about - margaritaievaloze

Margarita Frančeska Ieva Loze (b. 1997, Latvia) is an experimental multidisciplinary artist working across textile, sculpture, drawing, and hand-drawn stop-motion animation. The work of Margarita is a celebration of the poetics of the ordinary. Her research focuses on phenomenology, movement, nature, and various forms of memory such as déjà vu and nostalgia. Her work often combines textile with found objects or sculptural elements. Loze seeks objects with defined functions, such as photo albums and frames, or peculiar objects with odd forms and holes.

Currently based between London and Riga, she holds a BA(Hons) in Fine Art: Painting from Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL (2021), and an MFA in Fine Art from Kingston School of Art (2023). Margarita is a member of the Art/Work Association at the artist-run organisation Auto Italia and the ACS Society. Her recent solo exhibition, Sapnis par parītdienas atmiņām, was presented at LOOK! gallery (2024, Latvia). She has previously taken part in The Muse Residency (2024, London) and the Frenkiel Ponti Art Foundation (2024, Italy). Her research project was selected for the Venice Biennale Fellowship Programme (2022, Italy).

In my latest work, I explore the seasonal changes and life cycles within nature. Through repetitive, meditative hand-embroidery, I investigate themes of roots, migrating birds, and familiar landscapes, combining these with impressions of nature's richness and sense of incorrectness of distraction or uncertainty. My colour palette reference patterns seen on flora and fauna, and I often incorporate leaves, fruits, and flowers, which evolve over time - transforming from fresh to muted and aged tones. I play with organic forms and cut-outs as motifs of the Lunar phrase, to highlight The Sun and the cyclical rhythm of Day and Night. Through the wonder and subtle touch of theatricality, I seek to highlight life's fragile qualities and objects we leave behind, inviting a deeper contemplation of their transient nature and our human role within it.

forthcoming

20 Years of The Muse, The Muse Gallery & Maxfactor House, London, UK (until 15th December)

Group exhibition, Blanco Gallery, London, UK (May 2025, PV: TBC)

education

2023 MFA Fine Art, Kingston School of Art, London, UK

2021 BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting, Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London, London, UK

2017 Riga School of Design and art: Form Textile design, Riga, Latvia

awards & residencies

2024

The Frenkiel Ponti Foundation, Artist Residency, Montenero Val Cocchiara, Italy (July)

The Muse Residency, London, UK (January - July)

2023 Project fund by Stanley Picker Trust, Stanley Picker gallery, Kingston, UK