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Artist and\u00a0 researcher in areas of interactive multi-media installations and performances, Virtual Reality, Internet and cultural network projects, video, computer graphics, animation and painting<\/strong><\/p>

C.V.<\/h3>

Participation in international art- and cultural events (selection)<\/h3>

2026<\/p>

\u2022 IRCAM Forum Workshops 2026 – Paris \/ Enghien-les-Bains, France<\/p>

2025<\/p>

\u2022 Sonic Saturday \u2013 Ars Electronica Festival \u2018PANIC yes\/no\u2019 \/ Linz, Austria
\u2022 IRCAM Forum Workshops 2025 Hors-les-Murs \u2013 R\u012bga & Liep\u0101ja \/ Latvia
\u2022 MatchXR 2025, Helsinki \/ Finland<\/p>

2024<\/p>

\u2022 Sonic Saturday – Ars Electronica Festival \/ Linz, Austria
\u2022 Re-Connect Art 2024: 4th international performance and multimedia festival \/ Prague, Czechia
\u2022 ISEA 2024 “Everywhen” – 29th International Symposium on Electronic Art \/ Brisbane, Australia<\/p>

2023<\/p>

\u2022 RIXC Art Science Festival 2023: CRYPTO, ART AND CLIMATE \/ Riga, Latvia
\u2022 ISEA 2023 “Symbiosis” – 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art \/ Paris, France<\/p>

2022<\/p>

\u2022\u00a0 Expanded Animation 2022: Synaesthetic Syntax – Ars Electronica Festival \/ Linz, Austria
\u2022\u00a0 ISEA 2022 “Possibles” – 27th International Symposium on Electronic Art \/ Barcelona, Spain<\/p>

2021<\/p>

\u2022\u00a0 Open Fields 2021: PostSENSORIUM The 6th Open Fields conference
\u2022\u00a0 ENN6 Conference: \u2018Gaslight\u2019 Narratives In Virtual Landscapes: Narratological Implications Of Technologically Mediated And Immersive Media<\/p>

2020<\/p>

\u2022 Everything Flows Arts Festival (virtual residency and festival )
\u2022 ISEA2020 “Why sentience?”- The 26th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Montreal, Canada
\u2022 EVA-LONDON 2020 – The 30th international Electronic Visualisation & the Arts conference, London, U.K.<\/p>

2017
\u2022 Open Fields \/ RIXC art and science festival, Latvian Museum of Art and Latvian Art Academy, Riga<\/p>

2016
\u2022 Open Fields \/ RIXC art and science festival, Latvian National Library, Riga
2012-2013:
\u2022 The 5th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology, Riga
\u2022 Travelling exhibition “United States of Europe” \/ The Lab
(Lodz, Helsinki, Vilnius, Guimaraes, Nicosia, Dresden, Sofia, Paris, Cork, Brussels)
2011:
\u2022 “Staro Riga 2011” Light Festival, Riga
\u2022 ISEA 2011. Istanbul, Turkey
2010:
\u2022 Festival \u2018New Media Meeting: 2010\u2019, Visualisation Center, Norrkoping, Sweden
\u2022 Festival \u2018CAMP Pixelache\u2019, Kerava Art Museum, Finland
2009:
\u2022 Exhibition & seminar & \u2018Interactive Futures\u201909: Stereo\u2019, Vancouver, Canada
\u2022 International city arts festival, Cesis, Latvia
2008:
\u2022 \u2018Spectropia\u2019, Festival \u2018Art+Communication \u2018, \u2018Riga Artspace\u2019 gallery
2007:
\u2022 \u2018Waves\u2019, Festival \u2018Art+Communication\u2018, RIXC, Riga
\u2022 \u2018StereoVision\u2019, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Florida, U.S.A.
2006:
\u2022 \u2018Spectography\u2018- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
\u2022 Festival \u2018Bandits Mages\u2019, Bourges, France
\u2022 Festival TECHNE\u201906, Istanbul, Turkey
2005:
\u2022 Festival “\u00c9tonnante Lettonie” \u2013 Point Eph\u00e9m\u00e8re\/Paris, Labomedia\/Orleans;
La Filature\/Mulhouse; Contemporary Art Museum\/Strasbourg
\u2022 \u2018Break the ICE\u2019 show \u2013 City Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland
\u2022 Interactive Multimedia Culture Expo (IMCEXPO), Chelsea Art Museum, New York
\u2022 \u2018Bodies in Play\u2019 – Banff New Media Institute Summit, Banff, Canada
\u2022 Festival \u2018Transmediale 05\u2019, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2004:
\u2022 ISEA2004, International Symposium for Electronic Arts, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (Finland)
\u2022 Pixxelpoint 2004, International digital Art Festival, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
2002:
\u2022 Vison – Image and Perception, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
\u2022 Ars Electronica Festival 2002: Unplugged \/ CAMPUS (KHM student selection), Linz, Austria
\u2022 6th International Browserday, De Balie, Amsterdam
\u2022 Infotopia\/The Infogolem, V2_Organisation, Rotterdam
2001:
\u2022 5th International Browserday \u2013 competition finals – Volksbuehne, Berlin
\u2022 Interstanding 5, media art festival Tallinn, Estonia
2000:
\u2022 EXPO 2000 World Exhibition Hanover – Ars Baltica, German pavilion
\u2022 ArtGenda ‘2000, Helsinki
1999:
\u2022 Baltic Sea Media Space \/ TEMP, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki
1998:
\u2022 Ars Electronica Festival \/ Infowar (prize-winning project \u2018Xchange\u2019)
\u2022 ArtGenda’98, European young artists\u2019 show, Stockholm
1997:
\u2022 Ars Electronica Festival, openX, Internet project \u2018RemoteC\u2019 (\u2018Ars Electronica Center\u2019 commission)<\/p>

