Anna Ceipe un Hanele Zane Putniņa 

duo izstāde

DOG DAYS

11/04 - 7/6/2026

Anna Ceipe and Hanele Zane Putniņa are preparing for a visual camping trip and

expedition to the MABOCA gallery (Visuma Centrs 2). Taking as few belongings

as possible, yet—as usual—there is too much, too heavy, and too much to carry

for too long. Each has her own preferred tools and materials, dragged along in

heavy bundles, and alongside the unfolding of a shared idea, they decide to live

carefreely with glass, metal, linoleum, experiences, and knowledge. Much like a

shared camping trip with tents, each has her own, but the kitchen pit in some

sheltered spot is communal—there is no division over who owns the kettle or

who has the coffee; everything is shared, including the adventure.

Lost in the forest, the girls begin to shout:

— HELP!!!

Suddenly, a bear’s paws land on Anna and Hanele’s shoulders.

— Why are you shouting?

— We got lost, we were calling out, maybe someone would hear us.

— Well, I heard you. Did it help?

ANNA CEIPE has graduated from the Audiovisual Arts Department of the Art

Academy of Latvia, specializing in Visual Communication, and has also studied

at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Belgium. Solo exhibitions: “Memory

Streams,” Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga (2025); “Links through release,”

SPAREWHEEL Gallery, Brussels (2023); “Notes from the Traveling Land,” Hoib

Gallery, Tallinn (2022); “Things after Things,” Gallery 427, Riga (2020). Group

exhibitions: “Bare Life,” Cēsis Art Festival, Cēsis (2025); “DGS Dream 2,”

MABOCA Festival, Madona (2025); “Fluids,” Riga Porcelain Museum, Riga

(2022); “DGS Dream,” MABOCA Festival, Madona (2021); To Exhibit in Case of

Emergency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2021); NADA Miami 2020.

Exploring the intersection of art and craft, Ceipe seeks to reveal and expand the

properties of familiar materials. By observing seemingly ordinary yet peculiar

events, she questions the visual choices we make—often without paying much

attention to them.

HANELE ZANE PUTNIŅA lives and works in Riga. Her graphic works are based

on mythological figures from folklore and legends, often recreated in large-scale

linocut technique. Expansive figure compositions alternate with modest, absurd

everyday situations, which she sometimes refers to as “little Bruegels.” Hanele is

interested in historical printmaking techniques and everything related to them.

She continues her explorations in the world of linocut, choosing increasingly

larger gouges and attempting to find some treasure among the linoleum

shavings. She is rapidly approaching her first carved hectare of linoleum.

At the exhibition opening, there will be performances by Tv Maskava x McKokx x Oskars Moore and composer Andrejs Gradinārovs.

The exhibition is on view from April 11 to June 7.

Opening hours: Mon, Tue, Sat:

12:00–16:00; Sun: 12:00–18:00.

The exhibition is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation.

Photos by Līva Priedīte