Irina Spakova

Irina Spakova is a Latvian visual artist, working predominantly in painting.
Holding Ba & Ma degrees in Visual Arts, took part in several exchange programs and internships around Europe and South East Asia. Since year 2009 participating in group shows, experimental collaborations with professionals from the fields of comics making, illustration and soft sculpture making.


My endless curiosity about human realities inspires me construct simple and at the same time subjective dialogue.
With minimalistic visual art solutions I create simplified reality and simplified realism where the base of sacred is in the state where the subject interacts with the world.
My work is the result of observation and research of my own nature and nature, environment around.

2011- 2014 Art Academy of Latvia, Master of Arts degree in the Humanities, Painting department
2012-2013 Internship in Patio das Artistas school in Lisbon, Portugal
2010-2011 Studies in University of Fine Arts in Porto, Portugal
2007 - 2011 Art Academy of Latvia, Bachelor of Arts degree in the Humanities, Painting department

Solo exhibition:
2023 "Human touch" at Aminori Art space (Riga, Latvia)
2021 "Human touch" at Culture and Recreation Center "Imanta" (Riga, Latvia)
2021 "Human touch" at Classical Art gallery Antonija (Riga, Latvia)
2017 “From West to East to West” at Kalnciema Kvartals (Riga, Latvia)
2017 Book launching and exhibition “From West to East to West” at Kersan Art Studio
(Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
2016 Solo show “I” at Soma Art Space (Melbourne, Australia)