About
Latvian painter based in London
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Education
2021 - 2024 BA Fine Art Painting, University of Brighton, UK
2020 - 2021 BA Ancient Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Selected exhibitions
2026
flip-flops (duo) with Roberts Balins, Cut Art, Jurmala, Latvia
Playing hooky (solo), Cut Art, Riga, Latvia
2025
Beyond the Bent Twig, Museum of Pacific and Oceanic Arts, Riga, Latvia
2024-2026
LSM Art Award 2024, Liberty Specialty Markets, London, UK
2024
Newhaven Open Call 2024, BN9 Studio, Marine Workshops, Newhaven, UK
Graduate artists, Newhaven Art Space, Newhaven, UK
Brighton Summer Show, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
Water, Oil, Honey, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK
Open Call, (phony.), Lock in Gallery, Brighton, UK
Shapes & Things, Projection Room, London, UK
2023
The Directory X Koop: Painting Expanded, Koop Projects, Brighton, UK
Escape in/out (online), FollowArt
Outbreak, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
Awards
2026
Expert Judge's Award (Stacie McCormick, Liberty Art Award, Parker Harris)
Extended Longlist Jackson's Art Prize
2024
LSM Art Award, Liberty Specialty Markets
Publications
2025
Echo Gone Wrong, Exhibition 'Playing Hooky' by Polina Smirnova
FAD Magazine, RAW Energy: Riga Art Week Makes a Bold First Impression
Rus TVNet, Beyond the Bent Twig
Riga Art Week, Gallery Late - Opening of "Beyond the Bent Twig" group exhibition
Echo Gone Wrong, Exhibition 'Beyond the Bent Twig' at the Museum of Pacific and Oceanic Arts
Liberty Specialty Markets, LSM Art Award catalogue
2023
The Directory X Koop, printed catalogue for Koop Projects group exhibition, Cosima Ross & Lily Montague
2022
The Directory, independent publication, Cosima Ross & Lily Montague
Residencies
2024
Totaldobže Art Center, Riga, Latvia
