Announcement    Kristine Kvitka is a professional artist who lives and works in Italy.

Finalist of “Premio COMEL” art prize 2023, Latina, Italy
Finalist of “Margate Art Prize” 2023 selected by Tracey Emin, Margate, UK
Shortlisted in Jackson’s Painting Prize 2023. Exhibition at Bankside Gallery, London, UK
2022 “Outstanding prize” winner of E.SUN Awards, Taiwan

Kristine Kvitka is a Latvian artist currently lives and works at Tricase, Italy. Her artistic education is started in 1994, attending for two years the Elementary School of Applied Arts in Riga (1994-1995), and then continue studying at Jana Rozentala Rigas High Art School (1995-2003). The logical consequence of artistic education obtained in high school was to attend the Latvia Art Academy (2003 - 2010). Graduated in master painting department . During the educational process Kristine studied twice in Italy at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Lecce (2006 and 2008). During her career, she made many solo exhibitions, including two in Italy, and has participated in several art events (exhibitions, plein-air, international art festivals, symposiums) in various European countries. Her artworks are in 2 museum and many private collections in several countries such as Latvia, Italy, Austria, Australia, Iceland, Germany, UK, etc..

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Solo shows:

2021. “Venice”, Kuldiga City Museum, Latvia
2018. “Nord” (North), Palazzo Gallone, Tricase(LE), Italy
2016. "La pura essenza" (The pure essence). Palazzo Coluccia, Specchia(LE), Italy

Selection of other participations

2023. Finalist of “Premio COMEL” art prize, Latina, Italy
2023. Finalist of “Margate Art Prize” 2023, Margate, UK
2023. Shortlisted in Jackson’s Painting Prize 2023
2023. Selected artist for “Fresh Legs 2023” exhibition, Galleri Heike Arndt Berlin, Germany
2022. “Outstanding prize” winner of E.SUN Awards, Taiwan
2017. “Premio Marchionni 2017” (Marchionni Prix) finalist exhibition, Museum MAGMMA, Villacidro, Sardinia, Italy
2016. Shenzhen International Watercolour Biennial traveling exhibition:
ZHEJIANG ART MUSEUM, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
GUANGXI ART MUSEUM, Nanning City,Guangxi Province
WUHAN ART MUSEUM, Wuhan City,Hubei Province
JINLING ART MUSEUM, Nanjing City,Jiangsu Province
QINGDAO ART MUSEUM, Qingdao City, Shandong Province
2015. Shenzhen International Watercolour Biennial, Shenzhen, China
2015. Affordable Art Fair Singapore. In collaboration with gallery “Antonija"
2014. Biennale MArteLive. Finalists of the Painting section. MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma
2014 "Imago Mundi" Luciano Benetton international project. In collaboration with gallery “Bastejs”, Latvia-Italy
2013 "Young Painters Prize" young artists from three Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) competition 15 finalists group exhibition, CAC, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 “La via del mare” art and culture exchange program between Italy and Argentina. A traveling group exhibition. Curated by Silvio Benedetto.
2011 “4 from Latvia”, four latvian artists exhibition, Leipzig- Brussels
2011 “Tylos ekspresija”, group exhibition, Lithuanian Artists' Union Exhibition Hall, Vilnius

For many years now, nature has been the main theme of my paintings. These are no conventional landscapes, they are „portraits” of forest, trees, water, earth, grass. To paint, following my intuition, to depict nature in the light of my personal sensations is the only way I can see new values and create new art. My paintings are like stories about nature, about the value of nature, about the proximity of men and nature. When depicting nature, I wish to emphasize the importance of the simple things. It is a kind of a record of sensations and reflection, of colourful as well as almost forgotten memories.