12 Notable alumni of Art Academy of Latvia
Updated: May 31, 2026 EliteDegrees
Art Academy of Latvia is ranked #6,858 in the world and #10 in Latvia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Art Academy of Latvia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Art Academy of Latvia won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Anda Skadmane
1990-. (aged 36)
painter
Anda Skadmane is a Latvian artist.
2. Gunārs Lūsis
1950-. (aged 76)
painter
graphic designer
designer
Gunārs Lūsis is a Latvian artist and graphical designer. Lūsis is notable for creating the design for some of the modern Latvian coins with denominations in Latvian lats, and for authoring the logo for the Latvian presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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3. Antons Kūkojs
1940-2007 (aged 67)
theatrical director
painter
writer
actor
poet
Antons Kūkojs was a Latvian and Latgalian poet, painter and theatre director. In 2000, he was awarded with the Order of the Three Stars.
4. Arturs Akopjans
1969-. (aged 57)
painter
Arturs Akopjans is a Latvian painter of Armenian origin.
5. Gundega Repše
1960-. (aged 66)
art historian
writer
journalist
Gundega Repše is a Latvian writer. She received the Annual Latvian Literature Award in 2000 for her novel Thumbelina (Īkstīte). In 2018, Repše was awarded the Baltic Assembly Literature Award.
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6. Ināra Tetereva
1953-. (aged 73)
businessperson
Ināra Tetereva is a Latvian philanthropist and patron of charities in Latvia.
7. Helēna Demakova
1959-. (aged 67)
art historian
exhibition curator
politician
Helēna Demakova is a Latvian art historian, curator of art exhibitions, and politician. She served as Culture Minister of Latvia from 2004 until 2009 and was a Member of the 9th Saeima (Parliament of Latvia) and lecturer at the Art Academy of Latvia.
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8. Mārtiņš Krūmiņš
1900-1992 (aged 92)
painter
Mārtiņš Krūmiņš was a Latvian-American Impressionist painter. He left Latvia after World War II and came to the United States in 1950. "Mārtiņš Krūmiņš... belongs to those artists of his generation, who amidst the changing trends of contemporary art, after thirty years in exile and emigration, as still basically close to and developing the traditions of their homeland art –...
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9. Anšlavs Eglītis
1906-1993 (aged 87)
journalist
writer
Anšlavs Eglītis was a Latvian writer, journalist and painter who became a war refugee in 1944. He had a prolific career as a novelist, and his later work often examined aspects of exile life.
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10. Džemma Skulme
1925-2019 (aged 94)
visual artist
painter
artist
illustrator
Džemma Lija Skulme was a Latvian artist and modernist painter. Džemma Skulme's personality played a paramount role in Latvian art development and social life of Latvia in the second half of the 20th century.
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11. Kārlis Padegs
1911-1940 (aged 29)
painter
Kārlis Padegs was a Latvian artist. He studied under Latvian painter Vilhelms Purvītis at the Latvia Art Academy. His best-known work is Madonna with Machine Gun, which belongs to the Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga.
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12. Sandra Kalniete
1952-. (aged 74)
diplomat
politician
Sandra Kalniete is a Latvian politician, author and diplomat. She served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia from 2002 to 2004 and as European Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries in 2004. Since 2009, she has served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the European People's Party.
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