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Born 1976 in Riga, Latvia. Lives and works in Riga.
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___ exhibitions
___ 2025
Pirmavoti (Primary sources) curated by Auguste Petre, Ola Foundation, Riga, LV
Curated programme Liminality during The Vilnius Gallery Weekend curated by the (AV17) gallery and Karolina Tomkevičiūtė, Vilnius, LT
Bilbao Defect at Dagda Architecture Art and Music Festival curated by Helvijs Savickis and Jānis Dzirnieks, Dagda, LV
And the Wind Will Take Us Away curated by Lina Albrikienė, Stasys Museum, Panevėžys, LT (exh. cat.)
___ 2024
Dear Figure, Whom Did You Hang Out With Last Night? curated by Inga Šteimane, Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, LV
___ 2023
The Purvītis Prize 2023. Candidates’ exhibition, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
___ 2022
Contemporary Art Festival Survival Kit 13 The Little Bird Must Be Caught curated by iLiana Fokianaki, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
duo exhibition Playroom for Utopia, (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, LT
Runner Along the Border, Rat Catcher and Bricklayer curated by Gregor Taul, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, EE (exh. cat.)
___ 2021
Diversity United curated by Walter Smerling, Simon Baker, Faina Balakhovskaya, Kay Heymer, Pontus Kyander, Camille Morineau, Johanna Neuschäffer & Anne Schwanz, Hilke Wagner, Peter Weibel, Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin, DE and New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, RU (exh. cat.)*
* On 1st March 2022, fulfilling my individual request to the exhibition organisers in the New Tretyakov Gallery, my work was turned off during a still-running exhibition. That was my response to russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.duo exhibition The Run. Diary / Traveling Circus in Ogre Museum, Ogre History and Art Museum, LV
___ 2020
Unexpected Encounters, Concert Hall Great Amber, Liepaja, LV
solo exhibition Forget Me Not curated by Peeter Talvistu, Monumental Gallery at Tartu Art House, EE
___ 2019
Unexpected Encounters curated by Solvita Krese, Inga Lāce and Andra Silapētere, Latvian National Museum of Art Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
Unexpected Encounters – Possible Futures: Cosmic Existence, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK (exh. cat.)
Talk to Me! curated by Astrīda Rogule and Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir, Akureyri Art Museum, IS (exh. cat.)
The Purvītis Prize 2019. Candidates’ exhibition, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
___ 2018
Festival Narracje #10 The silent suns were like a giant zenith of a song curated by Piotr Stasiowski, Ethnographic Museum, Gdansk-Oliwa, PL
Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA1) Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More curated by Katherina Gregos, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
3FREE, KCCC, Klaipeda, LT
___ 2017
duo exhibition Exercises / Sea of Living Memories, Concert Hall Great Amber, Liepaja, LV
EXTENSION.LV: Meeting with Ourselves, curated by Kristina Romanova, Triumph Gallery, Moscow, RU (exh. cat.), Victoria Gallery, Samara, RU and National Center for Contemporary Art, Nizhniy Novgorod, RU
The Purvītis Prize 2017. Candidates’ exhibition, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
___ 2016
Notes on Self-Evident Things. Model exhibition – competition, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV
Light At The End Of The Cable – Latvian Art in the Digital Era curated by Helēna Demakova, Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
solo exhibition Windows, Kokmuiza manor, Koceni, LV
Cēsis Art Festival 2016 Contemporary Landscape curated by Daiga Rudzāte, LV
solo exhibition Exercises, NOASS Floating Arts Centre, Riga, LV
Lost in the Archive, Riga Art Space (exh. cat.), Kuldiga Art House and Museum of Madona, LV
___ 2015
Lost in the Archive, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils and Aluksne Museum, LV
RIXC New Art and Science Festival exhibition Data Drift curated by Rasa Šmite, Raitis Šmits and Lev Manovich, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
Contemporary Art Festival Survival K(n)it 7 curated by Solvita Krese and Inga Lāce, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
___ 2014
Five Versions. Notes About an Era, Bauska, Rezekne and Kandava, LV
(Re)construction of Friendship curated by Inese Baranovska, Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir, Inga Lāce and Kārlis Vērpe, the former building of KGB, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
___ 2013
Solo exhibition, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV
___ 2012
Confining Spaces, KASK, Gent, BE
Canvascollectie, Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, BE (exh. cat.)
