Latvian glass artist Anda Munkevica and her studio, AM Studio, are crafting high-end glass architectural elements and bespoke sculptures for global luxury brands, high-end fashion houses, and international design exhibitions.
Working from a three-story studio and production facility, Munkevica specializes in custom, hand-crafted projects that range from monumental architectural commissions to intricate retail installations. According to studio materials, international fashion and luxury brands including Dior, Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Tiffany & Co., Balmain, and Michael Kors regularly utilize custom glass furniture constructions, shatterproof security doors, and high-precision curved glass display cases designed by the studio.
Crafting for Luxury Fashion Houses and Global Exhibitions
International visibility for AM Studio has been built through consistent participation in design exhibitions across London, Paris, and Germany. The studio creates unique installations and functional design pieces that demand high structural precision and complex fabrication techniques.
Recent international showcases include a collaboration in Copenhagen at the 3daysofdesign festival with Danish design house Tone Art, which holds distribution rights for works by designer Poul Henningsen. For the festival, AM Studio produced a bespoke glass sculpture serving as a piano lid for a historic piano design, alongside custom glass loudspeakers. Additional international gallery partnerships include London-based Charles Burnand Gallery, while architectural teams working with Dior source custom, shatterproof glass doors engineered by the Latvian studio.
Architectural Landmarks and Sculptural Works
Domestically, Munkevica’s portfolio encompasses prominent civic and architectural projects in Latvia. Notable works include a monumental glass casting for the Marija Chapel at Riga Dome Cathedral, a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Zolitūde shopping center tragedy, and structural glass elements integrated into the Zunda Towers complex in Riga.
The studio’s sculptural output bridges fine art and functional design. Among notable pieces is the form-fused optical glass sculpture titled Linden eye, which incorporates a relief copied from a linden tree in Latvia to symbolize feminine life lines. In 2024, Munkevica’s form-fused and bent glass sculpture Under the moonlight captured first prize at the international glass art exhibition aufbruch at the Waldmuseum Zwiesel in Germany. Her work Vēstures lappuse (Page of History) is also included in the permanent collection of the Notojima Glass Art Museum in Japan.
The Stewarding of Glass Traditions in Latvia
Reflecting on the landscape of contemporary glass art, Munkevica notes that Latvian glassmakers operate without the deep historical manufacturing infrastructure found in regions like Bohemia, Italy, or Scandinavia. Instead, local practitioners rely on individual resilience and contemporary studio practices.
Regional visibility is reinforced through exhibitions such as the Baltic glass art exhibition Slāņi at the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, which featured active artists from Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. To maintain a direct connection to the foundational elements of the craft, Munkevica’s facility includes a hot-glass furnace modeled after the historic setup at the Līvāni Glass and Crafts Centre, enabling the studio to execute traditional glassblowing alongside advanced architectural fabrication.
International Collaborations and Peace Initiatives
Munkevica’s sculptural work frequently addresses broader civic and humanitarian themes. Her artwork titled Iztaisno muguru! (Straighten Your Back!), created in 2023, is dedicated to the resilience of the Ukrainian people. Furthermore, her sculptural work Galds mieram (Table for Peace), which casts human hands of diverse nationalities uniting around a central table motif, premiered at the National Museum of Decorative Arts in Kyiv before traveling to the Liepāja Museum.
Through ongoing commissions for private collectors, museums, and flagship retail spaces, AM Studio continues to expand the technical boundaries of architectural glass sculpture from its base in Latvia.