LINDA VILKA
1995 / LV
Education
Art Academy of Latvia / Practical Doctoral Studies in Arts (2021-ongoing)
Art Academy of Latvia / Environmental Art / MA (2019-2021)
Vilnius Academy of Arts / Graphic Arts / Exchange (2020)
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)
Solo exhibitions
2022 "Crumb revolutions, yesterday's resolutions" at Riga's Highest Gallery, part of Riga Photo month 2022 program, LV
2020 "BREAK-me-DOWN-tomorrow" at Temporary.lv, Plienciems, LV / curated by Tina Petersone
2019 "I owned a tree" at Tankstation, Enschede, NL
2019 "I grew up with dolphins in my garden" at Villa de Bank, Enschede, NL
2014 "Getting to know" at Culture centre of Ugale, LV
Performances/happenings
2021 Zoom "Jamfusion 0.1 with Riga's Highest Gallery & Klara Svandova (CZ)", part of Riga Last Thursdays program
2020 "Therapy in session", as part of "Browsing through surfaces" virtual tour/exhibition, Vilnius, LT
2019 "One day at the bar counter", Targale, LV
2018 "Reload_Ritual" at Tagamanent, Catalonia, ES
2018 "I owned a tree" at Tagamanent, Catalonia, ES
2018 "From irony to sincerity" with artist Lasity Last, AKI, NL
2018 "Life suck$, but you are my home", Targale, LV
Organised Contemporary events
2021 Interactive theatre “Mental Pop-up Therapy Garden”, with Environmental Art students, directed together with
scenographer Liga Zepa, Tu Jau Zini Kur., Riga, LV
2021 Opening of " Akniste Pink milk river", in collaboration with scenographer Liga Zepa, Akniste, LV
2021 "Riga's Highest Gallery" monthly participation in Riga's Last Thursdays program, online and offline, LV
2021 Introduction of Targale Artist Residency, Targale, LV
2021 "Riga's Highest Gallery" goes abroad, in collaboration with Embassy of Targale and local Culinary Club, Targale, LV
2021 "Parallel Idyll / Embassy of Targale", at former Biology faculty, University of Latvia, Riga, LV
2021 "Milky roots of Targale", in collaboration with local culinary club and amateur theater, Targale, LV
2021 "Riga's Highest Gallery", project in collaboration with artist Arta Raituma, Riga, LV
2019 "One day at the bar", re-opening of a bar, Targale, LV
2018 "Not to bite back" public art, Targale, LV
2018 Opening of What’s that smell gallery and a group exhibition "I really want to know where it’s coming from", at Tagamanent, Catalonia, ES
Group exhibitions
2021 "Christmas Edition", at M/Gallery, Riga, LV
2021 "The Highest Prophecy of the Rugged Caterpillars", Riga's Highest Gallery headquarters, LV
2021 "?concsciousness(updated)", Diploma work exhibition of the Environmental Art department, at former Biology faculty, University of Latvia, Riga, LV
2020 "Hard Drive Of Lost Expressions" at PILOT Gallery, Riga, LV
2020 "Hard Drive Of Lost Expressions" at Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, LV
2020 “Physical Spaces: Virtual Connections”, virtual exhibition, based in Vilnius, LT / curated by Mary Marinopoulou
2020 Udensgabali #6, Bad Video Art Festival selection at NOASS, Riga, LV
2020 "Distance Perceptions" online exhibition, based in Vilnius, LT
2020 "Browsing through surfaces", virtual tour/exhibition, Malunai 5, VDA, Vilnius, LT
2020 SEB Scholarship exhibition "Agenda", virtual expo, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, LV
2020 Noisebombing.online, virtual event, based in Lisbon, PT
2020 82nd LMA Carnival Utopia/Distopia - installation "Parallel civilisation / Department of Poetry", Riga, LV
2019 Expo by JAUNmarka guest curator Solvita Krese / Gallery JAUNmarka, as part of JAUNmarka Art Market, LV
