Latvian British artist, based in London, UK
Education:
2016 - 2018 UAL, Central Saint Martins, MA Fine Art, London, UK
2010 - 2014 Art Academy of Latvia, The Faculty of Visual Arts, Department of Painting, B.A.
2013 Kunstakademie Munster, Germany, Prof. Julia Schmidt atelier, painting class (ERASMUS)
2002 - 2005 Latvian Academy of Culture; Cultural Theory and History of Culture, Cultural Theory and management program, B.A.
Accomplishments:
2022 - shortlisted for The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022, London, UK
2019 - shortlisted for Mark Tanner Sculpture Award, London, UK
2016 - Mona Hatoum Bursaries, UAL, UK, London
2011 - Boriss Bērziņš scholarship in the drawing, Riga, Latvia
Research practices:
2018 "What Can We Make and Become", Exposed Arts Projects [art based research], curated by Sasha Burkhanova-Khabadze, UK, London;
2014 – 2015 “Palsy +Pronunciation” - with self publication and artworks after research of withdrawn items in the library in Latvian Center in Munster, Germany
2014 ”Back into room” - independent anthropological research while studying in Kunstakademie Munster and in collaboration with Latvian Center in Munster, Munster, Germany with solo exhibition there. https://laikraksts.com/raksti/rakstsFoto.php?kuraFoto=8022&KursRaksts=4123
Solo shows:
Apple fell far far away..., ASC project space, London, UK, 2023
Selected Group exhibitions:
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2023, London, UK, 2023
Bad Ideas Collective, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallin, Estonia, 2022, https://www.badideascollective.com/
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 22, London and over UK venues, 2022
The First Edition, BadIdeasCollective.com, platform/Five Years, London; 2020
"What Can We Make and Become", Exposed Arts Projects, curated by Sasha Burkhanova-Khabadze, UK, London; 2018
The London Open 2018, part of Video presentation, London, UK; 2018
"Visual Poetry", Black Stone Gallery, Chengdu, China; 2017
"Plymouth Contemporary 2017", Peninsula Art Gallery and KARST, Plymouth, UK; 2017
"Expanded City", Hoxton Basement gallery, London, UK; 2017
“Somehow you and I Collide", Central Saint Martins, MA Interim show, MangleLondon, UK; 2017
"Big Space", UAL, Central Saint Martins, London, UK; 2016
”Back into room” - independent anthropological research while studying in Kunstakademie Munster and in collaboration with Latvian Center in Munster, Munster, Germany, 2014
“SEB scholarship in painting”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia; 2012
“Brīdinājums/ Warning”, gallery “L”, Riga, Latvia; 2012
“SEB scholarship in painting”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia; 2011
“Brederlo-von Sengbusch Art Award 2010”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia; 2010