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Karlina Mezecka (b.1995) is an artist from Riga, Latvia and has been living and working in London since 2021. After undertaking a BA in ceramics at the Art Academy of Latvia (2020), she acquired her Masters degree at the Royal College of Art (2022). Working in an interdisciplinary manner across several different mediums including ceramics, glass and metal, she is focused on developing various narratives that challenge the use of ceramics through installations and sculptural pieces. Currently working towards developing her research around combining ceramics with glass, Karlina is interested in developing the elements she uses in a polylogue of materiality. Resulting in a state of flow between the space the pieces inhabit and the fusion of antipathetic materials, her work allows the viewer to interact with her pieces in unique ways.
Her work is in the collection of Odunpazari Modern Museum (OMM), Eskisehir, TR; VV Foundation, Riga, LV and BTA Collection, Riga, LV.
Royal College of Art
(MA) Ceramics & Glass, London, UK
Art Academy of Latvia
(BA) Ceramics department, Riga, LV
Burg Giebichenstein School of Art & Design
Erasmus+ exchange program, Halle, DE
2020 – 2022
2016 – 2020
2019
Residency at ISCP, New York, US (upcoming)
Art Vilnius, duo show with Agate Tūna, Asni Gallery, Vilnius, LT
Inbound Carousel, Galleria Objets, London, UK
Padsmit Minūtes (formative years), group show, Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga, LV
Last Tale, group show at Meno Nisas gallery, Vilnius, LT
Onsen Confidential, duo show with Rūdolfs Štamers, Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Tokyo, JP
Gradient Descent, group show at Gossamer Fog, London, UK
Archive of Fragility, solo show curated by Zanete Liekīte, Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga, LV
Black Market 23, group show, Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga, LV
Asni, group show at Asni gallery, Riga, LV
Peter Martinson's Award, group show, Mark Rothko Center, Daugavpils, LV
Decentrality dispersed in one place, group show, Padure Manor, Padure, LV
Black Market 3, group show, Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga, LV
Synchronicities, group show, Vagonu street, Riga, LV
My Empty Shell, group show Candid gallery, London, UK
Encounters, graduation show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Melting Pot, group show, Wetherby gardens, London, UK
Security Patterns, duo-show with Miķelis Mūrnieks, Low Gallery, Riga, LV
Surrender, group show, PILOT Gallery, Riga, LV
Triumphs of Democracy, The Riga Sculpture Quadrennial, Riga, LV
STOCSCHWAMM, group show, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, DE
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020