Indrek Grigor & Šelda Puķīte - Residence Botkyrka

artist

Indrek Grigor & Šelda Puķīte

year

2025

about the artist

Šelda Puķīte (b. 1986, Riga, Latvia) is a curator and researcher based in Estonia. Puķīte has contributed to numerous international exhibitions and has been involved in publishing art albums and creating catalogues for contemporary art festivals such as Survival Kit and the Riga Photography Biennial.

Indrek Grigor (b. 1981, Pärnu, Estonia) is Head of the Exhibitions Department at the Tartu Art Museum. Prior to this, he served for eight years as the Gallery Manager for the Tartu Artists’ Union’s three galleries. He began his professional career in 2006 as the custodian of the photo and video art collection at the Tartu Art Museum.

www.indrekgrigor.com/silvergirls/

about the residency

Šelda Puķīte and Indrek Grigor are the third artist family in residence within the Creative Home Residency program.

The curator duo will present an excerpt from their long-term, open-ended research project Silver Girls at AllArtNow. The project is dedicated to highlighting the legacy of early women photographers from the Baltic region. Evolving organically through collaborations, exhibitions, and various events, Silver Girls continues to grow as new material is explored and uncovered. The project seeks to shed light on the often-overlooked contributions of women to the history of Baltic photography.

At AllArtNow, the curators will present the legacies of two “silver girls”: Latvian photographers Anna Kukk (1885–1960) and Marta Pļaviņa (1896–1959).