ILZE PREISA
Ilze Preisa's painting is an invitation to beauty, life, and art, that brings new energy which has nothing to do with matter but shines with a supernatural light.
/Simona Scopelliti, Art Historian,Venice/
This is an invitation to get acquainted with the artist Ilze Preisa and her work. Let the love of art charm you and take you on a magical journey into the world of colours, fragile beauty, positive emotions, strong characters and life-changing inspiration.
Ilze Preisa (b. Riga) is a Latvian painter and printmaker currently living and working in both Latvia and Germany. She is known for her symbolically rich, surreal compositions, often featuring geometric forms, mythological figures, and cultural-historical references. Her works are created in a multi-layered and time-intensive process that emphasizes the significance of detail and narrative. Primarily working in painting and graphic art, Preisa occasionally incorporates sculptural elements and collaborates with other artists and musicians on multimedia projects.
At the core of Preisa’s artistic expression lies a symbolic language that invites the viewer to interpret her work on multiple levels. Her compositions are infused with references to ancient mythology, reimagined in a contemporary context to explore themes of human nature, passion, and emotional experience. Among her notable works are the diploma project “Letters from the Bulls”, and the international multimedia project “Metaphorical Performance” (2024), developed in collaboration with composer Fredrik Carlquist and choreographer E. Gaitjukeviča.
Preisa studied at the Art Academy of Latvia and the Berlin University of the Arts (HdK), graduating with distinction in 2000 and receiving the Klavs Sīpoliņs Creative Grant. She holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Fine Arts, as well as a Master’s-level education in Arts and Music Management (MMM) from the Latvian Academy of Culture. Her work has been exhibited in over 50 solo exhibitions and approximately 150 group shows worldwide, including in Melbourne, Berlin, Barcelona, Sitges, Alicante, Girona, Riga, and Cēsis. Preisa’s works are held in public and private collections across Europe, the United States, and beyond. She has been a member of the Latvian Artists’ Union since 2000.
"Referencing the events that occur around us, I paint characters of the mythical world, giving them new shades. The symbols I use in my works can also be included in geometric shapes and arranged in a certain order; they form a new story.
The works are created in many layers, long-lasting, where each detail or symbol has meaning.
The beautiful - sometimes even the aching Beautiful - is important. It is a deliberately chosen artistic form that attracts the viewer and invites them to take a deeper look.
Art is my means of communication with the spectator."
/Ilze Preisa/ Project Art and Science/
Ilze’s uniquely feminine paintings are exhibited internationally in many museums and private collections:
Arsenal (the national collection of Latvia State museum), Latvia
Art Museum Omsk, Russia
Matti Miliuse art collection, Tartu, Estonia
Luciano Benetton Art Collection Imago Mundi,
Private collections in New York, Berlin, Oslo, Copenhagen, Monaco, Luxembourg, Brussels, and Stockholm.
She also cooperates on a permanent basis with the Kempinski Riga Hotel.
Staging in Spain. Ilze Preisa cooperates with EMERALD Coast Property S.L., a real estate agency in Spain, Costa Blanca, creating unique pieces of art for its clients’ homes.
Let’s surround ourselves with such values and allow art to change our world!
ILZE PREISA
"Las obras de Ilze Preisa son una invitación a la belleza, vida y arte, que trae nueva energía que no tiene nada que ver con la materia sino con una luz sobrenatural."
/Simona Scopelliti, Histroriador de arte, Venecia/
Ilze Preisa es una artista letona, nacida en Riga y criada en una familia de artistas. Se graduó con honores en Bellas Artes en la Academia de Bellas Artes de Letonia (LMA) en el 2001 y estudió en la Universidad de Bellas Artes de Berlín (Hochschule der Künste Berlin, HdK).
Ilze ha hecho más de 50 exposiciones en solitario en su país de origen y en el extranjero, en lugares como Riga, Melbourne, Berlín y Estocolmo. También ha participado en más de 140 exposiciones conjuntas con otros artistas.
Las obras típicamente femeninas de Ilze son expuestas internacionalmente en muchos museos y en colecciones privadas:
Arsenal (la colección nacional del Museo del Estado de Letonia), Letonia.
Museo de Arte Omsk, Rusia.
Colección de arte del Matti Miliuse, Tartu, Estonia.
Colección de Arte Luciano Benetton Imago Mundi,
Colecciones privadas en Nueva York, Berlín, Oslo, Copenhague, Mónaco, Luxemburgo, Bruselas y Estocolmo.
La artista también coopera de forma permanente con el Hotel Kempinski Riga.
Las pinturas de Ilze Preisa son obras de múltiples capas, en las que caracteres y símbolos antiguos y modernos, texturas y superficies pulidas, modestia y lujo, coexisten libremente. Sus obras revelan sus misterios poco a poco al paciente espectador.
‘STAGING’ de la propiedad en España. Ilze Preisa colabora con EMERALD Coast Property S.L., la inmobiliaria en España, Costa Blanca, para crear obras de arte para los hogares de su clientes.
Rodeémosnos de tales valores y permitamos que el arte nos cambie el mundo!
