The most ambitious winter event in the Baltics has been opened - the 22nd International Ice Sculpture Festival. Interpreting the theme of this year's festival "Superheroes", the sculptures feature familiar characters from Hollywood movies, history books and our own everyday life.  

Ice art works were created by 32 professional artists from seven countries: Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Finland. At the opening ceremony on February 7, the winners of the ice sculpture competition were announced.

Individual sculpture – 1st place

Vadim Parkhomenko (Russia)

"Half Superhero"

Individual sculpture – 2nd place

Iurii Mistriukov (Russia)

"Pushing aside obstacles"

Individual sculpture – 3rd place

Sanita Rāviņa (Latvia)

"Hold on"

Team sculptures - 1st place

Nikolai Kokorin un Andrei Kokorin (Russia)

“Future Heroes. The next generation"

Team sculptures - 2nd place 

Sergey Aseev(Russia) un Artem Samoylov (Ukraine)

"Prometheus"

Team sculptures - 3rd place 

Kestutis Musteikis un Vytautas Musteikis (Lithuania)

"Genie in a Bottle"

JURY'S SYMPATHY AWARD (Team Sculpture)

Iurii Mistriukov un Vladimir Mistriukov (Russia)

"Stephen Hawking travels the Milky Way"

JURY'S SYMPATHY AWARD (Team sculpture)

Ekaterina Malukhina (Finland) and Egor Kuklin (Russia)

"You are what you want to be"

JURY'S SYMPATHY AWARD (Individual Sculpture)

Agnese Rudzīte – Kirillova (Latvia)

"Amelia Earlhort"

JURY'S SYMPATHY AWARD (Individual Sculpture)

Vadzim Bandarets (Belarus)

“Jarila

This weekend, from February 7 to 9, meet the most beloved superheroes in Jelgava, the most ambitious ice sculpture festival in the Baltics!

More than 60 works of ice art, demonstration duels, pyrotechnics and light shows, as well as a wide cultural program together with Latvian superstars. The visitors of the event are invited to dress according to the weather and before going to Jelgava to familiarize themselves with the traffic organization scheme, which will also be available in the Waze mobile app during the festival.

Tickets at all Ticket Paradise box offices and www.bilesuparadize.lv.

The international ice sculpture festival is organized by the city of Jelgava and the institution "Kultūra" together with cooperation partners.