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Arist Biography

AWARDS

Nominated for Purvitis award (Most prestigeous art award in Baltics) 2024

Cecil Lewis Sculpture Scholarship received from trustee Cathy Wills 2021

EXHIBITIONS

2024

• "INVISIBLE" The dream Room, LOOK! Gallery, Riga (Latvia)

2023

• “Filthy Fox” fine art auction, London (UK)

• "NOW" Gerald Moore Gallery, London (UK)

• "(UN)DONE" Hypha Studios, London (UK)

• “Gut anecdotes”, Filet Space, London (UK)

• “Transparent ritual” show, performance event, Lethaby Gallery, Kings Cross, London (UK)

2022

• “This Is Not A Party”, MA Interim Show, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London(UK)

• “MERCH” group show at Koppel X, Piccadilly Circus, London (UK)

2021

• “Home or shelter for an animal” Avotu 4, Riga (Latvia)

• “Savvaļa/Savage” fine art exhibition in Latvian wildlife and forests Drusti,(Latvia)

• “Seashells whispering at night” exhibition with sound artist "Leo Novus" and "Erica Synths", Gallery “DOM”, Riga (Latvia)

2020

• ‘'Pressa/Pressure'' exhibition in gallery Skaftfell: Centre for visual art, Seyðisfjörður (Iceland)

• Performance Night: “Awkward Stage Labyrinth” in Icelandic Sculpture Society,Reykjavik(Iceland)

• “Itch” in art gallery “ISTABA”, Riga (Latvia)

• “Final show” SIM art Residency gallery, Reykjavik (Iceland)

2019

• "NOBODY ASKED FOR IT" Ganību dambis 30, Riga (Latvia)

• "Academia" Latvian National Museum exhibition hall "Arsenāls", Riga (Latvia)

COURSES

• 2016 – 2019 Fashion sewing and patternmaking course (Latvia)

• 07/2018 – 08/2018 Plein air, painting workshop and exhibition (Kyrgyzstan)

• 09/2019 – 10/2019 Workshop in anatomical drawing with Pascale Polier

• 01/2020 – 02/2020 Residency and printmaking course at Centre of visua art, Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður (Iceland)

• 10/2020 – 11/2020 KUNO Course: Workshop with Egon Van Herreweghe organized by Estonian Academy of Arts

• 08/2020 – 09/2020 Summer school by Royal Danish Academy

• 01/2022 – 02/2022 “Making waves” residency artist collaboration with scientists from London and Japan (London)

EDUCATION

2023 Central Saint Martins UAL

London, United Kingdom

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Fine Arts, study focus(Metalwork, sculpture, fashion)

2021 Art Academy of Latvia

Riga, Latvia

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Fine Arts, study focus(Painting, drawing)

2020 Iceland University of the Arts

Reykjavik, Iceland

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Erasmus exchange year

Fine Arts, study focus(Performance, printmaking)