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Agate Tūna (b. 1996) is a multidisciplinary artist from Riga, Latvia, specializing in the field of analogue and experimental photography. Her techniques include film soups, chemigrams, and photograms, along with experiments in sound art. With her camera, Tūna plays the role of an investigator between reality and fiction. Fascinated by family tales and their sense of mystery, she weaves personal narratives with collective historical contexts and examines the complex, evolving interplay between technology and spirituality.In 2020, Tūna earned her BA degree in Arts from the Painting department at the Art Academy of Latvia. In 2022, a two-year programme in Developing Photographic Language at ISSP School. In 2023, she graduated from an interdisciplinary MA programme POST at the Art Academy of Latvia.Recent group exhibitions include a 1st place award for the BDO Young Artists Award, gallery PILOT, Riga, LV (2023); Chasing the Devil to the Moon, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, EST (2023); Language of Flowers, Riga Photography Biennial, Riga, LV (2023); Metahorror meets Metahumour, Lethaby Gallery, London, UK (2023); EiTiET. 5 MALŪNAI. Vilnius, LT (2023); Flora Fantastic, Apexart gallery. New York, USA (2022) and soloshow The Order of Invisible Things, gallery DOM, Riga, LV (2022).

Gedvilė Tamošiūnaitė, (b.1990) is a Lithuanian artist and photographer based in Berlin, Germany. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Photography and Media Arts from Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania (2015), and a Master's degree in Photography from ECAL/ Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne, Switzerland (2022). The artist has received multiple grants from the Lithuanian Council for Culture. Tamošiūnaitė's diverse artistic background spans photography, video, and art direction, with her work exhibited internationally. Her artistic focus lies in translating contemporary human emotions and feelings into visual digital culture and non-verbal codes. Taking the former as an emotional collective entity - non-organic, bloodless, and painless - she aims to detect gaps that expose it to reality and allow for influence. Her aesthetics are characterized by a sticky, ethereal glow that evokes a sense of everlasting longing.

Klaus Leo Richter (b. 1986) is an Austrian-born artist and photographer living in Lithuania. His work focuses on the periphery, with an interest in the cultural and historical foundations of hegemony and the formation of difference between individuals or groups. Through photography and text, he sheds light on sparsely noted areas. He holds a BA in International Development from the University of Vienna, an MA in Media and Photography Art from Vilnius Academy of Arts, and completed the Ostkreuzschule in Berlin. His works have been shown in solo exhibitions and in various group exhibitions internationally.

Ruudu Ulas (b 1987, Estonia) is a visual artist who lives and works between Berlin, Tallinn and Berlin. Her practice includes photography, object-making and performative actions. Ulas’ work focuses on the dynamics between the individual and the environment, highlighting the tensions and glitches that emerge from the interjection of public and personal spaces. Working within the expanded field of photography, Ulas’ work is often site specific and takes the form of large scale room installations.Ulas completed her MA studies in Photography from Royal College of Art in 2021. She holds a First Class BA(Hons) in Fine Art Photography from Glasgow School of Art and she also studied under Joachim Brohm at HGB Leipzig in 2016/2017. She has participated in exhibitions in the UK as well as internationally and she has been a visiting lecturer at Glasgow School of Art. She has received the Adamson Eric Stipend (2019), Ene Grauberg Foundation Grant (2019) as well as Metro Imaging Mentorship Award (2021). In 2023 she was selected as one of The Photographer’s Gallery New Talent artists.‍

Katya Lesiv (b. 1993, Ukraine) is a visual artist and photographer from Ukraine. Currently living and working in Finland. She has graduated with a MA from National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture in Kyiv, 2017. Lesiv works with the topics of cyclicality, physicality, emotional and sensitive experience, and motherhood. Her artistic practice explores the sense of presence through materiality of a variety of disciplines and media, including photography, art book, installation, object, text, graphics and moving image. Performative method, often rooted in routine rituals, is a way to encapsulate and share intimate experiences while safeguarding personal space. In her practice, Lesiv works with the body of the book, which often serves as the final form of her work. Lesiv's works have been exhibited in several solo exhibitions in Ukraine, Finland and Netherlands and in curated group exhibitions worldwide. Her artbook “Lullaby 1” belongs to the top 100 photobooks of “How We See: Photobooks by Women” according to 10×10 Photobooks. Her artbook “I love you” was shortlisted by Aperture PhotoBook Awards in 2022. ‍