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  1. 1978. born in Riga, Latvia
    Based in Riga, Latvia

    EDUCATION
    2008 - 2010    Estonian Academy of Arts, Animation Department (MA)
    1997 - 2006    Art Academy of Latvia, Department of Visual Communication (BA, MA)
    1990 - 1997    Janis Rozentāls Art High School (painting)


    SOLO / DUO SHOWS
    2023    live performance with artist Gundega Evelone “Coast Connecting Expedition”,
                  Rīga, river Daugava (between Vecmīgrāvis and Bolderāja), Latvia
                  Organized by Blockhouse Community

    2021    duo exhibition “Homage to The Tired Eyelid” with artist Felicita Pauļuka,
                  International Contemporary Art Festival “Survival Kit 12”,
                  The Rainis and Aspazija House, Riga Latvia

    2020    solo exhibition “Postcards from Mooste”, venue “Bolderāja”,
                  Riga Photography Biennial 2020, Riga, Latvia

    2019    solo exhibition “Meanwhile in suburbs”, Culture palace Ziemeļblāzma,
                  Riga, Latvia

    2018    solo exhibition “Forêt Noire”, gallery “Micēlijs”, Riga, Latvia
                   
    2017    solo exhibition “Red Room”, performance “Red River”
    /2016   in callaboration with musician Vija Moore, feminist zine “Samanta”,
                  Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Office Gallery Riga, Latvia

    2007    solo exhibition  “FAME and Chemistry”, gallery “Urban Lab“, Andrejsala,
                  Riga, Latvia                                         
                   
                 
    GROUP SHOWS, PERFORMANCES, SCREENINGS:
    2023    female group exhibition “Don’t Cry! Feminist Perspectives in
                   Latvian Art: 1965–2023”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia              
                   group exhibition “Back to Nature”, Libljana, Slovenia
                   group exhibition “A Visionary Drawing Riddle”, exhibitions: “Women of Greatness,
                   Masters and Geniuses” (in front of the Museum and the Cultural Centre of
                   Valmiera), “The Female Artist, the Male Model and the Olive” created together
                   with students from the Valmiera Art School, gallery “Ledus pagrabs”,
                   Valmiera, Latvia
                   Contemporary and Video Art festival “Waterpieces 2023”, video collage “Agression”
                   (femlink), gallery “Noass”, Rīga Latvija
                   group exhibition “Mycelia. Netting”, Pedvāle Art Park gallery, Latvia

    2022    group exhibition “BikiMETRS 101”, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
                   group exhibition “Mycelia”, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
                   group exhibition “The Bambi Project”, kogo gallery, Tartu, Estonia
                  
    2021     group exhibition “Kuš! comics aus Riga zu Gast in Bremen”,
                   gallery raum404, Bremen, Germany
                   exhibition “Meditations of Pedvale”, International Artist Residency Pedvale,
                   Pedvale, Latvia

    2020    group exhibition “Dimensions of Distance”, Fotocentrum Raseborg, Finland

    2019     large scale painting “She Grows”, “Art Slam”, Tallinn Street Quarter, Riga, Latvia
                   performance “Independent Woman” in collaboration with
                   musician Vija Moore, Tartu. Estonia
                   group exhibition of comics “Baltic illustration. Comics #3”,
                   “Dailininkų sąjungos” gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
                   performance “Flower Power” in callaboration with musician Vija Moore,
                   open-air culture and music festival “Komēta”, Bolderāja suburbs, Riga, Latvia

    2018     group exhibition “Kosmic Debris”, International printmaking festival
                   “Printmaking In”, Parnu, Estonia
                   group exhibition “Glandula Mammae”,                
                   Paul Stradins Museum for History of Medicine, Riga, Latvia
        
    2017     Latvian contemporary art exhibition “Goddess Ex Machina”,
                   Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
                   group performance “Feminist art show” and “FEMblock” in collaboration with
                   Mētra Saberova, Vika Eksta, Vivianna Maria Stanislavska, Rasa Jansone, Rīga TV24,
                   Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia
                   group comics exhibition “New Perspectives”, Goethe-Institut Riga, Latvia
                   group exhibition “I touch myself”, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
                   
