Tongue Twisters
Katrīna Biksone
10/09-27/09
A tongue twister is a word or phrase that is difficult to pronounce correctly, because the sounds in it are easily confused. However, by repeating it for a long time and persistently, it begins to settle in the mouth, or rather, the mouth begins to fit it more and more comfortably, until the diction and dexterity of speech are honed to the point that the loops no longer fall out.
The exhibition “Tongue Twisters” at the DOM gallery continues the attempts to prepare the problematics of communication, which were started in Katrīna Biksone’s solo exhibition this summer in TUR telpa. This time, the topic of communication is viewed through the analogy of a tongue twister as a metaphor for mediating complex and tricky dialogues. In the works, this idea materializes in small-sized canvases with visualizations of various intermediate states, in which one has come to meet oneself, solving complex knots of mutual communication. This time, choosing to work only in the medium of painting, Biksone returns attention to its self-sufficiency, giving the medium an undivided focus.
Katrīna Biksone (1999) graduated from the Painting Bachelor’s program at the Art Academy of Latvia and obtained a Master’s degree in the interdisciplinary master’s program POST. She has participated in group exhibitions in Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Belgium, and New York. In 2023, Biksone received the Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award (NOBA) in painting and the SEB Painting Scholarship, while in 2025 she was awarded the Linstow Art Award. Biksone works primarily with painting, often combining it with elements of installation. Her work explores the subjectivity of spatial perception, questions of materiality, and the interrogation of everyday aesthetics.
Graphic design: Elīna Salnāja
Exhibition supported by SCCF, Tālava cider