My work reflects on how people relate to each other and their environment physically and emotionally. The prime characteristic of life is that everything is temporary and finite. The process of being alive is an unstoppable journey of passing through different stages, and my work is to notice, analyse and capture various states of mind that I observe through others or experience myself.
THAWING OUT 2018/2019 explores the state of trauma, when mind continue to live in the past and body can`t feel here and now.
KEEP THE SEAT WARM 2017/2018 observes people in a state of daydreaming trance when they are physically present in a place being mentally unavailable. The irony is that these people are decision-makers and the place is the parliament.
EMBRACE 2014 shares a psychological journey of a child going through her mother mental break down, for the first time realising what it`s like to be in a close physical proximity to someone who is emotionally unreachable.
I`m a full time creative whose goal is to understand, communicate and eventually connect with others through visuals and words. My practice is a translation from the language of mind to the language of senses and vice versa. Deeply interested in how the meaning arises when the brain and senses work in concert together. I underpin my research on the latest neuroscientific inquires.
Check RESOURCES for the selected scientific research about the brain & senses that you can apply to your life, as well as notes on visual language and tips, links and contacts from my professional experience. You can also subscribe for a monthly The Sensitive Mind newsletter where I briefly share my notes taken from the writings about cultural explorations of the senses. Here is the example.
Art-Residencies
Apr 2019
Artist in residency at Kvitbrakka, Berlevåg, Norway
Mar 2019
Artist in residency at Fiskars Village, Finland
Masterclasses & Reviews
Apr 2019
Selected participant for 7th New York Times Portfolio Review, USA
Oct 2016/17
Conceptualising the personal by Phillip Toledano, ISSP, Latvia
Mar 2016
Selected participant for 4th New York Times Portfolio Review, USA
Sep 2015/16
In between journalism and art by Jana Romanova, Fotodepartament, Russia
Aug 2014
Personal approach to photography by Pieter ten Hoopen, VU Agency
Exhibitions
Oct 2017
Installation "Keep the seat warm", The Kuldiga Art House, Latvia
Apr 2014
Magazine spreads "From now on", DMJX Hall, Århus, Denmark
Interviews
Jul 2017
Apr 2017
Capturing Vulnerabilities in a Photo, HackPack.press
May 2016
Feature of the story Embrace on LensCulture
Apr 2016
In Sight Blog by Bronwen Latimer, The Washington Post
Dec 2014
The letter from DMJX, Theory&Practice
Education
2009 - 2015
Moscow State University, Photojournalism Department
Jan - Dec 2014
Danish School of Media & Journalism, Advanced Visual Storytelling