Foto Ojars Jansons
I have studied at the Latvian Academy of Arts, I was born in Latvia, where my career as an artist began.
I have always been interested in black and white drawing, painting and illustration. I have worked a lot on animated films.
There have been times when I have felt that I would never do art again, but I have always returned after a short or long break.
I don't know why, but I can't do without it.
One day I ended up in Denmark. I live and work in Copenhagen now.
This is a new stage in my life and art. In my painting the new period began with blue color. Why blue ?
The color blue gives the mind a touch of calm and contemplation, but it can also draw a psychological veil of cold and it is the dualism that inspires me.
But blue is also a symbol of sadness and loneliness and longing. There are many clichés and perceptions about the blue.
Color is one of the most powerful tools of expression. Maybe you see nothing but the pure color but the most important and interesting part is
where the color will take you. Color is a power which directly influences the soul.
In my art I would like to articulate something we’ve felt, and we connect to that thing in a way where words aren’t necessary. It’s a feeling that’s hard to describe but makes us feel less alone in a way—that someone else understands us and gives a voice to this thing inside us.
Subject of my paintings might be state of mind rather than representing reality.
I keep on using colour to create an illusion of mental space on a canvas.
I continue with the red and I return to the black.
LAIMA PUNTULE
Living and working in Copenhagen , Denmark
Born in Riga, Latvia
EDUCATION
Art Academy of Latvia, Professional Master's Degree in Fine Arts, ,1990
Janis Rozentals Art Higschool, Riga, 1982
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 TREASURES Jurmala City Museum. Jurmala. Latvia
2023 PAINTINGS (together with Albedo) Galerie Sweeney, Bordeaux, France
2023 BEHIND THE BLUE Cines Jean Eustache,Pessac, France
2021 DONT WORRY ITS JUST MY BLOOD Kunstvinduet Gallery Havneholmen, Copenhagen
2021 SEE BEYOND, PLMC Museum Global center for Latvian Art. Cesis, Latvia
2021 PATINAS Kunstvinduet Gallery Havneholmen, Copenhagen
2020 BEHIND THE BLUE , Broby Culture house, Sweden
2011 PAINTINGS and LARGE-SCALE DRAWINGS, Art Gallery 21, Riga, Latvia
2009 HAPPY END Gallery Maksla XO, Riga, Latvia
2005 WANTED TO BE A PAINTER I.Veihertes' Gallery , Riga, Latvia
2004 IMPROVISATION Gallery Tifana, Riga, Latvia
2002 THE ZOO I.Veihertes' Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2000 BY PENCIL ON PAPER Gallery Riga, Riga, Latvia
1997 PAINTINGS Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
1995 IMPRESSIONS. PAINTINGS Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
1994 PAINTINGS Foundation Artists' House Boswil, Switzerland
1993 PAINTINGS Gallery G&G, Riga, Latvia
1992 PAINTINGS Gallery Kolonna, Riga, Latvia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 BLUE MATTER, Riga Central Library, Latvia
CLINCH ILLUMINATED Annaborg Art center, Denmark
2019 HUMANS Gallery Maksla XO, Riga, Latvia
2018 ØSTERBRO STREET ART PROJECT, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015 Perspective of the Solar System,The Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Latvia
2014 EPIDEMIC Kunsthal Århus, Denmark
2012 WHERE IS MY AIRPLANE Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2011 Is It That He Does Not Seek The Truth, But Does Want To Influence?Riga Art Space,
2010 AUTUMN Recycled Riga, Latvia
2010 BIG IN SMALL, Moscow,Moscow international Art Saloon
2008 AUTUMN Artists Union Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2005 AUTUMN Artists Union Gallery, Riga, Latvia
ART ON PAPER Gallery Riga, Riga, Latvia
DRAWING Gallery XO, Riga, Latvia
