We are proud to continue our collaboration with the Ria Keburia Foundation through a new residency exchange in 2026.
This September, the PAiR residency in Pāvilosta will welcome Georgian artist Ani Toidze will spend a month in the peaceful atmosphere of the Kurzeme coast, developing her projects and exploring the Baltic art scene and environment.
Later this autumn, in early October, Latvian artist Andris Eglītis will take part in the Ria Keburia residency programme, where he will have the time and space to develop a new body of work in Georgia’s beautiful Gurjaani region.
This long-term partnership reflects VV Foundation’s commitment to creating new ties between Baltic contemporary art and the world, as well as creating new opportunities for artistic mobility and exchange.
About the artists
Andris Eglītis (b.1981, Riga, Latvia) is Latvian contemporary artists living and working in Riga and Drusti Parish. Eglītis is one of the leading artists of his generation, working in variety of paintings, sculptures and architectonic installations made combining oil paint and the wood, soil, sand and clay. His works are permeated by an interest in the relationship between the material and the immaterial, as well as the interaction between aesthetic form and practical (un)usability. Eglītis has been taking part in various group exhibitions and held more than dozen solo shows in Latvia and abroad since 2000 and was awarded the Purvītis Prize in 2013 for his solo show EARTH WORKS in Mūkusala Art Salon (Riga). In 2015, together with the artist Katrīna Neiburga he represented Latvia at the 56th Venice Art Biennale.
Ani Toidze (b. 1995) lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, in 2017. Her artistic practice explores painting, drawing, and video, unfolding imaginary paths of surreal vision through real-life forms and blending intuitive, dreamlike imagery with material observation. Toidze has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Georgia and internationally, including Drawing Room Art Fair (2022), Open Studios at the Kachreti Exhibition Space (2021), BoCs Art – Residenze Artistiche in Cosenza, Italy (2019), and Vanishing at Factory, Tbilisi (2018). In 2021, she presented her solo exhibition I Float in the Pink Mist at Gamrekeli Gallery in Tbilisi, where she exhibited large-scale paintings that articulated her ongoing exploration of imagined worlds and surreal perception grounded in lived reality.
About the Ria Keburia Foundation
Ria Keburia Foundation, founded in 2016, is one of the leading cultural institutions in Georgia. Its mission is to develop Georgian culture and support international artistic exchange. Since its establishment, the foundation has organised over 30 residency programs, more than 40 exhibitions and educational projects, while supporting local independent initiatives through grants and resources.
Ria Keburia Foundation promotes artistic exchange, supports the production of new works, and fosters the participation of Georgian artists in exhibitions, art fairs, and international residency programs. Its goal is to position Georgian contemporary art within both local and global cultural discourses, nurturing a sustainable and vibrant art scene.
