Baiba Abelite

Baiba Ābelīte B_APP_TREE (b. 1980) is a Latvian contemporary artist whose multidisciplinary practice explores the transformation of urban environments and the changing relationship between people, technology and the spaces they inhabit.

Working across painting, installation and performance, Ābelīte has developed a distinctive visual language through the use of industrial materials, metal and aluminium surfaces, layered textures, geometric structures and light-reflective elements. Her works transform fragments of urban infrastructure — grids, electrical networks, architectural structures and industrial textures — into dynamic compositions that exist between abstraction and the recognisable city.

A central theme of her practice is the city as a living, constantly transforming organism. Her works examine the tension between technological progress and ecological vulnerability, permanence and change, structure and uncertainty, while also reflecting the psychological experience of contemporary urban life.

In 2026, Ābelīte presented her first solo exhibition at Liepāja Museum, “Metropoles mutācija (Metropolis Mutation)”, bringing together large-scale works created on metal and aluminium surfaces and exploring the city as a space of con...

2021
Master of Arts in Painting, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia — graduated with honours

2019
Bachelor of Arts in Painting, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia — graduated with honours

2011
Interior Design, Riga College of Architecture and Design, Latvia

International study & artistic programmes:
Erasmus+ programmes and artistic exchanges in the United Kingdom, Germany and Norway.

2026 — “Metropoles mutācija / Metropolis Mutation”
Liepāja Museum, Latvia — Solo Exhibition
First solo exhibition at Liepāja Museum. Large-scale paintings on metal and aluminium explored urban transformation, industrial structures, energy networks and the psychological landscape of the contemporary city.

2025 — Arte Laguna Prize
International art prize / Special Award, Art Residency category, NY20+, China.

2022 — “Connections”
Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
Joint exhibition with artist Visvaldis Asaris. Ābelīte presented urban contemporary painting on metal, installations and digitally enhanced works exploring urban dynamics, information overload and ecological transformation.

2020 — Jāzeps Pīgožnis Award for Latvian Landscape Painting
St. Peter’s Church, Riga
Riga City Council recognition for the work VEF, highlighting Ābelīte’s urban landscape approach and innovative methods in painting.

2020 — “Permitted Illusion”
Jurmala City Museum, Latvia — Solo Exhibition

2017 — Solo Exhibition
CREA Interior Design Gallery, Riga, Latvia