EDUCATION

2009–2012	Latvian Academy of Art, Department of Visual Communication, MG
2007	University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover, Department of photography
2005 – 2009	Latvian Academy of Art, Department of Visual Communication: BA
2001 – 2005	Riga Design and Art school, Department of Environmental design

WORK EXPERIENCE

2015	freelance photographer
2011	internship in photo agency F.A.Ceser / Germany
2011	internship in post production company The Scope / Germany
2007 – 2014	Photographer in photoagency F64

AWARDS /SCHOLARSHIPS / RESIDENCIES

2013	Sony World Photography Awards 2013, 2nd place in architecture category
2012	winner of Archifoto Award 2012
2011	residency grant in Contemporary Art center CEAAC. Strasbourg, France
2010 / 2011	ESF scholarship for Master studies in Latvian Academy of Art

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014	Territory, Abbayes-aux-Dames, Festival Les Boréales, France
2013	LARP, Kaunas Photo festival, Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
2012	“Stones” Madona Museum of Local Studies and Art, Madona, Latvia
2012	“Stones” Contemporary Art center CEAAC. Strasbourg, France
2011	“LARP” Cēsis Contemporary Art Festival. Cēsis, Latvia
2011	“LARP” KIM? Contemporary Art Centre. Riga, Latvia
2010	“SALE” KIM? Contemporary Art Centre. Riga, Latvia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015	Latvian Art Month, Art Hub, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2015	Latvian Landscape, Mark Rothko art centre, Daugavpils
2014	IV Artishok Biennale "A+B=AB14", Rīga, Latvija
2014	Sense of Place, Prospektos Gallery, Vilnius
2014	Power & Play, De Markten, 5th Brussels Biennale for Contemporary Photography "Summer of Photography 2014", Brussels, Belgium
2014	nah-fern, Starnberg Am See, Germany
2014	Abroad. Case 2, Mūkusala Art Salon, Riga, Latvia
2013	Sense of Place, AusstellungsHalle 1A, Frankfurt, Germany
2013	Sale, Tukums Art Museum, Tukums, Latvia
2012	“ARCHIFOTO Exhibition” La Chambre gallery, Strasbourg, France
2012	“Territory”, “Visual narratives: European borderlines”, Festival Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
2012	„Portucale” Latvia’s Museum of Photography, Riga, Latvia
2012	“Annual reward of photography of “Diena” 2011. 100 best works” Riga Art Space. Riga, Latvia
2011	15th Tallinn Print Triennial. Tallin, Estonia
2010	Singapore International Photography Festival 2010. Singapore
2008	First Place in “2Annas Fotofabrique”. Riga, Latvia
2004	“Paper in Space”. Grand Prix MAP paper. Riga, Latvia
2003	“12”. KF KM State Center of Photography. Moscow, Russia 2006

PUBLICATIONS

Le Monde, Esquire, New York Times, Financial Times, Forbes, Spiegel, Hohe Luft, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine, FK Latvian Photography Yearbook, The British Journal of Photography