About The Artist

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.