Anna Ceipe lives and works in Riga, Latvia. Balancing between installations, sculptures and objects, she investigates the idea of “usable art”. Her work is based in various materials and explores traditions of craftsmanship, mainly in the Baltic region. Ceipe has graduated from the Art Academy of Latvia, Visual communications department and has studied at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent, Belgium. Some of her recent solo shows include “Notes from the floating ground” at Hoib gallery in Tallinn, Estonia (2022), “Things after things” in gallery 427 in Riga, Latvia (2020) and “Seeking oasis” at gallery LOW in Riga, Latvia (2019). She has participated in several group shows including the duo show “Serial solutions (Banaliacs)”(2020), Festival MABOCA (2021), group show “Melos”(2019) and others.
Sticky and hot - heavy and solid. Vessels for water and light, home for flowers.
Objects made with melting sand on my mind - while sometimes one can think that we stand on solid and concrete foundations things and happenings are moving all the time. Finding your balance to move with the melting and floating sand and seeing the opportunities rather than the danger, that is the backbone of these vessels.
