Contemporary Art Biennale “Jeune creation europeenne” – JCE biennale 2019 – 2021, 07/08 – 27/09/2020, Science and Art center “Brewery”, Cēsis, Latvia. Photo series “Love Re-Search”

JCE Biennale 2019 – 2021, Kunstbygningen i Vrå, 2/06 – 19/07/2020, Hjørring, Denmark.

“Falling” online exhibition www.phmuseum.com. Photo series “Love Re-Search”

2019

ISSPPP X + X ISSP Poster Project ISSP Gallery 6/12 – 28/12/2019, Rīga, Latvija

Contemporary art biennale “Jeune creation europeenne” – JCE biennale

2019, 12/10 – 3/11/2019, Beffroi de Montrouge, 2 Plece Emile Cresp, Mountrouge, France.

“Hospitality”, Kuldīga Artist residency gallery 6/07 – 11/08/2019, Kuldīga, Latvia.

2018

RE – BECOMING. ISSP school graduation exhibition, 30/05 – 22/06/2018, Rīga, Latvia. Photo series “Love Re-Search”

2015 ISSP International Summer school of Photography exhibition 2015, Kuldiga Art house, Kuldīga, Latvia

2014 ISSP International Summer school of Photography exhibition 2014, Kuldiga Art house, Kuldīga, Latvia

Prizes, awards and nominations

2025 Linstow Art Award – Shortlisted

2024 13th Photo festival Organ Vida Open call prize

– shortlisted for nomination —— “Purvīša balva 2025” – “Thirst” by Annemarija Gulbe, Anna Ansone, Krišjānis Elviks from group show “In The Name of Desire” Latvian National Museum of Art

2023 BDO prize 2023 – finalist

Kim? Contemporary art center Open call prize

2021 Leica Oskar Barnack Award, Newcomer category – nomination

2019 Grand Prix award in Contemporary Art Biennale “Jeune Creation Europeenne”

– JCE biennale, Mountrouge, France

2019 Belgrad Photomonth New Talent contest – finalist

2018 FK portfolio prize – Grand Prix

2018 Riga Photography Biennale & ISSP Gallery Award “Seeking the Latest in Photography” – finalist

2017 Latvian Fashion Week – Fashion manifestation contest “Young Talent” – finalist

2017 FK portfolio prize – finalist

Works in Collections

VV Foundation Art Collection

BTA Latvia Art Collection

Private collections in Latvia, Finland and UK

Residencies

2025 Kai residency, Talinn, Estonia

2023 Kuldiga Artist residency, Alsunga, Latvia

2021 JCE biennale residency, Paris, France

Publications

2025 ISSP Agenda 2026, (LV)

2022 ISSP Agenda 2023, (LV)

Latvian Photography 2022, (LV)

2021 Did you notice me?, photo series “Tīna” (LV)

Riga Photography Biennial – NEXT 2021 publication (LV)

2019 Latvian Photography 2019, (LV)

GRAIN special release – New Talents, Belgrad photomonth 2019, (SRB)

Jezga mag N^o 2, (LV/UK)

2018 Veto N^o43. Publication, photo series “Love Re – Search”, (LV)

Jezga mag N^o 1. Publication, photo series “White Goat”, (LV/UK)

2016 ISSP planner, (LV)

2015 ISSP planner, (LV)

Participation in workshops and masterclasses

2022 ISSP “Summer School of Socially Engaged art” 23 – 30/07/2022, Rucka, Cēsis, Latvia

2020 International scientific conference “The time of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia – unique period in the history of the world” 17 – 18/09/2020, Kuldīga, Latvia

2020 The Summer School of the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art – “Negotiating Gender in the Baltics and Eastern Europe”, 31 July – 5 August 2020, in Kuldīga Artists’ Residence Gallery, Kuldīga, Latvia

2019 International Summer Schol of Photography, “The Cool Couple”(IT) workshop “Astronauts vs. Poets: Utopia, Dystopia and Visual Ecology”, Zaļenieki, Latvia

2018 Photobook workshop, “Akina books” (IT), ISSP, Rīga Latvia, 28/04/2018 – 3/05/2018

2018 Erik Kessels (NL) workshop Fabulous Failures 26 – 27/04/2018, RiBOCA1

2015 International Summer Schol of Photography, Pelči, Latvia

2014 International Summer Schol of Photography, Pelči, Latvia