Based in Riga, Latvia
Represented by Kogo Gallery (EE)
EDUCATION / INTERNSHIP
2016 - 2017 Komplot, Internship as a curatorial assistant, Brussels, BE
2014 - 2016 Art Academy of Latvia, Department of Visual Communication MFA, Riga, LV 2015 Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Department of InSitu3, MFA, Antwerp, BE
2010 - 2014 Art Academy of Latvia, Department of Visual Communication, BFA, LV
2007 - 2010 Janis Rozentals Riga Art School, Department of Multi-media and Photography design, Riga, LV
RESIDENCIES
2024, July - September - MMCA (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) Changdong residency, Seoul, KOR
2023, September - October - ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program), New York, USA
SELECTED SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Episodes About Not Knowing, Curated by Maija Rudovska, SLU Contemporary Art Gallery, Hammond, LA, USA
2024 Lummutaja Lonny, Līga Spunde and Sigrid Viir, Curated by The ArCo3, Taevaskoda, EE
2024 Magic Happens, Līga Spunde and David Attwood, Curated by David Ashley Kerr, KINGS, Melbourne, AUS
2024 Surprise, Surprise, Līga Spunde, Curated by Romuald Demidenko, Apiece Gallery, Vilnius, LT
2023 a panic attack on a sunny day, Līga Spunde, Tuesday to Friday Gallery,Valencia, ES;
2022 Last Harvest, Līga Spunde and Aleksandrs Breže, Maboca gallery Visuma Centrs 2, Madona, LV
2022 Episodes About Not Knowing How It Will Be as a part of the project A Structure Envisioned For Changing Circumstances, Līga Spunde, curated by Maija Rudovska, an online exhibition;
2021 Cybervikings of Mars, Līga Spunde, curated Kaspars Groševs, 427 Gallery, Riga, LV;
2020 Informalities as part of the exhibition series Weekly Discovery, Līga Spunde,curated by Rūdolfs Štamers, Uldis Trapencieris and Auguste Petre, Tu Jau Zini Kur, Riga, LV;
2019 When Hell Is Full, the Dead Will Walk the Earth, Līga Spunde, Curated by Kaspars Groševs, Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga, LV;
2018 Interlude, Līga Spunde in collaboration with Alvis Misjuns, curated by KVADRIFRONS, Riga Circus Elephant Stable, Riga, LV;
2017 What’s a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This / PART I, Līga Spunde, Fotopub, Novo Mesto, SL;
2017 Free French Fries, Līga Spunde, Komplot, Brussels, BE;
2017 How a Well-known Local Art Historian Called Me Fat When I Was Nine Years Old, Līga Spunde in collaboration with Klāvs Mellis, curated by Maija Kurševa, Low Gallery, Riga, LV;
2016 The Hike, Līga Spunde, RIXC gallery, Riga, LV;
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Measures, Curated by Jussi Koitela, Survival Kit 15, Latvian Center for Contemporary Art, Riga, LV;
2024 Last Tale, Curated by Raivis Alksnis (LOOK Gallery), Meno Niša Gallery, Vilnius, LT;
2024 Down the Rabbit Hole, Curated by Roots to Routes: Justė Kostikovaitė, Maija Rudovska, Merilin Talumaa, MO Museum, Vilnius, LT;
2024 EKO 9 Triennial of Art and Environment: Eyes in the Stone, Curated by Jure Kirbiš, Old sanatorium, Tyrševa ulica 19, Maribor, SL;
2024 Identity Flux, Curated by Nadine van den Bosch, Garage Rotterdam, NL;
2024 Complaint Opera, In collaboration with KRISTIAN DAHL (NO), Curated by Story Hub, Valmiera International Multimedia Festival, Valmiera, LV;
2023 Emotional Landscapes, curated by Šelda Puķīte, Arka Gallery, Vilnius, LT;
2023 Three, curated by Sabīne Vernere, Experimental Art Space of Art Academy Of Latvia PILOT, Riga, LV;
2023 Riga Confidential, curated by Zane Onckule, Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga, LV;
2023 How I’ve Been Feeling Lately, curated by Laura Brokāne, Pauls Stradiņš Medicine History Museum, Riga, LV;
2022 Decolonial Ecologies, curated by Ieva Astahovska, Latvian Center for Contemporary Art, Riga Art Space, Riga, LV;
2022 Screen Age III: Still Life, curated by Inga Brūvere and Marie Sjøvold, Riga Photography Biennial 2022, Riga Art Space, Riga, LV;
2022 Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing, Tuesday to Friday Gallery, Valencia, ES;
