Daiga Grantina - Lilacs

Daiga Grantina represented Latvia at the 2019 Venice Biennale and now lives and works in Paris. This is her first solo exhibition in a UK art gallery. 

Grantina's sculptures explore how materials meet and react to each other in ways that make us look again at their size, form and meaning. These interactions echo the ways that living systems and environments evolve - shifting, growing and unfolding across multiple dimensions. 

Drawing inspiration from bodies and landscapes, Grantina creates abstract forms that resist easy definition. Her works appear to remake themselves continuously, inviting viewers into a space where perception is unsettled and reimagined. 

Recent solo exhibitions include: Fiorucci Foundation, London (2025); Kunstmuseum Appenzell (2024); Z33, Hasselt (2024); Art Museum Riga Bourse (2022); GAMeC, Bergamo, (2021); New Museum, New York (2020); the Latvian Pavilion, 58th Venice Biennale (2019); and Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2018).

Generously supported by Fluxus Art Projects.

This event is part of DeStresstival, a free programme of activities designed for students during a demanding time of year.

Don't miss the Making Space

Perfect for families, this space has been created to enhance your experience of the exhibition. Developed by artists Sarah Taylor Silverwood and Gaby Songui, it invites you to slow down, engage your senses, and explore the exhibition in an immersive way. 

You are welcome to take a pillow to sit on, use headphones to listen to a story, and pick up a tote bag to explore. Take your time to sit, hear, and feel the exhibition around you. When you’re finished, please return your pillow, rewind the media player, and rehang your tote bag.

This family-friendly, engaging experience is perfect for all ages, as you explore Daiga Grantina’s artwork through the journey of a little bird.

A note from the Artists

Sarah Taylor Silverwood:

"These cushions invite you to sit, stretch out, or lie down… encouraging a slower and embodied way of looking at the exhibition. They offer a space to rest and to spend time with the work from a different perspective"

During a year as Warwick Arts Centre’s Artist in Residence in the Classroom of Creativity programme, artist Sarah Taylor Silverwood spent time making art with children. She noticed how working on the floor could change the energy in the room, making it more playful, curious and open.

Gaby Songui: 

"The Strangest Leaf is a story about a little bird who goes on a big adventure. It’s a story for children and families about perspective, inspired by Daiga Grantina’s exhibition. How can we interpret and communicate with the world around us? Are things really as they seem? As you move through the gallery, you are invited to imagine the bird weaving in between the sculptures. It might help you look at the artwork in a whole new light"