Kristīne Martinova portfolio

Illustration for the magazine “Avīzes nosakums” (in English “The name of the magazine”), Edition “Mākslinieks tic” (in English “Artist believes”) | 2022

Anniversary card for Pop-band Atro’n’out

2025

JEZGA Magazine VOL 2 “LOVE. SEX. GENDER”2019

Design studio for children at
Museum of Decorative arts and Design
2023

Team: Kristīne Šica and Kortnija Māra Gurtlava, educational programm curators at Museum of Decorative arts and Design; Elīna Bērziņa, Head of Education and Accessibility at Latvian National Museum of Art; Lāsma Kondrāte, designer; Kristīne Martinova, illustrator
The project in a product design category is winner at Latvian design awards 2023.

Design studio for children at
Museum of Decorative arts and Design

Team: Educational programm curators at
Museum of Decorative arts and Design
Kristīne Šica and Kortnija Māra Gurtlava
Head of Education and Accessibility at
Latvian National Museum of Art Elīna Bērziņa
Designer: Lāsma Kondrāte
Illustrator: Kristīne Martinova | Year: 2023
The project won the product design category at the
Latvian Design Award 2023.

Label design and illustration for
SPORA LAB's Lion’s Mane product.

2023

Solo Exhibition: "I Want Everything"
at Galeria Istaba, Riga, Latvia

This visual artwork reflects my creative process during drawing,
capturing everything that comes to mind. The papier-mâché sculpture is a self-portrait of me during the drawing process. The augmented reality object featured in my exhibition by ART+App is created from one character of the larger artwork.
Dimensions: 320 x 260 cm (one piece: 160 x 130 cm) | Year: 2022

Project title: “PROVERBIAL”

First sculpture: “Talk to others the way you want to be talked to (you get what you give)”
Second scultpure: “Don’t spit in the well - you may need to drink from it!

Both sculptures can be viewed in Liepaja, Latvia, using the ART+App

The sculpture “Talk to others the way you want to be talked to (you get what you give)” has been exhibited in Mexico, the capital city of Mexico in 2024. At the Roberto Bercerra and Liucija Dervinyte ehxibition “Hilado”, in PRIZMA art gallery.

Curation and production: Maija Demitere, Rodger Jupijn
Concept and sound: Roberto Bercerra
Character design: Kristine Martinova
3D artist: Jekaterina Jevdokimova
Developer: Patrick Borgeatt | Year: 2024

Posters for the Future DiverCities Project: An Overview of Four Ecosystem Services

Curator: Anna Priedola | project manager: Agita Auza
Year: 2025

Poster for Appointment Festival no.07Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia, at DobraVaga gallery | Year: 2023

Comic poster for the KUŠ! workshop featuring Mia Oberländer, titled “Postcards from the Future” The final results from the workshop are displayed at the Kalnciema district art hall. Printed using the risograph technique in 2023

Poster and web materials
for the 9th self-publishing school organized by the Graphic Association Oficina do Cego

Poster printed using the screen printing technique | Year: 2021

Illustration of the "Dancing Plague of 1518" for the exhibition "What Happened Until Now?"
held in Bologna, ItalyAn exhibition of illustrations inspired by famous or lesser-known
events to outline an imaginary historical atlas.
Participants: Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, La Massana Arts & Design, Barcelona,
Art Academy of Latvia, Riga and others | Year: 2020

Ilmārs Šlāpins “Es nemāku, komatus”

(in English “I don’t know, commas”)Publisher: Neputns | Designer: Aleksejs Muraško
Illustrator: Kristīne Martinova | Year: 2019

Nomination for Zelta Ābeles balva (in English “Golden Apple prize”) as one of the four most beautiful poetry
books of the year, 2019

Linda Gabarajeva “Kosmoss ir virs bēniņiem”(In English “Cosmoss above the attic”)Publisher: Liels un Mazs | Designer: Artis Briedis
Illustrator: Kristīne Martinova | Year: 2024

Nils Sakss “Augstāk” (in English “Higher”)Publisher: Zvaigzne ABC | Designer: Vita Lēnerte
Illustrator: Kristīne Martinova | Year: 2025

Nomination as one of the seven children's book artists
of the year for the Jānis Baltvilka Prize 2025

Arno Jundze “Šušnirks un pazemes bubuļi”
(in English “Šušnirks and underground boogies”)Publisher: Zvaigzne ABC | Designer: Vita Lēnerte
Illustrator: Kristīne Martinova | Year: 2020ASD

Selected for the White Ravens Catalogue 2020.
Nominated for the Jānis Baltvilka Prize for children's book
debut as one of the three debutants

Andre Snair Magnason “Zilās planētas stāsts”
(in English “The story of the Blue Planet”)
Publisher: Liels un Mazs | Designer: Īvs Zenne
Illustrator: Kristīne Martinova | Year: 2019

Arno Jundze “Šušnirks un spoku muiža” (in English “Šušnirks and the Ghost Manor”)Publisher: Zvaigzne ABC | Designer: Vita Lēnerte
Ilustrator: Kristīne Martinova | Year: 2024

Kristīne Martinova
“Es gribu visu. Manu domu mutulis”
(in English “I want everything.
Cloud of my thoughts”) Self-published | Edition of 25 pieces | Year: 2022

Kristīne Martinova “(Ne)diena darbnīcā”

(in English “(Un)happy day in a workshop”)
Self-published by association “Oficina do Cego”,
based in Lisabon, Portugal | Edition of 70 pieces | Year: 2021

As an illustrator, I see my role as one of presenting reality and beauty from a fresh perspective. At times, I highlight paradoxes, while at other moments, I aim to brighten the situation. I particularly enjoy making naive drawings, as they allow me to explore and convey various emotional moods more easily.

One of my main motivations is the pursuit of free creative expression and the flow of imagination.
I believe that creativity is an essential skill for everyone, which is why I enjoy leading workshops and sharing my experiences as a visual artist.

I am open to collaboration and eager to work on projects that convey meaningful messages to others.

Design studio for children at Museum of Decorative arts and Design

Design studio for children at
Museum of Decorative arts and Design