LINDA VILKA  

1995 / LV

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Education 

Art Academy of Latvia / Environmental Art / MA ( 2019-present)

Art Academy of Latvia / Environmental Art / BA ( 2015-2019)

AKI ArtEZ Academy for Art & Design in Enschede, NL / Crossmedia design / Exchange (2018-2019)

Volos professional school, GR / Leonardo da Vinci exchange (2014)

Liepaja Music, Art and Design Secondary School / Interior design (2011-2015)

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Solo exhibitions

2019                  "I owned a tree" at Tankstation, Enschede, NL

2019                  "I grew up with dolphins in my garden" at Villa de Bank, Enschede, NL

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Group exhibitions

2019                   Art Academy of Latvia graduate festival “Fresh meat for critique” at former faculty of Biology of University of                                     Latvia, Riga, LV

2019                   III Bad Video Art Festival at Zverev Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, RUS

2019                   "To Look. To See" at Art Academy of Latvia Riga, LV 

2018-2019       "The way through the Christmas tree" 9th festival of spatial objects / project "Personal Christmas", Riga, LV

2018                   "Anatomy&Beyond" at Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, LV

2018                   "Non-existent diagnosis" Creative quarter of Tallinas street, Riga, LV 

2018                   "The transformative power of fire and the furnace. Alchemy" at Telšai, LT

2015                   "Space for dialogue" at Museum of Liepaja, LV

2014                   "ID: Time.Art" at Museum of Liepaja, LV

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Awards

2017                   Cabinet of Ministers diploma for WorldSkills 2017            

2017                   WorldSkills 2017 Abu Dhabi / Visual  merchandising / Medal of Excellence, UAE

2017                   Cabinet of Ministers diploma for EuroSkills 2016

2017                   Ministry of Culture Award for Excellence in EuroSkills 2016

2016                   EuroSkills 2016 Gothenburg / Visual  merchandising / Bronze medalist, SWE

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Workshops

2019                   Performance masterclass with Tine Louise Kortermand / MA Telpa, LV

2019                   Performance masterclass "Open session" with Anette Friedrich Johannessen and Jan-Egil Finne / MA Telpa, LV

2018                   Performance workshop with artist Harold Offeh / AKI LAB, NL

2018                   Workshop with Anika Franke, Jesse Strikwerda in Catalonia, ES

2018                   Contemporary Geographies. To Map Places, Experiences and Ideas, International Summer School by Latvian                                     Centre for Contemporary Art, Kuldiga, LV

2018                   CIRRUS express course "Ceramic shell bronze casting - The Transformative Power of Fire and the Furnace."                                      with David Snoo Wilson and Tom Railton, Telšai, LT

2018                   CIRRUS intensive workshop „Concepting Principles & New Designer Roles” with Bas Könning, Klaipeda, LT

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