about ilze godlevskis
Something that I know about but don’t yet understand, is what I try to express with my textile arts. Like a dream or personal therapy to understand what is going on in my head, my soft sculptures capture moments of my emotions and mind. Through winding forms with synchronistic colour combinations, I materialize the conscious and unconscious feelings that I get from people and my immediate environment. All things are connected and I use my art to visualize this.
Ilze Godlevskis is a conceptual textiles artist. Creating soft sculptures, she challenges perceptions of what is art and design, and how colour and textile integrate into contemporary life. She is of Latvian origin and first generation Canadian. She completed her visual arts secondary education in Toronto, Canada, before moving to London, England where she graduated from Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design with a degree in Fashion – Knitwear. After her experience in the London fashion industry she looked to expand her artisan knowledge and knitwear craftsmanship in Milan, Italy where she appreticed along side a traditional Italian knitwear master for 3 years. Milan is where she currently produces her work, creating soft-sculptures for exhibition and custom design interior pieces.
EXHIBITIONS:2023 7th Riga International Textile & Fiber Art Triennal - [QUO VADIS] - Riga (LV)2023 Paratissima Talent Exhibition, Torino, (IT)2022 Paratissima - Talent award - NICE & FAIRE - Savior Fair exhibition, Torino, (IT)2020 Envision Arts - Threaded II - Second International Textile Art Online Exhibition -2019 Come Up To My Room, Gladstone Hotel, DesignTO Toronto (CDN)2019 Miniartextile - HUMANS, Paris (FR)2018 Miniartextile - HUMANS, Como (IT)2018 Edicola Radetzsky, Milan (IT)2018 6th Riga International Textile & Fiber Art Triennal - [IDENTITY] - Riga (LV)2016 Clerkenwell Design Week, Platform, London (UK)2015 Salone del Mobile, DesignersBlock, Milan (IT)2014 Blickfang Copenhagen Design Fair, Copenhagen (DNK)2014 London Design Week, London (UK)2014 Salone Del Mobile, DesignersBlock, Milan (IT)
PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS2023 7th Riga International Textile & Fiber Art Triennal - awarded: Recognition of the Latvian National Museum of Art2023 ArteMorbida Textile Arts Magazine - featured interview - https://www.artemorbida.com/ilze-godlevskis/?lang=en2022 Paratissima - Talent award - NICE & FAIRE - Savior Fair exhibition, Torino, Italy2022 Canada Council for the Arts - awarded: Research and Development Grant2021 Latvian Canadian Arts, Music & Letters - 2nd edition2020 Envision Arts - Threaded II - Second International Textile Art Online Exhibition - honourable mention2019 Fiber Art Now - Emerging Artist Award2014 (July) Elle Decor Italia2014 Fiera. - Kalidoscope - edition one