Born
24/03/1973, Liepaja, Latvia
Education
- 2005 MA, Art Academy of Latvia, Glass Department
- 1992–1998 BA, Art Academy of Latvia, Glass Department
- 1988–1992 Liepaja Art College, Leather craft
Solo (duo, trio) Exhibitions
- 2026 The Promise, Pragrieduliai Creativity Center, Panevezys, Lithuania
- 2026 Made in China, Galerija Istaba, Riga, Latvia
- 2025 My Thoughtless Flowers, Taoxichuan Art Center, Jingdezhen, China
- 2025 Unfolding, together with glass artist Ieva Birģele, Janina Monkute-Marks Museum, Kedainiai, Lietuva
- 2024 Connections, together with glass artist Kati Kerstna (EE), Červonka Church, Kaldabruņa, Latvia
- 2024 Geometric exercises, Livani glass center, Latvia
- 2024 Cicada dream, World’s smallest exhibition hall, Aizpute, Latvia
- 2024 Streaks in spring texts, together with sculptor Anda Poikāne, Aizpute Museum, Latvia
- 2022 Flower Power Makes You.., Galleria Krupa, Wroclaw, Poland
- 2022 Glass Garden, Līvāni, Latvia
- 2022 Traveller and the Garden, Cēsis, Latvia
- 2022 Next Stop - Springtime, Bulduri, Latvia
- 2022 In the Forest of the Universe, together with sculptor Anda Poikāne, Siguldas Devons, Sigulda, Latvia
- 2020 Good morning!, Gallery Istaba, Rīga, Latvia
- 2020 Good morning!, Kuldīga, Latvia
- 2018 Ideas on the way, Art Education Centre TRĪS KRĀSAS, Rīga, Latvia
- 2017 Travellers, Liepājas muzejs, Liepāja, Latvia
- 2017 Travellers, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
- 2016 Travellers, Gallery Kaprysy, Wroclaw; Gallerie BB, Krakow; Muzeum Karkonoskie w Jeleniej Górze, Poland
- 2016 Green Light, Kalnciema kvartāla galerija, Rīga, Latvia
- 2014 Reflections, Riga Cathedral Garden Gallery, Latvia
- 2013 Sub Ob, Gallery Istaba, Rīga, Latvia
- 2012 Wings, Glass Gallery, Rīga, Latvia
- 2008 Knits, Glass Gallery, Rīga, Latvia
- 2007 House Plants, Gallery Istaba, Rīga, Latvia
- 2006 Sisterhood, together with textile artist Elīna Ģibiete, Rīga, Latvia
- 2001 Another Company, Gallery A.Sūna, Rīga, Latvia
- 1999 IN, Gallery Art by Fire, Seattle, USA
Selected group exhibitions
Participates in art exhibitions since 1995
- 2025 Sense of Livani Glass, Livani Glass Center, Latvia
- 2025 Layers, Baltic Contemporary Glass Art, Riga, Latvia
- 2024 Exhibition during Glass Art Society’s 2024 Conference, Berlin, Germany
- 2023 Natures of Silence, LDS exhibition, Art Space Civita Nova, Liepaja, Latvia
- 2022, 2016, 2013 European Glass Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
- 2021 International Biennale of Glass Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2020 Slow Light. Glass, light, sound, Rapla, Estonia
- 2020, 2011, 2007, 2004, 2001 Vitrum Balticum, Kauna, Lithuania
- 2019, 2007, 1998 International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Japan
- 2016, 2008 European Glass Context, Bornholm, Denmark
- 2015 Lux Aeterna. Biennele Internationale du Verre, Strasbourg, France
- 2014, 2006 Coburg Glass Prize 2014, Coburg, Germany
- 2012 XI International Glass Symposium, exhibition, Novy Bor, Czech
- 2011 Voice of Glass’11, International glass art exhibition, Riga, Latvia
- 2010 Diamonds and Stars, project in The Third Festival of Light Staro Rīga, Riga, Latvia
- 2010 International Glass Festival, Sofia 2010, Sofija, Bulgaria
- 2009 Connections 2009. Contemporary European Glass Sculpture, Mánes Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2008 7Tth International Exhibition of Glass Sculpture and Garden, Munster, Germany
- 2006 Two Closes One, Tallinn Applied Art Exhibition 2006, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2006 Crossing Borders. Meditaties in Glass VI, Galerie Mariska Dirkx, Roermond, The Netherlands
- 2005 Broken Things, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2005 Hide&Reveal, 4th Cheongju International Craft Competition, Cheongju, Korea
- 2005 1st International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Kecskemet, Hungary
- 2005 European Sculpture Summit 2005 From West to East, Montauban, France
- 2004 Verre de Lettonie, Chateeau du val Saint-Lamber, Belgium
- 2004 Tradition & Innovation, 2nd European Triennial Textile and Fibre Art, Riga, Latvia
- 2003 Riga-Prague Art Dialog, Galerie Pokorna, Prague, Czech
- 2003 Vitrum Balticum II, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2002 Between Heaven and See - Baltic Glass, Karlskrona, Sweden
- 2002 Meditaties IV, Meditaties III, Mariska Dirkx Gallery, Roermond, The Netherlands
