Agnese Tauriņa
Agnese Tauriņa is a Latvian photographer and visual designer. She studied Art History and Theory, Graphic Design, and Interior Design, later expanding her education in visual communication and digital technologies.
Her artistic development has been shaped by studies with Gunārs Janaitis, Raimo Lielbriedis, and Māris Kundziņš, as well as years of independent experimentation and research. Through photography, she explores memory, atmosphere, and the emotional dimension of time, focusing on authentic and unstaged moments.
Her work has been presented in group exhibitions in Latvia and internationally, including at the Glasgow Gallery of Photography in Scotland. She has received recognition in photography competitions in both the United States and Latvia and has held a solo exhibition in Mērsrags, Latvia.
She currently lives and works in Puglia, Italy.
The Arriving
She Holds
70 x 50 cm
2021
On the Baltic shore, she walks — carrying within her the memory of another sea.
She has come from the south, from warmth, and stands slightly out of place, yet fully present.
When she turns toward the wind, the distance shifts. It is no longer something between places, but something lived through the body.
Between these two moments, the sea shifts: from horizon to presence, from line to element. What once seemed to divide — north and south, restraint and openness, Baltic and southern waters — begins to gather into a shared space.
Between these seas, identity remains in motion — shaped not by where one belongs, but by what one carries across water.
Words: Kristīne Kutuzova