Born 31.01.1988 in Aizkraukle, Latvia.

EDUCATION:
2004-08      Riga School of Design and Art, Glass design.
2010-14      Art Academy of Latvia, BA Glass art.
2014-17      Art Academy of Latvia, MA Glass art.

EXPERIENCE:
2013 AM STUDIO Stained glass production. Riga, LV.
Since 2014    VERBA brand jewelry production. Riga, LV.
2016 2 INTERPRETATION. A Thing From Water. Creative summer practice workshop in Nida Art Colony. Nida, LT.
Since 2016    BAIBA GLASS brand owner & designer. Riga, LV.
2017 Hot Glass Workshop, Vilnius Academy of Arts Faculty of Kaunas. Kaunas, Lithuania.
2018 ERASMUS+ internship, GLASREMIS hot glass studio. LT.
2018 Glass Education Network conference, slide lecture at Seto - Gura Museum. Seto, Japan.
2018 Seto International Ceramics and Glass Art Exchange Program 2018-19, Artist in residence. Seto, Japan.

SELECTED COMPETITIONS & SYMPOSIUMS:
2015 European Prize for Young Glass Artists Zwieseler Kolbl 2015. Zwiesel, Germany.
2015 International Carpet Vista Design Competition 2015. Sweden.
2016 10th International Blown Glass Symposium in Lviv, Ukraine.
2017 7th International Glass Festival Luxembourg.
2017 Stanislav Libensky Award 2017, DOX. Prague, CZ.
2017 Baltic Young Artist Award 2017. Estonia.
2018 100 IN LATVIAN ART, Mark Rothko Art Centre. Daugavpils, LV

PRIZE:
2017 7th International Glass Festival in Luxembourg jury prize for art work “Imprints of Time”.