education
2016 Art Academy of Latvia, Painting department, MA
2014 Art Academy of Latvia, Painting department, BA
2013/2014 Royal Art Academy of Antwerp, „ERASMUS”
2010 Riga State gymnasium No. 1
2007 Riga Culture secondary school
prizes and awards
2022 PIAB Award - Grand Artist award, FIABCN, Barcelona
2021 2nd Grant from The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Canada
2020 Boynes emerging artist award, shortlisted TOP 20
WING gallery award, shortlisted TOP 10
2019 Young Painter Prize main award
Grant from The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Canada
“Latvia’s State Forests” scholarship in painting
2016 SEB bank scholarship in painting
2014 „Brederlo von Sengbusch” Art Prize
2012 Inara Tetereva scholarship in Arts
solo shows
2023 Solo exhibition “Exhibitions that never happened: Thickets“, Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2022 Solo exhibition “Overgrowth“, The Rooster Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
Solo exhibition “Doppelboden“, SomoS Art House gallery, Berlin, Germany
2021 Solo exhibition “Better Travel/ Atvērums“, Art Station “Dubulti“, Dubulti, Latvia
2020 Solo exhibition “Exhibitions that never happened“, Saiauliai Art Gallery, Siauliai, Lithuania
Solo exhibition “Exhibitions that never happened“, Pamenkalnio gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
Solo exhibition “Exhibitions that never happened“, LOOK! gallery, Riga, Latvia
Solo exhibition “Exhibitions that did not happen“, Meno Parkas gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
2019 Solo exhibition “GETTING READY FOR WINTER“, Modern art gallery, Livani, Cesis
Solo exhibition “NOSTALGIA”, Riga Art Space, Latvia
Solo exhibition “CHRONICLES OF LONGINGS”, Concert hall Cesis, Latvia
2018 Solo exhibition “MELANCHOLY”, Valmiera culture centre, Latvia
Solo exhibition “MELANCHOLY”, Jurmala City Museum, Latvia
2017 Solo exhibition “MELANCHOLY”, Goethe Institut Riga, Latvia
2016 Solo exhibition “MELANCHOLY”, Radisson Blu Elizabete Hotel, Riga, Latvia
Solo exhibition “COLLECTING”, Kalnciema Quarter gallery, Riga, Latvia
2014 Solo exhibition „PLACE 57/24”, gallery „Happy Art Museum”, Riga, Latvia
Solo exhibition- largescale installation „IN THE FOREST IV”, Vecmilgravis, Riga, Latvia
Solo exhibition- largescale installation „IN THE FOREST III”, gallery „Ziema”, Riga, Latvia
2013 Solo exhibition- largescale installation „IN THE FOREST II”, abandoned Egypt’s Lutheran church, territory of Latvia, Medumi, Latvia
2012 Solo exhibition- largescale installation „IN THE FOREST I”, abandoned old Cotton fabric “Boļševička”, Riga, Latvia
group exhibitions
2023 ENTER Art Fair (The Rooster Gallery), Copenhagen, Denmark
Exhibition “Circles of Art“, Pinacoteca dell’Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, Turin, Italy
Exhibition “DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER“, Pallas Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
2022 Exhibition - project “Micēlija“, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center, Latvia
Exhibition “Transitioning“, Oktogon gallery, Dresden, Germany
Exhibition “Šeit un tālumā. Sapnī un nomodā“, Kuldīga Artists’ Residence, Kuldiga, Latvia
2020 Exhibition - project “Mycelia“, Platform, Munich, Germany
2019 Exhibition “Emerging lines“, Kunstraum Potsdamer Strasse, Berlin, Germany
“Young Painter Prize” finalist exhibition, exhibition hall Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania (awarded)
2018 Exhibition “Kunstakademie Lettland”, Kreis Gütersloh, Germany
“Young Painter Prize” finalist exhibition, TSEKH gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 “Young Painter Prize” finalist exhibition, exhibition hall Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania
JCE biennale, gallery Le Beffroi, Paris, France; 9 exhibitions in 9 countries
Exhibition “Netveramā robeža”, Art festival of Cesis, Cesis, Latvia
Exhibition “Bikini zona”, Jurmala City museum, Jurmala, Latvia
Exhibition “Non existent sound”, Culture hall of Carnikava, Carnikava, Latvia
Exhibition “Non existent sound”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2016 Exhibition “Art Future/Future Signs”, gallery “Crous de Paris”, Paris, France
Exhibition “BBX”, Liepajas Latviešu biedrības nams, Liepaja, Latvia
Exhibition “Tension. The Young in Latvian painting III”, Latvian National Museum of Art, exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2015 Exhibition ‘’MARK ROTHKO 2015’’, Daugavpils Mark Rothko art centre, Daugavpils, Latvija
Contemporary art festival “Survival K(n)it 7”, Centre for contemporary art of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2014 Exhibition „Lynoja”, gallery „Akademija”, Vilnius, Lithuania
Exhibition „What happens there in Riga?”, gallery „NOORUS”, Tartu, Estonia
Exhibition „Frag.1.,2.,3.”, Press house, Riga, Latvia
2013 Exhibition „Chemin de fer” Art Academy of Warsaw, Poland
Exhibition „Location and dislocation” Kaņepes Culture Centre, Riga, Latvia
other
2022 FIABCN, Barcelona, Spain
2020 Fasade paintings for kindergarden “Mežrozīte”, Riga, Latvia
2019 JCE biennale residency in Montrouge, Paris, France
2017 Fasade paintings of kindergardens “266” and “Kadiķītis”, Riga, Latvia
Participation in KUNO organized workshop “Building up a phantasmagorical memory”, Aarhus, Denmark
2015 Internship at the 56th Venice Biennale, Latvian National Pavillion
Participation in the international visual arts residency at Glo’art art center, Lanaken, Belgium
Participation in the international art residency “Mark Rothko 2015”, Daugavpils Mark Rothko center, Daugavpils, Latvia
2014 International workshop „Make your own press”, organized by KUNO, Bergen, Norway and Tallinn, Estonia
2013 International residency “The wall of Europe”, Sardinia, Italy
International workshop “Illegal aesthetics”, Tallinn, Estonia