‘ CV
Mg.art, Art Academy of Latvia professor, Head of the Faculty of Fine Arts
Works as visual artist and illustrator
Solo Shows
2024 Gallery “Māksla XO”, Riga, Latvia
2021 Liepāja City Museum, Latvia
2017 Gallery “Māksla XO”, Riga, Latvia
2012 Gallery “Daugava”, Riga, Latvia
2004 Gallery “Daugava”, Riga, Latvia
2003 Gallery “Valge maja”, Tartu, Estonia
2002 “Tyholmen Gallery”, Arendal, Norway
1998 Gallery “Asūna”, Riga, Latvia
1997 “Rīga Gallery”, Riga, Latvia
1996 Gallery “Asūna”, Riga, Latvia
1995 Gallery “Bastejs”, Riga, Latvia
1994 “Gallery 101”, Kristiansend, Norway
1993 Gallery ”G&G”, Riga, Latvia
1992 “Rīga Gallery”, Riga, Latvia
1991 “F–15 Gallery”, Moss, Norway
“Oslo Kunstforeining”, Norway
“Tyholmen Gallery”, Arendal, Norway
“Musee Provincial Felicien”, Namur, Belgium
“Galerie De L’Arbitraire”, Goux, France
Selected Goup Shows
2024 ‘Sveiki! Latvia – Exhibition of Original Picture Book Illustrations'. Korean National Library for Children and Young Adults (NLCYA), Seoul
Paper positions. International art fair for works on paper. Exhibition and trade centre in Berlin, Germany
“Transition”. An exhibition dedicated to the prctice of drawing. Art space “Pilot”, Riga, Latvia
2023 7th Riga International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
MIRROR FACE TO FACE 2023, Villa Caldogno, Caldogno, Italy
“Circle of Art”, Pinacoteca dell'Accademia di Belle Arti, Turin, Italy
2021 GALLERY NEXT CURVE (つぎのカーブ), Tokio, Japan
“Active Motion” , Cesis Exhibition House, Cesis, Latvia
2019 International Biennial of Illustrations, Bratislava, Slovakia
2015 International Biennial of Illustrations, Bratislava, Slovakia
2014 Latvian Children's Book Illustration exhibition. Westminster Reference Library, London, UK
“Time of the Mezzotint. Colors Beyond the Stars”, Yozo Hamaguchi Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1st Rīgas’ Picture Books Quadriennial “Picture Story”, National Library of Latvia, Rīga
2013 “Time of Mezzotint”, Tianjin Academy of Fine Art Museum, China “Time of the Mezzotint”, Wroclaw Art Academy Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
International Biennial of Illustrations, Bratislava, Slovakia
“Grafik aus Lettland", Saale Gallery, Saalfeld, Germany
“Grafika-S”, Rīga Art Space, Latvia
2012 “Grafik aus Lettland”, Grafik Museum Stiftung Schreiner, Bad Steben, Germany
“Time of the Mezzotint”, Creative Workshop, “Arsenals Exhibition Hall” of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2011 “Artists Portraits and Self-Portraits”, Gallery “Daugava”, Riga, Latvia
Exhibition of Artists from the Baltic Sea Countries “Sea Fairy Tales”, Tallinn, Haapsalu, Parnu, Estonia and Eurajoki, Finland
2010 “Figure. Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Art”, Gallery “Daugava”, Riga, Latvia
2009 “Metabolism. Contemporary Graphic Art", Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia.
“Artist. Portrait. Self-Portrait”. “Arsenals Exhibition Hall” of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
Tallinn Illustration Triennial “Power of Pictures”, National Library of Estonia, Tallina, Estonia
2007 “Slices of Time”, Erik Adamson Museum, Tallinn;
“Book Art of Latvia”, National and University Library, Zagreb, Croatia
2006 “Power and Man”, Gallery “Novas”, London, UK
“Art on Paper”, “Riga Gallery”, Riga, Latvia
Print Biennial “Now Art, Now future”, Vilnius, Lithuania
Selected Awards
2008 IBBY Honour List Diploma for the illustrations of “Sister and Brother” (Māsa un brālis)
2007 Children book award of Latvia Baltvilka balva and the book design award of Latvia Zelta ābele.
2004 Award of "World Coin News" and "Krause Publications" (USA) as “The Worlds Most Artistic Coin” for Latvia National Bank coins serie “Roots”.
2001 “Latvia National Film Festival The Great Christopher (Lielais Kristaps)” aword for the animation film “The Unusual Rigans” (Neparastie Rīdzinieki).
1998 “Latvian National Film Festival The Great Christopher (Lielais Kristaps)” aword for the animation film “Sleep Train” (Miega vilcieniņš).
Artworks in collections
Zimmerli Art Museum (New Jersy, USA)
Latvian National Museum of Art (Riga, Latvia),
Museum of Artists' Union of Latvia (Riga, Latvia),
National Library of Latvia (Riga, Latvia),
State Bank of Latvia (Riga, Latvia).