Uģis Albiņš graduated from the Department of Visual Communication of the Latvian Academy of Arts with a Bachelor's and Master's degree, studying for the second year at the School of Arts Ghent. (2021) Since 2015 he has been actively participating in contemporary art exhibitions and events.

In his artistic practice, Uģis Albiņš creates works of art that reflect and raise questions about our surroundings on multiple layers through the implementation of various techniques and mediums. He utilizes various systems and standards that surround us, embodying culturally conditioned aesthetic qualities. Uģis addresses abstract problems as a scenic phenomenon, questioning the significance of shape beyond its purely utilitarian use and employing function as an expression or as part of a visual language.