Co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, FUTURES is a Europe-based photography platform bringing together the global photography community to support and nurture the professional development of emerging and mid-career artists across the world. The platform currently has 18 active member organizations. Every year, each member nominates artists to join the platform, who then gain access to a wide network of professionals, markets and audiences increasing their commercial opportunities. Selected artists are offered access to tutoring sessions, lectures, workshops and curated exhibitions organized by the FUTURES platform.
Since joining the FUTURES platform in 2022, we are working towards offering wider networking opportunities presented by the FUTURES network to artists from the Baltic region. In the previous year, ISSP nominated Kristīne Krauze-Slucka (LV), Konstantīns Žukovs (LV), Sergey Melnitchenko (UR), and Kristina Õllek (EE), who together with ISSP curator Iveta Gabaliņa joined the annual FUTURES event in Turin, Italy in November.
This year ISSP nominated 5 artists to join the FUTURES platform – Reinis Hofmanis (LV), Zane Priede (LV), Jurģis Peters (LV), Cloe Jancis (EE), and Ieva Baltaduonytė (LT).
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Reinis Hofmanis is a Latvian artist and photographer. He studied photography at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover, Germany, and obtained a master's degree from the Visual Communication Department of the Art Academy of Latvia. The artist’s works are characterized by a socio-anthropological point of view, which manifests in an interest in typifying different groups of society, their behavioral patterns and effect on the surrounding environment.
Zane Priede is a self-taught still life photographer based in Riga, Latvia, with a background in design and a passion for photography. She has graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Zane creates imaginary and surreal scenes from everyday objects, infusing them with fantasy. Her deep fascination with architecture and design can be seen in her approach to constructing scenes with small-scale objects. Additionally, her interests in science, biology, and psychology are evident in her visual explorations, adding a playful approach to storytelling.
Jurģis Peters is a new media artist currently based in Riga, Latvia. He is mainly interested in visual explorations of the impact and consequences of various advances in technology. One of the main focuses of his work is Artificial Intelligence (AI) both as a medium and as a conceptual basis. Having a strong background in technologies and the IT industry, Jurģis often writes his own algorithms and tools. Jurģis has graduated from the Art Academy of Latvia with an MA in Audiovisual Arts, and from the University of Birmingham (UK) with an MSc in Cyber Security and BSc in Digital Media Technology.
Cloe Jancis is an Estonian artist working in the media of photography, video, drawing and installation. She graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a bachelor’s degree in photography (2018) and is currently studying in the master’s programme of the Faculty of Liberal Arts at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Jancis is fascinated by the social image, everyday roles of women and the myths, expectations and feelings related to these. In recent years, she has focused on objects and rituals associated with performing femininity.
Ieva Baltaduonytė is an emerging Lithuanian lens-based artist. She holds a BA in Photography from the Dublin Institute of Technology. Informed by her own personal experience of migration, her work engages with topics and issues relating to migratory culture. Ieva is preoccupied with revealing personal and collective narratives where trauma, identity and memory encourage a deeper engagement with cross-cultural dialogue. By using photography for both personal expression and to foster a critical dialogue with contemporary society, she invites the viewer to participate in societal debates, foregrounding human experiences, and exposing what is otherwise obscured or ignored.
Happening on 16-17 July, the photography workshop Vanities led by artist Cristina Molina will cite the tradition of Dutch Vanitas painting in the 16th century in which symbolic elements were depicted to remind the viewer of the fleeting nature of life.
16. - 17. jūlijā notiks mākslinieces Kristīnas Molīnas vadīta fotodarbnīcā “Iedomības”. Tā atsaucas uz 16. gadsimta holandiešu vanitas glezniecības tradīciju, kurā tika attēloti simboliski elementi, lai atgādinātu skatītājam par dzīves pārejošo dabu.
Palikušas tikai dažas dienas, lai apskatītu ISSP Skolas 2022. gada absolventu izstādi “Zem ādas” Elizabetes ielā 87! Ceturtdien, 30. jūnijā, aicinām uz finisāžu, izstādes tūri ar māksliniekiem un izstādes darbu silent auction, kur būs iespēja iegādāties darbus Ziemeļeiropiešu mentalitātei piemērotā formātā. Ceturtdien izstāde būs vaļā no 13.00 līdz 22.00! Pasākums iekļauts "Riga Last Thursdays" galeriju vakara programmā.
28. junijā plkst. 18.30, aicinām uz satikšanos un sarunu ar šī brīža ISSP rezidejošiem māksliniekiem Caitlin Littlewood, Anne-Mai Keldsen, Carlo Lombardi un Miriam Stanke!
On 28 June 18.30 we invite for an artist talk and a meeting with current ISSP artists in residence Caitlin Littlewood, Anne-Mai Keldsen, Carlo Lombardi and Miriam Stanke!
Izsludinām pieteikšanos ISSP vasaras nometnei “Radošā fotogrāfija jauniešiem", kas norisināsies no 4. - 9. jūlijam Rīgā!