    2016     group exhibition “Mild North”, international comics festival “Ratata”,
                   Macerata, Italy
                   comics book “Three Sisters”, published „mini kuš!“, No 38

    2015     exhibition “Baltic illustration. Komiksi”, gallery Sv. Jonos, Vilnius, Lithuania
                   group comics exhibition “Cilvēks, kurš zīmē”, Goethe Institute, Riga, Latvia
                   video “Levitation”, Contemporary art festival  “Survival K(n)it 7”, Riga, Latvia    

    2014     comics group exhibition “Poetry”, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
                   comics group exhibition “Baltic Sea”, 29 Helsinki comics festival,
                   Helsinki, Finland
                   comics “Black Jam”, Baltic comics magazine “Š!”,  No 18

    2013     installation “Graphic Field Research in Latvia’s Urban Environment,
                   Using a Historical Perspective, Compositional Analysis and Gender studies.
                   Facts and Possible Solutions for Improving the Situation.”
                    Contemporary art festival “Survival Kit 5”, Riga, Latvia
                    international group exhibition “Baltic Comics”, Kiel, Germany

    2012     large scale painting in 27th Helsinki Comics festival, Helsinki, Finland
                   comics “Vilnius, 25.05.2012”, published in Baltic comics magazine “Š!” No 11
                   video “Scream”, 58th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany

    2011     comics “Bella Donna”, published in Baltic comics magazine “Š!” No 9
                   comics “Two Islands” in cooperation with Arianna Vairo (Italy) and
                   Guido Henotz (Netherlands), international comics project Comixiade
                   Latvian comics exhibition “Cold Soup”, Finland comics center, Helsinki, Finland

    2010     international project “Feminists will arrive at three”, Tallinn, Estonia
                   comics “Okurok upal…”, published in the Latvian comics magazine “Kuš!” No 8
                   group exhibition “Keine Angst!” Tapetenwerk, Leipzig, Germany
                   masters graduation exhibition “TASE10”, puppet animation “Zima”,
                   Telliskivi Loomelinnak cultural center, organized by Estonian Academy of Arts,
                   Tallinn, Estonia
                   comics “Forte mortissimo”, published in the Latvian comics magazine “Kuš!” No 7
                   Comic Biennial (Koomiksi Biennaal),
                   Polymer cultural center (Kulturitehas Polymer),Tallinn, Estonia
                   Eastern European female comics exhibition „Female Comics“,
                   City Castle, Poznan, Poland

    2009     international exhibition “Last match”, gallery “Artside”, Lisbon, Portugal
                    live performance “Call Me!”, international exhibition “Survival Kit”, Riga, Latvia
                   comics “The Sad Story of the Potato”,
                   published in the comics magazine “UZO”, Japan
                   comix exhibition „Lost in The City“, gallery “tasty shop” Riga,
                   Latvia and Latvian Centre in Berlin, Germany
                   international comix exhibition “Tell me more…”,
                   Riga, Latvia

    2008    comics “The Sad Story of the Potato”,
                   published in the comics magazine “Stripburger”, Slovenia     
                   comics “Huge, Green & Unmovable animals”
                   published in Baltic comics magazine “Š!”    
                   comics “Discussion in the Kitchen”, published in Latvian comics magazine “Kuš!”
        
    2007     animation “Star Eater”, the film night of the Latvian comics magazine “Kuš!”,
                   Students‘ Club, Riga, Latvia
                   performance/presentation „Riga Fine Art 2007“, video festival „Waterpieces“,
                   gallery „Noass“, Riga, Latvia

    2006     audio-video piece “Noise of Housewife”, event „Sound Forest“,
                   Andrejosta, Latvia

    2005     group exhibition “Confusion”, video installation “Shshshshsh”,
                   organized by Academy of Art of Latvia, Latvian Art Museum “Arsenāls”, Riga, Latvia
                   Latvian Art Museum “Arsenāls”, Riga, Latvia

    2004     poster “New!”, MEMEFEST (festival of radical communication),
                   gallery “Interart”, Ljubljana, Slovenia
                   animation “Women‘s World”, Armenian Contemporary Experimental Art Center,
                   Erevan, Armenia

