Workshop for kids with artist Liga Spunde, RPB 2026

The creative workshop together with artist Līga Spunde is suitable for children aged 5 to 12 years. Necessary materials will be provided on site. Families are welcome to come at any time convenient for them throughout the duration of the workshop from 12:00 to 16:00.

Līga Spunde (b. 1990) is a visual artist based in Riga, Latvia. She presents her works as multimedia installations, intertwining personal stories with deliberate fiction. The interpretations and use of recognisable characters serve as an extension of her personal experiences, tapping into universal truths. The work’s content determines the conception’s physical form leading the artist to use various media and materials in her installations.

She completed her postgraduate studies in the Department of Visual Communication at the Art Academy of Latvia in 2016 and has been nominated twice for the Purvītis Prize, in 2020 and 2022. Spunde has participated in numerous exhibitions and art projects in Latvia and internationally, including Field of Exercises (2025, TUR, Riga, LV), Publiek Park 2025 (Plantentuin Meise, BE), MMCA Changdong Residency (2024, Seoul, KR), and Measures, Survival Kit 15 (2024, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, LV), among others.

Image: Workshop 2024

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About the Riga Photography Biennial‍

The Riga Photography Biennial is an international contemporary art event that focuses on the analysis and artistic representation of visual culture. In the title of the Biennial, photography is used as an umbrella term for a wide variety of artistic practices in image-making that continue to transform the language of contemporary art in the 21st century. The biennial’s themes range from cultural theory to current sociopolitical processes in the Baltic and European regions. The Riga Photography Biennial aims to capture and, in the format of an art festival, offer a shared understanding of the changes taking place in the world—changes that we need not only to see but also to imagine, translating today’s complex and saturated visual language into meaningful relationships—between everyday life, the camera lens, historical material, contemporary art, technology, and the future. How has the understanding of photography and the image changed due to digital technology, and how does it manifest itself within the context of a work of art? For the organizers of the Biennial, these are crucial issues to analyze and represent, offering Latvian audiences the most relevant examples of international art through exhibition displays, as well as introducing the ideas of prominent art theorists through symposia, discussions, and publications within the formats of exhibitions and performances. The first Riga Photography Biennial took place in 2016. The Riga Photography Biennial 2026 runs from April 16 to July 3 with an extensive exhibition and educational program, marking the RFB’s ten-year journey. For more information:
www.rpbiennial.com.