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Helena Heinrihsone

Born   November 21st, 1948,  Riga, Latvia

Fields of activity: painting, watercolour, drawing, litography, porcelain painting, animation


Education
1967-1973       Department of Painting, Latvian Academy of Art, Riga, Latvia
1960-1967       Janis Rozentals Riga High School of Art, Riga, Latvia

Member of the Artist’s Union of Latvia. Lives and works in Riga, Latvia.


Participating in exhibitions since 1972
Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022    "Silkscreens", Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2021    "Woman", Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2020    “Something like that  (In the Name of Love)” together with Ivars Heinrihsons, Riga Smallest Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2019    “How Marko Mäetamm met Helena Heinrihsone” together with Marko Mäetamm, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2019    “Diary” together with Anna Heinrihsone, Museum of Valmiera, Valmiera, Latvia
2019    “Roses and Morandi’s Vases”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2018    “Passing By”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2018    “Bedroom Paintings”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2017    “Helena Heinrihsone”, Kuldiga Art House, Kuldiga, Latvia
2017    “In Flight”, Makslai Vajag Telpu foundation, MVT Summer House, Riga, Latvia
2017    “With Watercolours”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2016    “I love you. Tribute to Alex Katz”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2016    “Illumination”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2015    “Diary”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2014    “In the Sea”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2014    “Magic Realism”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2013    “Hot”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2012    “Apartment”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2011    “Watercolour”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2011    “Observers”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2011    “Heinrihsons – Family of Artists Exhibition”, Lielriga Regional Agricultural Board, Ikskile, Latvia
2010    “Painted From”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2009    “Ivars & Helena. Paintings”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2008    “Woman-Dog Worships Jesus Christ”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2007    “Hey, Mole!” - Latvian National Museum of Art *, Riga / Latvia
2007    “Intimus. Portraits and Self-Portraits”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2004    “Summer Faces”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2002    “Helena Heinrihsone: Paintings”, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia*
2001    “Total Bill”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2000    “Double Life”, Ivonna Veiherte Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1999    “Private Life”, Linnagalerii, Tallin, Estonia
1999    “Private Life”, Ivonna Veiherte Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1998    “Weeping Women” - paintings, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1998    “Weeping Women” – works on paper, Ivonna Veiherte Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1997    “Roses and Documents”, Ivonna Veiherte Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1996    “Important Meeting”  together with Ivars Heinrihsons, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1993    Altarpiece for the Kolka Evangelic Lutheran Church, Kolka, Latvia
1993    “Watercolours”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
1992    “Paintings” together with Ivars Heinrihsons, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1990    “Helena Heinrihsone. Painting”, State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia*
1990    “Paintings” together with Ivars Heinrihsons, Gallery Mans’s, Jekabpils, Latvia
1989    “Helena Heinrihsone/Ivars Heinrihsons”, Haus der Sowjetischen Wissenschaft und Kunst, Berlin, Germany
1989    “Helena Heinrihsone”, Madliena Culture Center, Madliena, Latvia
1983    exhibition together with Ivars Heinrihsons, Panevezys Regional Museum, Panevezys, Lithuania
1976    exhibition together with Ivars Heinrihsons, Sports Association Daugava, water sports center, Jurmala, Latvia


