Resume
MAIRA Reinbergs
www.MAIRA-ART.com
E-BOOK
www.MAIRA-ART.com
E-BOOK
Awash in Color and Music, 2024
VIDEOS
PLMC Virtual Tour #2 (see Fish and Vivaldi #3)
Letters to Latvia (orchestra Riga)- a multimedia presentation,
a concert interspersed with poetry and images of Maira's paintings
American Latvian Artists Virtual Art Show, "In Spite of It All" (Part III)
Interview with Maira: "Creatives without Borders" (Destig Issue 4, pp. 118-123)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
"Morning Noon Night" - National Juried Exhibition, 2024
Juror's Award Winner - Juror: Lennon Hernandez Wolcott
Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI
"Pattern and Abstraction" - online juried national show, 2024
Art Fluent - online exhibit "Chroma"
Global Center for Latvian Art, Cēsis, Latvia
"Abstrakti Raksti" - invitational exhibit, 7 paintings by Maira, 2023
Landmark Center North, Minneapolis, MN
North Gallery Exhibition, Artists from USA and Latvia, 2022
PAC, Pawtucket, RI - "Pawtucket Foundation Prize Exhibitions" - '11,'15,'18,'19,'20,'22,'23, 24, 25
Honorable mention 2013, Grand Prize Award Winner 2016
"Color of Sound" 2024, Juror: William Shaff
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
“Providence Art Club National Open Juried Exhibition 2020”
Juror: Mathew Hargraves, PhD, Chief Curator at the Yale Center for British Art
Vets Gallery, Providence, RI
“The Seeing of Sound”- an Open Juried International Exhibition, 2019-2020
Honorable Mention Jurors: Karen Rand Anderson, Lisa Churchville
“The Seeing of Sound”- an Open Juried International Exhibition, 2019-2020
Honorable Mention Jurors: Karen Rand Anderson, Lisa Churchville
Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA – “New England Collective VI”, 2015
“NEC X” 2019, juror Katherine French, "NEC XI"- juror Grace O'Malley, 2021
“NEC X” 2019, juror Katherine French, "NEC XI"- juror Grace O'Malley, 2021
The Ames Mansion Museum, North Easton. MA
Blanche Ames National Art Exhibits- 2008, 2014 and 2018 (Paul Olson, juror)
Global Center for Latvian Art, Cēsis, Latvia
"Latvia's Centennial Exhibition - Art Unites" - group, invitational, 2018
Blanche Ames National Art Exhibits- 2008, 2014 and 2018 (Paul Olson, juror)
Global Center for Latvian Art, Cēsis, Latvia
"Latvia's Centennial Exhibition - Art Unites" - group, invitational, 2018
Jelgava History and Art Museum of Gedert Eliass, Jelgava, Latvia
“Exhibition Dedicated to Country Themes” - group, invitational, 2017
“Exhibition Dedicated to Country Themes” - group, invitational, 2017
Atrium Gallery, Providence, RI
“Memory Quilt Collage Project”-group, invitational, 2017
Juror: Michele Chisholm Leavitt
“Memory Quilt Collage Project”-group, invitational, 2017
Juror: Michele Chisholm Leavitt
Society of Latvian Artists in Canada - "V. Reinholds’ Abstract Art Competition'
Grand Prize Award Winner 2017
Grand Prize Award Winner 2017
Gallery 175, Pawtucket, RI - “Pawtucket Foundation Prize Winners”, two-person, 2017
ArtProv Gallery, Providence, RI
“Color Passages”- extensive two person exhibit, 2016
“This and that” - group show, 2016; “It’s The Little Things” – invitational, group 2017
“Color Passages”- extensive two person exhibit, 2016
“This and that” - group show, 2016; “It’s The Little Things” – invitational, group 2017
Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA - National Juried Exhibitions
“Small Works” - Juror’s Choice Award, 2004 - Award of Merit, 2006
“Possessions, Prized or Otherwise”, 2015, "On the Surface", 2020
“Small Works” - Juror’s Choice Award, 2004 - Award of Merit, 2006
“Possessions, Prized or Otherwise”, 2015, "On the Surface", 2020
Imago Gallery, Warren, RI - National Exhibitions: “New Directions in Fiber”, 2014
“Printmaking Now”, 2015; “Mixed Media”, 2016
“Printmaking Now”, 2015; “Mixed Media”, 2016
Grimshaw Gudewicz Art Gallery, Fall River, MA – “4th All Media Juried Exhibit”, 2014
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia - “Latvian Art in Exile”, 2013
Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA - “12 into 13”- invitational, 12 artists, 2013
Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA - Annual Members’ Juried Exhibitions
more than 10 awards over the years
more than 10 awards over the years
Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI
Open Juried Show - Third Prize 1990, Honorable Mention, 2002, First Prize, 2010
"Small Works" - national show juried by RIWS panel
Open Juried Show - Third Prize 1990, Honorable Mention, 2002, First Prize, 2010
"Small Works" - national show juried by RIWS panel
Imago Art Gallery, Warren, RI – featured guest artist, 2005
Open Juried Exhibitions - 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
Open Juried Exhibitions - 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
Krause Gallery, Providence, RI - two person exhibits - 1999
"Layers of Light and Color" 2009
"Layers of Light and Color" 2009
Valmiera Museum, Valmiera, Latvia - “Latvian Diaspora Artists”, 2008
over the next 3 years the exhibit travelled to 18 museums throughout Latvia
over the next 3 years the exhibit travelled to 18 museums throughout Latvia
Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA - “10 Artists, 10 Visions”, invitational, 2004
Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI - five artists, 2001
A National Traveling Exhibit - “Visions Toward Wellness, Images that Heal”, 2000
Ondine Gallery, Osterville, Cape Cod, MA - paintings and works on paper, solo, 1997
Fotostudija 1, Boston, MA - “Color-light-texture-Greece”, solo 1994
Center for Music, Drama and Art, Lake Placid, NY - solo, 1980
R. F. Brush Gallery, Canton, NY - “North Country Women Artists”- Best of show, 1980
COLLECTIONS
• The Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
• Global Center for Latvian Art, Cesis, Latvia
• Jelgava History and Art Museum of G.Eliass, Jelgava, Latvia
• Corporate Art Loan Program of the DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA – 2001 to 2012
• Private collections in Massachusetts, Illinois, New York, Rhode Island, California and Canada
COLLECTIONS
• The Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
• Global Center for Latvian Art, Cesis, Latvia
• Jelgava History and Art Museum of G.Eliass, Jelgava, Latvia
• Corporate Art Loan Program of the DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA – 2001 to 2012
• Private collections in Massachusetts, Illinois, New York, Rhode Island, California and Canada
EDUCATION Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA – BFA
VARIED ART EXPERIENCE: Commercial art. Illustrations for children’s magazine.
Stage designs, backdrops for Latvian ethnic celebrations, poetry readings and other events.
Stage designs, backdrops for Latvian ethnic celebrations, poetry readings and other events.
PUBLICATIONS
Studio Visit Magazine, 2017, 2024
Latvian Art in Exile (book) 2013
Latvian TV, Riga, Latvia - a documentary about the artist and her paintings, 2006
Interview with MAIRA - issuu.com/destig/docs/binder11
Studio Visit Magazine, 2017, 2024
Latvian Art in Exile (book) 2013
Latvian TV, Riga, Latvia - a documentary about the artist and her paintings, 2006
Interview with MAIRA - issuu.com/destig/docs/binder11