2004 MINIATURES Gallery RIGA , Riga, Latvia
2003 PROOF Studio 1.1 London , United Kingdom
GROUP EXHIBITION Lildstrand, Denmark
ART OF SMALL FORMS Gallery Riga, Riga, Latvia
LATVIAN ABSTRACT PAINTING Art Museum Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
LATVIAN ART INVASION IN ESTONIA, Parnu, Estonia
2002 LATVIAN ART Kaunas, Lithuania
2001 TIME IN BETWEEN Art Museum Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
RIGA 800, Riga, Latvia
DRAWING Gallery Riga, Riga, Latvia
2000 SPRING 2000, Art Museum Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
MINIATURES Gallery Riga, Riga, Latvia
AUTUMN 2000, Riga, Latvia
1999 MINIATURES Gallery Riga, Riga, Latvia
AUTUMN 1999 Art museum Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
DOCUMENTATION OF BOSWIL, Aarau, Switzerland
LATVIAN ART EXHIBITION, Voipala, Finland
GRUOP EXHIBITION Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
MESSAGE ON THE POSTCARD Gallery Bastejs, Riga,Latvia
GROUP EXHIBITION I.Veihertes' Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1998 MINIATURES Gallery Riga, Riga, Latvia
2.WORLD EXHIBITION OF LATVIAN ART Exhibition hall Latvia, Riga, Latvia
AUTUMN 1998 Art Museum Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
1997 SPRING 1997 Riga, Latvia
MELANCHOLY Bonn , Germany
REMINISCENCE OF SUMMER Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
1996 COMPETITION EXHIBITION FOR VILNIUS TRIENNAL Latvian Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
VILNIUS TRIENNAL Vilnius, Lithuania
23 ARTISTS FROM LATVIA Madrid, Spain
AUTUMN 1996 Exhibition Hall Latvia, Riga, Latvia
1995 SPRING 1995 Riga, Latvia
LATVIAN ART IN STOCKHOLM Stockholm, Sweden
LATVIAN ART IN DENMARK, Aarhus, Denmark
1994 EUROPE ART Geneva, Switzerland
LATVIAN ARTISTS EXHIBITION Basel, Switzerland
1993 SPRING 1993 Riga, Latvia
LATVIAN ARTISTS AND AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS OF
LATVIAN ORIGIN, Australia
BALTIC STATES CULTURE FESTIVAL Germany
1992 LATVIAN ARTISTS Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS Gallery Daugava , Riga, Latvia
AUTUMN 1992 Exhibition hall Latvia, Riga, Latvia
1991 THE THREE Gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
1990 SPRING 1990 Exhibition Hall Latvia, Riga, Latvia
1989 AUTUMN 1989 Exhibition Hall Latvia, Riga, Latvia
MEMBERSHIP
Member of BKF (Billedekunstneres Forbund)
Member of ProoK (Foreningen for Professionelle Kunstnere og Kunsthåndværkerev)
Member of Latvian Artists ' Union
Member of Kunstnerforeningen af 18. november
WORKSHOPS
2008 Artlab workshop To be noticed in the art market ,
Danish Cultural Institute, Riga, Latvia
2003 Braziers International Artists Workshop, United Kingdom
2000 Workshop for professional animators, Copenhagen, DK
1994 Foundation Artists' House Boswil, Switzerland
WORK EXPERIENCE
2014 - 2017 Animation/documentary project My Favourite War
Bivrostfilm Norge
Background Artist Designer
2016 Feature-length animated movie Lotte and The Lost Dragons
Joonisfilm ,Estland
Background Artist Designer
2015 Animation project Apple pie lullaby
RijaFilms , Riga, Latvia
Background Artist Designer
2005 – 2012 RijaFilms, Riga, Latvia
Art director, Background supervisor,
Project manager, Background post processing,
Background artist/designer
Storyboard artist, Video design artist
Artists' assistant, colorist ,3D animation
2012 Book illustrations Lotte Trip to the South, Esti Joonisfilm
2006 Book illustrations LOTTE FROM INVENTORS GARDEN, Esti Joonisfilm
2002 - 2003 Game Studio, Riga, Latvia
3D texture artist
2001 - 2002 SIA Sybersoft, Riga, Latvia
3D texture artist
1997 - 2001 RijaFilms , Riga, Latvia
Artists' assistant, Artist Designer ,
Storyboard artist , Background artist /designer,
CleanUp , inbetween
1991 - 1998 Milgravis Art School , Riga LV
Drawing/painting teacher