Selected Group Exhibitions

2023    "Don't Cry! Feminist Perspectives in Latvian Art: 1965-2023", Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia*
2023    PAPER POSITIONS BERLIN 2023, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2021    VIENNACONTEMPORARY 2021, Maksla XO Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2021    "Still Life of Things", Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2020    VIENNACONTEMPORARY 2020, Maksla XO Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2019    “Human Chain – art of the national awakening”, Mukusalas Art Salon, Riga, Latvia
2019    “Taxonomy of Feelings. Heinrihsoni”, Civita Nova Gallery, Great Amber Concert Hall, Liepaja, Latvia
2019    “Humans”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2019    PAPER POSITIONS BERLIN 2019, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2018    “Portrait in Latvia. 20th Century. Facial Expressions”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
2018    “Art Doesn't Separate, Art Unites!”, Global Center for Latvian Art (PLMC), Cesis, Latvia
2018    PAPER POSITIONS BERLIN 2018, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2018    “Meeting”, Kuldiga District Museum, Kuldiga, Latvia
2018    “Contemporay Latvian Watercolour”, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, Latvia
2018    “Helena Heinrihsone and Friends”, Central Library of Riga, Riga, Latvia
2017    “TOP in formation. Exhibition of Zuzāns Collection”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia*
2017    “Experimental Sidestep”, Gallery Putti, Riga, Latvia
2017    ART MADRID 2017, Maksla XO Gallery, Madrid, Spain*
2016    ART MADRID 2016, Maksla XO Gallery, Madrid, Spain*
2016    “Black Paintings”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2016    “Inconvenient Gender”, The Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2015    “Transition Lettonne”, Town hall of the 16th arrondissement, Paris, France
2015    ART MARKET BUDAPEST 2015 - Maksla XO Gallery, Budapest / Hungary*
2015    “Watercolour in Latvia. 19th – 21st Century”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
2015    “Self-Portrait”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2015    “Captive Beauty in Miniature”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2014    “Latvians. Myths and Contexts”, Mukusalas Art Salon, Riga, Latvia
2014    ART VILNIUS 14, Maksla XO Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania*
2014    “Nudity”, Mukusalas Art Salon, Riga, Latvia
2013    “Rigas Laiks”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2013    “Pink”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2013    “Madonnas”, Mukusalas Art Salon, Riga, Latvia
2013    “Holy Shit”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2011    “White and Blue”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2011    “Is It That He Does Not Seek The Truth, But Does Want To Influence?”, Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2011    ART VILNIUS 2011, Maksla XO Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania*
2011    “European Cities in the Paintings of Latvian Artists No 4”, Gallery of A. Suna, Riga, Latvia*
2011    “Dense Space” – Dr. Guntis Belevics collection, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
2011    “Women.Women.Women.”, European Commision branch in Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2010    “Painting in Latvia 1950 – 1990 from Latvian Artists’ Union Collection”, Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2010    “Weight”, Bolderaja Music and Art School, Riga, Latvia
2010    RED DOT ART FAIR, Skyline Studios, New York, USA
2010    “Golden Works”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
2010    “Intersection” – curated by Helena Heinrihsone, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2010    “Latvian Contemporary Painting”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga Latvia
2010    “Riga Times. Black”, Exhibition Hall Pinakotēka, Riga, Latvia
2010    “Territory of Art. Contemporary Latvian Art”, Volkhonka Fine Art Centre, Moscow, Russia
2010    “European Cities in the Paintings of Latvian Artists No 3”, Gallery of A. Suna, Riga, Latvia*
2009     “Tuareg Blue”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2009    BRIDGE ART FAIR NEW YORK, New York, USA*
2009    SCOPE BASEL Art Show, Messe Centrum, Basel, Switzerland*
2009    ART VILNIUS 2009, Maksla XO Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania*
2009    “The Purvitis Prize Candidate Exhibition 2009”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
2009     “Conversion”, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
2009    “Drawing”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2009     “Portraits of Artists and Self-portraits”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
2008    “European Cities in the Paintings of Latvian Artists”, Gallery of A. Suna, Riga, Latvia*, Permanent Representation ot the Republic or Latvia to the Europrean Union, Brussels, Belgium*
2008    “Baltic Bridges”, M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
2007    ART INTERNATIONAL ZURICH, Kongresshaus Zurich, Zurich, Austria
2007    “Roses”, Rundale Palace Museum, Rundale, Latvia
2007     “Echoes of Fauvism. Latvian Painting: 1910 – 1980”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
2007    “Memory of Stone”, Latvian Artists’ Union Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2006    “Litographers VI”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2006    “Art on Paper”, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2006    “Artisti Lettoni Contemporanea”, Colegio Raffaello, Urbino, Italy
2006    “Carnival of Goya”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2005    “Venetian Carnival (Carnivale di Venezia)”, Compagnia de Calza “I Antichi”, Venice, Italy
2005      BEIJING CONTEMPORARY: Art Fair, Beijing, China*
2005    “New Life. Latvia in Europe (Vita Nuova. La Lettonia in Europa)”, Palazzo Reale, Napoli, Italy
2005    “Litographers V”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2005    “Latvian Post War Art”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
2004    “Art on Paper”,  Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2004    “Still Life”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
2004    “Midnight Serenade”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2004    “6 from Riga”, Akvarelcentrum, Solentuna, Sweden
2004    “Latvian Contemporary Art (Arte Lettone Contemporanea)”, Sala Museale del Barracano, Bologna; Arte Fiera, Forli, Italy*
2003    “Wild Photographers”, Sapnu Factory, Riga, Latvia
2003    “Self-Portrait”,  Gallery Pedants, Riga, Latvia
2003    “Abstractionism in Latvian Painting”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
2003    “20th Century Latvian Art”, Stedelijk Museum, Zwolle, Netherlands*
2003    “Dispute. Self-Portrait with an Old Master” - Maksla XO Gallery, Riga; G. Eliass History and Art Museum of Jelgava, Jelgava, Latvia*
2002    “Latvian Art Exhibition”, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
2002    “Latvia. Surprising Art from 20th Century”, Stedelijk Museum, Zwolle, Netherlands*
2002    “Distances”, Poriginal Art Gallery, Pori, Finland
2002    “Litographers”, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2002    “Small Size Paintings”, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, USA
2002    “Autumn 2000” laureate exhibition, Riga Gallery, Riga,. Latvia
2001    “Distances”, Kunstforum Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany
2001    “12th Tallin Print Festival”, Roterman’s Salt Storage Arts Centre, Tallin, Estonia*
2001    “Metropolis: Riga”, Stock Exchange Building Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia*
2001    “Litographers” – curated by Helena Heinrihsone, Maksla XO Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2001    “Latvian Art Exhibition”, Embassy of Latvia in Germany, Berlin, Germany
2001    INTERNATIONAL ART SALON, Central Artists` House, Moscow, Russia*
2001    “Painter and Porcelain”, State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2001    “To Paint Riga”, Latvian Artists’ Union Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2001`   “Latvian Art”, Gunter Verheugen office, Brussels, Belgium
2000    “Naked Artist”, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2000    “Three Friends: Helena Heinrihsone, Anna Heinrihsone, Ivars Heinrihsons”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2000    “Art Nouveau of Riga”, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia*
1999    “Nudes”, Mimi Fertz Gallery, New York, USA
