Ineses maja

Ineses maja (A House For Ines) - a picture book published by Liels un mazs. Story written by an architect and a poet Gunta Snipke tells about Ines who goes to an architect to draw her a house. It turns out it is much more complicated than Inses could have imagined and she has to answer to a lot of questions before the architect can start to draw.

It was nominated for Janis Baltvilks book prize for illustrations in 2022 and awarded Adwards prize for excellence in print design in the same year.

It can be purchased here.

Right Place Right Time

An autobiographical work - a book composed of episodes and conversations from the time I lived in a shared house while studying in Ghent during pandemic.

Papperlapapp

Illustrations for Austrian bilingual picture book magazine Papperlapapp Nr. 16. It publishes illustrated stories for children - each issue in nine language combinations.

Striving

Mural at Tallinas street quarter, Riga.

Lokosalime

Sticker album for Latvian Railway museum.

Zirgā / Riding High

Dancing with wolves

This illustration was created for Baltic’s illustrators exhibition “Running with the wolves”. It was first exhibited in London Book Fair in 2018 and has been travelling around Europe since then.

Social-Emotional Learning

Mural as a part of campaign for reformed Latvian education system Skola2030. This wall painting in Dobele, Latvia represents social-emotional learning which is important change in the new system.

Stop motion video here.

Mjau plates

Plates that tell a story - created together with graphic designer Madara Krieviņa. It is a collection of four porcelain plates that bring back the memories of wanting to finish your breakfast porridge faster to see the picture underneath.

Photos by Pēteris Vīksna

Now You Can Look

This is a collection of Julia's Bird poems, published by The Emma Press. Full page pattern illustrations marks different life sections in a fictional autobiography of an artist living in England in 1930ties and 40s.

Cali

This linocut poster was created during residency in La Linterna printmaking workshop in Cali, Colombia. I lived in the modern art museum Museo La Tertulia and every night a parkour band was practicing in front of the museum. Later I found out they were refuges from Venezuela, a band called Caribe Dance . This poster is inspired by their incredible performances.

Smoke Signal

This comic-illustration was created for the American comics tabloid published by Desert Island in Brooklyn “Smoke Signal” issue Nr. 28.

Minnesota

Illustrations for Us of America Magazine issue Two. It's special focus was on Minnesota and these are illustrations of fun facts about the state. Minnesota has the longest water border, masking tape and Milky Way chocolate bars were invented there, it's illegal to hitch-hike, drive a muddy car and eat hamburgers on Sunday there and Minneapolis has more golf players per capita than any other city in USA.

Saputrotā putra

Forage for Porridge - that's a collection of children poems by Latvian author Leons Briedis which I had an opportunity to illustrate. It contains many playful rhymes including my favorite chapter about dog ball.

Published by "Liels un mazs". You can order it here http://www.lielsmazs.lv/

Villages cover

Cover illustration and bookplates for "Kuš!" issue #16. It contains graphic stories about real villages on planet Earth. http://www.komikss.lv/

BIKIBUKS

Pages from my first illustrated children's book. Published by "Liels un mazs" in the series of BIKIBUKS - selection of Latvian poems drawn by different artists, each in a separate small book.
Poem "Special Names" by Imants Ziedonis is about mosquitos, squirrels, birds, giving names and making friends in the forest.