Baiba Dzenīte

Graduated from the Art Academy of Latvia, Faculty of Visual Plastic Arts, Department of Glass Art (MA),Riga, Latvia, 2004. Expanded her glass knowledge in Dana Zamechnikova’s masterclass at Bild-WerkFrauenau, Germany, 2006, and in the North Lands Creative, UK, 2005.
Awarded numerous grants for creative work by the State Culture Capital Foundation (SCCF), and several travelling fellowships by the Nordic Council of Ministers, Baltic Sleipnir. Nominated for the Art Academy of Latvia Award in 2014 and for the Latvian Television and Latvian Radio annual award “Kilogrammes of culture”, 2021.
Curated and produced numerous Latvian art exhibitions locally and abroad.
Participated in 6 solo exhibitions in Latvia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Lithuania, and in more than 60 group exhibitions in Latvia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, and the UK.
Works in museum and private collections, including: Rona Glass Museum, Lednické Rovne, Slovakia; Maltsov Crystal Museum, Gusj Hrustalnij, Russia; the Mentzendorff House Museum and the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design – in Riga, Latvia. Included in the “Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon”, 2009.
In 2002, she opened the Stikla Galerija (Glass Gallery), Riga, Latvia.
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