1999    “15 Artists from Latvia”, Gallery ‘J+B’, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999    “Past-Present-Future. Three Painters from Riga”, Gallery Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark*
1999    “Art Nouveau Riga”, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1999    “Watercolour. 1975 - 1977”, Latvian National Art Museum, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
1999    “Watercolours”, A. Suna Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1999    “Miniatures”, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1999    “Riga in Contemporary Art” – exhibition-competition dedicated to 800 year anniversary of Riga, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
1999    “A – Riga” – exhibition-competition dedicated to 800 year anniversary of Riga, Gallery Ciris, Riga, Latvia
1999    “Autumn 99”, Latvian National Art Museum, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
1998    “Latvian Contemporary Art”, The House of Denmark, Paris, France*
1998    “Litography”, Litografiska Akademin, Tidaholm, Sweden
1998    “11th Tallin Print Festival”, Rotermann’s Salt Storage Arts Centre, Tallin, Estonia*
1998    “Harmony. Latvian Art Exhibition”, Theter Chavta, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1998    “Blended VI”, Valga Culture Center, Valga, Estonia
1998    2nd National Latvian Art Exhibition, Latvian National Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
1998    “Columbarium”, A. Suna Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1997    “Latvian Contemporary Art”, Grand Salle de l’Aubette, Strasbourg, France*
1997    “Ergo Bibamus”, Gallery Ciris, Riga, Latvia
1997    “Rose”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
1997    “Art of Simple Things”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
1997    “New Acquisitions of Latvian National Museum of Art 97”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
1996    “23 Artistas de Letonia”, Sala Millares, Madrid, Spain*
1996    “Baltic States’ Art Exhibition”, UNESCO Exhibition Hall, Paris, France*
1996    “Women Painting Women”, Mini Fertz Gallery, New York, USA*
1996    “Contemporary Latvian Art”, National Library of Estonia Exhibition Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
1996    “Vita Nova”, Gallery Ciris, Riga, Latvia
1996    “Autumn 96”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1996    “Art After Century”, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1996    “On the Way to Madrid” – contemporary painting and sculpture exhibition, Latvian National Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
1995    “Lettisk Kunst”, Artists’ Centre, Arthus, Denmark
1995    “Artists from All Over the World” - exhibition of the 14th General Assembly and Congress of the IAA/AIAP (UNESCO), Tlaxcala Cultural Palace, Mexico City, Mexico
1995    “Paintings” together with Ivars Heinrihsons, Inta Celmina and Edvards Grube, M6 Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1995    10th Tallinn Print Triennial, Rotermann Art Center, Tallinn, Estonia
1995    “Abstract Painting”, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1995    “Union of Latvian Artists - Twenty-four Latvian Women Printmakers”, Sydney Latvian House, Sydney, Australia
1995    “Latvian Painting”, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
1995    “Latvian Contemporary Art”, ALMA Gallery, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, USA
1994    “Les Artistes Lettons - Riga”, Galerie d’Art Contemporain, Chamalieres, France
1994    “Contemporary Art From Latvia”, Deutche Aerospace, Munich, Germany*
1994    “Contemporary Art From Latvia”, Morphy Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
1994    “Autumn 94”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1994    “Janis Rozentals Riga High School of Art 50th Anniversary Exhibition”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
1993    “Peintures Lettones du XXeme Siècle”, Paris, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, France
1993    “Latvian Watercolour Painting”, Exhibition Hall of Lithuanian Culture Foundation, Vilnius, Lithuania
1993    “Paintings”, together with Ivars Heinrihsons, Inta Celmina and Edvards Grube, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
1993    “New Acquisitions of Latvian National Museum of Art 93”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
1992    “Baltic Art During the Brezhnev Era”, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada*
1992    “Caryatids (Karyatiden)”, Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany
1992    “Latvian Art”, Gallery Andromeda, Mikkeli, Finland
1992    “Ancora Vita”, Jāņa Sēta Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1992    “Baltic Sea Biennal (Ostsee Biennale)”, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostosk, Germany
1991    “Drawings and Sketches”, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
1991    “New Acquisitions of Latvian National Museum of Art 91”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
1990    1st All-Latvian Art Exhibition - Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1990    “Introducing Latvia: 1990”, Gallery Astra, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1989    “13th Biennial of the Baltic States, Norway and Iceland (13. Biennale der Ostseelander, Norwegens und Islands)”, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostosk, Germany*
1989    “Painters From Riga”, Eduard Nahamkin Fine Arts Gallery, New York, New York, USA
1989    “Autumn 89”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvija
1989    “Lacplesis” – exhibition dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Andrejs Pumpurs’ epoch “Lāčplesis”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvija
1988    “La Dolce Vita”, Jāņa Sēta Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1988    “All-Soviet Union Painting Exhibition”, Moscow, Russia
1988    “World, Events, People” – work “Early Morning in the City”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1987    7th Painting Triennal of Baltic Republics, Vilnius Exhibition Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania
1987    “Autumn 87”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1986    “Always Alert – 4th Republican Art Exhibition”, Foreign Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
1986    “Autumn 86”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1985    Rauma Biennale Balticum, Rauma Museum, Rauma, Finland
1985    “Art Days 85” – fine arts exhibition, Latvian National Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
1985    “Young Artists from Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic”, Kunsthalle Roctock, Rostock, Germany
1984    “Nature. Environment. Human.” – Art Days exhibition, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1984    “Autumn 84”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1984    “Art From Soviet Latvia”, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
1983    “15th Exhibition of Young Artists”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1983    “Autumn 83”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1982    “Youth – 82 (Jaunyste – 82)”, Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania*
1982    “USSR – 60”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1981    “14th Exhibition of Young Artists”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1981    “Portrait Exhibition of the Republic”, Latvian National Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
1980    “Art Days 80”, Dome Square outdoor exhibition, Riga, Latvia
1980    “13th Exhibition of Young Artists”, Latvian National Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
1980    Fine arts exhibition – Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1980    “Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic – 60”, Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1979    “Children Theme in Art”, Exhibition Hall Jūrmala, Jurmala, Latvia
1979    “Youth – 79 (Jaunyste – 79)”, Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania*
1979    “Artist Portraits”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
1979    “Autumn 79”, Riga, Latvia
1978    “13th Exhibition of Young Artists” – Vilnius Triennial, Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
1978    4th Vilnius Painting Triennial, Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
1978    “Art Days 78”, Riga, Latvia
1977    “Autumn 77”, Latvian National Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
1976    “Autumn 76”, Latvian National Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
1974    “Art Days 74”, Dome Square outdoor exhibition, Riga, Latvia
1972    “Flowers in Art” – “Art Days 72”, Latvian Museum of Natural History, Riga, Latvia

