Gita Sprince

About

Gita Sprince is a contemporary abstract artist based in Riga, Latvia. Her practice centers on layering — building surfaces through repeated cycles of application, burial, and selective revealing. The technique draws from both painting and printmaking, producing textured works where traces of earlier states remain visible beneath new accumulations. Her subjects vary — nature observed at the wrong scale, mental states under pressure, identity dissolving into process — but the method holds. She has been exhibiting since 2012 and holds an MA in Painting from the Art Academy of Latvia.

Artist Statement

I build surfaces that surprise me. Each painting begins with deliberate choices—layers accumulated, compressed, worked back. The technique comes from relief printmaking, but the intent is different. I'm creating conditions where something can emerge that I couldn't have drawn directly. The rhythm is controlled. The forms stay fluid, organic—never geometric. But the final reveal, when a layer comes off and shows what built up underneath, always contains something I didn't plan. That moment of discovery is the point. The results look like nature seen at the wrong scale: lichen on stone, cellular structures through a microscope, geological cross-sections. Intimate and vast at once. I want paintings you can get lost in. Surfaces where you notice something new each time—not because I hid things, but because the material holds more than I put there consciously.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2019–2023

MA Painting

Art Academy of Latvia, Faculty of Visual Arts

Thesis: "Primordial Chaos" Supervisor: Prof. Normunds Brasliņš

2021

KUNO Express Course "Solitude and Saturation"

Malmö Art Academy, Sweden

2015–2019

BA Painting

Art Academy of Latvia, Faculty of Visual Arts

Thesis: "Herbarium of senses" Supervisor: Prof. Aleksejs Naumovs

2010–2015

Drawing and Painting Studio

Ludmila Perec & Alexander Pakhomov, Riga

2002–2004

Fashion Designer / Stylist

Riga Style and Fashion Vocational School

Solo Exhibitions

2023

"Sublimation of Sensation"

LOOK Gallery, Riga, Latvia

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026

"Inaugural Exhibition for Abstract and Minimal Art"

Sikora Arts Online Gallery, New York, United States

2025

"Zemūdeņu karš. Epizode 13 – Trans-Europe Express"

Gallery "Romas dārzs", Liepāja, Latvia

2025

"The Path to Art"

Art Space, Jomas 86, Jūrmala, Latvia

2023

"Zemūdeņu karš. Epizode 12 – P_L_A_S_T_A_C"

Gallery "Romas dārzs", Liepāja, Latvia

2023

"5th Art Academy of Latvia Diploma Candidate Exhibition, Exhibited "Primordial Chaos" MA thesis series"

Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

2022

"Gallery Hall"

Vincents Gallery, Riga, Latvia

2021

"Zemūdeņu karš. Epizode 11 – Black–White–Red"

Gallery "Romas dārzs", Liepāja, Latvia

2020

"Contemporary Pop-up Exhibition"

Culture Room Točka, Riga, Latvia

2020

"Tested. Result: Positive"

Theatre House "Jūras vārti", Ventspils, Latvia

2020

"Young Artists Exhibition "Rezonanse""

Vidzemes Concert Hall, Cēsis, Latvia

2019

""Untitled" — Graduates of the Art Academy of Latvia"

Kuldīga Art House, Kuldīga, Latvia

2018

"Young Talents — Latvia Centennial Exhibition"

Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

2017

"Colour Dance"

Art Studio No.1, Riga, Latvia

2016

"International Summer Plein Air "Here and There""

Artists' Residence, Kuldīga, Latvia

2015

"Janis Rozentals 150th Anniversary Exhibition"

Saldus History and Art Museum, Saldus, Latvia

2015

"With Love"

Classic art gallery ANTONIJA, Riga, Latvia

2014

"Student Exhibition"

N. Zadornova Library, Riga, Latvia

2013

"Plein Air Exhibition My Sailor..."

Gallery "Jēkabs", Riga, Latvia

2012

"Student Exhibition"

Gallery Z7, Riga, Latvia

Public Projects

2018

Latvia’s Centenary Lottery

Design Author – “Parks” theme

Platforms

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