Education:

1999 – 2004 Latvian Academy of Fine Arts, specializing in visual communications, BA and unfinished MA. Riga. Latvia.

1997 – 1999 Master Workshop of B&W Photography conducted by Andrejs Grants. Riga. Latvia.

1992 – 1998 Janis Rozentals' Riga College of Art. Riga. Latvia.


Selected Art And Culture Events:

STILL HERE, Video Exhibition, Art Gallery "ARTSPACE", Sydney, Australia, 23.11.2007. link

Candy Bomber, Exhibition, National Art Museum exhibition hall "Arsenals", Riga, Latvia, 17.11.2007.

The Myth About, Exhibition, Art Gallery "Bastejs", Riga, Latvia, 2007.

British and Latvian Contemporary Illustration, Exhibition, RDMV, Riga, Latvia. 2007.

Patiess stasts par Cingo Babu, Illustrated book, ISBN 9984672, Vizma Belsevica, Liels un Mazs, Riga, Latvia, 2007.

Hamburg Meets Riga, Exhibition, Haus 73, Hamburg, Germany, 2006.

Videokunst aus dem Baltikum, Exhibition, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Atelier am Eck, Duesseldorf, Germany, 2006.

Blinks, Projected Visions – Latvia, video art exhibition, Greek - American Association, Athens, Greece, 2006.

SMS.tag, Screening, Riga, Latvia, 2006.

Heart’s Full 2, Exhibition, Art Gallery "La Ferme Rose", Brussels, Belgium, 2006.

Heart’s Full 2, Exhibition, European Parliament Building, Brussels, Belgium, 2006.

U25 , Exhibition, “B-Bar”, Riga, Latvia, 2005.

Caligula, co-author of videoprojections in a play, "Dailes“ theatre, Riga, Latvia. 2005.

Surelis Varshkes, Exhibition, Klaipeda concert hall, Klaipeda, Lithuania, 2005.

Heart’s Full, Exhibition, Kunstverein Kunst im Turm Lippstadt, Lippstadt, Germany, 2005.

Dots & Lines, Online Exhibition for BBC Online & Sonic Arts Network, London, United Kingdom, 2005.

JUKAS, Exhibition, National Art Museum exhibition hall "Arsenals", Riga, Latvia, 2005.

Office Art, Performance, Latvian Art Directors Club Meeting, Cinema "Kinogalerija" Riga, Latvia. 2005.

Pink Swimmingpool, Exhibition, Nakotne, Latvia, 2005.

Live Spirit, Exhibition, Art Gallery "Rigas Galerija", Riga, Latvia, 2004.

Heart’s Full, Exhibition, Art Gallery "Bastejs", Riga, Latvia, 2004.

Word in Motion, Festival of Poetic Video, Riga New Theatre, Riga, Latvia, , 2003.

Waterpieces, Exhibition, Art Gallery "Noass", Riga, Latvia, 2003.

Bombardiers, internet project, 2002. link

Leviathan, internet project, 2002.

Soundscapes, internet project, 2002.

Autumn 2001, Exhibition, National Art Museum exhibition hall "Arsenals", Latvia, 2001.

pHonic, International multimedia festival, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2001.

Interferences, International multimedia festival, Paris, France, 2000.

Things, Exhibition, Art Gallery "Noass", Riga, Latvia, 2000.

Open: Untitled, Poster exhibition in city, Riga, Latvia, 2000.

ArtGenda 2000, International multimedia festival, Helsinki, Finland, 2000.



rigasZieds ::Daarzs:: internet project, Development Date: 2000 link to artwork
Tips: Select one of the 35 "worlds" and mouse around or use right-click to zoom in.

Enigmatic, fluid and often alluring, the works that collectively form the piece, Daarzs are some of the most intriguing in Dots & Lines . Daarzs is an audiovisual microcosm populated by objects which emulate living organisms. Users select one of the numbered 35 micro worlds and interact with the audio-visual objects by clicking, zooming in, and moving the mouse. Daarzs presents us with a highly original visual notation system. These animated visual and sonic works appear like fusions of science diagrams and artistic doodles.

The seemingly organic dots and lines which comprise their forms, tremble, pulsate, quiver and splinter with user interaction, evolving and shifting sonically and visually. Many of the objects in Daarzs seem inherently alive in their shambling motion, responding to the stimulus of user interaction with almost biological tendencies. In micro world 22 , we seem transported to a deep oceanic reality colonized by abstract submarine creatures that emit melodic tones when touched. 34 seems almost like the inside of a cell, shuddering when brought into contact with the mouse. Other environments, such as 13 seem more industrial in nature, comprised of angular geometric lines and spherical forms which vibrate and throb like the innards of an inscrutable machine.

/ BBC Radio 3 "Dots and Lines - Online Exhibition" on rigasZieds ::Daarzs:: /


Co–founder and member of artists group rigasZieds, 1999.
rigasZieds was a collective of artists and musicians. Based in Riga, Latvia, rigasZieds were associated with the innovative media laboratory, E-LAB,
which has created a cultural stimulus for many emerging Latvian practitioners working with net technologies and new media.
The members of rigasZieds included Reinis Petersons, Miks Mitrevics, Otto Zitmanis and Janis Avotins.

Co–founder and member of artists group U25, 2005.
U25 is organising different events for young artists (under 25) in Latvia: exhibitions, co-projects with different countries and other medias of art.
U25 stands for new, original ideas and variety in all possible types of creative activities. For now the members of U25 includes Kristians Brekte, Maija Kurseva, Patricija Brekte, Flera, Mara Viska, Reinis Liepa, Otto Zitmanis, Reinis Petersons, Andris Eglitis, Aleksandrs Juskans, Atis Jekabsons, Saims, Zai, Pal.