Mika Solomon ^{Emerging artist}

Artist's country of origin: Latvia

Solomon was born in Portland, Oregon, but holds Latvian citizenship due to his mother’s family heritage. He recently presented his diploma work in the Master’s drawing specialization department of the Latvian Academy of Art. This diploma project centered on utilizing drawing techniques to visualize emotions, feelings, and affect within their apartment. By integrating fantasy and nature-inspired abstractions into images of his living space, he explored the unseen elements and interactions within the environment. Acknowledging all items in the apartment as active participants in a web of affective exchange, his visual research departed from an anthropocentric view that places the human inhabitant dominantly above household belongings, instruments, and utilities.

The topics he often work with include sensory materialization, fantasy and imagination, and playing with harmony. His Bachelor’s diploma work resulted in a book that is now part of the special collections library at the School of the Art Institute. In 2024, he participated in the group exhibition “Parēja” at the Pilot Gallery in Rīga, Latvia.