1. Lira Kay Art Bio & Resume 1989-2013
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BIO!
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Lira Kay was born in St Petersburg. Before moving to England, as well as
studying Art, she graduated as a psychologist and teacher in Estonia and also
worked for a television company as a news reporter and presenter.!
She has actively participated in several art projects, including workshops,
teaching Art and internationally exhibiting in contemporary art galleries and
museums. Lira Kay is represented by Marseille Project Gallery and ARTFEM.TV.
Her works belong to many private collections worldwide as well as to the
collection of Narva Museum in Estonia.!
She had won the prestigious Regional Prize at The Discerning Eye Exhibition at
The Mall Gallery in 2005 in London, UK.!
She had been working in Kensington and Chelsea College studios in 2006-2007
and studied mixed media painting and film making in Central Saint Martins
college of Art and Design, London.!
From 2008 Lira Kay lived in Marseille, France and ran a Marseille Project
Gallery curating international art exhibitions and film screenings.!
In 2011 she moved to Boston, MA, United States. Since 2013 she lives in Walnut
Creek, California.!
Lira Kay’s films have been frequently screened in Europe and USA. The latest
screenings as part of ARTFEM.TV include Open Video Conference, Fashion
Institute of Technology, New York, USA, 16th International Symposium on
Electronic Art, Germany, IX Festival Internacional de la Imagen, Manizales,
Colombia, Dimension Show at Artists’ Television Access in San Francisco, CA
and International Festival for Video Art at UKS – UNGEKUNSTNERES
SAMFUND, Oslo, Norway.!
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Video Screenings and selected painting exhibitions!
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27 June, 2013 The Art connection presented the Technology Award to Lira
Kay in Boston, MA!

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9 June-4 August, 2013, Danforth Museum, “Wall Off and Community of
Artists Exhibition”, Framingham, MA!
24 May, 2013, Blaue Stunde V had screened Lira Kay’s film “Holy Grail” at
the Altes Pfandhous in Cologne, Germany, project curated by Beate
Gordes with the support of the A and A Cultural Foundation.!
4 March – 3 April, 2013, Rehabilitation Center Gallery, Boston, MA,
“Marriage Proposal’ , Boston, MA, USA!
1 March, 2013, Museum of Contemporary Renaissance, Somerville, MA.!
23 November, 2012, Kurzfilme Auf Video Blackbox Video Festival, Curated
by Fabian Suter and Eva van der Spek, Roschtige Hund Aarau,
Switzerland.!
14 October – 10 December, 2012, Boomerangs and Boston Art
Underground, Cambridge, MA.!
1 October – 31 November, 2012, Keepsakes Show, Mayor’s Office, Newton
Town Hall, Newton, MA.!
1 October – 14 November, 2012, Freedom Exhibition, New TV, Newton,
MA.!
21-13 September, 2012, Atelier Null 73, Cologne, Germany, Open Space
exhibition curated by Beate Gordes.!
20-23 September, 2012, Festival Elles Tournent , Brussels, Belgium,
showing “Sirens”, “Walking on Fire”, “First Memories” and other films.!
2-15 July, 2012, Albany, New York, The Billboard Art Project is showing
photography and video stills by Lira Kay.!
26 May 2012 Video screening in Roschtige Hund, Aarau, Switzerland,
screening short film ‘Alter Girl’ at BlackBox Gallery.!
May 22 – June 2, 2012, Mnemonic Mirrors, Galereja SC, Zagreb, Croatia,
curated by Evelin Stermitz, ArtFem.TV!
May 19-20, 2012, Newton Open Studios, “From Figurative to Abstract”,
painting exhibition at Newton Project Gallery!
March 9 – 11, 2012 3rd Oslo Screen Festival, International Festival for
Video Art. The presentation of ArtFem.TV and films by Lira Kay is on
Friday, March 9, 2012 at UKS – UNGE KUNSTNERES SAMFUND, Oslo,
Norway.!
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27-28 January 2012 Blue Hour IV – Blaue Stunde IV, On the Road,
Cologne, Germany project curated by Beate Gordes, Poller Kirchweg 87-90
51105 Cologne, Germany.!
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December 2011 - 13 April 2012 as part of Cambridge Connect art
exhibition at Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, 415 Summer
Street, Boston, MA, USA showing painting ‘Scientist’ by Lira Kay.!
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1 – 18 December 2011 Streaming Festival 6th edition showing ‘See You
Tomorrow’ and published interview with artist Lira Kay.!
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3 December 2011 New York City, School of Visual Arts showing Lira Kay’s
films as part of ArtFem.TV, presentation by Evelin Stermitz at CRITICAL
INFORMATION: MAPPING THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND
TECHNOLOGY Graduate Student Conference at the School of Visual Arts,
NY.!
25. November 2011, ’See You Tomorrow’ Black Box Gallery, Aarau,
Switzerland!
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26 August 2011 Video screening at ATA (Artists’ Television Access) in San
Francisco and Las Vegas. Showing ‘Sirens 1-2′ and ‘AlterGirl’ as part of
Video Project ‘Dimensions’.!
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27 May 2011 Video screening in Roschtige Hund, Aarau, Switzerland,
screening short film ‘Exercising Sentimental’ at BlackBox Gallery.!
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Showing my videos as part of ArtFem TV in Montreal, Canada.!
La vie sur écran / Life on the screen curated by Perry Bard Joyce, Yahouda
Gallery, Montréal, Canada, March 31 – May 7, 2011
http://www.joyceyahoudagallery.com!
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Pure Water Vision: Acea EcoArt Contest 2010 showing ‘The Birth of
Venus’, 25 September, 2010-2011!
Conference “Besides the Screen” at Goldsmiths University of London,
London, United Kingdom, 20 November, 2010!
screening ‘Birth of Venus’, ‘Forbidden City’, ,Sirens” and many others as
part of ArtFemTV.!
CIMUAT International Congress on Woman, Art and Technology in the New
Public Sphere (Congreso Internacional Mujer, Arte y Tecnologia en la!

