Agate Tūna is a multidisciplinary artist from Riga, Latvia, working with analogue photography, experimental video and sound art. Her practice explores the relationship between spirituality and technology from a woman’s perspective, tracing connections between her family’s spiritual heritage, hauntology, quartz crystals and techno-specters. Photography, as a “haunted medium,” is central to her work, combining chemigrams, self-portraits, staged compositions, and direct interaction with photographic materials, artist creates images that balance between documentary narratives and imagination.
She holds a BA in Painting (2020) and an MA from the interdisciplinary department POST (2023) at the Art Academy of Latvia, graduate of the ISSP School (2022). Recent projects include solo exhibitions Familiar at Gallery 427, Riga (2026), and Voltentity at Gallery ASNI, Riga (2025). Recent group exhibitions include GenZ at Musée Photo Elysée, Lausanne (2025); Neurons Desperately Seek Each Other at Riga Photography Biennial, Gallery Smilga, Riga (2025); Under the Sun at TUR Art Space, Riga, in collaboration with 1646, The Hague (2025); New Address: EDEN at Kim? Hanzas 22, Riga (2024); Contemporary Histories of Photography I at ISSP Gallery, RFB, Riga (2024) as well as a residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2025). Tūna is a FUTURES Talent (2024) and a Plat(t)form participant at Fotomuseum Winterthur (2025). Featured in the Der Greif online exhibition Sisterhood in Practice (2026). Nominated for the Purvītis Prize (2025) and for The Annual Art Award of Latvia (2026) in the category Artist of the Year.
Based 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
Familiar. Gallery 427, Riga, LV
Voltentity Gallery ASNI, Riga, LV
Curated by Auguste Petre
The Order of Invisible Things DOM gallery, Riga, LV
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Under the Sun. TUR x 1646 art space. Riga, LV
Co-curate by Edd Schouten, Clara Pallí Monguilod, Johan Gustavsson
Gen Z: Shaping a New Gaze. Museum Photo Elysée, Lausanne, CH
Experimental photo festival. Barcelona, ESP
Neurons Desperately Seek Each Other. Riga Photography Biennial, Gallery Smilga, Riga, LV
Curated by Laima Daberte
Beyond Our Bodies Our Beings Extend. Gallery Pilot, Riga, LV
Curated by Nastia Svarevska
The Elevator Chats 2.0. Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest, HU
Curated by Emese Musci
New Address: EDEN. Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Hanzas 22, Riga, LV
Festival curators: Evita Goze, Žanete Liekīte, Zane Onckule
Contemporary Histories of Photography I, ISSP gallery, Riga, LV
Curated by Liāna Ivete Žilde
Dear figure, whom did you hang out with last night? Rothko museum, Daugavpils, LV
Curated by Inga Šteimane
Metahorror. Both Gallery, London. UK
Chasing the Devil to the Moon: Art Under Lunar Occupation Today Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, EST
Curated by Corina L. Apostol
Breaststroke, Backstroke and Butterfly Skolas street 18, Riga, LV
Language of Flowers Riga Photography Biennial, Gallery of the Artist’s Union of Latvia, Riga, LV
Curated by Inga Brūvere
Metonymy Dom gallery. Riga, LV
Curated by Artis Ostups
Metahorror meets Metahumour, In collabotarion with PlasticAfterLife (Kristians Aglonietis & Patrīcija Māra Vilsone) Lethaby Gallery, London, UK
Curated by Marc Halson and Kristaps Ancāns
Flora Fantastic: Eco-Critical Contemporary Botanical Art, in collaboration with Anna Malicka and Kristaps Ancāns, Apexart gallery. New York, USA
Curated by Corina Apostol and Tashima Thomas
Resonance, Cesis Concert hall, Cesis, LV
Curated by Inese Baranovska
AWARDS
Nominee of the Annual Art Award of Latvia in the category Artist of the Year, LV
Plat(t)form. Portfolio viewing. Fotomuseum Winterthur, CH
VKKF Creative Work Development Bursary, LV
Purvītis Prize 2025 / Nominee. Riga, LV
Future Talent, Futures Photography platform, nominated by ISSP Gallery
1st prize BDO Young Artists Award Experimental Art Space PILOT, Riga, LV
RESIDENCY
Cité Internationale des Arts. Paris, France