In September, we are thrilled to welcome Melanie Holland to the residency.

Melanie Holland is a collage artist and printmaker whose work explores the beautiful unease of the in-between. Her collages and prints lean into history, religion and folktales, and the pairing of the familiar and uncanny. She is interested in the intersections between memory and nostalgia, and loves the unusual connections that emerge when images are pieced together. During her residency in Latvia, she will be exploring “homes away from home” – the sense of belonging (or not) in the physical places we occupy, and the larger idea of what “home” means in liminal spaces and time. Melanie resides in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the US.

The residency is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia.