Barbara Gaile is born in Riga in 1968. She lives and works in Paris since 1998. Graduated from J. Rozentāls Riga Art school (1987). Studied painting at the University of Sunderland, UK (1992). Graduated from the Art Academy of Latvia, Painting department (1994), MA (1995). Since the first solo exhibition “Nile” at the gallery G&G in Riga (1994) Barbara Gaile has created fifteen solo shows, including “Finds” (2004) and “The mysterious life of paintings” (2008) at the Riga Gallery, “Beads” (2010) and “Colours” (2021) at the Latvian National Museum of Art (LNMM), “Sky” at the Rothko Museum in Daugavpils (2016) and in the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the EU, Brussels (2022). Artist collaborates with the galleries Abstract Project in Paris and Alma in Riga. She participated in the exhibition “To a certain extend” at the gallery Paris Concret and in projects Le pavé d’Orsay and Villa Vassilieff in Paris; in “Berliner liste” (2007, 2008) and Vienna Art Fair (2013), in biennale Art GENDA 96, Copenhagen (1996), Väsby Biennale in Sweden (2001), Baltic artists group show “Grammar” in Tallinn’s Contemporary Art Museum Roterman Salt Storage (1999). Gaile has been participating in many Latvian art shows: “Young artists from Riga” Mücsarnok museum in Budapest (1991), “Sensation N°30” (1993) and “State” (1994) in LNMM, “Pedvālisms” at the Open Air Art museum in Pedvāle, Latvia (1994), “Monument” in Riga (1995), “23 artistas de Letonia” Sala Milares in Madrid (1996), “Abstract art in Latvian painting” LNMM (2003), “Psychedelia” in the gallery Alma (2006), “Latvian contemporary art” European Central Bank, Frankfurt (2007), “Golden works” LNMM (2010), “…when occasion becomes an event…” Riga Art Space (2013), “Identity. History of Latvian contemporary art”, Riga (2014), “A bigger peace, a smaller peace” Riga (2015), “Transportable landscapes” LNMM (2018). Awards: Grand Prize at the 4th annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art “Geo-Ģeo” (1996), “The best artist” in ArtVilnius (2011), Prix Bornhauser – Molinari, France (2000), Médaille d'Argent aux titres des arts du Mérite et dévouement français, France (1998). Works in public collections: Musée d’art contemporain de Medellin, Colombie, LNMM, Latvian Contemporary art collection, Ventspils Museum in Latvia and United States Department of State.