2019 Ultra Low Fat Edition of the III International Bad Video Art Festival at Microbiennale of Horizontal Initiatives, Moscow, RUS
2019 "Academia" Art Academy of Latvia anniversary show, as part of Global Weirding and Ecological Nightmares: Designing for an uncertain future workshop with Johanna Mehl, LV
2019 Art Academy of Latvia graduate festival "Fresh meat for critique" at former Biology faculty, 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
2017 "#Logs'a''vai" summer practice exhibition, Art Academy of Latvia, Rujiena, LV
2015 "Space for dialogue" at Museum of Liepaja, LV
2014 "ID: Time.Art" at Museum of Liepaja, LV
Awards
2021 "Best Magazine Cover" award for JEZGA team, at Riga Fashion Awards 2020, LV
2020 82nd LMA Carnival Utopia/Distopia decoration competition - Runner up for installation "Parallel civilisation / Department of Poetry"
2017 Cabinet of Minister's diploma for WorldSkills 2017
2017 WorldSkills 2017 Abu Dhabi / Visual merchandising / Medal of Excellence, UAE
2017 Cabinet of Minister's diploma for EuroSkills 2016
2017 Ministry of Culture Award for Excellence in EuroSkills 2016
2016 EuroSkills 2016 Gothenburg / Visual merchandising / Bronze medalist, SWE
Publications
2021 "From the basement to the attic", about creating "Riga's Highest Gallery", ir.lv
2021 "Riga's Highest Gallery" photo coverage in Arterritory website
2020 Temporary.lv - LINDA VILKA, interview about solo exhibition "BREAK-me-DOWN-tomorrow", published in JEZGA website
2020 JEZGA vol. 3, photo series "Not to bite back", LV / UK
2020 "Arterritory for a better world" virtual colouring book project, Arterritory, LV
2019 Update: Human. Nature zine, Art Research Lab, MPLab, LV
2019 LMA100 / Art Academy of Latvia anniversary book, LV
Positions
2022 Campaign concept, visual identity and environmental object for association "A step ahead of melanoma" and campaign "Your mole seeks attention!", LV
from 2021 Guest lecturer in Art Academy of Latvia, Environmental Arts department, LV
2021 Visual identity for "AVANTE x GARDEN" brand, LV
2020 Contributing designer for JEZGA vol.3, LV / UK
2020 Art Director for "Beznosacijuma" short film, director: Beate Sneidere, festival season 2020 -2022, UK / LV
Residencies
2022 "Rise of Women" Art Residency, Zadar, HR
2021 Sansusi Well-being Residency in collaboration with scenographer Liga Zepa and TAAT Collective, Akniste, LV
Talks / workshops
2022 Express course in visual merchandising and creative thinking, OVT, LV
2021 Conceptual thinking, lecture/workshop, OVT, LV
2021 Visual merchandising and Latvian identity in them, lecture/workshop, OVT, LV
2021 "Mental Garden" workshop, created with scenographer Liga Zepa and TAAT Collective, Art Academy of Latvia, LV
2021 Express course in visual merchandising and creative thinking, OVT, LV
2019 Targale – a place for uncultured culture, Show&Tell_Update: Human. Nature zine, Art Research Lab, MPLab, LV
2019 Design conceptual thinking, LMMDV, LV
2018 Visual merchandising and window display workshop, LMMDV, LV
Participation
2020 Lecture course/workshop with artist Marc Hulson from St. Martens college, hosted by LMA, LV
2020 TAAT Workshop-performance: Space as Encounter, hosted by VGUT and Rupert, Vilnius, LT
2019 Cultural Atlas of Liepaja, Hosted by PhD Thuur Caris / Update: Human. Nature - New Media Art Week / Art Research Lab, MPLab, LV
2019 Global Weirding and Ecological Nightmares: Designing for an uncertain future with Johanna Mehl / LMA, LV
2019 Future Art / Future Signs workshop with Andris Teikmanis and Aija Freimane / LMA, LV
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