education:
2011 - 2014 university of brighton, ba (hons) photography
2012 international summer school of photography, latvia
solo shows:
2017
trial and error, latvian national museum of art, exhibition hall arsenals, riga, latvia
special projects:
2016
commission01, riga photomonth, latvia
group shows:
2018
athens photo festival, benaki museum, greece
new chic, riga photomonth, riga congress hall, latvia
artifact prize 2018, castello di levizzano modena, italy
2016
fotokub, brighton photo fringe, king's house festivals hub, uk
fotopub appetizer, argentina park bomb shelter, ljubljana, slovenia
less photography, more photographic, galleria SP3, treviso, italy
2015
fotopub festival of contemporary culture, novo mesto, slovenia
systems, national library of latvia, riga
aperitivo, fer de lance centre of art, lausanne, switzerland
2014
traces - contemporary baltic photography, hungarian month of photography, FUGA, budapest
fluid, brighton photo fringe, vantage point, uk
beyond the camera, pingyao international festival of photography, china
university of brighton ba (hons) photography degree show 2014, university of brighton gallery, uk
connection points, riga photomonth, kanepe culture centre, latvia
2013
fabrications, brighton photo fringe, space@create gallery, uk
face to face, university of brighton gallery, uk
ryerson brighton image exchange, ryerson image centre, toronto, canada
2012
issp gala show, art house of kuldiga, latvia
awards, selections, etc.:
2018
special prize, seeking the latest in photography!, riga photography biennial & issp gallery (awarded by noroutine books (lt)), latvia
nominated for the artifact prize, metronom gallery, modena, italy
various state culture capital foundation of latvia study and creative grants (since 2013)
2016
nominated for the photo london & magnum photos graduate photographers award, uk
selected participant of plat(t)form 2016, fotomuseum winterthur, switzerland
2015
selected participant of photoworks portfolio walk, jerwood space, london, uk
nominated for the photo london & magnum photos graduate photographers award, uk
2014
selected participant of full contact, scan tarragona international festival of photography, spain
selected participant of laboratori, ca l'isidret edicions, spain
source photographic review graduate directory, selection by david drake
university of brighton tom buckeridge photography award
collections:
vv foundation, riga, latvia
private collections in latvia and the uk
publications, features:
2017/11 nebeidzama riņķošana, fk magazine, online
2017/10 pajaukt laukā, paspēlēties, pagrozīt, diena, print and online
2015/07 systems, published by popper publishing, book
2015/05 latvian yearbook of photography, published by fk magazine, book
2015/04 laboratori, published by ca l'isidret edicions, book
2014/12 slate.fr, online
2014/09 source photographic review - graduate photography online, print and app
2014/08 aesthetica magazine artists directory, print and online
2014/07 yet magazine, online
2014/06 the telegraph, online
experience:
2015 until now - studio manager of edmund clark
2017 guest critiques, camberwell college of art, ual, london, uk
2015 - 2016 coordinator, portfolio reviews programme, fotopub, novo mesto, slovenia
2016 project manager, photo publishers' market, organised by photoworks and brighton photo fringe
2016 gallery intern, sprüth magers, london, uk
2015 gallery intern, union pacific, london, uk
2015 artist's talk, first mondays, brighton photo fringe, phoenix brighton, uk
2015 hosting a studio visit of students from the University of South Wales
2012 - 2015 studio assistant of simon roberts
2014 project manager, photo publishers' market organised by photoworks, brighton photo fringe and miniclick
2014 production assistant of lisa barnard
2013 - 2014 production assistant of xavier ribas
2013 artist's talk, brighton artsFORUM november session, brighton photo fringe, phoenix brighton
2012 photography workshop facilitator, brighton photo biennial
2012 on-set assistant of emma critchley
2010 photographer of the pavilion of latvia in the world expo, shanghai