Agnese Kurzemniece

Born
1973
Nationality
Latvian
Country
Latvia
City
Riga

I have a strong academic background, but over the last 10 years, oil paints have been replaced by acrylic paints. However, the interest in exploring humans in the broadest sense has remained unchanged. The images and  themes are capacious and ambiguous, I have my own set of limited symbolic images, among wich the woman clearly plays a key role. It has unique, recognizable proportions and distortions.

Through my artistic practice, I try to understand and feel some of the general patterns that nature and man live by. How we influence each other, how we shape each other, what are these archetypes, which explains our deepest interactions.

Living through my personal experience and at the same time observing the world around me - people and nature, I find visual and poetic parallels embodied in universal schemes. Where landcapes are a lyrical scenographic background for the versatility of the inner world of man.

I am concerned about the beauty and tragedy of life, the order and constancy of its flow, in which the brevity and uniqueness of each individual moment is drowned. Through symbolism and surreal scenes, I try to comprehend the world in which I am and of which I am a part.

Pieces of my work are featured in private collections worldwide, also in Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre and Ventspils Museum.

I'm a member of the Union of Latvian Artists Union and the Graphics Chamber of Riga.

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Occupation
Painter
graphic artist
Graphic designer
Languages
English
Russian
Biography

Agnese was born and raised in Riga (Latvia), where she still lives and works. She specializes in painting and graphic art.

She studied at the J. Rozentāls Riga Art High School (1984–1991). Following her graduation from the Graphics Department of the Latvian Academy of Arts, she obtained her Master's Degree (1991–1998) in Graphic Arts and also graduated from the Gunārs Krollis etching workshop. In 2012 she studied and worked in Spain at the non-toxic gravure printing workshop of Henrik Boegh, Grafisk Eksperimentarium.

Since 1990 Agnese has taken place in a number of exhibitions, both local and international, in Latvia, Lithuania, Great Britain, France, Austria, Sweden, Ukraine, France and Greece. She has also had several solo exhibitions.

Pieces of her work are featured in private collections worldwide, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre and Ventspils Museum.

Agnese is a member of the Union of Latvian Artists Union and the Graphics Chamber of Latvia.

Education
MFA, Graphic Art, Academy of Arts, Latvia
BFA, Graphic Art, Academy of Arts, Latvia
J. Rosenthal Riga Art School, Latvia
Exhibitions
2021
Biennale “Marina 2021”
Jurmala City museum, Latvia
Group
2021
The innuendo
Art gallery “LAIPA”, Valmiera, Latvia
Solo
2022
Biennale Artbox Expo Venice
Biennale Artbox Expo, Tana Art Space, Venice, Italy
Group
2019
Synergies
Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art centre, Latvia
Group
2018
100 IN LATVIAN ART
Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art centre, Latvia
Group
Prizes and Awards
ARTBOX Gallery, Biennale Artbox Expo Venice 1.0 (CH), Semi-finalist
New Emergence Art Prize shortlisted, UK
Helvetart Gallery (CH), 3rd Place Winner
American Art Awards (USA), 3rd Place Winner
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