Young artist from Latvia, Anna Ābola, creates warm and mellow scenes of urban life happening somewhere in South Asia during golden hours in the evenings. She also does a lot of fan art for K-Pop music style and gained a lot of attention from the music scene since then
“I love writing too and a few days ago my first article got published along with my illustrations, which is a small step towards my dream of becoming an author-illustrator.”
Leading Latvian award-winning illustrator and artist Vlad Lakshe is well-known world wide for his sport artworks with a focus on a street ball scene. Together with his partners runs “Ghetto Games” uniting the Baltic youth in street sport and culture
Arts Academy graduate and professional artist - Vladislav has started to immensely develop sports through art, contrary to all rules and prejudices. It became his life passion and together with playing streetbasket for over 20 years, he’s been creating unique designs for NBA stars and has been in charge of visual and creative side of many basketball world championships.
Trained as classic artist Vlad is a gem in art collections in different locations around the world due to his harsh social view on society through the painstaking reality of pencil artworks.
The New Moscow map designed by Baklazanas Studio celebrates Moscow architectural avant-garde heritage including workers' clubs, schools, factory kitchens, garages, communal housing, factories, bathhouses and even the first soviet crematorium and columbarium. It features 180 most stunning examples of Constructivist architecture in Moscow, both world-famous buildings (from Melnikov House and the Narkomfin Building to Shukhov Tower and Lenin's Mausoleum) and less known residential buildings and constructivist quarters and settlements within the limits of Moscow Ring Road
Instead of giving a personal reflection on Jana's art I'd like to feature her thoughts on the body of art she creates: "The first most reassuring thing is when I see an art piece has worked as a trigger to evoke certain experiences, memories, feelings within a person, of something important they had forgotten or set side in the anxiety and worry of life. Like, the awkwardness and delightfulness of a first kiss, or being in love, or true touch, or even the rawness of sincere pain and so on. Sometimes people would tell me the work has evoked something so very familiar, but they can’t quite put a finger on what it even is. And it is so wonderful to hear, because I know the communication through art is not verbal, and it is not from the position of mental constructions and concepts, but somehow heart to heart and human experience to human experience. It really truly motivates me most of all". Please view Jana Brike's art on Instagram, website and Facebook and read her recent interview here
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Latvia-based artist Alex Konahin creates extraordinarily ornate, detailed and beautiful drawings like these using just pencils, pens and india ink. We did a review on his works year ago covering his art done not only by classic materials but even personal blood. For now please check his latest painstakingly intricate series of floral insects and other creatures.
Latvian art group KUT appears to be an instant magicians to bring a new forecast to the city of Riga "We brought the country to the city. To revive the grey concrete, to break the routine and give you a moment to reflect on what we are and where we are going. Sometimes surprises just happen and we have no influence over them but we do have influence over our perception. How ready are you to accept whatever life throws at you with a smile?"
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The fine line graphic project by Latvian designer Alex Konahin made with dip pen using black ink or other materials, sometimes including his own blood, yuk!
