Textile for Future 2020.

TEXTILE FOR FUTURE

Textile studies at the Art Academy of Latvia
during the last decades have been focused
on development of new study programs,
means of obtaining up-to-date
technological equipment, invitations to
guest-lecturers from abroad and
encouraging students and teachers to
participate in the Erasmus exchange
programs.

Art Academy of Latvia
Textile department
Head of the Department:
professor Ieva Krūmiņa.
The Team:
assoc. profesor Elīna Ģibiete,
lecturer Diāna Janušone,
lecturer Irēna Andrejeva,
mag.art Velta Raudzepa,
mag. art Elīna Veilande Apine
mag.art Diāna Kokorēviča
mag. art Indra Saulesleja
Contacts
E-pasts: tekstils@lma.lv
Tekstilmakslaskatedra.lma

SPECIALITY SUBJECTS:
COMPOSITION: classical, experimental, fiber composition, 3D composition, ready-made,
special sketching, life drawing
WORK IN MATERIAL: classical, experimental and digital weaving, felt making, digital
embroidery,
classical and experimental batik, monotype, sublimation printing, silk screen print,
material studies/ technologies, textile chemistry, zero waste design, eco textile, electrotextile
Exposition design, textile business, digital design, graphic techniques, history of Latvian
textile art, textile restoration

Teaching resources and information support
Contests | Exhibitions | Art projects| Textile library|
materials| tools
Consultants: art experts, curators, well-known artists and teachers of
foreign art universities.

LILITA BAUGE MA1st year student “ The Castle of Light” (or bibliobus) embroidery, patchwork, mixed techniques

TEXTILE WORKSHOPS

Workshops with foreign teachers

TEKSTILMĀKSLA (meistardarbnīcas)
Workshops with foreign teachers

Workshops of foreign lecturers
Margery Amdur from Rutgers Univesity, USA;
Jon Petersen and Lisa Finne from Bergen Academy of
Art&Design
Egle Ganda Bogdaniene (Vilnius Academy of Arts)
Severija Inčirauskaite Kriaunevičiene (Vilnius Academy of Arts)
Laura Pavilonyte (Vilnius Academy of Arts)
Lukas Anu Tomaševičius (Vilnius)
Zane Shumeiko (Estonian Academy of Arts)

Indigo
workshop with
Lukas Anu
Tomaševičius
(Vilnius)

International experience of our students
Mobilier National
Paris –tapestry
manufactory
operating since
1662.
Lecce
Academy of
Arts
in Italy.

SANTA GRIGUS BA work “Letters from Paris” tapestries 2019.

Our students study abroad:
Italy –
Textile design
companies in the
Como region
Textile design at Falmouth
University

ERASMUS + program
More than 27 countries

Student success
International Student Award 2017, “American Tapestry Alliance”;
“Australian Tapestry Workshop”, Students award 2017.
Tapestry biennial “Australian Tapestry Workshop 2017”;
“Miniature Textile Triennial 2017”, Angers, France;
“Baltic New Artist” Public Award;
SEB Bank Public Award;
6. Riga International Textile and Fiber art triennal, YoungArtist award.
“Carpet Vista” (Sweden) Carpet Design contest award

Plein air with a professor Aleksejs Naumovs

Experiments
with
materials
zerowaste

Exhibitions

Teaching
practice
At the costume artist
Suvi Martinaro
(Helsinki)

Teaching practice at the Latvian National Opera
Internship in a costume workshop during the preparation of the opera “Tannhäuser” and in the restoration of
costumes of previous productions

Student-led
workshops

Ilze Brenn Bachelor's thesis “FUN-GUY” 2020.

Ilze Brenn Bachelor's thesis “FUN-GUY” 2020.
The new material is grown from the symbiotic bacteria and practically applicable

ŠARLOTE BAŠKEVICA „Look Into Their Eyes” Mixed media textile - cyanotype, embroidery, collage, 162 fabric bags
in total, each 40x30cm arranged in a grid of 9x18, the total measurement of artwork 417x608 cm 2020.

ŠARLOTE BAŠKEVICA
„Look Into Their Eyes”
Mixed media textile - cyanotype, embroidery, collage,
162 fabric bags in total, each 40x30cm arranged in a grid
of 9x18, the total measurement of artwork 417x608 cm

Tatjana
Nežberte
MA Thesis
“The Sunny
childhood”
installation
2020.

DIĀNA KOKOREVIČA MA Thesis work “CONNECTED” 3D textile and light installation 2019.

DIĀNA KOKOREVIČA MA Thesis work “CONNECTED” 3D textile and light installation 2019.

LAUMA KOKOREVIČA “Pressure limit” a group of
five textile objects supplemented with
video/audio material. MA thesis work 2019.
The work shows visualizations of the author's brain
frequencies during a medical study.

KATRĪNA LEITĒNA “INEXPRESSIBLE” BA work
hand embroidery, p/e felt 2019.

VELGA VĪTOLA “In-visible” MA work 2018. Installation, silk paintings, wax, bee-formed cells

AGNESE TUKĀNE BA work “Witnesses” Installation 250x160cm
felt, embroidery, own techniques 2018.

ANNELE SLIŠĀNE “UNIVERSAL LOVE” 6 blankets, wool, felt, embroidery, knitting, crochet 2019.

AGNESE ONDZULE
BA work
felt, mixed techn.
2018.

Commission textile
project for the
Swiss pharmaceutical
company ROCHE
2020.

Sketch selection process

Work
in progress

ŠARLOTE BAŠKEVICA MA 1st year “Future” digital tapestry 50x50cm.

JANTA MEŽA
MA 2nd year student
“Students’ notes on the course of
gene therapy” 40x100cm.
tapestry, wool, cotton, silk

LĪVA VILCĀNE BA 2st year student
“Generous spirit” 50x50cm. tapestry, felting,
wool, cotton, raw wool

LAURA ŠČEDROVA BA 2nd year student “Roche cell” 40x100cm. tapestry, embroidery, wool, cotton, acrylic

JŪLIJA JERJOMINA BA2nd year student,“Two parts” 40x100cm. tapestry, embroidery, flax, wool, cotton

INGA BRŪKLE MA 2 “Loops” 50x50cm. embroidery

KINTIJA AVENA BA 4th “Currently” 50x50cm, textile application

SABĪNE AZLAUSKA BA 3rd year student
“Cells close up” 50x50cm.
needle felting, wool, tulle, thread

MARUTA KONCĒVIČA MA 1st year student
“Above” 50x50 cm.
melting with a soldering gun,
embroidery, polyester, polyester yarn, flax

SANTA GRIGUS MA 2nd year student
“CUP” 50x50cm. French traditional tapestry
(mirror image) cotton, polyamide, wool, silk.

MADARA PURENA
BA 2nd year
student
“The story of the
Cell” 50x50cm.
tapestry, wool,
cotton

ELLA MIHAILOVA MA 1st year student
“Under a microscope” 50x50cm.
digital tapestry woven in digital TC1 loom

UNA VALTERE MA 2nd year student “Two sides” 40x100cm. textile mosaic, embroidery, digital printing, polyester,
silk, metallic thread, beads

ELĪZA KLEINE ŠABLINSKA BA 3rd year student “All of us” 40x100cm. textile collage, embroidery, tulle, thread,
organza, cotton

Anna Gobzeme-Nulle BA 2nd year student “Birds of hope” 40x100cm. tapestry, embroidery, wool, cotton

ELIZABETE KLINTS BA4th year student “OBSERVERS” 40x100cm. felt, wool.

THANK YOU!