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professional education |
| 2000 - 2005 |
Doctor of Philosophy
Skin Stories :: Charting and Mapping the Skin. A practice-based Design Research at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK
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| 1988 - 2000 |
European MA Diploma
European MA Programme in Textiles and Fashion, University of Southampton, UK
Studies in three European Centres:
Berlin University of the Arts, Germany
Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK
Institut Francais de la Mode, Paris, France (Marketing and Management)
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| 1995 - 1999 |
Designer Diploma
Berlin University of the Arts, Germany
Design Faculty, Institute for Experimental Fashion and Textile Design
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| 1994 - 1995 |
Guest Student, Textile Department, The University of Arts and Design in Helsinki (UIAH), Finland
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| 1990 - 1997 |
BA in Arts (1994), Artist Diploma (1997)
Textile Department, Latvian Academy of Arts in Riga, Latvia
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| 1982 - 1989 |
Janis Rozentals Fine Art School in Riga, Latvia |
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exhibitions |
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Since 1990 participated in more than 50 open and group exhibitions in Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Poland, France and UK |
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selected recent exhibitions |
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| 2008 |
Inspired Design - Jacquard and Entrepreneurial Textiles. Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA |
| 2008 |
Sk-interfaces, FACT - Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool, UK (catalogue)
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| 2008 |
Cloth and Culture Now, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK (catalogue) |
| 2007 |
'Our Cyborg Futures: Me or Machine'
Science Museum, Newcastle, UK |
| 2006 |
'Look at Me'
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK |
| 2005 |
'Touch Me'
Victoria & Albert Museum, Contemporary Space, London, UK |
| 2004 |
'Designers' Saturday'
Creation Baumann, Langenthal, Switzerland
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| 2004 |
'Insane about the Membrane'
Gallery of the University of Brighton, UK
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| 2003 |
'Artists at Work: New Technology in Textile and Fibre Art' (catalogue)
International exhibition at the Textile Museum of Prato, Italy
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| 2003 |
Adaptation – Contemporary Latvian Art Now (catalogue)
The Art Museum of Estonia
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| 2002 |
International Biennial Design (catalogue)
Saint-Etienne, France
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| 2001 |
Contemporary Latvian Textile Art
State Art Museum, Moscow, Russia |
| 2001 |
International Textile Exhibition 'Tradition and Innovation'
State Gallery ‘Arsenals‘, Riga, Latvia (catalogue) |
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solo exhibitions |
| 2006 |
'Stories II - Archaeology of Skin'
Foreign Art Museum, Riga, Latvia (catalogue)
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK
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| 2003 |
'Skin Stories :: Charting and Mapping the Skin', Fashion Space Gallery
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK
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| 2002 |
'Skin Topography', Kunstverein ACUD in Berlin, Germany
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| 2000 |
'Skin Stories - Tattoos', 'Ciris' Gallery in Riga, Latvia
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| 2000 |
'Skin Stories - Tattoos', Kulturforum, stilwerk in Berlin, Germany
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| 1999 |
'Another Reality', Kommunale Galerie in Berlin, Germany
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| 1999 |
'Divine Company' (Diploma work), 'Ciris' Gallery in Riga, Latvia
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| 1993 |
'Momentary Impressions', Rozentals Society in Helsinki, Finland
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| 1993 |
'Tattoos', 'Fenikss' Gallery in Jurmala, Latvia
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employment |
| 2007 - |
0.5 Research Fellow at the Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
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| 2006 - |
Co-Founder and Co-Director of the e-text+textiles cultural initiative, Riga, Latvia
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| 2004 - 2006 |
0.5 Lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London, Visual Arts Department, London, UK
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| 2000 - 2004 |
Lecturer at the University of the Arts in Berlin, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Institute for Experimental Fashion and Textile Design, Germany
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| 1997 |
Design assistant at the company 'Krawattenzwang' in Berlin, Germany
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| 1995 |
Textiles assistant to fashion designer Ulla Koskinen in Helsinki, Finland
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| 1993 - 1994 |
Art Director, Advertising company 'Dizaina Darbnica', Riga, Latvia
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| 1992 - 1993 |
Designer of TV commercials (3DS programmes) for 'Consums' advertising company, Riga, Latvia
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| 1991 - 1992 |
Drawing Instructor, Youth Club in Riga, Latvia
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curriculum vitae | more information (pdf)