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Nueva Esfera Publica), at the University of Valencia, Spain, 4th Thursday,
November, 2010!
BLUE HOUR 3, Bluesox in Zurich, Mediaroom in Kantonsschule close to
Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland, 28 October, 2010!
« Du poétique à la poésie »cinéma Le Balzac – 1, rue Balzac (coin avenue
des Champs-Elysées) Paris, France, 13 June 2010!
« Du poétique à la poésie » Florean Contemporary Art Museum in
Romania. French-English Poetry Festival, Romania, 15 June 2010!
Two Seas Two Cities, collaborative art project with Lira Kay and
Domashnaja Galereja, Kiev, Koktebel, Ukraine, September 2010!
Blue Hour screening “Sorry” and animated film “To Be or Not to Be,
Cologne, Germany, 27 March, 2010!
Adams’ Rib Exhibition in Cretivna Kucha gallery, Vodnjan, Pula, Croatia,
21 July 2010!
“Garden” is a site-specific art-performance, “Half-hour from paradise”,
Marseille, France, 19.09.09!
Futureproof exhibition 18 September 2010 Marseille Project Gallery. Show
exploring ideas of post-apocalypses and future of the planet!
Two Seas Two Cities.!
Collaborative art project with Lira Kay (Marseille Project Gallery) and
Natalie Kulbashna (Domashnaja Galereja).
Painting on skype. Part of an Art festival in Koktebel Ukraine and
Futureproof exhibition in Marseille Project Gallery. September 2010!
Curating and participating in Marseille Project Gallery exhibitions!
“Futureproof”, 18 September 2010!
“Two Seas Two Cities”, Koktebel, Kiev, Ukraine, 5-7 September, 18
September, 2010!
“Artists portraits”, showing 130 works by 67 artists, 24 April, 2010!
“Half-hour from paradise” 19 September, 2009!
“Music for Two” 4 July, 2009!
“Spring Projection” 20 March, 2009.!
“Housewarming”, 19 September, 2009!
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Selected exhibitions 1989-20111!
Marseille Project Gallery, Marseille, France, 2008-2011!
The Society of Women Artists, The Mall Gallery, London, UK, 2007!
Battersea Contemporary Art Fair 2007, Battersea, London, UK, 2007!

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Kensington and Chelsea College of Art Exhibition, London, UK 2007!
Inspired Art fair 2006 curated by Susan Brades (Ex Director Hayward
Gallery), Kirsten Dunne (Arts Council),and Jo George (Director IAF), 2006!
Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Gallery, London, UK. Works selected by
artist Sir Jonathan Miler and collector John Orbell, 2005!
Candid Arts Centre in Islington, London, UK. Ickenoxs Gallery artists
exhibition, 2005!
ISIS Gallery exhibitions, Leigh-on-Sea, South East London, UK, 1999-2005!
Basildon Gallery, South East London, UK Solo Exhibition ‘Becoming an
Animal’ 2004!
Museum of Creative Arts, Tallinn, Estonia 1995!
Narva Museum, Narva, Estonia. Contemporary Artists Exhibitions, works in
permanent collection, 1989-1996!
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Lira Kay!
www.lirakay.com!
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Email lira@lirakay.com!
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tel. 925 465 1248!
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Address!
61 Los Cerros Pl. Walnut Creek!
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