Dubulti Art Station to open exhibition by Latvian-German women artists’ group Mycelia

The exhibition “Mycelia. Organic Connections” opens on 16 October at the Dubulti Art Station. It is organised by the international artists’ group Mycelia, which brings together women from Latvia and Germany. The ten participants explore human relationships, women’s experience, nature and change in the world. The show will run until 31 January 2027.

The group has collaborated for several years on exhibitions, workshops and other creative projects, built on mutual support and cooperation rather than competition. Since 2020 its symbol has been the mycelium, a thread-like network found in nature and mostly hidden underground, which stands for the artists’ connection and exchange of ideas.

The German participants are Karina Frelich, Patricia Linke, Penelope Richardson, Sabine Schlunk and Silke Bachmann. The Latvian artists are Laura Feldberga, Ingrīda Pičukāne, Sandra Strēle, Izolde Cēsniece and Anna Auziņa. All the works are new, ranging from paintings and textile objects to video installations and monumental murals.

Nets, voices of the past and imperfections

Visitors will first encounter two large works by Laura Feldberga, “Winter Garden”, on the building’s façades. They use polyester netting enriched with handmade textile weaving. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the artist has made nets that allude to camouflage netting. Sabine Schlunk’s installation “Whisper in the Grass” invites viewers to listen to the experience of earlier generations of women. Izolde Cēsniece’s “Like a Needle Without an Eye” combines texts from a Jewish legend about the golem, a Latvian tale of the dragon and a book by researcher Jana Kukaine.

Feminism, climate and family ties

Ingrīda Pičukāne presents a comic and a monumental mural, while Sandra Strēle shows paintings and sculptures devoted to female garden gnomes. Penelope Richardson addresses climate change in a video installation featuring icebergs, and Silke Bachmann uses the surrealist technique of psychic automatism. Anna Auziņa’s video “Faces” shows her in conversation with her daughter, and Karina Frelich presents a 30-metre ink painting, “Shared Threads”, made in the Japanese sumi-e technique.