Līga Ķempe
Painter. Seeks a contemporary mode of expression in the range from powerful figural works to abstract landscape construction. Reveals the mysteries of the intimate feminine world in a delicate painterly, corporeal from that captures the lines of the body and movement. Creator of metaphysically remote, sensitive works based on nuanced interplay between the tonal intensity of colour and the surface of the canvas.
Born 1975 in Liepāja and acquired her first education in art in her native city. In 1995 she graduated from the Liepaja Secondary School of Art with the speciality of ceramic artist. In 2003 she graduated from the Art Academy of Latvia with a master’s degree in art from the Faculty of Visual Plastic Art.
She participates in group and thematic exhibitions in Latvia and abroad since 1999. She has held several solo exhibitions at various galleries since 2002 in Latvia, Denmark, Belgium and France. Her works are held in the collections of UPB and the Museum of Liepāja, Matti Milius in Tartu and in private collections in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, France, England, Portugal, Germany, Finland, Sweeden, Norway and the USA.
Exhibitings: http://www.ligakempe.lv/things/exhibitings/
Artist: http://www.ligakempe.lv/artist/
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