Pauls Rietums

Pauls Rietums’ professional interests include the strategies of public space and the role of culture in them, as well as graphic and object design.

Pauls Rietums (1998) holds a BA in Architecture from the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art (2020), and an MSc from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2024). He was awarded the Orlando Lauti Award for his master’s thesis on speculative and performative reuse of vacant urban spaces. His solo exhibitions include “C–C–C–C–C–C–C–C–C–C–C–C–C–C–C–C–C” at the exhibition hall “Tu jau zini kur” in Riga (2021). He has also contributed image-based work to various publications and platforms. Since 2020, Rietums has worked as a scenographer and architect in both Latvia and Switzerland, engaging in projects that span architecture, visual storytelling, and site-specific design.

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Literally a Very Small Celebration
. Kristaps Ancāns & Pauls Rietums


2025

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“Literally a Very Small Celebration” admires the fragile boundaries between art and design, while also touching on the soft zones where disciplines and authors — experience not only through shared materials and forms, but through mutual curiosity about everyday complexities in society.

“Literally a Very Small Celebration” admires the fragile boundaries between art and design, while also touching on the soft zones where disciplines and authors — experience not only through shared materials and forms, but through mutual curiosity about everyday complexities in society.