JustīNe Seile UrtāNe

Justīne Seile-Urtāne specializes in two areas, illustrations and portrait painting.

Using tick colors and expressive brush strokes, she explores light, shade and vibrant colors that's found in nature all around.

Justīne has fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming an artist by studying portrait painting in art academy of Latvia.

While studying in high school Justine went to Ventspils youth centre fine art studio where she began her long road of becoming a painter. Artist Mārīte Kluša taught her all the basics, starting with the cube. She did also attend a few art courses to learn basics in drawing and painting After high school she went to Liepāja where she studied arts for two years at "Liepāja collage of design, arts and music". After the Liepāja period she got accepted at "Art Academy of Latvia". And in a seven year period she got a Bachelors and Masters degree in painting. Justīne describes her style and works as observant. The inspiration comes from everyday situations, and personal experiences. She is interested in the depiction of domestic life, human vulnerability, the relationship between oneself and the surrounding environment, as well as the boundary between seriousness and irony.
She works primarily in figurative...

2009-2012: Fine arts studio of Ventspils youth center
2011-2012: Riga Collage of Art and Design
2001-2012: 1. gymnasium of Ventspils, Latvia
2012-2014: Liepāja Collage of Art, Music and Design (painting department)
2014-2018: Art Academy of Latvia, Bachelor (painting department)
2018-2021: Art Academy of Latvia, Masters degree (Painting department)

2013
Group exhibition "plain air life", Liepaja Collage of Art and Design, "exhibition hall". Liepaja, Latvia.

2014
Personal exhibition "different world" at tea house "Materia", Riga, Latvis

Personal exhibition at library of University of Ventspils, Latvia

2015
Group exhibition "Spring 2015", theatre hall "Jūras vārti", Ventspils, Latvia

Group exhibition "SEB bank stipendy in art", Art academy of Latvia, Rīga

Personal exhibition "the same world", 1. gymnasium of Ventspils. Ventspils, Latvia

2016
Group exhibition "Broderlo art scholarship", Art Academy of Latvia. Riga, Latvia

2017
Group exhibition "SEB Bank scholarship in art", Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Group exhibition "Artworks by Students of LMA", Liepaja Collage of Art and Design "exhibition hall". Liepaja, Latvia

Group exhibition, Art Academy of Tartu. Tartu, Estonia.

Personal exhibition "Without title" Talsi museum exhibition hall. Talsi, Latvia

2018
Personal exhibition “it's all the same”, bar “Republika”. Riga, Latvia

Group exhibition “SEB bank stipendy in art”, Art academy of Latvia, Rīga, Latvia

Personal exhibition “Portraits”, Ventspils 1. gymnasium, Ventspils, Latvia

Group exhibition “Paint...