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Harald Jegodzienski (LV) - The Earth is watching you! / Zeme tevi vēro!
Exhibition at 4METERS GALLERY from March 27 until April 27, 2026 The planet is not merely a backdrop for our actions, but a living organism that observes and responds to humanity’s behaviour — this conviction is expressed by Haralds Jegodzienskis in the exhibition ‘The Earth Is Watching You!’ During his residency at the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Ceramics studio in the Daugavpils Fortress, the artist sought to ‘reach the essence of things,’ transforming an inner atmosp
Mar 273 min read


Delia Maxim (RO) - BALSI! - Ricotta Ravioli with Brown Butter, Sage & Lemon Zest
Exhibition at 4METERS GALLERY from December 13, 2025 until March 25, 2026 During her residency in Daugavpils in June 2025, Romanian artist Delia Maxim created a series of expressive, improvisational porcelain sculptures — emotional architectures shaped by gesture, intuition, and the immediacy of touch. White, unglazed slabs fold, twist, collide and rise like fragments of thoughts made solid. Small bursts of colour and imprinted text — including BALSI! (“voice”) — appear as
Dec 13, 20252 min read


Dainis Lesiņš (LV) - porTĀLS / pārEJA
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
Sep 4, 20252 min read


Şirin Koçak (TR) - TACTILE ECHOES / TAKTILĀS ATSKAŅAS
4METERS Gallery, Daugavpils Fortress, August 10, 2025 - September 5, 2025 Questioning cultural identity in a life of constant fragmentation and integration, Koçak ponders the concepts of belonging and ownership. She tries to balance the controlling aspects of uncertainty, insecurity, alienation, fear and risk factors with the simple and basic characteristics of human beings. In other words, she creates simple forms with ceramic clay. Following simplicity and simplicity in the
Aug 9, 20253 min read


Eleonora Pastare (LV) - FRAGILITY / TRAUSLUMS
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
Jun 13, 20252 min read


Rima Leipuvienė (LT) - FRACTURE / LŪZUMS
4METERS Gallery, Daugavpils Fortress, March 22, 2025 - April 30, 2025 Shifts, unexpected changes, visible and invisible movements, transformations revealed in ceramics and occurring naturally in nature and human life and even globally in a world. Instability, the uncontrollable flow of time, the impermanence of the moment and the starting point of change, these are things that excite me and that draw my attention. How to sense when the very start of a new process, a turning p
Mar 22, 20252 min read


Nellija Dzalba (LV) - BREEZE / BRĪZE
4METERS Gallery, Daugavpils Fortress, October 5, 2024 - February 5, 2025 In Breeze , Nellija Dzalba explores the subtle interplay of movement and stillness through ceramics. The exhibition presents a series of works that are both refined in craftsmanship and thoughtful in concept, reflecting the influence of natural phenomena with a focus on understated shifts in form. The pieces engage with the idea of transformation, inviting viewers to appreciate the quiet dialogue between
Oct 4, 20242 min read


BEASTS / ZVĒRI
Themed Exhibition BEASTS of works created during the International Ceramic Symposium "Ceramic Laboratory". The exhibition features artists from Latvia – Kornēlija Ozoliņa, Agnese Sunepa, Kaspars Geiduks, Ilze Emse-Grīnberga, and Izabella Krolle; artists from Lithuania – Solveiga Gutautė and Agne Šemberaitė; artists from Estonia – Lauri Kilusk and Ann Nurga; as well as Nizam Orçun Önal from Turkey, Maxim Delia from Romania, Janina Myronova from Poland, and Ken Yutdanai Sripaib
Aug 23, 20241 min read


Sanita Ābelīte (LV) - ÉTUDES / ETĪDES
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,
Apr 22, 20232 min read


Zinaida Blyzniuk (UA) - BRAVE / DROSMĪGIE
4METERS Gallery, Daugavpils Fortress, 25 November, 2022 - 14 February, 2023 Until February 14, the gallery “4METERS” in the Daugavpils Fortress is hosting a solo exhibition by Ukrainian artist Zinaida Blyzniuk, titled “Brave.” At the end of 2022, Zinaida Bliznyuka (b. 1981) spent time in Daugavpils as an artist-in-residence at the Latvian Contemporary Ceramic Center, creating works for this solo show, now on view at the “4METERS” gallery. “In this project I approached a pai
Nov 25, 20223 min read
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