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.
Education
2020. -2021.
Erasmus+ exchange programme
KASK & Conservatorium, School of Arts Gent. (Belgium)
Visual Arts: Fine Arts (MA)
2019. - 2021.
The Art academy of Latvia.
Faculty of Audio-Visual Media Art:
Visual Communication department. (MA)
2014. -2018.
The Art academy of Latvia.
Faculty of Audio-Visual Media Art:
Visual Communication department. (BA)
Exhibitions and residencies
2023. Group show “Hammer time” , Zaratan gallery, Lisabon (Portugal)
2023. Group show "Wild bits", Savvaļa, Drusti (Latvia)
2023. Residency "Wild bits", Otepää (Estonia)
2023. Group show “BETWEENNESS”, Gallery Kim?, Riga (Latvia)
2023. Group show “BETWEENNESS”, Gallery Kim?, Riga (Latvia)
2022. Group show “Black Market”, Gallery Kim?, Riga (Latvia)
2022. Group show “Synchronicities”, Vagonu hall, Riga (Latvia)
2022. Group show “Feet of Clay” MABOCA2, Madonna, (Latvia)
2022. Solo show “Salt on my Asphalt 2.2” Gallery 427, Riga (Latvia)
2022. Group show “BDO Young artist award”, gallery Pilot, Riga, (Latvia)
2022. Group show “Graduation Show” 2021. KASK, School of Arts Ghent, Ghent (Belgium)
2021. Solo show “Rumolda parks”, Tu Jau Zini Kur, Riga (Latvia)
2020. Group show, “Low Moon”, Low Gallery, Riga (Latvia)
2020. Group show “Palette. Three legged evidence" Salon du Salon, Marseille (France);
2020. Group show “Accustomed”, Zaķusala (Latvia);
2020. Solo exhibition “Kompromiss”, Tu Jau Zini Kur, Riga (Latvia);
2020. Group show “Riga Smallest Art and Sport festival”, Fon Stricka Villa, Riga (Latvia);
2019. Solo exhibition, “Blooming of Benetitale” Low Gallery, Riga (Latvia);
2019. Group show, “7KA”, Alksnaju street 16, Riga (Latvia).;
2019. Group show “Black Market”, Gallery Kim?, Riga (Latvia);
2019. “Urban poetry, Street Art Slam” Grand prix Tallinas Street Block, Riga (Latvia);
2019. Group show, “1ES 2344+514” The annual Contemporary Culture Forum “White Night”, Riga (Latvia);
2018. Group show, “Acute Art”, Low Gallery, Riga (Latvia);
2018. Group show, “TAS”, Avotu iela 87, Riga (Latvia);
2016. Group show “56'24'57'6' 13.56”, the exhibition hall of the art center "RIXC", Riga (Latvia).