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My practice is inspired by urban architecture and how it unravels layers of Histories. Specifically, I am fascinated by the monumental ideas and concept which underpin the great city structures and the reality of their inherent chaos and decay.
This fundamentally informs the composition of work and how each piece and each element of each piece sits (un)comfortably beside and/or within one another. By examining a very broad framework of art history to identify common elements (motifs, compositions, color schemes and symbolism) that arise time and again over the centuries and throughout seemingly disparate and disconnected cultures. Once identified, I abstract this language down to its most basic visual components, and then recombine them into complex, multi-layered pieces that aims to tap into archetypal visual and aesthetic language |
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Education MA Scenography, Central Saint Martins, 2001 Professional degree in Scenography, Art Academy of Latvia, 1998 BA Scenography, Art Academy of Latvia, 1996 Solo Exhibitions 2017 De-Synthesized, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, LV 2013 Artefacts, Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Latvian National Museum of Arts, Riga, LV New Paintings, Platform 39, London, UK 2009 The Third Degree, James Freeman Gallery, London, UK 2007 Icon Resistance, James Freeman Gallery, London, UK 2005 Istaba Gallery, Riga, Latvia Selected Group Exhibitions 2016 Alter+Combine, (Scene) Metrospace, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 2015 Vol.11 "Systems", Popper Publishing Exhibition, National Library, Riga, LV Place In Proximity, (Scene) Metrospace, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Artefacts, Sesame Gallery, London, UK Purvītis Prize 2015, Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Latvian National Museum of Arts, Riga, LV 2014 100 Painters Of Tomorrow, Beers Contemporary, London, UK Perspective Of The Solar System, Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Latvian National Museum of Arts, Riga, LV Family, Ziemelblazma Cultural Center, Riga, LV 2013 HOT-ONE-HUNDRED, Schwartz Gallery, London.UK 2011 Newspeak, British Art Now, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 2010 Depth Charge, Henrijs Preiss & Yuko Nasu, Sesame Gallery, London, UK This Is London, Henrijs Preiss & Matthew Small, DIE Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 2009 PLUS, Volume Projects, Southwark, London, UK Innerer Klang, curated by Irene Bradbury, Rod Barton, London, UK East End Academy, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK Whitecross gallery, London, UK 2008 Summer exhibition, Royal Academy, London, UK Group, Lois Lambert Gallery, LA, USA Whitecross gallery, London, UK 2007 Building a Legacy: Paintings 1985-2007, Bemis Center For Contemporary Arts, Omaha, USA 2006 Visual AIDS, Postcards From the Edge, New York, USA Regroup, Sesame Art Gallery, London, UK Summer show, Edgarmodern Gallery, Bath, UK 2005 Sense & Sensuality, BlindArt, RCA, London, UK 2003 Religion, Art & War, Salon des Arts, London, UK Painting on wood, Bastejs Gallery, Riga, LV 2002 The Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London, UK 1999 East Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany Prague Quadrennial 99, International Scenic Design Exhibition, Prague, Czech Republic 1998 Pfefferbank Gallery, Berlin, Germany State Academy of Art exhibition of artists from Latvia, Brussels, Belgium Galerie-Werkstatt , Berlin, Germany Scenobox - 2000, the exhibition of Latvian and Finnish scenographers, Riga, LV 1995 Prague Quadrennial 95, International Scenic Design Exhibition, Prague, Czech Republic. Collections Saatchi Collection, London; KIA, Seoul: Jain Collection, New Delhi; University of the Arts, London: private collections worldwide |