Education & Teaching (Selected)
2015 | Dr. Art, Doctor of Arts in Art History, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia |
1998 | Art Master´s Degree in Art, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia |
1995-1997 | Studies at The Prof. Peteris Martinsons Ceramic Masterclass, Art Academy of Latvia, Latvia |
1990-1995 | Workshops in Blown Glass at Prof. Andriy Bokotey Studio and Lviv Academy of Arts, Ukraine |
1991-1993 | Masterclass in Painting at The Prof. Aleksejs Naumovs Course, Art Academy of Latvia, Latvia |
1991 | Masterclass in Stained Glass Techniques with Leonīds Linauts at “Linauts Studios”, Mohnton, USA |
2013-Now | Professor at the Department of Glass Art, Art Academy of Latvia |
2001-2012 | Head of The Department of Glass Art, Professor, Art Academy of Latvia |
1990-1995 | Glass Designer at The Riga Restoration Office, Latvia |
Awards / Grants (Selected)
2018 | Publication. Magazine “New glass Review 39”, The Corning Museum of Glass, “320 Messages in Riga Cathedral” |
2015 | Publication. Magazine “New glass Review 36”, The Corning Museum of Glass, Interdisciplinary International Project “Abandoned House” |
2010 | Publication, Magazine “New glass Review 31“, The Corning Mueum of Glass, “Still Life with Venus” Jiří Harcuba Award, International Glass Art Competition “Glass Kanazawa 2010” For The Work “Old Woman”, Kanazawa, Japan |
Exhibitions (Selected)
2017 | Baltic Glass Art Exhibition “Melting Limits”, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia |
2016 | Collision & Fission - Exhibition of Contemporary Glass Art, Tianyuan, China \”European Glass Context - 2016”, International Competition Exhibition, Art Museum of Bornholm, Bornholm, Denmark |
2015 | “2D” International Exhibition of Glass Art, Gallery “Daile”, Vilnius, Lithuania Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia, Rietumu Banka Gallery, Riga, Latvia |
2014 | Riga - Culture Capital 2014, “Moon and Nails, Burn”, Exhibition at The Janis Akuraters Museum, Riga, Latvia “Abandoned House”, International Interdisciplinary Project and Exhibition, Rujiena, Latvia |
Since1991 | Group and Juried Exhibitions in Latvia and Abroad |
Collections (Selected)
Museum - Mentzendorff’s House, Latvia
Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation, Latvia
Glass Museum in Lviv, Ukraine
Museum of Decorative Art and Design, Latvia