Academic Centre
In 2015 the work of the educator and her pupils was awarded the annual award of Riga City Council's Education, Culture and Sport Department "For achievements in hobby education".
In this exhibition take part the pupils of I. Irbe: G. E. Ērmane, A. Anaņjeva, K. R. Ozoliņa, S. Trofimova, A. Locane, A. Ponomarjova, D. Mihaila and M. Orlova. Ingrīda Irbe studied at Janis Rozentals Riga Art High school, graduated from the Department of Painting at the Art Academy of Latvia (1994), studied at Humboldt State University in California, USA (1992-1993) and graduated from her masters course at the Art Academy of Latvia (1995). She then did her Doctoral programme at the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology at the University of Latvia (1996-1997). The educational work of Ingrīda Irbe is related to the Children and Youth Centre "Mīlgrāvis" and the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art of UL, where she has practiced for more than 20 years.
Her educational work has been approved with the highest recognition - the 5th grade of teachers' professional performance quality. I.Irbe is a member of the Artists' Union of Latvia and has regularly taken part in joint exhibitions since 1992. She has also arranged several solo shows in Latvia and abroad - in the USA, France, Germany and Belarus. The artist has gained many recognitions, including Prof. M. Benson's and sculptor S. Chapin's Sculpture Scholarship at the Humboldt University (1992) and an Art Scholarship from Bremen City Council (2007). In 2010 she got a chance to do creative work in „Cité Internationale des Arts", the residence of artists in Paris. The works of Ingrīda Irbe are characteristic of an individual and spontaneous style of painting. By using sweeping strokes of the brush she creates vivacious and moving artistic works. In her creations, Ingrīda Irbe gives way to inspiration from nature. Her favourite themes are landscapes, various plants, meadows and fields of flowers and during the last few years, she has also produced townscapes. The artist often uses an abstract style of painting and focuses on the search for options for new manifestations of expression in her painting.
In this exhibition take part the pupils of I. Irbe: G. E. Ērmane, A. Anaņjeva, K. R. Ozoliņa, S. Trofimova, A. Locane, A. Ponomarjova, D. Mihaila and M. Orlova. Ingrīda Irbe studied at Janis Rozentals Riga Art High school, graduated from the Department of Painting at the Art Academy of Latvia (1994), studied at Humboldt State University in California, USA (1992-1993) and graduated from her masters course at the Art Academy of Latvia (1995). She then did her Doctoral programme at the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology at the University of Latvia (1996-1997). The educational work of Ingrīda Irbe is related to the Children and Youth Centre "Mīlgrāvis" and the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art of UL, where she has practiced for more than 20 years.
Her educational work has been approved with the highest recognition - the 5th grade of teachers' professional performance quality. I.Irbe is a member of the Artists' Union of Latvia and has regularly taken part in joint exhibitions since 1992. She has also arranged several solo shows in Latvia and abroad - in the USA, France, Germany and Belarus. The artist has gained many recognitions, including Prof. M. Benson's and sculptor S. Chapin's Sculpture Scholarship at the Humboldt University (1992) and an Art Scholarship from Bremen City Council (2007). In 2010 she got a chance to do creative work in „Cité Internationale des Arts", the residence of artists in Paris. The works of Ingrīda Irbe are characteristic of an individual and spontaneous style of painting. By using sweeping strokes of the brush she creates vivacious and moving artistic works. In her creations, Ingrīda Irbe gives way to inspiration from nature. Her favourite themes are landscapes, various plants, meadows and fields of flowers and during the last few years, she has also produced townscapes. The artist often uses an abstract style of painting and focuses on the search for options for new manifestations of expression in her painting.