    2003    exhibition  “2SHOW”, Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius, Lithuania
                   exhibition “Legends of Vecmilgravis”,
                   International art and culture project “re:publika”, cultural palace “Ziemelblazma”,
                   Riga, Latvia
        
    2001     exhibition “Ulmanis in our hearts”, Academy of Art of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
                    exhibition of BA final works “Cukurvate”, organized by Academy of Art of Latvia,
                    Railway Museum, Riga, Latvia

    2000     land art “Sign of Woman”, Pedvale Open Air Museum, Sabile, Latvia

    1999     group exhibition “Feast”, installation “CAFE”, creative group “X13”,
                   culture centre “Zirgu pasts”, Riga, Latvia

    1998     group exhibition “Song Festival”, video installation “K”, creative group “X13”,
                   Academy of Art of Latvia, Riga, Latvia


    RESIDENCES:
    2023     International Artist Residency Pedvale, Pedvale, Latvia
    2022     PAiR - Pavilosta Artist in Residency, Pavilosta, Latvia
    2021     International Artist Residency Pedvale, Pedvale, Latvia
    2020    Riga Circus Well-being Residency program,
                   Children’s Village Graši, Cesvaine, Latvia
    2018     “MoKS” International Residency, Mooste, Estonia
                   Fiskars AiR, Residence for Creative Professionals in Fiskars, Fiskars, Finland


    WORKSHOPS:
    2023   stencil workshops for young people in collaboration with Resource Center for Women
                  “Marta”, (UN The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign)
                  Rīga, Liepāja, Latvia
                  comics workshops for children of  Latvian expats from Luxembourg, youth camp “Kalve”,
                  Barkava, Latvia
                  drawing workshop at Valmiera Art School Valmiera (for the group exhibition
                  “A Visionary Drawing Riddle”), Valmiera, Latvija

    2022   feminist zine workshop for artists, group project “Womanifesta”/”Mycelia”,
                  Munich, Germany    
                  comics workshops for teenagers “Circus for Climate” in collaboration with
                  Latvian artist Vivianna Maria Stanislavska, Gārsene, Latvia
                  comics workshop for children “Everyday heroes and heroines”,
                  “Imanta Neighbourhood Festival”, Riga, Latvia
                  comics workshops for childern and adults “How to distinguish LV from LT?”
                  in collaboration with  Lithuanian artist Miglė Anušauskaitė and
                  Latvian linguist Laimute Balode, Helsinki, Finland

    2021   comics workshop “Restriction” for artists and art students
                  in collaboration with Latvian artist AnnaVaivare and comics magazine “Kuš!”,
                  gallery raum404, Bremen, Germany

    2020   photo workshop ““Postcards from Suburbs” or Basic Principles of
                  Wrong Composition, Random effect staging and Other techniques”,
                  Riga Photography Biennial 2020, Riga, Latvia
                  comics workshop for children from The Children’s Willage Graši,
                  Riga Circus Wellbeing Residency, Cesvaine, Latvia

    2016    illustration workshop “Deconstruction of 8th of March” in collaboration with
                  Latvian artist Vivianna Maria Stanislavska, Lady Fest,
                  Kaņepes Culture Centre, Riga, Latvia

    2012   comics workshops for seniors “Life Stories - comic workshops for seniors”
                  in collaboration with comics magazine “Kuš!” editor Sanita Muižniece and
                  Soros Foundation Latvia, Riga, Latvia


    AWARDS
    2023    „ADwards“ (festival of creative excellence) silver orderin the graphic design category
                  for the comics book  “Green Journey” in collaboration with artist V.M.Stanislavska,
                  Latvia
    2017    „ADwards“ (festival of creative excellence) silver orderin the graphic design category
                  for the feminist zine/magazine “Samanta”, Latvia
    2009    „ADwards“ (festival of creative excellence) golden order
                  in the graphic design category for the book „HELPer for visitor of the Latvian Song and
                  Dance Festival“, Latvia
    1996    artists group “B 13” prize, Latvia
    1995    1st place in the republican level drawing competition, Latvia