Inga Veldre
Purification
Purification examines pain not as rupture, but as the primary architecture of transformation. She stands near-erasure, weighted by matter that no longer belongs to her. Pain is the material of becoming hardened by emotional minerals, calcified memories, accumulated by layers.
Awards
Art of Storytelling Contest
2025Nominee
Conceptual/Abstract
Non Professional
Purification
Purification examines pain not as rupture, but as the primary architecture of transformation. She stands near-erasure, weighted by matter that no longer belongs to her. Pain is the material of becoming hardened by emotional minerals, calcified memories, accumulated by layers.
About Artist
Inga Veldre
An emerging fine art photographer and scientist whose practice explores emergence, transformation, embodiment, and consciousness through natural materials, the body, and light. Working with self-portraiture and material-based processes, she constructs contemporary myth through photographic poetry. Selected Exhibitions • June 2025 — Unbecoming, ExpoMetro Barcelona • September 2025 — FUTUREMAN 2125, VEF Palace of Culture, curated by Dags Vidulējs (Riga Art Fair) • December 2025 — Ashes & Water, ISSP Riga (within Introduction to Contemporary Photography, curated by Kristīne Krauze-Slucka) Public Practice • Co-founder and photographer of Māxlas Žurnāls, a weekly magazine dedicated to contemporary artists in Latvia • Photography and modelling teacher at Public Image Studio • Author of an original 20-hour modelling course supporting sustainable professional development • Ongoing philanthropic involvement in arts education and mentorship
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