___ 2011
Invite Someone, gallery Kunst-Zicht, Gent, BE
___ 2010
Urban Poetry 1, Art Center in VEF, Riga, LV
Sounds Like Art, Cesis, LV
___ 2009
Contemporary Art Festival Survival Kit 1 curated by Solvita Krese, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
Binocular Dance Course or Role of Spectator in Healing of Artists Soul, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV
___ 2006
Human in the Neighbourhood, Sunsstudio, Riga, LV
Fotoesordio 05, National Modern Art Gallery, Rome, IT
___ 2005
Jukas curated by Ojārs Pētersons, Latvian National Museum of Art Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
___ 2004
Living Spirit curated by Anda Boluža, Riga Gallery, LV
Topography, Contemporary Art Museum Mimars, Zagreb, HR
Dream Island curated by Andris Brinkmanis, NOASS Floating Arts Centre, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art What Is Important?, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
Nature. Environment. Human. curated by Inese Baranovska, Latvian National Museum of Art Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
___ 2003
Annual Exhibition Rudens, Latvian National Museum of Art Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, LV
Flat Number 13, Zirgu Pasts, Riga, LV
Illumination, NOASS Floating Arts Centre, Riga, LV
Adaptation curated by Andris Brinkmanis, Roterman Exhibition Hall of Estonian State Museum, Tallinn, EE
Solarium, O.Vācietis Museum, Riga, LV
Tension curated by Inese Baranovska, Latvian Artist Union Gallery, Riga, LV
___ 2002
The Green Week, Gallery Ciris, Riga, LV
___ 2001
Illumination, Gallery G.U.N., Oslo, NO
Observing Past Connecting Future curated by Irēna Bužinska, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
Sugar Cotton Wool, Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, LV (exh. cat.)
___ 1999
Hi dizain Oskars, Gallery M6, Riga, LV
___ 1996
Subart, Warehouse, Liepaja, LV
Annual Exhibition Rudens, Latvian National Museum of Art Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, LV
___ collaborations
art director for Musick – music video directed by Morten Traavik, composed and performed by Laibach, SI (2026)
concept and scenography for Podnieks' Space-Time – an exhibition curated by Anna Viduleja, The Latvian Academy of Culture, Riga, LV (2025)
graphics and title design for Podnieks On Podnieks. A Witness To History – a documentary by Antra Cilinska and Anna Viduleja about the outstanding Latvian film director Juris Podnieks (2024)
video artist and scenographer for Rock Bottom – the contemporary dance performance by choreographer Sintija Siliņa, Riga Art Space, LV (2018), International contemporary dance festival New Baltic Dance, Vilnius, LT (2019), Contemporary Wednesdays at Tallinas Quarter, Riga, LV (2020)
set designer for Who Is In Charge – music video directed by Uģis Olte, composed and performed by Linda Leen, LV (2017)
art and scenography for Crow. A Flight in One Act – contemporary dance and music performance, choreographer and leading performer Elza Leimane, composer and leading performer Reinis Sējāns, Latvian National Opera, Riga, LV (2016), Dzintari Concert Hall Jurmala, LV (2019), Concert Hall Great Amber, Liepaja, LV (2023), Dailes Theatre, Riga, LV (2024-2026)
art director for Tall Man – music video directed by Morten Traavik, composed and performed by Arabot, SE (2016)
director and performer for Lēna uguns (Slow fire) – music video, composed and performed by Instrumenti, LV (2014)
art director for Whistleblowers – music video directed by Morten Traavik, composed and performed by Laibach, SI (2014)
set designer for Procrastination – concert performance, composed and performed by Instrumenti, Palladium, Riga, LV (2013)
set designer for Don’t Hold Onto Me – music video directed by Uģis Olte, composed and performed by Instrumenti, LV (2013)
___ residencies & workshops
Artist in Residence at Kakslauttanen Arctic Arts Week, Kakslauttanen, FI (2007)
Artist in Residence at Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris, FR (2006)
Workshop Poles in Pictures, Katowice and Zakopanje, PL (2005)
Workshop Illop (Klaus Filip and Noid), Latvian Academy of Art, Riga, LV (2005)
Workshop Thinking Forward, Eindhoven, NL (2004)
Workshop Paganini of Typography David Carson, Maribor, SI (2002)
___ awards and grants
Kilograms kultūras (kilogram of the culture) – concept and scenography for the exhibition Podnieks' Space-Time (2026)
scholarships for creative work of the State Culture Capital Foundation, LV (2002—2022)
PrintArt Award, Riga, LV – graphic design (2011)
Iggesund Award, Riga, LV – graphic design (2011)
Latvian Art Directors Club award ADwards, Riga, LV – graphic design (2011)
Latvian Art Directors Club award ADwards, Riga, LV – graphic design (2006)
Advertising Festival Golden Hammer, Riga, LV – graphic design (1999)
France-Baltic Video Art Festival, Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, LV – video (1993)
___ education
1995-2003 Art Academy of Latvia, MA
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