BIOGRAPHY

Born Riga, Latvia 1940.
Diploma of Art (R.M.I.T.) awarded 1967.

Selected Exhibitions
2015 Baptist Church, Melbourne (group), art prize themed "Feast, Pray, Love"
2013 Australian Latvian Artists, Sydney, Parliament House (group)
2011 Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Geelong Regional Gallery, Geelong
2008 Valmiera Museum, Latvia (group)
2007 Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Disegno Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Disegno Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Chem’s Gallery, Melbourne (group)
1993 Stuart Gerstman Gallery, Melbourne
1988 Sweet Jamaique, Melbourne
1976 Stuart Gerstman Gallery, Melbourne,
1969 Woodstock Gallery, London
1967 Gallery 99, Melbourne
1966 Gallery 99, Melbourne

Awards and Residencies
2015 The Good Earth Prize, Melbourne
2012 Finalist John Leslie Art Prize, Sale
2012 Finalist, NSW Parliament Plein Air prize, Sydney
2010 ALMA Prize, works on paper, Sydney
2010 Hill End artists in residence program
2010 NSW Parliament Plein Air prize, finalist
2004 John Glover prize, Tasmania, finalist
2002 Fleurieu Biennale, McLaren Vale prize

Selected Collections
Geelong Regional Gallery, Geelong, Victoria
Ballarat Regional Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria
City of Onkaparinga, South Australia
Cesis Museum, Latvia
Represented in private and corporate collections
in Australia, Europe, North America and Japan.

Selected publications essays and reviews
Robert Nelson, The Age, 2011
Philip Ayres, Catalogue essay, 2011
ALMA Australian Latvian Artists, 2008
Russell Davis, Catalogue essay, 2008
Adam Dutkiewicz, Adelaide Advertiser, 2002
Gunars Jurjans, Australian Latvian, 1999
Oz Arts, “On Location”, 1994
Christopher Heathcote,The Age, 1992
Max Germaine, Artists and galleries of Australia, 1984
Society of Latvian Artists in Australia, Latvian Artists in Australia, 1979
Allan McCulloch,The Herald, 1976
Oswell Blakeston, Art Reviews, London, 1969
Patrick McCaughey,The Age, 1966

Golden Gully, Tambaroora, gouache 76x56cm 2010