Date of Birth: 18.07.71
Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- 2007 – now Theatre and films director, editor, photographer, play and scriptwriter
- 2020 - now a member of Consulting board for the Theater at Ministry of Culture of Latvia
- 2018 - 2019 Expert at National Film Center of Latvia
- 2016 - 2019 Lecturer for the Lavia Academy of Culture
- 2015 - 2017 Expert at Culture Foundation of Latvia
- 2007 - 2015 Artistic leader of creative association « Nomadi »
- 2010 - 2015 Artistic director of International Theatre festival for Young audiences « NoMadI »
- 2004 – 2007 Creative director, McCann – Ericson Riga,
- 2002 – 2004 Copywriter, Creative Laboratory
- 1996 – 2004 Lecturer, University of Latvia
EDUCATION
- 2012 - 2015 PhD studies, Academy of Art, Latvia
- 2011 Master of Arts, film directing, Academy of Culture, Latvia
- 1996 Master of Philosophy, University of Latvia
- 1993 Bachelor of Philosophy, University of Latvia
- 1978 – 1989 High school Nr. 64 of Riga
MASTERCLASES
- 2023 - artist in the international network “Beta Circus”, applying the participatory arts methodology to the contemporary circus scene
- 2016 - 2018 artist in the program Urban Heat http://urbanheat.co/about
- 2014 workshop "Mobile Academy", Terni theatre festival, Italy
- 2013 workshop "Baltic circle", Krakow theatre festival "Reminiscence", Poland
- 2011 – 2012 International workshop cycle for Theatre professionals BanExpanded
- 2006 International Summer School of photography, Ludza, Latvia
- 2004 - 2006 Master classes of prose and poetry, Academy of Literature, Latvia
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
2023 Nominations for the National Awards in Theater for performance “All Birds Sing Beautifully”
2022 National Film nomination - Best director of Animation and the best Animation for the film “Wardrobe of Wonders”
2021 National Awards in Theatre for performance “My Neighbor Jew”
2020 national award in Theatre for performance "The Immorals" - Awards in the categories "Best Play for Youth", "Best National Dramaturgy". Nominations - Best Director, Best Scenografy, Best Music, Best Video.
2020 national film award “Big Christopher” - nomination for the film "Dust Fairies" category "Best Animation artists"
2017 national film award “Big Christopher” for documentary film "The Fairytaile of Emty space" as the Best Director. Also nominations for the Best Documentary film, Best Editor, Best Scriptwriter, Best Animation.
2017 national award in Theatre for performance "Borders".
2016 nomination for award « 1 kg of Culture » performance "The Borders"
2014 nomination for national film award “Big Christopher” for documentary film « Mara » as the Best documentary film, Best director, Best music.
2014 nomination for award « 1 kg of Culture » in the position « Best film » for the documentary “Mara”
2014 nomination for national award in Theatre for play « Winter house» as the Best play for kids
2012 nomination for award « 1 kg of Culture » in the position « Most surprising cultural évent » for the project « Rooms of memories »
2010 nomination for national award in Theatre for play « Island of summer » as the Best play for kids
2009 nomination for national award in Theatre for play « Battle at… » as the Best play for youth
2009 national film award “Big Christopher” The Best documentary film « The Ebb»
2009 nomination for national award in the filmmaking for documentary film « The fifth Hamlet » as the Best documentary film, Best debute and The best work in culture 2009
2007 – national award in photo art for the work « Dreamers"
PARTICIPATION IN FESTIVALS
2023 Performance “All Birds Sing Beautifully”, Homo Novus festival
2021, play "The End of The World and Other Nonsense", Valmiera Summer Theatre festival
2020, play "trees have stopped talking since then" , Homo Novus, Riga
2018 "You opened me by a knife", Riga IFF Baltic music videos competiotion program.
2018 "Nocturne", LIFT in London, Homo Novus in Riga, LOKAL in Reikyavik,
2017 "The Fortress", Homo Novus,
2017, 2018 "The Fairytaile of Emty space", feature films competition programm Riga IFF , Aleksander Trauner film festival in Hungary
2010, 2011 “Battle by..” “The Golden Mask” festival, “Mask plus” programme, Moscow, Russia, “Homo novus” festival, Riga, Latvia
2011 “Summer Island” “De Betovering”, The Hague, Netherlands, ASSITEJ 17th World Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, “De Stilte”, Breda, Netherlands, “NoMadI”, Latvia
2013 “Lost without trace”, international theatre festival Homo Novus, Riga, 2013
2014 “ House of winter”, “Baltic theatre festival”, 2014, “Nomadi” theatre festival
2011 “Field Broadcast” during the theatre festivals “Homo Novus” inLatvia, LIFT in London and “Wunderbar” in Newcastle
SCRIPTS and DIRECTING
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2023 Performance “All Birds Sing Beautifully”, Dirty Deal Teatro
- 2021 play "The End of The World and Other Nonsense"
- 2020 play ""trees have stopped talking since then" , Homo Novus
- 2020 animation "Dust Fairies", VFS
- 2019 play "The Immorals", Dirty deal teatro
- 2018 Music video "You Opened me by a knife", band Instrumenti
- 2018 Documenatry "The Song festival of Oligarhs. Chronicles of Latvia 2018", VFS
- 2018 Performance "Nocturne", festivals LIFT, Homo Novus, Lokal
- 2017 Documentary "The Fairytaile of Emty space", VFS
- 2017 Performance "Fortress", New Theatre institute
- 2016 Perfomance "The Borders", fondation "Dots"
- 2015 Documentary "Thinking school", ELM Media
- 2014 Documentary “Mara”, producing company « Nomadi »
- 2014 Opening Performance for Riga – Cultural capital of Europe 2014 “The map of Roads”, produced by Riga New theatre institute
- 2013 Play “The winter house”, producing company « Nomadi »
- 2011 Documentary film « Future is the present of past», producing company «Nomadi»
- 2011 Performance with happening “All About Love”, producing company « Nomadi »
- 2011 Play « Crazy boy » based on novel by S. Edžus for Dailes Theater
- 2010 Play « Weddings. Story of unexpected love» for Latvia Puppet theatre
- 2009 Documentary « The Ebb», producing company « AWE »
- 2009 Play « The Island of Summer» , producing company « Nomadi »
- 2009 Play « Battle at… » for Liepajas Theater
- 2008 Documentary « The Fifth Hamlet», producing company “Nomadi”
- 2008 Play « Small man » based on E. Kestner novel, producing company « Nomadi »
CROSDISCIPLINARIAN ART PROJECTS and EXHIBITIONS
- 2019 Alphabet of Latvian Culture, UNESCO, Paris, Rīga, Sigulda
- 2013 installation “Lost without trace”, international theatre festival Homo Novus, Riga
- 2012 cross disciplinarian art project « Rooms of memories », Riga
- 2011 International project “Field Broadcast” during the theatre festivals “Homo Novus” in
- Latvia, LIFT in London and “Wunderbar” in Newcastle
- 2010 cross disciplinarian art project “Stories of gray asphalt”, international contemporary art festival “Survival kit”, Riga
- 2008 2009 crosdisciplinarian art project « Withces of Riga » in Riga History muséum, Ventspils muséum, Cesu muséum, Liepaja gallery of art.
- 2008 group exhibition « 6X6 », Academy of Art, Riga
- 2007 group exhibition « 5X5 », Muséum of photography, Riga
- 2007 group exhibition « The diary of photographer », International school of photography Andrejsala, Riga
- 2007 cross disciplinarian art project « Tales of insomnia », Contemporary Art Center, Andrejsala, Riga
