Sabīne Šnē (b. 1996) is an artist born in Latvia, currently lives between Riga and London. In her creative practice, she constructs visual stories in order to explore the intersections between culture and nature, informed by historical and current ideas. She is particularly interested in the relationships and interconnectedness between humans and non-humans. Šnē has a broad interdisciplinary practise that combines video, 3D animation, sound, sculpture and drawing.



Sabīne Šnē graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (2020) and Master of Fine Arts (2022) from the department of Visual Communication of the Art Academy of Latvia. She has participated in various group exhibitions and art projects in Latvia and abroad, including If Disrupted, It Becomes Tangible. Infrastructures and Solidarities beyond the post-Soviet Condition (2023, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius), GeneralSharing: 27 m above the Sea,  (2022, Vent Space, Tallinn) and GeneralSharing: 19m above the Sea (2022, Köysiratagalleria, Turku), The Little Bird Must Be Caught, Survival Kit 13 (2022, former bank building, Pils street 23, Riga), Splintered Realities, RIXC Art and Science Festival (2022, KIM? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga), Augmented Experiences (2021, RIXC, Riga), Hidden Treasures (2021, Rucka, Cēsis), Hard Drive of Lost Expressions in collaboration with Linda Vilka (2020, Pilot, Rīga), Unseen Projects (2020, Vilnius Art Academy, online), Project Pavedieni for the cultural forum Baltā nakts (2020, National Library of Latvia, Rīga), Točka (former factory Provodnik, Rīga), Cosmo (2019, SILOS Centre of Art and Culture, Portugal). In winter 2022 she had a first solo show Partner, Parasite (KIM? Contemporary Art Centre, Rīga) and in summer 2023 her second solo show To Be We Need to Know the River (Lot Projects, London) During the year of 2021 Šnē has participated in various artist residencies in Latvia: Rucka in Cēsis, the Sansusī Well-being Residency in Aknīste and PAiR, organized by the VV foundation, in Pāvilosta. Šnē has won the Helen Scott-Lidgett Award 2022/2023 and is part of ACME Studios Early Career Award Program.

EDUCATION

2020 - 2022 Art Academy of Latvia, Department of Visual Communication, MFA, Latvia

 

2018 Polytechnic of Leiria, School of Design and Art, Portugal

 

2016 - 2020 Art Academy of Latvia, Department of Visual Communication, BFA, Latvia

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

To Be We Need to Know the River. Lot Projects. Curated by Nastia Svarevska. London, UK

 

2022

Partner, Parasite. KIM? Contemporary Art Centre. Curated by Zane Onckule. Riga, Latvia

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

If Disrupted, It Becomes Tangible. Infrastructures and Solidarities beyond the post-Soviet Condition. National Gallery of Art. Curated by Aleksei Borisionok, Antonina Stebur. Vilnius, Lithuania

 

APPOINTMENT 7.0. Dobravaga gallery. Curated by Špela Pečjak, Urška Kleindienst, Farah Sara Kurnik. Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

Your cup is full (empty it). energART gallery. Curated by Daiga Rudzāte, Una Meistere. Riga, Latvia

 

Valmiera's International Multimedia Festival. Work in augmented reality virtually exhibited in Hanzas square. Curated by Elizabete Palasiosa, Marta Kontiņa. Valmiera, Latvia

 

BDO Young Artist Award. Pilot gallery. Riga, Latvia

 

2022

Black Market III. KIM? off-space Skolas 18. Curated by Zane Onckule. Riga, Latvia

 

Domraiser. Dom gallery. Curated by Liene Rumpe and Ieva Viese. Riga, Latvia

 

GeneralSharing: 27m above the Sea. Vent Space. Tallinn, Estonia

 

GeneralSharing: 19m above the Sea. Köysiratagalleria. Turku, Finland

 

Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art festival Survival Kit 13 show Little Bird Must Be Caught. Pils street 23, former bank building. Curated by iLiana Fokianaki. Riga, Latvia

 

RIXC Art and Science Festival show Splintered Realities. KIM? Contemporary Art Centre. Curated by Rasa Šmite and Raitis Šmits. Riga, Latvia

 

Art Academy of Latvia graduation show Let It Sprout. Riga, Latvia

 

2021

Augmented Experiences. Public Space next to the Latvian National Museum of Art. Curated by Rasa Šmite and Raitis Šmits. Riga, Latvia

 

Installation in a public space A Good Moment in collaboration with artist Ieva Saulīte. Curated by Anda Lāce. Akniste, Latvia

 

Hidden Treasures. Rucka Manor park. Curated by Līga Lindenbauma. Cesis, Latvia

 

2020

Hard Drive of Lost Expressions in collaboration with Linda Vilka. Pilot gallery. Curated by Mark Halson. Riga, Latvia

 

Točka. Former factory Provodnik. Curated by Pamela Butāne. Riga, Latvia

 

Unseen Projects. Organised by Vilnius Academy of Arts. Curated by Saulius Jusionis. Online

 

Svaiga gaļa kritikai. Organised by Art Academy of Latvia. Online

 

2019

Cosmo. SILOS Centre of Art and Culture. Curated by Melisa Ganaha. Caldas da Rainha, Portugal




RESIDENCIES

2023

ACME Studios. Early Artist Programme. London, United Kingdom

 

2021

PAiR organised by VV Foundation, Pavilosta, Latvia

Sansusī Wellbeing Residency, Akniste, Latvia

Rucka Artist Residency, Cesis, Latvia

 

 

SELECTED PRESS / FEATURES

Sabīne Šnē: Terraforming a Potential Future Through Symbiosis

https://www.sunstrokemagazine.com/archive/2023/9/20/sabne-n-terraforming-a-potential-future-through-symbiosis

 

Photo reportage from the exhibition 'To Be We Need to Know the River' by Sabīne Šnē at Lot Projects, London

https://echogonewrong.com/photo-reportage-from-the-exhibition-by-sabine-sne-at-lot-projects-london/

 

If Disrupted, It Becomes Tangible. Infrastructures and Solidarities beyond the post-Soviet Condition

https://blokmagazine.com/if-disrupted-it-becomes-tangible/

 

Interview with Sabine Sne: Latvian history, nature and contemporary art scene

https://www.doris.press/blog/interview-with-sabine-sne-latvian-history-nature-and-contemporary-art-scene

 

Issuing Eidolons. Review of RIXC Art and Science Festival Splintered Realities

https://echogonewrong.com/issuing-eidolons/

 

Sabīne Šnē. Partner, Parasite

https://www.contemporaryartlibrary.org/project/sabine-sne-at-kim-contemporary-art-centre-riga-22171

 

Sapnis par Marsu šķiet aizvien tālāks. Intervija ar mākslinieci Sabīni Šnē

https://www.diena.lv/raksts/kd/intervijas/sapnis-par-marsu-skiet-aizvien-talaks.-intervija-ar-makslinieci-sabini-sne-14277473

 

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