Pirmā ISSP vasaras fotogrāfijas nometne tiek veidota kā radošs un izglītojošs piedzīvojums pusaudžiem vecumā no 11 līdz 14 gadiem. Tā piedāvās interaktīvas un izglītojošas aktivitātes, kas raisa interesi par laikmetīgo fotogrāfiju un mākslu, attīstīs radošumu, kritiskās analīzes spējas un izteiksmes brīvību.
No 14. jūnija līdz 19. jūnijam ISSP Galerija piedalās prestižajā mākslas mesē “Photo Basel”, kas norisinās Bāzelē, Šveicē, iepazīstinot apmeklētājus ar Alņa Stakles, Kriša Salmaņa un Sergeja Melnitčenko darbiem.
From June 14 to June 19, the ISSP Gallery participates in the Photo Basel art fair in Basel, Switzerland, representing works by Alnis Stakle, Krišs Salmanis and Sergey Melnitchenko.
No 8. līdz 30. jūnijam Berga Bazārā, Elizabetes ielā 87, būs skatāma izstāde “Zem ādas”, kurā sevi piesaka vienpadsmit jaunie fotogrāfijas autori – ISSP Skolas 2022. gada absolventi. Laipni lūdzam uz atklāšanas pasākumu 8. jūnijā plkst. 18.00!
Autori: Agate Tūna, Aleksandra Juhņēviča, Kārlis Didrihsons, Kristīna Poršneva, Līva Stare, Līga Stibe, Līva Graudumniece, Matīss Veigurs, Valdis Putniņš, Una Taal un Toms Strazds.
Šo sestdien, 11. jūnijā, plkst. 17.00 aicinām uz ISSP Starptautiskās meistarklases noslēguma prezentāciju Ruckas mākslas rezidenču centrā Cēsīs!
20 mākslinieki no vairakām pasaules valstīm kopš 2019. gada strādāja pie ilgtermiņa fotogrāfijas projektiem starptautisko mentoru Džeisona Fulforda un Lizas Barnardas vadībā. Programmas noslēdzošājā darbnīcā Cēsīs, dalībnieki apkopos padarīto un sestdienas noslēguma pasākumā prezentēs mini-izstādi, video darbus un performances.
The summer school will bring together artists and practitioners whose work deals with socio-political and human rights issues to inspire, share tools and practices, and develop a network of individuals, communities and organisations who work at the intersection between art and social activism in Latvia and the neighbouring region. Application deadline: 12 June!
Ceturtdien, 26. maijā Rīgas galeriju vakara “Riga Last Thursdays” ietvaros no plkst. 18.00 – 22.00 aicinām aplūkot Pauļa Petraiša izstādi “Virsmas”!
On Thursday, May 26, within the framework of Riga's gallery night Riga Last Thursdays from 18.00 – 22.00 we invite you to see the exhibition Surfaces by Lithuanian artist Paulius Petraitis.
Ceturtdien, 12. maijā, plkst 18.00 aicinām uz Zandas Pučes un Armanda Andžes grāmatas “Aa fluvius. Zudušo upi meklējot” atklāšanu. Vakara gaitā būs iespēju satikt autorus, uzzināt par grāmatas tapšanas procesu un iegādāties izdevumu par īpašu cenu.
We invite you to the opening evening of Zanda Puče’s and Armands Andže’s book “Aa fluvius. In Search of the Lost River” on May 12 at 18.00 - meet the authors, learn about the book's creation process and purchase the book for a special price!
No 20. maija līdz 3. jūlijam Rīgas Fotogrāfijas biennāles 2022 ietvaros ISSP Galerijā būs skatāma lietuviešu mākslinieka Pauļa Petraiša izstāde “Virsmas”. Savā pirmajā personālizstādē Latvijā mākslinieks pievēršas fotogrāfijas analogās un digitālās materialitātes izziņai. Atklāšanas diena – 19. maijs plkst. 18.00. Laipni aicināti!
From May 20 to July 3, within the framework of the Riga Photography Biennial 2022, the ISSP Gallery is showing Lithuanian artist Paulius Petraiti's exhibition Surfaces. In his first solo exhibition in Latvia, Petraitis focuses on the study of analog and digital materiality in photography. Opening day – May 19 at 18.00. Welcome!
Ceturtdien, 5. maijā, plkst. 18.30 aicinām uz diskusiju par attēla ietekmi uz cilvēka uztveri mūsdienās! Diskusija norisināsies ISSP Galerijas izglītības programmas ietvaros, reflektējot Kristīnes Krauzes-Sluckas izstādes “Izšķirtspējas streiks” saturu.
Diskusijā piedalīsies māksliniece Kristīne Krauze-Slucka, bibliogrāfe un atklātņu kolekcijas glabātāja Līga Goldberga un filosofs Toms Babincevs, to vadīs rakstniece Ieva Melgalve.