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Other noteworthy activities

2000-2009       book illustrations for “The Decameron”, “One Thousand and One Nights” and “Omar Khayyam. Poetry”, publishing house Jumava, Riga, Latvia

2003-2007       animation artist for animated movie “Spēlēju, Dancoju!” (director Roze Stiebra), studio Dauka, Riga, Latvia

1993    altarpiece for the Kolka Evangelical Lutheran church, Kolka, Latvia


Awards and Prizes

2016    Art Academy Prize, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2009    Nominant for the Purvītis Prize 2009 – Latvian National Museum of Art, Alfor LTD, Latvia
2008    Diena Annual Culture Award – Newspaper Diena, Riga, Latvia
2008    “Lielais Kristaps (The Big Kristaps)” prize for the best animation feature artist – Prize of Latvian Filmmakers Union, Riga, Latvia
2008    IV class Order of the Three Stars – highest civilian order awarded for meritorious service to Latvia, The Chapter of Orders, Riga, Latvia
2007    Latvian Museums Association Prize of the Year, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia


Public collections

Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
Artists’ Union of  Latvia Art Collection, Riga, Latvia
State Bank of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Swedbank Contemporary Art Collection, Riga, Latvia
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
ECB’s Art Collection, Frankfurt, Germany
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm, Russia
Jane Voorhees Zimmerly Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA