Press release

Inga Meldere (b. 1979 in Kuldīga, Latvia) lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. Inga has obtained a Master degree in Fine Arts in Painting. Between 2013 and 2014, she was a researcher at the Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands.

In her practice, she emphasises painting as a performative tool and considers it an expanded field. Meldere works with cross-disciplinary, innovative, and speculative approaches within conservation, pedagogy and contemporary art. Her practice explores the traces of impermanence, dealing with questions around authenticity, social history, and the exploration of micro-histories.