CV
Education:
08.2018 – 06.2023
Art Academy of Latvia, Ceramics Sub-specialization, Department of Visual Plastic Arts, Master’s Programme
09.2011 – 06.2015
Art Academy of Latvia, Ceramics Sub-specialization, Department of Visual Plastic Arts, Bachelor’s Programme
09.2007 – 06.2011
Riga Design and Art Secondary School, Ceramics Department
Exhibitions:
06.2011
Graduation Exhibition “Telpa”, Riga Design and Art Secondary School
08.2014
Group Exhibition “The Transparent Kiln”, within the 2nd European Woodfire Conference, Denmark
10.2014
Group Exhibition, Helsinki Art Week
10.2014
90th Anniversary Exhibition of the Ceramics Department, Room 200, Art Academy of Latvia
12.2014 – 01.2015
Ceramics Department Student Exhibition, Art Academy of Latvia, Olaine
05.2015 – 10.2015
Exhibition “+/-”, featuring works by students and lecturers of the Ceramics and Graphics Departments, Eduards Veidenbaums Memorial Museum “Kalāči”
05.2016 – 06.2017
Painting Exhibition “Portrait Lyricism”, Mazsalaca Art School students and teachers, Mazsalaca Culture House
11.2016 – 12.2016
Annual Artists’ Exhibition dedicated to the Independence Day of the Republic of Latvia, Limbaži Culture House
04.2017 – 05.2017
Group Exhibition “Acumirklis”, Vidzeme Artists, Alūksne
10.2017 – 11.2017
Group Exhibition “Navigācija”, within a symposium, Ventspils Crafts House
09.2018
“Out of the Box”, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn
12.2018
“AIOIA”, Gallery Istaba, Riga
09.2019
“Latvian Ceramic Design in the 21st Century”, Riga Design and Art Secondary School
06.2020
“Aizsargmaskas”, Gallery Istaba, Riga
07.2020 – 09.2020
Final Exhibition of the 8th International Ceramic Art Symposium, Ceramic Laboratory, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils
06.2021
Martinsons Award 2021, within the Latvian Ceramic Biennale, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils
06.2021 – 07.2021
“Satikšanās”, Sigulda Devon
08.2021
“Tagad”, within the Marina Biennale, Jurmala Open-Air Museum
11.2021 – 08.2023
“Runā ar mani”, Mark Rothko Art Centre (Daugavpils), Sigulda Devon, Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia
11.2021 – 01.2022
“Testing Modernity II”, Riga Porcelain Museum
09.2022
“Variations”, exhibition of Mazsalaca Art School teachers and graduates, Mazsalaca Cultural Centre and Ungurpils Business Support Centre
06.2023
Graduation Exhibition, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga
07.2023
“KUR”, within the symposium “KUR. Ceramics. Fire. Creativity.”, Saldus Art School
08.2023
KUR Symposium Exhibition, Riga Porcelain Museum
09.2024
“Baltic Connections”, Faenza, Italy
09.2024
“Introduction”, solo exhibition, Dobele History Museum
07.2025
“Allow Yourself More”, 10th Anniversary Exhibition of the Latvian Ceramic Association, Sigulda Bobsleigh Track
09.2025
“Calm”, Liepāja Museum
10.2025
“Seramiğin Genç İzleri”, Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center, Izmir, Turkey
02.2026
“Alter-Porcelain”, solo exhibition, Ģederts Eliass Jelgava History and Art Museum
Additional Experience:
06.2011 – 09.2011
Internship at Arnis Preiss Studio, Latvia
06.2013
Participation in building a Japanese kiln under the guidance of Anders Allik, Estonia
06.2014
Participation in the Ecoceramic collaborative project, Latvia
08.2014
Participation in the 2nd European Woodfire Conference, Denmark
09.2016
Pedagogy certification obtained
05.2018
Participation in Noborigama kiln firing, Abgunste Manor
06.2018
Ceramic sculpture firing within the project “Talsi Sculpture Garden”, Talsi
08.2019
“HDK Wood Firing Summer Course”, Nääs, Sweden
07.2020
“Ceramic Laboratory” Symposium, Daugavpils
08.2020 & 08.2023
Fire sculpture performance during Abgunste Manor Festival
08.2020 & 08.2021
Fire sculpture performance during the opening events of Ieva Jurka’s ceramics studio
09.2020
Fire sculpture performance at Abgunste Manor during an official delegation visit by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
08.2021
Fire sculpture performance during the opening of Dobele Castle
05.2024
“Bird of Paradise”, International Large-Scale Ceramics Symposium, Georgia
06.2024
International Large-Scale Ceramic Fire Sculpture Symposium, Jelgava