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Summary
Obtaining my postgraduate degree in Curating and Art Criticism, I am passionate about the arts and creative environment. My working knowledge of the industry spans from internships in galleries and museums, auction houses and publishing. I am fluent in English, Russian, Latvian language and have a good knowledge of French language. I am a self-motivated and enthusiastic administration professional, who is looking for a new challenging role within the cultural sector. I am willing to relocate.
Education
MSc Modern Art: History, Curating and Criticism.
Experience
Internships and Voluntary work
Talbot Rice Gallery (Edinburgh, UK) – 02.2012 – present: Volunteer Information Assistants. Contribute to the visitor experience, providing information about current exhibitions, assisting during previews and talks, general administrative duties, welcoming visitors, answering phone calls, till operations.
McTear’s Auctioneers and Valuers (Glasgow, UK) – 12.2011 – 02.2012: Assistant to Gallery Manager (fixed term, full time internship). All aspects of working in a busy auction house, including gallery preparation, viewing assistance, liaising with artists, customers, galleries, clerking, telephone bid operation, live internet bidding, writing catalogue entries and general administration.
Art in Translation (Edinburgh, UK) – 09.2010 – 05.2011: Editorial Assistant in scholarly online art history journal: administrative duties, all day-to-day tasks leading to a publication; liaising with authors, publishers, translators, advisers; picture research, copyright for texts and images; proofreading, contributing to writing abstracts; assist with marketing campaigns in collaboration with Berg Publishers, Oxford;Undertook an independent project researching possible advisers in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania; preparing, sending and following-up email campaigns.
LNMM: The Latvian National Museum of Art (Riga, Latvia) – 06.2009 – 08.2009: Curatorial Assistant: curatorial duties, selecting and preparing works of art for forthcoming exhibitions, data input, cataloguing; assisted in preparing the solo exhibition of Lithuanian born artist Nele Zirnite: liaising with the painter, assisting with display; assisted in preparing the exhibition “Gustavs Klucis. On the Constructivist art Front” for Cordoba, Spain.
Work History
Hobbs Ltd (Edinburgh, UK) – 10.2010 – 07.2011: Sales consultant: worked to meet highly competitive personal goals, ensuring an excellent team work and customer service; proven knowledge of fashion industry and natural ability to sell
Global Language Services Ltd. (Aberdeen, UK) – 01.2009 – 09.2010: Interpreter: providing simultaneous interpretation for non-English speakers in Aberdeen Sheriff Court (English-Russian-Latvian languages)
Latvijas Talrunis, SIA (Riga, Latvia) – 11.2004 – 08.2010: The leading directory publishing company in Latvia. Part-time office administrator, data input administrator. Since 2006 freelance online translator (English/Russian/Latvian languages)
Skills
- Computer literate, MS Office, Photoshop
Spoken Languages
- English, Latvian, Russian