XYZ Artist in residence
Margarita Frančeska Ieva Loze
Margarita Frančeska Ieva Loze (b. 1997, Latvia) is an experimental multidisciplinary artist currently based between London and Riga. She studied BA(Hons) Fine Art: Painting at the Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL (2021) and MA Fine Art in Kingston School of Art (2023). She is a member of the Art/Work Association at the artist-run organisation Auto Italia and a member of the ACS Society. In 2024, Margarita participated at The Muse Residency in London and Frenkiel Ponti art foundation in Montenero Val Cocchiara in Italy. In the year 2022, she was selected for the Venice Biennale Fellowship Programme.
“Margarita’s latest large-scale embroidery work explores the seasonal changes and life cycles within nature. Her colour choices reference patterns in nature, including flora and fauna. She often incorporates elements from nature within her artwork, and plays with organic forms and motifs of the Sun and the Moon, to highlight the circular movement of Day and Night and our human role within it.”
