Vika Matison

(Viktorija Matisone)

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1972, Riga, Latvia

Artist, Painter,  College Lecturer.

Subjects: Painting, Illustration, Book Design.

 

 

 

 

Special education:

1991–1997 – Moscow State University of Printing Arts, Department of Artistic Design of Printed Materials. Master of Fine Arts (MFA).

1984 – 1991, Art school named after Jan Rosenthal, painting department.

1983 – 1990, study in the studio of the painter Masha Ainbinder.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo & Duo Exhibitions

• 2024.11 — Exhibition “Time of the Ancestors” at the Jānis Akuraters Museum, Riga

• 2023.02 — Under the Bird Path, duo show with Silvija Mežkone, Rietumu Gallery, Riga, Latvia

• 2019.02 — The Effect of Presence, solo exhibition, Rietumu Gallery, Riga, Latvia

• 2018.03 — Flash in the Jungle, solo exhibition, MO Gallery, Riga, Latvia

• 2016.03 — Time Regained, solo exhibition, Rietumu Gallery, Riga, Latvia

• 2014.03 — The Fabric of Life, solo exhibition, Pegazs Gallery, Riga, Latvia

Group Exhibitions

• 2019.10 — Source of Strength, Muzeum.lv Gallery, Riga, Latvia

• 2018.10 — Mystery, Muzeum.lv Gallery, Riga, Latvia

• 2017.10 — Re-mission, Ģ. Eliass Museum of History and Art, Jelgava, Latvia

• 1990–1993 — Group exhibitions at Bastejs Gallery, Riga, Latvia (as part of a trio of artists)

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Projects and Publications

• 2018 — Children’s book donation project: presentations in Latvian orphanages and schools, LNK Charity initiative

• 2017 — Author of artist’s book: The Tale of King Kefīrs, Pastryland, and the Buns

• 2009–2011 — Led children’s drawing studio “Artazart” (72nd School, Riga)