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I am interested in exploring the drinking culture of Ireland in the wake of the new laws affecting smoking and drinking. Are there alternatives to travelling in cars to pubs or subjecting third parties to passive smoking. What was the role of the shebeen in former times and does it have a function today.

Kristaps Gulbis' exhibitions include Gulbis “Pinkhouse” 51 Venice biennale, Italy (together with A.Bikse) 2005, “Freedom is so Sweet” “Origo”, Riga, “S.A.S.E.” sapnu fabrika, Riga 2003, The summer of my homeland" gallery of Latvian artists union, Riga 1998.
Gulbis' residency projects include, Sapporo artist in residence program Sapporo, Japan, 2002 and scholarship of the culture capital foundation Riga, Latvia Unesco-Aschberg Scholarship 2003. Curator and artist for Generation Europe and the Pink House Project at Venice Biennale 2005. He lives and works in Riga, Latvia.

Past Residencies