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Visual Artist / Painter  based in Norway, Voss

Contact Information 
✉️ sanitabalodeart@gmail.com
🌐 Instagram – @sanita_art
🌐 Facebook – Sanita Balode Art
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​Education

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• Master of Humanities in Visual Plastic Arts | 2003 I Latvian Academy of Art

• Bachelor of Humanities in Visual Plastic Arts I 2001 Master of Humanities in Visual Plastic Arts

• Practical Pedagogical Education (PPU) | 2016, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

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Solo Exhibitions

2025 – Alt eg vil, Bergslitræet Art museum, Voss, Norway
2019 – Figurative Expressions, Art Studio, Tysnes, Norway
2017 – Vision, Fitjar Festival, Dahlebuo, Fitjar, Norway
2015 – Sensitive Games, Årbakka Handelsstad, Tysnes, Norway
2014 – Two Sides of One, Årbakka Handelsstad, Tysnes, Norway
2013 – Time Out, Årbakka Handelsstad, Tysnes, Norway
   Spring – Surhaa Blues Festival, Tysnes, Norway

2012 - You Are What You See, Nesse Gård Art Gallery, Tysnes, Norway
2011– You Are What You See, Nesse Gård Art Gallery, Tysnes, Norway
2008 – Angel’s Touch, Ogre History and Art Museum, Latvia
2007 – Paint the World, World Trade Center, Riga, Latvia
   Visible World, Laipa Gallery, Valmiera, Latvia
2006 – The Game, Daugava Gallery, Riga, Latvia
   Shadow Play, Metras House Gallery, Aizpute, Latvia
2005 – Players and Dancers, Bastejs Gallery, Riga, Latvia
   The People – Plants, Unibank, Riga, Latvia
2002 – This, Metras House Gallery, Aizpute, Latvia

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Group and Collective Exhibitions

2024 – Summer Exhibition, Voss Art Association, Voss Culture House, Norway
2022 – Winter Exhibition, Galleri VOX, Bergen, Norway
2021 – Winter Exhibition, Galleri Mo.z.art, Bergen, Norway
    – 30x30, Galleri VOX, Bergen, Norway

2019 – Summer Exhibition, Årbakka Handelsstad, Tysnes, Norway
2018 –  Summer Exhibition, Årbakka Handelsstad, Tysnes, Norway

2017 – 30x30, Galleri VOX, Bergen, Norway

           – Members’ Exhibition, Stord Art Association, Stord Kulturhus, Norway

2016 – Galleri Elisabeth G, Tysnes, Norway

           – Women’s , Sunnhordland Museum, Stord, Norway

2015 – Members’ Exhibition, Stord Art Association, Stord Kulturhus, Norway
2014 – 30x30, Galleri VOX, Bergen, Norway

2013 – 30x30, Galleri VOX, Bergen, Norway
2012 – Summer Exhibition, Galleri Elisabeth G, Tysnes, Norway
           –  Galleri OZ, Os, Hordaland, Norway
2011 – 4 Women: Anne-Ma Meiningen, Helen Gathe, Tove Borg, Sanita Balode, Galleri Jessheim, Norway
2010 – Winter, Museum of Art and History, Lielvarde municipal, Latvia
2009 – The Great Summer Exhibition 2009 – Contemporary Visual Art, Galleri Manss, Latvia
       – Captivating Atmosphere, Galleri Manss, Latvia
2008 – Inverted Joy, Creative Communication, Touchdown, Galleri Manss, Latvia
2007 – Creative Workshop 2007, Bastejs Gallery, Riga, Latvia
     –  Fall 2007, Post House, Riga, Latvia
     – The Moroccan Sun, Reiters House, Riga, Latvia
2006 – Wind Power, Ventspils Open Air Museum, Latvia
2005 – Painting on Wood, New Figurative, Bastejs Gallery, Riga, Latvia

2004 – Miniature, MC2 Gallery, Riga, Latvia
    – Riga District 1st Exhibition of Professional Artists, House of Blackheads, Riga, Latvia
    – Nida Expressionism, Savickas Gallery, Nida, Lithuania
    – Expressions, Gallery “Akademija”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003 – Prague Dialogue, VIVA ART at Pokorna, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
    – Akademie vytranych umenie, Czech Republic
2002 – Exhibition of Latvian Artists, Chagall Museum, Vitebsk, Belarus
    –I. Zarina Scholarship, Bastejs Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2001 – Ulmanis in Our Hearts, LMA, Riga, Latvia
    – Figurative Painting Exhibition, Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
     – I. Zarina Scholarship, Bastejs Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2000 – EAST Meets WEST Gallery, Reda van der Bruch, Germany

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Grants & Awards

• 2002 – Winner, ART-SESSION, Vitebsk, Belarus

• 2002 – Paula Puzinas Extraordinary Scholarship, USA

• 2001 – Indula Zarina Scholarship, Latvia

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Residencies​

2007  - Morocco, residence with Latvian Art Society 

2004  - Nida Expressionism, Lithuania

 

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Public Art & Commissions & Collections

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• Paintings acquired by Voss Municipality, Norway

• Paintings acquired by Ogre Municipality, Latvia

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2016 & 2019 – Antique Improvisation, private commission, Tysnes, Norway
2010 – Hotel Majori, Jurmala, Latvia
2009 & 2008 – Strautiņš Kindergarten murals, Ogre Municipality, Latvia
2007 – Madamen warship decorative painting, Ventspils, Latvia
2004 – Poppies mural, private commission, Liepaja, Latvia
2003 – Vernisaz Recreation Center, wall and ceiling decoration, Riga, Latvia
2002 – Seasons mural, Latvian Television premises, Riga, Latvia

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