Portuguese Contemporary Ceramics exhibition 'Walking Together'

From 18 August, Riga Art Space will host the Portuguese Contemporary Ceramics exhibition 'Walking Together' that will take place within the framework of 4th Latvia Ceramics Biennale. Exhibition will be open to visitors until 30 September.

A journey through Portuguese contemporary ceramics with the Aveiro International Biennale of Artistic Ceramics collection

WALKING TOGETHER is a cultural exchange project between the International Biennale of Artistic Ceramics in Aveiro, Portugal, and the Latvia Ceramics Biennale towards international promotion of Portuguese and Latvian contemporary ceramics and ceramicists.

The partnership dates back to 2021, when the 15th International Biennale of Artistic Ceramics in Aveiro, Portugal, held Biennial NEXT, an online networking event for ceramic competitions and biennales worldwide, which allowed the discovery of different dynamics, goals and approaches in the rich and creative field of ceramic art. The meeting started a cooperation between the Aveiro and Latvian biennales that set about launching the first exhibition exchange project towards international promotion of Portuguese and Latvian contemporary ceramics. In this context, the Rīga Art Space welcomes the Portuguese exhibition, WALKING TOGETHER, and Aveiro will host the BALTIC CURRENT, featuring artists from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania in October 2023. Both exhibitions are the collective effort of creative teams from both biennales and mark a promising starting point for future cooperation.

WALKING TOGETHER celebrates Portuguese artists who have exhibited in the Aveiro Biennale and are represented in its collection, which is an ongoing work in progress since the platform’s inception. The visitors are welcome to walk the exhibition space and explore three decades of development in Portuguese contemporary ceramics.

Featured artists:

Alberto Vieira, Alexandra Monteiro, Ana Cruz, Ana & Betânia, Anisabel, Carlos Enxuto, Heitor Figueiredo, João Carqueijeiro, João Costa Gomes, João Cunha e Costa, Maria Carvalho, Paulo Reis, Ricardo Casimiro, Rui Paiva, Martim Santa Rita, Sofia Beça, Stela Ivanova, Vitor Dionísio, Vitor Santos & Sónia Borga, Yola Vale

Curators: Valentīns Petjko, Aivars Baranovskis.

The exhibition is organized by Latvian Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Aveiro Municipality, the Association of Culture Institutions of Riga City Council and the exhibition hall Riga Art Space with the support of the Riga City Council, the State Culture Capital Foundation, SIA Magistr, Embassy of Portugal in Stockholm and Valmiermuiža.