Virgilijs Tilks Latvian

Virgilijs Tilks is a Latvian artist, curator, and educator based in Boston, Massachusetts, and Riga, Latvia. Their practice centers on site-specific sculptural installations that combine digital fabrication, found materials, and hand-crafted processes. Drawing on a background in architecture, photography, and exhibition design, Tilks investigates relationships between natural and artificial forms, perception, movement, and object ontology. Through spatial interventions and material assemblages, their work explores how objects generate meaning, suggest transformation, and mediate encounters between bodies, environments, and systems of attention. 

Alongside their studio practice, Tilks works as a curator and exhibition-maker. From 2021 to 2023, they co-founded and co-directed DOM Gallery in Riga, developing exhibitions and collaborative platforms for emerging artists. Their curatorial projects often focus on creating dialogue between artists working across different geographies and disciplines. In 2025, they curated In the Shadow of the Floater at Distillery Gallery in Boston, bringing together artists from Latvia, Hungary, Germany, and the United States to explore perception, transience, and attention through sculpture, painting, photography, video, and installation. 

Tilks holds a BFA in Visual Communication from the Art Academy of Latvia and studied Spatial and Exhibition Design at the Berlin University of the Arts. Their work has been exhibited in the United States, Latvia, Germany, and Estonia, including Kingston Gallery, Distillery Gallery, Boston City Hall, Gallery Very, Zuzeum Art museum, and the Berlin University of the Arts. Their work is included in the collection of the Zuzeum Art Museum in Riga.