2022 The Real Show, curated by Agnès Violeau and Céline Poulin, assisted by Ariane Guyon the CAC Brétigny, Paris, FR;
2022 My Bitter Sweet Frankenstein Body, curated by Šelda Puķīte, Titanic gallery, Turku, FI;
2021 The Bambi Project, curated by Šelda Puķīte, Kogo Gallery, Tartu, EE.
2021 Force(d) Majeure, curated by Zane Onckule, Elīna Drāke and Žanete Liekīte, Hanzas Perons in collaboration with Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga, LV;
2021 The Source of Power, curated by Kaspars Groševs, Noass, Riga, LV
2021 Silver Spring, curated by Agnese Čemme, AG Gallery, Riga, LV;
2020 Baltic Young – The Garden of Forking Paths, curated by Nadya Blazhko, the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts in Kaliningrad, organized by the Nationa Center for Contemporary Art, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad, RU;
2020 Being Safe Is Scary, SURVIVAL KIT 11, Latvian Center for Contemporary Art, Zemlika festival, Durbe, LV;
2020 Are We There Yet?, curated by Sabīne Vernere, Experimental Art Space of Art Academy Of Latvia PILOT, ArtVilnius, Vilnius, LT;
2020 Are We There Yet?, curated by Sabīne Vernere, Experimental Art Space of Art Academy Of Latvia PILOT, Riga, LV;
2020 Being Safe Is Scary, curated by Katia Krupennikova, SURVIVAL KIT 11, Latvian Center for Contemporary Art, Riga, LV;
2020 True Grid, Unanimous Consent, Zurich, CH;
2019 Black market I, curated by Kaspars Groševs, Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga, Latvia;
2019 ISSPPP X + X, ISSP Gallery, Riga, LV;
2019 Kā skan, tā atskan, curated by Marta Trektere, No Moon, New York, USA
2019 The Artist Crisis Center, curated by Ieva Kraule-Kūna and Elīna Vītola, Low Gallery, Riga, LV;
2019 Champs-Élysées, curated by Marta Trektere and Kaspars Groševs, 427 gallery, Riga, LV;
2019 Melos, curated by Līna Birzaka-Priekule, Arsenals, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV;
2019 ENTER, curated by Evita Goze, Domu kulture Studentski grad, Belgrade Photo Month, Belgrade, RS;
2018 Screen Age I: Self-Portrait, curated by Inga Brūvere and Marie Sjovold, Riga Photography Biennial, Rigas Art Space, Riga, LV;
2018 Looking Outside, Looking Inside, curated by Alnis Stakle and Arnis Balčus, Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, LV;
2017 NNN, curated by Līga Marcinkeviča, Ojārs Pētersons and Maija Kurševa, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV;
2017 Pit stop on the way to dancing with cosmic forces, curated by Marta Barina, Kensington High St, W14 8NZ, London, UK;
2017 Blocker, curated by Popper magazine, Alma Gallery, Riga, LV;
2017 Start Point prize, Arti et Amiciatae, Amsterdam, NL;
2017 Meet Me at The Metro Station, curated by Romuald Demidenko, Amsterdam, NL;
2016 Piezīmes par pašsaprotamām lietām, curated by Helēna Demakova, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV;
2016 Start Point prize, Prague National Gallery, Prague, CZ;
2016 Estonian Photographic Art Fair, Curated by Rundum, Tallinn, EE
2016 Ancient relics, in collaboration with Jānis Klaučs, curated by Popper magazine, Barcelona, ES;
2016 Disappearance is a trick, curated by Elaine Tam, Fotopub festival, Novo Mesto, SL
AWARDS
2024 State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia grant for 2024, LV
2023 Kim? Contemporary Art Center Residency Award, LV
2022 Nominated for the Purvītis Prize with the work Episodes About Not Knowing How It Will Be, LV
2020 Nominated for the Purvītis Prize with the work “There’s No Harm In Any Blessings”, LV
2020 State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia grant for 2020, LV
2017 Portfolio Review Dusseldorf Visitors Award, DE
2016 Start Point Prize, The Honorary mentions of the jury, CZ
2016 Fotopub Portfolio Prize, SL
2014 Art grant of patroness Inara Tetereva, LV
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Wobby Magazine #39, Local Liar, Curated by Caz Egelie, NL
2023 The Riga Technoculture Research Unit, Season 1 (LV/USA) https://www.rtru.org/
2023 ETC.#2: Fever Dream (SL) 2021 “Please Don’t Touch Magazine” (UK), nr. 4
2021 “Swarm Mag” (CZ) / https://swarmmag.com/art/horror-online/
2021 “Dogs”, “š!” nr. 41 (LV)
2021 Conversation with Paulius Petraitis “Echo Gone Wrong” / https://echogonewrong.com/a-strange-reality-in-fictionalised-voices-a-conversation-with-liga-spunde2020 “Solstice Countdown”, Destiny`s, NO / https://destinysatelier.no/
2020 “De:Formal” online magazine, USA / https://www.deformal.com/artists/liga-spunde
2019 “Win-Win”, Kim? Docs II, LV
2019 “Paperweight vol.1”, “Paperweight editions”, LV
2018 “JEZGA magazine”, vol.1, LV/UK
2018 “Win-Win”, art book published by “Popper Magazine”, LV
2018 “Latvian photography 2018”, KultKom, LV
2018 “Temple magazine”/ “Winners”, nr3, BE
2017 “Much better”, art book published by Low Gallery, LV
2017 “Szum”, nr17, PL
2017 “Popper Magazine” / “Blocker”, LV
2016 "Popper Magazine" / "Ancient relics", LV
2016 "Cyber bum I", zine published by ”Popper Magazine”, LV
2015 "Popper Magazine" / "Interdimension", LV
2015 "Popper Magazine" / "Above the ground", LV
2013 “Ena Rola Filma”, "On images and Photographs", SL
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Latvian National Museum of Art, VV Foundation (LV), Signet Bank collection (LV), SEB Bank collection (LV), Zuzāns collection (LV), Privat collections around Europe.