On January 6 at 5:00 PM, Rasmus Marks will open the exhibition “Valguspesa” at Jakobi Gallery.
In his first solo exhibition in Estonia, Rasmus Marks turns Jakobi Gallery into a reconstructed space of thought. Drawing on Freud’s idea of space as an extension of one’s psyche, the exhibition approaches a room of one’s own as a site for regeneration of self. The exhibition is open until 30.01.2026.
Through fragmented depictions of his room, the paintings on view trace how a space takes the form of its inhabitant. Objects seem to rest in bodily positions – crawling and leaning against the walls – they mimic human gestures. A table lamp shines a light that breathes. A paint splatter on a wall bleeds like a nose. A mirror mirrors. A painting is painted within a painting and an inception portal is opened.
Rasmus Marks (b. 2005) is a Latvia-based artist, currently studying at the Art Academy of Latvia. He delves into metaphysical structures of spaces primarily through painting. Whilst trying to grasp the psychic part of objects and body parts, his works reflect the subconscious impressions of himself and his surroundings. Closeness, darkness, and coziness are motifs ever present in his paintings. Marks has been nominated for the Young Painter Prize (2024, 2025), his work has been exhibited in various group shows in Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium. He is a co-founder of the underground art space SAKNE.
Curator of the exhibition Igors Gubenko is a philosopher, writer and curator from Latvia, editor of the independent online culture magazine Satori. He has curated solo exhibitions by Daniela Vētra, MAREUNROL’S, Anna Dzērve, Krišs Salmanis, Voldemārs Johansons, Artūrs Virtmanis and Miķelis Mūrnieks. Together with Līna
Birzaka-Priekule and Laura Brokāne, he curated the group exhibition „In the Name of Desire“ at the Latvian National Museum of Art and together with the association Mākslas birojs – the group exhibition „Bare Life“ at the Cēsis Art Festival 2025. He is the author of the text for the retrospective exhibition „Harmonious Collision“ by the fashion brand Fyodor Golan and the co-creator of its public programme.
Exhibition in Jakobi Gallery stays open from 7.01 until 30.01, T – F 13-18.
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