Sanita Balode
Painter
SANITA BALODE
Visual Artist / Painter based in Norway, Voss
A member of The Professional Association of Visual Artist in Hordaland ( BKFH ) and Norwegian Fine Artists´s Union (Norske billedkunstnere)
Education
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Master of Humanities in Visual Plastic Arts | 2003 I Art Academy of Latvia
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Bachelor of Humanities in Visual Plastic Arts I 2001 Art Academy of Latvia
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Practical Pedagogical Education (PPU) | 2016, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
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
2013 - 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
2007 - Visible World, Laipa Gallery, Valmiera, Latvia
2006 - The Game, Daugava Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2006 - Shadow Play, Metras House Gallery, Aizpute, Latvia
2005 - Players and Dancers, Bastejs Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2005 - The People – Plants, Unibank, Riga, Latvia
2002 - This, Metras House Gallery, Aizpute, Latvia
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
2021 - 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
2017 - Members’ Exhibition, Stord Art Association, Stord Kulturhus, Norway
2016 - Galleri Elisabeth G, Tysnes, Norway
2016 - 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
2012 - 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
2009 - Captivating Atmosphere, Galleri Manss, Latvia
2008 - Inverted Joy, Creative Communication, Touchdown, Galleri Manss, Latvia
2007 - Creative Workshop 2007, Bastejs Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2007 - Fall 2007, Post House, Riga, Latvia
2007 - 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
2004 - Riga District 1st Exhibition of Professional Artists, House of Blackheads, Riga, Latvia
2004 - Nida Expressionism, Savickas Gallery, Nida, Lithuania
2004 - Expressions, Gallery “Akademija”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003 - Prague Dialogue, VIVA ART at Pokorna, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
2003 - Akademie vytranych umenie, Czech Republic
2002 - Exhibition of Latvian Artists, Chagall Museum, Vitebsk, Belarus
2002 - I. Zarina Scholarship, Bastejs Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2001 - Ulmanis in Our Hearts, LMA, Riga, Latvia
2001 - Figurative Painting Exhibition, Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2001 - I. Zarina Scholarship, Bastejs Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2000 - EAST Meets WEST Gallery, Reda van der Bruch, Germany
Grants & Awards
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2002 – Winner, ART-SESSION, Vitebsk, Belarus
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2002 – Paula Puzinas Extraordinary Scholarship, USA
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2001 – Indula Zarina Scholarship, Latvia
Residencies
2007 - Morocco, residence with Latvian Art Society
2004 - Nida Expressionism, Lithuania
Public Art & Commissions & Collections
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purchased by Voss Municipality, Norway
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purchased by Ogre Municipality and Ogre History and Art Museum
2019 - private commission, Tysnes, Norway
2016 - 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