A contemporary art installation featuring a rough, gray concrete block at the forefront, with a white wooden staircase structure around it. Behind the staircase, there is a large panel of artwork depicting abstract black plant-like forms on a pale background. The setting appears to be a modern art gallery with white walls and floors.

Wounded Memory, installation view, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia, 2024

Laura Vela is a Latvian visual artist whose practice explores collective memory, inherited trauma and identity through painting, installation, archival research and participatory work.