Kristīne Krauze-Slucka is a visual artist based in Riga, Latvia, whose conceptual practice moves between analog contact printing and physical objects, interrogating the conversion between image and object as a site of performativity.
Her approach to photographic image-making transcends the traditional lens, venturing into the realm of meta images and afterimages. The photographic surface becomes a stratified field where production, circulation, abandonment, and reactivation coexist.
Working frequently with contact printing techniques and expired photographic papers as artifacts of time, photography is engaged as a tactile, sensory process in which matter reacts, resists, and records - resulting in poetic traces.

Krauze-Slucka holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Visual Communication Department of the Latvian Academy of Arts. She was awarded the Grand Prix of the Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award in 2020 and has been twice nominated for the prestigious Purvītis Prize.
In 2022, she was selected as a FUTURES artist, an honor awarded by the Europe-based photography platform. She also serves as a lecturer at the International Summer School of Photography (ISSP).
Kristīne Krauze-Slucka ir vizuālā māksliniece, kas savos darbos pievēršas analogās kontaktdrukas tehnikām un fiziskiem objektiem, uzskatot attēlu un objektu attiecības par performativitātes vietu.
Viņas pieeja foto attēlu veidošanai sniedzas pāri tradicionālam kameras objektīvam, dodoties meta attēlu un pēc-attēlu virzienā. Fotogrāfiskā attēla virsma kļūst par stratificētu lauku, kurā līdzās pastāv ražošana, aprite, pamešana un atkārtota aktivizēšana.
Bieži strādājot ar kontaktdrukas​ ​​​​​tehnikām un novecojušiem foto papīriem kā laika artefaktiem, fotogrāfiskais attēls darbojas kā sensorisks process, kurā matērija reaģē, pretojas un ieraksta - rezultātā veidojot poētiskus nospiedumus.​​​​​​​
Ieguvusi maģistra grādu Latvijas Mākslas akadēmijas Vizuālās komunikācijas nodaļā un saņēmusi  Ziemeļvalstu un Baltijas jauno mākslinieku Grand Prix balvu (2020).
Divas reizes izvirzīta Purvīša balvas nominācijai.
2022. gadā izvēlēta par FUTURES (Eiropas fotogrāfijas platformas) mākslinieci.
Vada lekcijas un darbnīcas ISSP skolā.


SOLO SHOWS
2022                 ECHO, outdoor project displayed at Riga public transport stops, Riga Photography Biennial
2022                 Forced movements of the past, large scale installation, Contemporary Space of Art TUR, Riga, LV
2022                 Resolution strike, mixed media installation, ISSP Gallery, Riga, LV
2022                 Vibrations of the material universe. Thirst for gold, photographic works,  Prospekto gallery, Vilnius, LT
2021                 Obedient Touch, installation, large format unique photographic works, Latvian Museum of Photography
2021                 -ING, cameraless photographic works, exhibition space “Jūras vārti”, Ventspils, LV
2020                 Orgatopia, interactive installation, RIXC gallery, Riga, LV


GROUP SHOWS
2025              SENSING MATTER: FROM THE INFRA-THIN TO THE PHOTOGRAPHIC OBJECT. Punctum Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2025              THE WORLD UNSPELLED, Padure Manor, Latvia
2024              ON GATHERING, MMCA Residency Changdong, Seoul, South Korea
2024              CONTEMPORARY HISTORIES OF PHOTOGRAPHY , ISSP Gallery, Riga
2023               FUTURE RETROSPECTIVES, Contemporary Space of Art TUR, Riga
2023               Art Gallery Ars28, Zurich, Switzerland
2022               FOTOFEST 2022, Parnu Town Hall, Estonia
2021                POSTSENSORIUM,  RixC Art Science festival exhibition 2021, National Library of Latvia, Riga, LV.
2019                CENTENARY EXHIBITION OF THE ART ACADEMY OF LATVIA, exhibition hall ARSENĀLS of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV.
2019                SENSE OF CHANGE, Kuldiga Art House, LV.
2018                Experimental film festival PROCESS, "Mycelium" gallery, Riga, LV.
2017                Festival SOUNDS OF THE LAKE. Outdoor installation, Vestiena, LV.
2017                THE FLOW, ISSP group show, Riga, LV.


AWARDS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2021                 Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award 2020, Grand Prix for mixed media installation Orgatopia.
2021                 Riga Photography biennial – NEXT and ISSP Gallery Award 2021 “Seeking the Latest in Photography!”. 
                          The special Prize – opportunity to publish a photography book with NoRoutine Books (LT).
2020                 Scholarship from the Foundation of the painter Valdemars Tone.
RESIDENCIES
2024                MMCA Residency Changdong, South Korea
2022                PaiR Artist in residency, Latvia
WORKS IN COLLECIONS
                  ZUZĀNS collection (LV)
                    SEB GLOBAL services
                    Private collectors 
EDUCATION
2018 - 2020     MA in Fine Arts, Audio Visual Media Art, Visual Communication Department of the Art Academy of Latvia