Agate Tūna is a multidisciplinary artist from Riga, Latvia, specializing in the field of analogue and experimental photography. Her techniques include film soups, chemigrams, and photograms, along with experiments in sound art. With her camera, Tūna plays the role of an investigator between reality and fiction. Fascinated by family tales and their sense of mystery, she weaves personal narratives with collective historical contexts and examines the complex, evolving interplay between technology and spirituality.
Tūna’s educational background includes a BA degree in Arts from the Painting department at the Art Academy of Latvia, earned in 2020. In 2022, a two-year programme in Developing Photographic Language at ISSP School and in 2023, she graduated from an interdisciplinary MA programme POST at the Art Academy of Latvia.
b. 1996. lives and works in Riga, Latvia
EDUCATION
(May – July) Erasmus graduate + practice. Experimental photo festival. Barcelona, ESP
Art Academy of Latvia, Faculty of Visual Arts, interdisciplinary practise – POST (art in context), Master’s studies, Riga, LV
ISSP School, Developing Photo Language, Riga, LV
(Autumn semester) Erasmus+ studies Faculdade de Belas-Artes de Lisboa, PT
Art Academy of Latvia, Faculty of Visual Arts, Department of Painting, Bachelor’s studies, Riga, LV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Order of Invisible Things Gallery DOM, Riga, LV
Girl with the Canary Bird Grand Poet Hotel, Riga, LV
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
New Address: EDEN. Festival curators: Evita Goze, Žanete Liekīte, Zane Onckule. Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Hanzas 22, Riga, LV
Contemporary Histories of Photography I, curated by Liāna Ivete Žilde. ISSP gallery, Riga, LV
Dear figure, whom did you hang out with last night? curated by Inga Šteimane. Rothko museum, Daugavpils, LV
Metahorror. Both Gallery, London. UK
Chasing the Devil to the Moon: Art Under Lunar Occupation Today Curated by Corina L. Apostol. Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, EST
Breaststroke, Backstroke and Butterfly Skolas street 18, Riga, LV
Language of Flowers Riga Photography Biennial, curated by Inga Brūvere Gallery of the Artist’s Union of Latvia, Riga, LV
Metonymy curated by Artis Ostups. Dom gallery. Riga, LV
Metahorror meets Metahumour, curated by Marc Halson and Kristaps Ancāns In collabotarion with PlasticAfterLife (Kristians Aglonietis & Patrīcija Māra Vilsone) Lethaby Gallery and BOTH gallery, London, UK
EiTiET. Gallery 5 MALŪNAI. Vilnius, LT
Flora Fantastic: Eco-Critical Contemporary Botanical Art, in collaboration with Anna Malicka and Kristaps Ancāns Curated by Corina Apostol and Tashima Thomas. Apexart gallery. New York, USA
Under the Skin curated by Iveta Gabaliņa. ISSP graduate 2022.exhibition. Riga, LV
Točka, curated by Pamela Butāne. Former factory Provodnik. Riga, LV
Resonance, curated by Inese Baranovska. Cesis Concert hall, Cesis, LV
Academia. Art museum Arsenāls, Old Riga, LV
No one asked for this. Boļševička, Riga, LV
ArtVilnius’19. Litexpo, Vilnius, LT
AWARDS
Purvītis Prize 2025 / Nominee
Future Talent, Futures Photography platform, nominated by ISSP Gallery
1st prize BDO Young Artists Award Experimental Art Space PILOT, Riga, LV