Body, emotion, memory and vulnerability
My practice is rooted in figurative painting and the human body as a carrier of experience, tension and personal stories. I also work with installation and materials that introduce unpredictability into the process.
My original Micopainting technique uses forest mushrooms as an artistic medium. Their organic traces become part of figurative works or develop into more abstract, material-based compositions.
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What remains within us
My work grows from personal experience, but reaches beyond the personal. I am interested in what remains within us after an experience has passed: emotion, tension, vulnerability, desire, fear, and the stories we carry through the body.
The body in my work is not simply a subject, but a place where experience accumulates and leaves its traces. I return to these themes because they are rarely simple or resolved. What interests me is not explanation, but the moment when something internal becomes visible.
AWARDS
2025, Audience Choice Award, Grata Prize competition “GOLDEN AGE”, Galeria Museum LV un Grata JJ, Latvia
2018, Award for the project “Colorful Christmas Tree” in the project selection competition of the public space object festival “Christmas Tree Path”, Riga, Latvia
2017, Winner of the “Latvia State Forest Contest in Art” competition, Riga, Latvia
2017, Object “AURORA” received the Visitors Affection Award, the main award of the festival, 7th Festival of Spatial Objects “The Way Through the Christmas Trees”, Riga, Latvia
2012, Award for pastel technique’s portrait, group exhibition “Talents 2012”, Riga Russian House, Riga, Latvia
education
2014-2018 Latvian Academy of Art, BA in Visual Arts, Painting, Riga, Latvia
2017 Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (ERASMUS+), Painting, Textile and Public Space Objects, Kraków, Poland
2001-2007 University of Latvia, Master’s Degree in Management and Marketing, Riga, Latvia
1996-1999 Riga Technical University, Bachelor’s Degree in Entrepreneurship and Management, Riga, Latvia
Additional Training
2010-2015 Drawing and Painting Studio of Ludmila Perec and Alexander Pahomov, Riga, Latvia
2010-2011, Interior Decoration Studies, Baltic International Academy Design School, Riga, Latvia
Exhibitions
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2026 “As if we had nothing to be afraid of”, MuseumLV & Grata JJ, Riga, Latvia. Duo exhibition with Denis Evin
2025 “Unveiled Nude”, Art Gallery NoSaints, Riga, Latvia
2016 “Impressions”, ArtStudio No. 1 Gallery, Riga, Latvia
Group Exhibitions Abroad
2025 “Europe Culture Season”, CCAA, Chengdu, China
2019 Photo Exhibition of Public Space Objects “The Story of the Riga Fir Tree”, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
2017 “Heterotopia”, ASP Painting Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland
2017 Drawing Studio No. 4 Exhibition, Drugie Pietro Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2015 International Summer Plein Air Exhibition “As It Comes” / “Kaip Tas Ivyko”, Pamenkalnio Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
Group Exhibitions in Latvia
2025 “Chengdu. Palette of Impressions”, House of Science, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2025 “The Golden Age”, MuseumLV & Grata JJ, Riga, Latvia
2025 Art Salon “Perspective”, Masa Studija Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2024 “Kulturslanis”, Viskali, Riga, Latvia
2024 Art Riga Fair 2024, Riga, Latvia
2024 Art Salon “Worn Dreams”, Masa Studija Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2022 Exhibition of Laureates of the Latvian State Forest Scholarship in Art, Jaunmoku Palace, Latvia
2021 “The Other Side of Art”, 8th European Professional Puppet Art Festival, Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, Latvia
2019 “Untitled”, Alumni Exhibition of the Art Academy of Latvia, Kuldiga Art House, Kuldiga, Latvia
2019 International Painting Competition Exhibition “Marina 2019. Storm”, Jurmala City Museum, Jurmala, Latvia
2018 “Young Talents for Latvia’s Centenary”, competition exhibition, Ministry of Finance / VAS Latvijas Loto / Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2018 “Art Autonomy”, SEB Painting Competition Exhibition, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2018 Exhibition in Memory of Holocaust Victims, Riga Synagogue, Riga, Latvia
2018 Art Academy of Latvia Bachelor’s Exhibition in Painting, Kuldiga Art House, Kuldiga, Latvia
2017 Latvian State Forest Art Competition Exhibition, Riga, Latvia
2017 “100 Years After the Revolution”, Artists’ Union of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2017 “Colour Dance”, ArtStudio No. 1 Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2016 X International Plein Air Exhibition “Flight of Thought”, Rezekne, Latvia
2016 “Open Days”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2016 “The Seasons”, painting and dolls exhibition, Pop Up Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2016 “Art Days 2016. Self-Portrait. Identity”, Artists’ Union of Latvia Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2016 SEB Painting Competition Exhibition, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2016 “Spring Constellation”, Wooden Riga Museum, Riga, Latvia
2015 SEB Painting Competition Exhibition, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2015 International Summer Plein Air Exhibition “As It Comes”, KAR / Kuldiga Artists’ Residence, Kuldiga, Latvia
2015 “Open Days”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2015 Jazeps Pigoznis Prize, “The Best Latvian Landscape Painting”, competition exhibition, Preili Culture House, Preili, Latvia
2015 Jazeps Pigoznis Prize, “The Best Latvian Landscape Painting”, competition exhibition, St. Peter’s Church, Riga, Latvia
2015 “With Love”, Classic Art Gallery Antonia, Riga, Latvia
2014 Exhibition of Students of Ludmila Perec and Alexander Pahomov’s Studios, N. Zadornov Library, Riga, Latvia
2014 “Only These Windows! or White Night”, Imanta Culture House, Riga, Latvia
2014 “Women’s Day. Followers and Vladimir Kozin”, Happy Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
2012 “Talents 2012”, Riga Russian House, Riga, Latvia
2012 Exhibition of Students of Ludmila Perec and Alexander Pahomov’s Studios, Gallery Z7, Riga, Latvia