Ieva Putniņa

Ieva Putniņa (b. 1991) is a Latvian artist working in painting, animation, film and performance. Visually, her works frequently bring to mind an older artistic tradition but her paradoxical treatment of subjects allows them to be situated in an entirely contemporary world. She has presented her work at the Rainis and Aspazija Museum; Gallery 427; Low; Maboca festival; Ag Gallery; the Elephant Hall at Riga Circus; the exhibition The Moon Bends Back at SIC gallery in Helsinki; the exhibition Last Tale by the Riga gallery LOOK! and the Lithuanian contemporary art gallery MENO NIŠA; the group exhibition An Average Comet at Harkawik Gallery, New York; and elsewhere. Ieva Putniņa was the first recipient of the Vija Celmins Foundation Grant (2025).