Kollektsioon: Kristine Kvitka

Kristine Kvitka on Läti kunstnik, sündinud 1983. aastal Riias. Elab ja töötab Tricases (Itaalia).

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Born in 1983 in Riga, Kristine Kvitka lives and works in Tricase (Italy.).

From 2003 to 2010 studied at Department of Painting of Art Academy of Latvia and graduated with a masters degree. 2006 took part in ERASMUS student exchange programme and studied in Art Academy of Lecce in Italy. 2008 took part in ERASMUS placement programme and worked as a trainee of painting restoration in Laboratorio di Francesca Romana Melodia in Lecce, Italy.
One may say that Kristine Kvitka (1983) has devoted all of her life to fine art. Already early in her childhood, one of her favourite pastimes was drawing; that’s why her parents took the little girl to a drawing coterie at the Pioneer’s Castle (now Pupil’s Castle). For two years Kristīne learnt in the Elementary School of Applied Arts of Riga Central District (1994 - 1995) then continued her education in Jan Rozentals Riga Art School (1995 – 2003), graduating it with diploma work „Melancholia” (tutored by Aija Jurjane). A logical step after her previously achieved education in high school, Kristine went on to study in the Department of Painting of Art Academy of Latvia.Nature with all its detail and urban landscapes have always captured the attention of Kristine Kvitka. Almost with an observers eye, she displays the places that have left indelible impressions; only man is left outside the canvas. During her bachelor studies in the Art Academy of Latvia (2003 – 2007), the artist „revealed” still life genre in her creative work, addressing it in a free, painty stroke, almost as if she had inherited her way of expression from Vincent Van Gogh.

An essential turn in her creative work were studies in Art Academy of Lecce, Italy (2006/2007); after that Kristine Kvitka defended her diploma work „Negramaro” (tutored by Uno Danilevskis). It was devoted to regional landscapes of Puglia, emphasising the formal qualities of light and shadow and maintaining the Mediterranean flair.Next, landscapes were „forgotten” and the next cycle was created, that was devoted to still lives of an Italian kitchen – pheasants, dishes and walls are images with value of their own and tell about their own experience. Those were exhibited in „Silent stories” (2008). The Artists „object” of experiments was painting textures, that were applied in thick layers and then scratched off, obtaining unique, spatial solution. Within this cycle of paintings Kristine slowly moved away from bright contrasts, only maintaining the colour red as an emphasising element. Game and dishes were left "hanging" on the walls, while the artist remained faithful to a sovereign treatment of walls. This also found expression in Kristines diploma work (for the M.A.) "Murali" (tutored by Alexei Naumov) (2010) as the main theme Mag. art Zanda Jankovska.