Archive / Selected Exhibitions
Selected Exhibitions
A deliberately selected list of exhibitions that mark major bodies of work and international recognition.
Landmarks
2026Places Called Home, Fotografiska Tallinn.
2008–09Amalias Street 5a, Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
2006In the Face of History, Barbican Art Gallery, London.
2000My Country People, Museum of Applied Arts, Riga.
199948th Venice Biennale, Latvian representation.
1986Solo exhibition, Kiek in de Kök, Tallinn.
Selected solo exhibitions
2008–09Amalias Street 5a, Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
2007Amalias Street 5a, Pori Art Museum; People I Happened to Meet, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
2005Solo presentations at Jenaer Kunstverein and Baukunst Galerie, Cologne.
2003Exhibitions at Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, and Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt.
2001My Country People, Baukunst Galerie, Cologne.
Selected group exhibitions
Ruka’s work has appeared in international surveys including In the Face of History at the Barbican (2006), Passage d’Europe at Musée d’Art Moderne Saint-Étienne (2004), Parallels at the Finnish Museum of Photography (2000), and Latvia’s presentation at the 48th Venice Biennale (1999).