- 2001 Recent Glass Art in Latvia, The Finnish Glass museum, Riihimaki, Finland
- 2001 Vitrum Balticum, Keramikos muziejuje, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2000 Spirited Approach. Women Glass Art Today, Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany
- 2000 Nordic Glass 2000. Glass Without Boundaries, Tarveling exhibition, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway
- 2000 Eastern Europe Glass, Cane Maria gallery, Virginia Beach, USA
- 1998 International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa ’98, Kanazawa, Japan
- 1997 Young Glass ’97, The Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
- 1996 Take care! Latvian glass art exhibition, Galerija Laiva, Riga, Latvia
Conferences, Workshops, Residency and Symposia
- 2025 Artist in residency at Taoxhichuan Art Center Glasstudio, Jingdezhen, China
- 2025 Layers, Curator&Producer of the Baltic contemporary glass exhibition, Riga, Latvia,
- 2024 Glass Art Society’s 2024 Conference, Berlin, Germany
- 2023 10th International Glass Festival Luxembourg 2023, Asselborn, Luxembourg
- 2023 Small panes, clear light, interdisciplinary plein air, Červonki church, Latvia
- 2020-2023 Conducting educational master classes at the Kaldabruņa school, Association Watermarks, Kaldabruņa, Latvia
- 2022 Melting Borders, Curator&Producer of the Baltic Glass Art Event at the European Glass Festival in Poland
- 2020 Glass Art Society’s 2020 Virtual Conference
- 2019 Interplay, International Hot Glass Symposium, Haapsalu, Estonia
- 2018 Trainer of the masterclass, Department of glass at the Estonian Academy of arts, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2018 Crystal heart, International Hot Glass Symposium, Nikolsk, Russia
- 2018 Denizli Glass Biennial, Denizli, Turkey
- 2017 Conference of Baltic Glass Artists and Historians, Riga, Latvia
- 2017 Trainer of the masterclass, European Center for researches and training in the glass-work CERFAV, France
- 2017 Jury member at Stanislav Libensky Award 2017
- 2012 XI International Glass Symposium, Novy Bor, Czech
- 2011 Art laboratory AIZ, Aizpute, Latvia
- 2004 VI International Blown GlassSymposium, Lviv, Ukraine
- 2002 Reconstruction, International glass art Symposium, Hungary
- 2002 Roja-Raku, Landart symposium, Roja, Latvia
- 1999 Līvāni 99’, Large-scale ceramic symposium, Livani, Latvia
- 1999 Palamuse 99’, Students International Glassart Symposium, Palamuse, Esatonia
- 1997 Roja-Raku I, Ceramic symposium, Roja, Latvia
- 1997 Balance, International glass art symposium, Bardudvarnok, Hungary
Acknowledgments
- 2025 Artist grant, State Culture Capital Foundation (SCCF)
- 2019 Yan Zoritchak Prize,
International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Japan
- 2011 Nomination for The Art Academy of Latvia Prize
- 1999 The Jutta Cuny – Franz Memorial Award,
Dusseldorf, Germany
- 1997 The Ebeltoft Prize, International Competition
Young Glass’97, The Glasmuseum, Denmark
Works in Public Collections
- Taoxichuan Art Center, Jingdezhen, China
- Notojima Glass Art Museum, Notojima, Japan
- Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Czech
- Muzeum Karkonoskie w Jeleniej Górze, Poland
- Europäisches Museum für Modernes Glas Rödental, Germany
- Ernsting Stiftung Glassmuseum, Germany
- Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Museum of glass, Nikolsk, Russia
- The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
- Museum Mentzendorff’s House, Riga, Latvia
- The Gasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Organizational and work experience
Member of the informal curatorial group MABADAKA, implementing glass art projects by artists from the Baltic States
Glass exhibitions in the urban environment of Kuldīga in the summer of 2020, in collaboration with the Kuldīga Culture Center
Participation in Staro Rīga 2010, with the support of the Riga City Council
Participation in Balta nakts 2015, with the support of the Riga City Council
Participation in the organization of the Miera Street Festival 2012-2016, with the support of various foundations
Project Children and Artists at the Riga ZOO Tropical House, with the support of the Society Integration Foundation, 2002
Opening of the Glass Gallery together with Bārbala Gulbe and Ramona Pēkšēna, 2001
Since 2014 the Ledene brand was founded
Since 1999 freelance artist