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From September 12 to November 23, 2025, the Liepāja Museum hosts the Baltic ceramics exhibition “Windless”. The exhibition is part of the 5th Latvian Ceramics Biennale, one of the most significant events in the field of ceramic art in Europe. The sea and wind in Liepāja are so familiar that they have become part of the city’s natural backdrop. The title “Windless” might seem almost ironically plain for this place, yet this very simplicity is an intentional choice – an invitat

Exhibition at the Rothko Museum from 5 September 2025 to 1 February 2026 Each time I start preparing for a new exhibition, I begin by listening inwards – searching for the reason to speak, and for the things I want to share. The answer comes slowly, through self-observation, through the patient and often difficult process of turning my gaze within. For me, the most intriguing part of creation is this inner journey – the search for meaning through self-exploration. Ceramics ho

Exhibition at the Rothko Museum from 5 September to 23 November 2025 “Lost for Words” is a guest exhibition at the 5th Latvia Ceramics Biennale, showcasing Polish contemporary ceramics by artists from the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design’s Ceramic and Glass Department in Wroclaw. The title comes from the Polish expression  “brak słów” , which stands for “speechless”, but can also be interpreted more literally as “struggling to find words” .  This dual meaning refle

Exhibition at 4METERS GALLERY from September 5, 2026 The exhibition “porTĀLS pārEJA” presents sculptural objects by ceramic artist Dainis Lesiņš, in which colorful and visually enticing forms serve as a counterpoint to the ideas embodied in the works—those of limitation, conditionality, and the illusion of control. The structures draw on the language of architecture, its forms and details—especially the portal as a symbol of entrance or transition. The objects simultaneously

International Juried Exhibition of the 5th Latvia Ceramics Biennale Rothko Museum, 5 September 2025 to 1 February 2026 The fifth edition of the Latvia Ceramics Biennale has once again transformed the country into a global magnet for ceramic artists and enthusiasts. Its rich and thoughtfully curated programme presents the latest artistic achievements in the field and paints a striking picture of the medium’s vitality and extraordinary breadth. At the heart of the Biennale lies

Exhibition at Martinsons House from 5 September to 23 November 2025 Creatures are living beings – animals and people, beasts of the forest and the field, the waters and the skies. Creatures are also the fantastic beings of ancient myths – neither entirely animal nor fully human, suspended between two worlds. More broadly, creatures are what humans bring into existence in a creative act. Creation turns idea into form – imagination made incarnate. These creatures are the artist

Exhibition at Cēsis Exhibition Hall from 16 August till 28 September 2025   The 5th Latvia Ceramics Biennale opens in style with a compelling celebration of emerging local talent. Featuring recent graduates from the Art Academy of Latvia’s Ceramics Department, FRESH shines a spotlight on the artists who are navigating the very start of their creative paths – establishing their studios and staging exhibitions, leading workshops and channelling their energies into a range of ot

FRAGILITY. Eleonora Pastare 4METERS Gallery, 14 June 2025 - 5 August 2025 "Fragility – that which breaks and cracks effortlessly. Fragile ice, fragile stems, fragile flower, fragile vessel. The inherent fragility of life, of vitality, and of ourselves. How can this fragility be expressed in the language of art? Porcelain is a narrative of fragility – a story forged by the artist and the kiln fire. I perceive porcelain as a delicate, fragile, almost ethereal material, and I

Exhibition in Martinsons House, Daugavpils Fortress, 30 May to 24 August, 2025 Born in Rīga in 1939, Violeta Jātniece first discovered clay not in a studio, but in the wilds of childhood summers. In the coastal village of Tūja, her playground was the clay pit near a local brick kiln, where young Violeta had her first hands-on experience with the material and her first taste of a workshop setting. These early encounters laid the foundations for a lifelong dialogue with the mat

Exhibition at Martinsons House, Daugavpils. 29 November 2024 - 23 February 2025. When things get tough, we seek support and solace. It feels refreshing to spend time imagining a sanctuary – a paradise where you feel sheltered from all harm. Where you can hide beneath a canopy of leaves and blossoms, step peacefully into a sun-warmed pool or stream and melt into its soft embrace, sink into warm and verdant light, part luscious foliage and discover strange and exquisite plants.

