I am a Latvian/ Australian portrait artist living and working in Melbourne, Australia. I hold a Master's Degree in Fine Arts from the Art Academy of Latvia (2008), portraiture masterclass with American classic fine artists Daniel E.Greene (Spain, 2008) and M.Mattelson (New York, 2007), I have also a certificate in Interior Design (2018) from Interior Design Institute of Australia and Certificate IV in Training and Assessment by Monash University, Melbourne (2021)
I have been selected as a semi-finalist in The Lester Prize 2019 and 2020, in Perth, WA. 2nd place winner in the nature category 2020 with Drummoyne Art Prize, Sydney, NSW, and Winner at J.Rozentals Painting Award 2011 in Saldus, Latvia, EU.
I have been taking part in art exhibitions since 2003 and my work has been bought by many private buyers.
Publications in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine (2020), Art Edit Magazine (2020), Capsules Books (2020), Tweed Daily News (2014), Mountain monthly (2021) .
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Going through different styles of art in the study process I found myself fascinated with portraits. In human eyes, I see a whole new universe and when painting a portrait it always is a thrilling experience for me.
Since 2020, I totally immersed myself in new body of art with ink-pen on paper drawing series "Bloom", "Lace Warrior" and "Fallen Angels" where I am exploring feminine spirit in combination with ornamental detail.
Lately in 2021 I have been experimenting with new mixed media art which involves drawing, painting, linocut and printmaking.