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- 1. Lira Kay ArtBio & Resume 1989-2013 ! BIO! ! 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.! .! ! ! RESUME! ! ! Video Screenings and selected painting exhibitions! .! ! ! ! 27 June, 2013 The Art connection presented the Technology Award to Lira Kay in Boston, MA!
- 2. Lira Kay ArtBio & Resume 1989-2013 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.! ! 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.! !
- 3. Lira Kay ArtBio & Resume 1989-2013 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.! ! 1 – 18 December 2011 Streaming Festival 6th edition showing ‘See You Tomorrow’ and published interview with artist Lira Kay.! ! 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! ! 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’.! ! ! 27 May 2011 Video screening in Roschtige Hund, Aarau, Switzerland, screening short film ‘Exercising Sentimental’ at BlackBox Gallery.! ! ! 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! ! 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!
- 4. Lira Kay ArtBio & Resume 1989-2013 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! ! .! 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!
- 5. Lira Kay ArtBio & Resume 1989-2013 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! ! ! ! Lira Kay! www.lirakay.com! ! Email lira@lirakay.com! ! tel. 925 465 1248! ! Address! 61 Los Cerros Pl. Walnut Creek! 94598! !