Visual artist Sabīne Šnē Follow.Art Card

About me

My practice explores the intersections of culture and nature, focusing on the relationships between humans and the more-than-human, meaning the organisms, elements and systems that sustain us and all life on Earth. Combining scientific research, posthumanist theory and fiction, I create worlds that highlight entanglements in ecosystems and multispecies intelligence. My work spans moving image, sound, sculpture and drawing, often rooted in my rural upbringing in Latvia and shaped by intergenerational knowledge passed down from my grandparents. A deep childhood curiosity for living beings continues to inform my creative thinking, alongside an urge to challenge oppressive systems, colonisation and extractivism. I blur binaries such as human versus environment, natural versus artificial, and self versus world, inviting viewers into more fluid and interconnected ways of seeing and being.

Recent solo exhibitions include RIXC Gallery, Riga (2025); Lot Projects, London (2023); and Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga (2022). I have participated in group exhibitions since 2018, with recent ones at GroundWork Gallery, King’s Lynn (2025); HUB/Art, Barcelona (2025); Braziers Park, Oxfordshire (2025); PILOT Gallery, Riga (2024); RIXC Art Science Festival, Riga (2024); Vlatka Horvat’s project for the Croatian Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale, Venice (2024); Riga Photography Biennale, Sigulda (2024); Kupfer Gallery, London (2024); and National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (2023). Recent screenings include Braga Science Film Festival, Braga (2025); Animator Festival, Poznań (2025); and RIO Cinema, London (2024). I have participated in several artist residencies, including Gibraltar Point Centre for Arts, Toronto (2025) and Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2024).