KatrīNa TračUma

The prevailing theme in the work of multidisciplinary visual artist Katrīna Tračuma is humankind’s estrangement from nature, as viewed through the lens of our relationships with other species. Explored primarily through the medium of painting, while utilizing bright pigments and striking color combinations. Bold brushstrokes are balanced with intricate details in a language of symbolic imagery and metaphors, drawing attention to matters of our current anthropocene epoch, ethics, empathy, liberation, and the natural environment - in an engaging and responsible way. With primary research based in the personal observations of own surroundings, as well as pop culture references, as the personal is universal. While conducting broader secondary research within the fields of zoology, psychology, and ecology.

2021 – 2023 University of Latvia, Riga (Higher Education Diploma in Teaching Art as part of 'Teaching strenght' project)

2019 - 2021 Belfast School of Art, Ulster University (Fine Art MFA)

2014 – 2018 Crawford College of Art and Design, CIT (Fine Art BA)

2013 – 2014 St. John’s Central College, Cork (Art, Craft & Design FETAC Level 5)

Solo shows:

2025 – 'Farmers: Earth. Nothings. Zemgale. Earthlings', Culture Centre of Jelgava, Latvia (7th to 25th May);
2024 – 'And other animals', AUGam autumn plant based food festival, Riga, Latvia (24th November);
2024 – 'Menagerie', Nosaints hidden bar, Old Riga, Latvia (19th September to 3rd November);
2021 – 'Beasts', Studio 12, Backwater Artists Group, Wandesford Quay, Cork, Ireland (12th April to 7th May);

Two person shows:

2019 Annual Graduate Show: From Land & Strand – Anna O’Riordan and Katrina Tracuma, Joan Clancy Gallery, Mweelahorna, Ring, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland (11th to 28th April);

Group shows, for the current and previous years - exhibiting internationally since 2014:

2025
◊ ‘Through mine | your window’ – performance “Trash Queen Ethics” during opening event at 19:00 on Thursday 12th June, Culture Centre of Iļģuciems, Riga, Latvia (12th June to 1st January 2026);
◊ ‘Golden Age’ Grata prize 2025 – Museum LV art gallery, Riga, Latvia (12th June to 31st August);
◊ Riga Performance Festival STARPTELPA ‘More than human’– K. K. fon Stricka villa, Riga, Latvia (Saturday 31st May 20:00);
◊ ‘How strange’ (LV – ‘Cik savādi”.), Jelgava Artist Society – annual Spring exhibition, Ģederta Eliasa Jelgava Mus...