On 12 December 2025, the solo exhibition Satellites by Latvian artist Māris Čačka opened at the Valmiera Museum Exhibition Hall, where it will be on view until 11 February 2026. The exhibition marks a concentrated and conceptually precise stage in the artist’s practice. Rather than unfolding as a linear narrative, Satellites is constructed as anContinue reading “Māris Čačka’s Satellites at Valmiera Museum”
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OPEN CALL for 14th International Latgale Graphic Art Symposium
The Rothko Museum in collaboration with the Gallery SIVIA, invites applications for the 14th International Latgale Graphic Art Symposium, taking place from 23 February to 8 March 2026 in Daugavpils, Latvia. This prestigious symposium serves as a dynamic platform for artistic exchange, bringing together leading graphic artists from around the world. Over the years, it has hosted more than 100Continue reading “OPEN CALL for 14th International Latgale Graphic Art Symposium”
Māris Čačka’s artworks presented at the exhibition Basil Alkazzi: Artist and Philanthropist in Gdańsk
The exhibition is dedicated to Basil Alkazzi (1938–2025) and serves as a tribute to his generosity and lifelong dedication to art, recognizing his role as a true friend and patron of the National Museum in Gdańsk.For ten years, Alkazzi supported the museum by donating his own artworks, works by international artists, and by funding theContinue reading “Māris Čačka’s artworks presented at the exhibition Basil Alkazzi: Artist and Philanthropist in Gdańsk “
Māris Čačka. Relationships… Painting as Dialogue
On 18 September at the Art Gallery (Respublikos St. 3) the exhibition “Relationships… Painting as Dialogue” by Latvian artist Māris Čačka was opened. The display will be available to visitors until 19 October 2025. In his works, the artist sees painting as a form of dialogue – with the world, the viewer, silence, time, form,Continue reading “Māris Čačka. Relationships… Painting as Dialogue”
Colours Born in Latgale: 9th International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2025”
From 21 to 31 July 2025, the town of Viļaka in northeastern Latvia will host the 9th edition of the International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2025”. Rooted in the cultural landscape of Northern Latgale, the plein air is both a tribute to the renowned Latvian landscape painter Valdis Bušs and a contemporary artistic dialogueContinue reading “Colours Born in Latgale: 9th International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2025””
Artist Residency: Māris Čačka @ ARTEFORA
From 17 to 23 June 2025, Latvian artist Māris Čačka is taking part in the ARTEFORA Residency Program, preparing a solo exhibition for the festival “The Hill Always Comes Out”.Set among the rolling vineyards of Langhe and Monferrato, the festival will bring together 22 artists, over 40 artworks, international residencies, workshops, and site-specific installations acrossContinue reading “Artist Residency: Māris Čačka @ ARTEFORA”
Artist Residency: Beate Gjersvold
SIVIA Gallery was pleased to welcome Norwegian artist Beate Gjersvold for an individual artist residency in Daugavpils from April 28 to May 17, 2025. During her stay, Beate created new works inspired by the landscapes and culture of Latgale, connecting artistic communities in Latvia and Norway. Artist Residency in Daugavpils – Beate Gjersvold Revisiting theContinue reading “Artist Residency: Beate Gjersvold”
Artist Residency: Māris Čačka at L’Esparrou, Canet
We are pleased to share that Latvian artist Māris Čačka has recently completed his artist residency at L’Esparrou, as part of the ACCR–Heritage Sites for Culture residency programme. During his stay, he immersed himself in the light and atmosphere of the French Riviera, developing a new body of work that reflects his encounters with theContinue reading “Artist Residency: Māris Čačka at L’Esparrou, Canet”
13th International Latgale Graphic Art Symposium Held in Daugavpils
From 10 to 22 March 2025, Daugavpils hosted the 13th International Latgale Graphic Art Symposium—a key event in the region’s cultural calendar and the most important international gathering dedicated to the graphic arts in Latgale. The symposium was initiated and organized by SIVIA, in collaboration with the Rothko Museum. Over two weeks, selected artists workedContinue reading “13th International Latgale Graphic Art Symposium Held in Daugavpils”
Poetic Layers of Emotion: Māris Čačka’s Neuro-Pathways in Warsaw
On Friday, February 7, 2025, the latest solo exhibition by Māris Čačka, Neuro-Pathways, opened in Warsaw, Poland. This is the artist’s second exhibition in the city, presented at Galeria DAP1 and DAP2, part of Dom Artysty Plastyka.Curated by Dariusz Mlącki, the exhibition showcases Māris Čačka’s poetic approach to painting, where technical precision merges with personal experience.Continue reading “Poetic Layers of Emotion: Māris Čačka’s Neuro-Pathways in Warsaw”
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