Dita Luse
Born in Riga, Latvia in 1972
Lives and works in Riga
www.ditaluse.com
ditaluse@gmail.com
Education:
Masters School of Painting at Art Academy of Latvia (1994-1996), MA 1996
Art Academy of Latvia, Painting department (1990-1994), BA 1994
University of Wisconsin La Crosse, USA (1991-1992)
J.Rosental’s Art College in Riga (1982-1989)

Awards:
Best Painter in Classical group by Professional Jury for AVISKAR AWARDS, received in exhibition AVISKAR 2012 East Meets West in Gallery Gold in Kolkata, India

Main solo exhibitions:
2011 Light, Riga, Latvia
2009 Fragility, Ljubjana, Slovenia
2009 Heritage, Riga, Latvia
2007 Quotations, Riga, Latvia
2005 Nucleus, Riga, Latvia
2003 Origins, Riga, Latvia
2002 Close-up, Riga , Latvia
2001 City for one, Riga, Latvia
1998 Matilda’s dances, Riga, Latvia

Selected recent group exhibitions:
Santorini Biennale of Arts 2012, Santorini, Greece
AVISKAR 2012 East meets West, gallery Gold, Kolkata, India (2012)
HanseArt Fair, Bremen, Bremen Arena, Germany (2011)
Maphiart, Festival della Legalita, Villa Filippina, Palermo, Italy (2011)
Berliner Liste, Contemporary Art Fair, Berlin, Germany (2011)
For the Love of Art, The Acquire Arts Gallery, London, UK (2011)
Inaugural Exhibition “Wikiarte” gallery Wikiarte, Bologna, Italy (2011)
21 of 21st - Ten Years Later, group exhibition, A.S?nas gallery Riga, Latvia (2011)
Expo Officine Artistiche 2010 in Bologna, Italy (2010)
HanseArt Fair Bremen, Bremen Arena, Germany (2010)
World of Art exhibition in Urania centre in Berlin, Germany (2010)
Beijing International Art Biennale China 2010, in Beijing, China (2010)
Battersea Contemporary Art Fair in London (2010)
Group exhibition in Cannery Art & Design Center, Dayton, Ohio, US (2010)
The Art of Peace juried exhibition in Dayton International Peace Museum, Ohio (2010)
Multipoint Art Exhibition in Gallery Univerzum, Nitra, Slovakia (2009)
European Contemporary pARTy, Opera gallery, Budapest, Hungaria (2009)
European Cities at the representation of Latvia to the EU in Brussels (2008)
Stars in the Sky, gallery KUD Laterna, Crnomelj, Slovenia (2008)
Battersea Contemporary Art Fair in London (2008)
International group exhibition Dry Walk gallery, Bricklane, London (2007)

Member of Artists Union of Latvia since 1999.

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