MAREUNROL’S IS A RIGA - BASED ARTIST DUO – MĀRĪTE MASTIŅA - PĒTERKOPA AND ROLANDS PĒTERKOPS. IN THEIR CREATIVE PRACTICE, THEY PLACE PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THOUGHT NARRATIVE AND REFLECTION ABOUT THE SURROUNDING WORLD, EXPRESSING IT THROUGH A WIDE RANGE OF ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES: FASHION, FABRIC AND TEXTILE SCULPTURES, CLOTHING COLLECTIONS, SCENOGRAPHY, INSTALLATIONS, VIDEO AND AUDIO WORKS, AS WELL AS COSTUME DESIGN FOR OPERA AND THEATRE.

’S ARE BOTH EXPANDERS AND CHALLENGERS OF DESIGN BOUNDARIES, THEY ARE THINKERS AND STORYTELLERS WHO ELEVATE CLOTHING (FASHION) BEYOND ITS CONVENTIONAL FUNCTIONAL FRAMEWORK, USING IT AS A THREAD TO EXPLORE THE WORLD AND THE SELF. THEIR WORKS ARE CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE MIND, IMAGINATION, AND SENSES, ACTING AS SENSITIVE ANTENNAS THAT CAPTURE THE VIBRATIONS OF THEIR TIME, DECONSTRUCT THEM, DISTILL THEIR ESSENCE, AND EXPRESS IT THROUGH THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF FASHION. THROUGH THIS APPROACH, THEY CONTINUALLY INVITE AUDIENCES TO SEE THE WORLD FROM NEW PERSPECTIVES. THE DUO HAS PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS, FESTIVALS, BIENNIALS, AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS OUTSIDE LATVIA. IN 2009 THEY WON TWO MAIN PRIZES AT THE 24TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FASHION AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN HYÈRES, AND IN 2016 THEY WERE AMONG THE TEN EUROPEAN NOMINEES FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL WOOLMARK PRIZE.
MAREUNROL’S MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST LATVIAN BRAND EVER TO BE INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME OF PARIS FASHION WEEK. THEIR GARMENTS AND ARTWORKS HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE LATVIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART FOR ITS ARCHIVE COLLECTION, AS WELL AS BY PRIVATE COLLECTORS IN LATVIA, LITHUANIA, JAPAN, FRANCE, AND ITALY.
IN 2019 MAREUNROL’S PUBLISHED A BOOK OFFERING A VISUAL RETROSPECTIVE OF THEIR MOST SIGNIFICANT WORKS. THAT SAME YEAR THEIR RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS AND DESIGN BECAME THE MOST VISITED EXHIBITION OF 2019 AND WAS NOMINATED FOR THE KILOGRAM OF CULTURE AWARD ORGANISED BY LATVIAN PUBLIC MEDIA IN THE CATEGORY OF BEST VISUAL ART EXHIBITION.
AT THE END OF 2023 MAREUNROL’S EXHIBITION INVISIBLE EXERCISES WAS NOMINATED FOR THE WINTER SELECTION OF THE PURVĪTIS PRIZE 2024, ONE OF LATVIA’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS ART AWARDS. IN 2026 MAREUNROL’S AND THEIR CREATIVE TEAM WILL REPRESENT LATVIA BY DESIGNING THE LATVIAN PAVILION AT THE 61ST VENICE BIENNALE OF ART.
MAREUNROL’S ARE ALSO ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN EDUCATION, GIVING LECTURES AT BOTH THE ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND THE ART ACADEMY OF LATVIA, THUS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GENERATION OF CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS.

IT IS A CREATIVE AND POETIC FORM OF EXPRESSION CENTERED AROUND THE BODY AND INTELLECTUAL FASHION. IT WEAVES TOGETHER DIVERSE NARRATIVES, ALONG WITH A PHILOSOPHY OF DESIGN, TAILORING, DETAILS, QUALITY, COLORS, FABRICS, SOUNDS, MOVEMENTS, VISUAL SPACES, ACCESSORIES, AND ART OBJECTS. EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS SERVES AS A VISUAL COMMUNICATION MEANS TO REFINE AND ARTICULATE OUR STORIES WITH GREATER CLARITY AND DIRECTNESS.
OUR AIM IS TO UNCOVER NEW DIMENSIONS OF SPACE AND THOUGHT — TO EXPRESS THESE PERSPECTIVES THROUGH OUR VISION AND OFFER A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE YET-UNREALIZED BEAUTY OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD.
EVERY PROJECT IS CONCEIVED AS A STORY — A SYNTHESIS OF DIVERSE MODES OF EXPRESSION THAT SEEKS TO COMMUNICATE SOMETHING BEYOND THE MERE DISPLAY OF CLOTHING.

"WE HAVE ALWAYS STRIVED TO CREATE AND MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE — TO DEVELOP NEW ARTISTIC LANGUAGES THAT HELP EXPLORE AND DISCOVER NEW DIMENSIONS OF BEAUTY BETWEEN THE EVERYDAY, THE KNOWN, AND THE YET TO COME.
WITH FASHION AS AN INTUITIVE ART OF CODES, WE STRIVE TO OFFER PERSPECTIVES AND OPINIONS THROUGH WHICH TO SENSE THE WORLD OF THE PRESENT, HONOR THE ENDURING VALUES OF THE PAST, AND IMAGINE THE VAST HORIZONS OF THE FUTURE."
– MAREUNROL’S

"I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE STRENGTH OF THE LATVIAN DUO. THEIR WORLD, WHICH MIXES CRIME THRILLERS AND SURREALIST HUMOUR, COMES WITH AN ADMIRABLE MASTERY OF CUT.”
– KRIS VAN ASSCHE, WALLPAPER* MAGAZINE