Curator, Photographer, Director at ISSP Gallery
Iveta Gabaliņa is a curator, photographer, and co-founder and director of ISSP Gallery in Riga. She holds a Master’s degree in Photography from Aalto University in Finland and a Master’s degree in Curatorial Studies from the Art Academy of Latvia, where she is currently pursuing a professional doctorate in art. Iveta has received several international photography awards, including the C/O Berlin Talents Award (2013), the Burn Magazine Award, and the CDS Documentary Photography Award. Her work is held in major art collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London and the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, and is regularly exhibited both in Latvia and internationally. Alongside her artistic and curatorial practice, Iveta mentors emerging photographers on behalf of ISSP through Futures, a European photography platform. She is also one of the organisers of the Latvian Art Annual Award.