Solo-shows:<\/p>

confluxus [+][\u00d7] corner portals<\/strong> RIXC Gallery (2026) Riga, Latvia
Parallel Landscapes <\/strong>Daugavpils University art gallery (2012) Daugavpils, Latvia
Studies of Spatial Subversions <\/strong>Riga Art Space Gallery (2011) Riga, Latvia
The Anisotropic View of Presence <\/strong>RIXC Galerija (2009) Riga, Latvia
Paysages Parall\u00e8les <\/strong>Galerie Ha\u00efdouc (2006) Bourges, France
+\u2248x\u00a0<\/strong> SAT- Society for Art & Technology\u00a0(2003) Montreal, Canada
E=+<X<\/strong>\u00a0 Galerie KHM Projektraum (2002) Cologne, Germany
JG.KKH.SE:99<\/strong>\u00a0 Galleri Mejan (1999) Stockholm, Sweden
J.G.\/S.E.<\/strong>\u00a0 Slepenais Eksperiments (1995) Riga, Latvia<\/p>

Prizes, Nominations, Grants<\/h3>
    • Prix Ars Electronica 1998: award of distinction .net category (project “Xchange” together with Rasa \u0160mite & Raitis \u0160mits)<\/li>
    • Honorary Mention: 6th International Browserday Competition (2002) project \u201cCell[ular] Flux\u201d<\/li>
    • Nominations 2002 and 2003 \u2018Digital Sparks\u2019 (\u201cGermany\u2019s best student projects\u201d)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>

      ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE GRANTS<\/p>

      \u2022 <\/strong>European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists – EFFEA <\/strong>(2023\/2024 residency at Re-connect Art (CZ)
      in partnership with IN OUT (PL), Arts Mutants (FR))
      <\/strong>\u2022 <\/strong>Xarkis, Cyprus \/ Everything Flows (2020, virtual\/online residency)<\/strong>
      \u2022 City Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland (2005)<\/strong>
      NordScen artist-in-residence project grant
      \u2022 V2_Lab, Rotterdam (2004) <\/strong>
      ExStream \/ PlayList European Residencies – P.E.R. (grant, 2004)
      \u2022 SAT – Society for Art & Technology, Montreal (2003) <\/strong>
      NIFCA (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art) artist-in-residence grant
      \u2022 Spritzenhaus & LEM (Labor f. Elektronische Medien), Hamburg (1999)<\/strong>
      Grant by Culture Ministry (Kulturbeh\u00f6rde) of Hamburg<\/p>

      OTHER GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS<\/p>

      \u2022 Latvian Cultural Capital Foundation
      – scholarships & grants (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2020)
      \u2022 Nordic Culture Point \/ KKnord (Mobility Programme) mobility project grants (2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013)
      \u2022 Sleipnir, Nordic Council of Ministers (travel grants 2004, 2005)
      \u2022 Latvian Ministry of Culture, \u201cNew media artist scholarship\u201d for 12 months 2004\/2005
      \u2022 APEXchanges \u2013 European Cultural Foundation (travel grant, 1999)
      \u2022 C. Erik Levins Foundation (Stockholm) (grants in 1996, 1997, 1999)
      \u2022 Jauna Akademija Foundation (Riga) (grant, 1998)
      \u2022 Soros Contemporary Art Centre – Riga (travel grant, 1998)
      \u2022 W. Smiths Foundation (Stockholm) (grant, 1997)
      \u2022 The Rotary Club – Stockholm (scholarship, 1995)
      \u2022 The Swedish Institute (grant, 1995)
      \u2022 Valdmana Fonds (Stockholm) (grant, 1995)
      \u2022 Latvian Academic Organization in Sweden (grant, 1995)<\/p>

      Selected Catalogues, Publications<\/p>

      • \u201cBIOS project \u201cFuture Cinema. The Cinematic Imaginary After Film\u201d 2002\/2003
        \u2013 ed. Jeffrey Shaw and Peter Weibel | ZKM, Karlsruhe & The MIT Press, Cambridge<\/li>
      • \u201eStereovision\u201d \u2013 exhibition catalogue, 2007 – Contemporary Art Museum, USF
        University of South Florida<\/li>
      • \u201cIMC EXPO 2005\u201d exhibition catalogue, Studio IMC, New York<\/li>
      • Project \u201cXchange Network\u201d. CyberArts 98, Ars Electronica Center, Linz<\/li>
      • Project \u201cRemote C\u201d. CyberArts 97, Ars Electronica Center, Linz<\/li>
      • ISEA2004 exhibition catalogue<\/li><\/ul>

        Education<\/h3>

        Academy of Media Arts (KHM), Cologne, Germany<\/strong> (MA diploma)
        Academy of Arts (HfbK), Hamburg, Germany<\/strong> (guest studies)
        The Royal University of Fine Arts (KKH), Stockholm, Sweden<\/strong> (guest studies)
        Latvian Academy of Art, Riga<\/strong> (BA diploma):<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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