Born
24/03/1973, Liepaja, Latvia
Education
- 2005 MA, Art Academy of Latvia, Glass Department
- 1992–1998 BA, Art Academy of Latvia, Glass Department
- 1988–1992 Liepaja Art College
Solo Exhibitions
- 2022 Flower Power Makes You..,
- Galleria Krupa, Wroclaw, Poland
- 2022 Glass Garden, Līvāni, Latvia
- 2022 Traveller and the Garden, Cēsis, Latvia
- 2022 Next Stop - Springtime, Bulduri, Latvia
- 2022 In the Forest of the Universe,
- Siguldas Devons, Sigulda, Latvia
- 2020 Good morning!, Gallery Istaba, Rīga, Latvia
- 2020 Good morning!, Kuldīga, Latvia
- 2018 Ideas on the way, Art Education Centre TRĪS KRĀSAS, Rīga, Latvia
- 2017 Travellers, Liepājas muzejs, Liepāja, Latvia
- 2017 Travellers, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
- 2016 Travellers, Gallery Kaprysy, Wroclaw; Gallerie BB,
Krakow; Muzeum Karkonoskie w Jeleniej Górze, Poland
- 2016 Green Light, Kalnciema kvartāla galerija, Rīga, Latvia
- 2014 Reflections, Riga Cathedral Garden Gallery, Latvia
- 2013 Sub Ob, Gallery Istaba, Rīga, Latvia
- 2012 Wings, Glass Gallery, Rīga, Latvia
- 2008 Knits, Glass Gallery, Rīga, Latvia
- 2007 House Plants, Gallery Istaba, Rīga, Latvia
- 2006 Sisterhood, together with
sister Elīna Ģibiete, Rīga, Latvia
- 2001 Another Company, Gallery A.Sūna, Rīga, Latvia
- 1999 IN, Gallery Art by Fire, Seattle, USA
Selected group exhibitions
Participates in art exhibitions since 1995
- 2022, 2016, 2013 European Glass Festival,
Wroclaw, Poland
- 2021 International Biennale of Glass Bulgaria,
Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2020 Slow Light. Glass, light,
sound, Rapla, Estonia
- 2020, 2011, 2007, 2004, 2001
Vitrum Balticum, Kauna, Lithuania
- 2019, 2007, 1998 International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Japan
- 2016, 2008 European Glass Context,
Bornholm, Denmark
- 2015 Lux Aeterna. Biennele Internationale du Verre, Strasbourg, France
- 2014, 2006 Coburg Glass Prize 2014, Coburg, Germany
- 2012 XI International Glass Symposium,
exhibition, Novy Bor, Czech
- 2011 Voice of Glass’11, International glass
art exhibition, Riga, Latvia
- 2010 Diamonds and Stars, project in The Third Festival
of Light Staro Rīga, Riga, Latvia
- 2010 International Glass Festival,
Sofia 2010, Sofija, Bulgaria
- 2009 Connections 2009
– Contemporary European Glass Sculpture,
Mánes Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2008 7Tth International Exhibition of Glass Sculpture
and Garden, Munster, Germany
- 2006 Tallinn Applied Art Exhibition 2006
Two Closes One, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2006 Crossing Borders. Meditaties in Glass VI,
Galerie Mariska Dirkx, Roermond, The Netherlands
- 2005 Broken Things, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2005 The 4th Cheongju International Craft Competition
Hide&Reveal, Cheongju, Korea
- 2005 1st International Triennial of Silicate Arts,
Kecskemet, Hungary
- 2005 European Sculpture Summit 2005
From West to East, Montauban, France
- 2004 Verre de Lettonie,
Chateeau du val Saint-Lamber, Belgium
- 2004 Tradition & Innovation,
2nd European Triennial Textile
and Fibre Art, Riga, Latvia
- 2003 Riga-Prague Art Dialog,
Galerie Pokorna, Prague, Czech
- 2003 Vitrum Balticum II, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2002 Between Heaven and See
- Baltic Glass, Karlskrona, Sweden
- 2002 Meditaties IV, Meditaties III,
Mariska Dirkx Gallery, Roermond, The Netherlands
- 2001 Recent Glass Art in Latvia,
The Finnish Glass museum, Riihimaki, Finland
- 2001 Vitrum Balticum, Keramikos muziejuje,
Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2000 Spirited Approach. Women Glass Art Today,
Museum Kunst Palast, Duseldorf, Germany
- 2000 Nordic Glass 2000. Glass Without Boundaries,
Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway
- 2000 Eastern Europe Glass,
Cane Maria gallery, Virginia Beach, USA
- 1998 International Exhibition
of Glass Kanazawa ’98, Kanazawa, Japan
- 1997 Young Glass ’97, The Glasmuseum,
Ebeltoft, Denmark
Conferences, Workshops, Residency and Symposia
- 2022 Melting Borders, Curator&Producer
of the Baltic Glass Art Event at the European
- Glass Festival in Poland
- 2020 Glass Art Society’s 2020 Virtual Conference
- 2019 Interplay, International Hot Glass
Symposium, Haapsalu, Estonia
- 2018 Trainer of the masterclass, Department of glass
at the Estonian Academy of arts, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2018 Crystal heart, International Hot Glass
Symposium, Nikolsk, Russia
- 2018 Denizli Glass Biennial, Denizli, Turkey
- 2017 Conference of Baltic Glass Artists
and Historians, Riga, Latvia
- 2017 Trainer of the masterclass,
European Center for researches and training
in the glass-work CERFAV, France
- 2017 Jury member at Stanislav Libensky Award 2017
- 2012 XI International Glass Symposium, Novy Bor, Czech
- 2011 Art laboratory AIZ, Aizpute, Latvia
- 2004 VI International Blown Glass
Symposium, Lvov, Ukraine
- 2002 Reconstruction, International glass
art Symposium, Hungary
- 2002 Roja-Raku, Landart symposium, Roja, Latvia
- 1999 Līvāni 99’, Large-scale
ceramic symposium, Livani, Latvia
- 1999 Palamuse 99’, Students International Glassart
Symposium, Palamuse, Esatonia
- 1997 Roja-Raku I, Ceramic symposium, Roja, Latvia
- 1997 Balance, International glass art symposium, Bardudvarnok, Hungary
Acknowledgments
- 2019 Yan Zoritchak Prize,
International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Japan
- 2011 Nomination for The Art Academy of Latvia Prize
- 1999 The Jutta Cuny – Franz Memorial Award,
Dusseldorf, Germany
- 1997 The Ebeltoft Prize, International Competition
Young Glass’97, The Glasmuseum, Denmark
Works in Public Collections
- Notojima Glass Art Museum, Notojima, Japan
- Museum of glass, Nikolsk, Russia
- Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Czech
- Muzeum Karkonoskie w Jeleniej Górze, Poland
- Europäisches Museum für Modernes
Glas Rödental, Germany
- Ernsting Stiftung Glassmuseum, Germany
- Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany
- The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
- Museum Mentzendorff’s House, Riga, Latvia
- The Gasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