Exhibition at Martinsons House, Daugavpils from 13 September 2024 till 17 November 2024. Skaidrīte Cihovska was born in 1937 in Skrunda. Having graduated from the Rīga Secondary School of Applied Art (1957), she pursued a degree at the Art Academy of Latvia, Ceramics Department (1957–1964). 1963 through 1966, Cihovska was Chief Creative Officer at the Jelgava Ceramic Factory. In 1969, she joined the Latvian Artists Union and started working at the experimental ceramic studio

CONNECTIONS Baltic Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition in frames of Argilla Italia 2024 Faenza, Italy, August 26 - September 2, 2024. Baltic Connections: A journey through the world of Baltic contemporary ceramics at the heart of Italy during the esteemed Argilla Italia Festival 2024. "Connections" brings together a diverse group of professional artists from Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, curated to showcase the evolving landscape of Baltic ceramic artistry. Within the intricat

Exhibition at Rothko Museum, Latvia. May 31, 2024 – 25 August 25, 2024 I guess we all have wondered if it is possible to travel across the nominal dimensions of what we perceive as time. And can we ever reach the point of absolute connection where present, past and future overlap? One answer that immediately comes to mind is film. Sat in a darkened room, we see a white screen come to life and suddenly may find ourselves in what can best be called a timeless state. However, t

12th International Ceramic Art Symposium From 1 to 18 May, 2024 Daugavpils hosted the 12th Ceramic Laboratory – an international symposium that brought together ceramic artists from Latvia, Lithuania, Turkey, Cyprus, Czechia, Georgia, Poland and India. Nowadays, ceramics has become a broad umbrella concept, although, in instrumental terms, it is still primarily associated with clay. In different languages and traditions, ‘clay’ is a catch-all for every ceramic material, from

Exhibition at Martinsons House, Daugavpils. May 17, 2024 – August 25, 2024 “Ceramics is my communicator and my point of contact, the nexus of my narrative and relationship with the viewer. This versatile and open-ended medium has a unique capacity to take on and embody new contexts and meanings. Its impressive technological range holds great potential for personal discoveries by an aspiring and inquisitive artistic mind. Clay is a fascinating, sensitive and sensory material w

Exhibition at Rothko Museum, Latvia. December 8, 2023 – February 18, 2024 In one way or another, we always relate ourselves to the space in which we are placed. These spaces, imprinted in our experience in the form of memorised images, inform our perception of the world. Since early childhood, I have been used to taking long walks in nature, and to this moment, these walks, especially those taken in solitude, are my best way to return to the inner dialogue with myself. One-o

Self-Medication: Korean Ceramic Art Exhibition at Riga Decorative Art and Design Museum, 5 October 2023 - 14 January 2024   Self-Medication: Korean Ceramic Art is opened as part of the guest country exhibition at the Latvia Ceramics Biennale 2023. This show highlights the latest in contemporary Korean ceramic art, which has built a strong presence in the global topography of contemporary ceramic art by shedding light on different artworks, and in turn, explores the future of

International Contemporary Ceramics Competition MARTINSONS AWARD 2023 Rothko Museum, Latvia, 8 September 2023 – 18 February 2024 This is the fourth time the Latvia Ceramics Biennale has brought together some of the world’s leading ceramicists, throwing Latvia into the spotlight as the current epicentre of activity in ceramic art. Through an extensive and exciting programme unfolding across multiple venues in Daugavpils and Rīga, the forum illuminates current trends and develo

WALKING TOGETHER. Portuguese Contemporary Ceramics exhibition Riga Art Space, 18 August, 2023 - 30 September, 2023 A journey through Portuguese contemporary ceramics with the Aveiro International Biennale of Artistic Ceramics collection WALKING TOGETHER is a cultural exchange project between the International Biennale of Artistic Ceramics in Aveiro, Portugal, and the Latvia Ceramics Biennale towards international promotion of Portuguese and Latvian contemporary ceramics and c

4METERS Gallery, Daugavpils Fortress. 22 April - 4 June, 2023 Sanita Ābelīte was born in Kuldīga in 1978. A 2004 graduate from the Liepāja Secondary School for Applied Arts, she gained a master’s degree in arts from the Ceramics Department of the Art Academy of Latvia in 2010. Her lively creative record, ongoing since 2006, includes several solo exhibitions and participation in multiple symposiums, residencies, and group shows throughout Latvia as well as in Denmark, Belarus,