CURRICULUM VITAE
heimira@hotmail.com
+32486388268
lives and works in Gent, Belgium and Tampere, Finland
Art education
2004 Interactive
documentary film making, Summer school, Czech Republic
2003 Interactive film making, Summer school, Czech Republic
1999-2003 Media art (BA), Tampere Polytechnic, Department of Fine Arts, Finland
1995-1997 Foundation studies in Institute of Design, Lahti Polytechnic, Finland
Solo Projects
2006
3-Dimensional
poetry and web performance, Galera, Vilnius, Lithuania
Pinhole photos, Culture Center Giraf, St-Denys Boukel, Belgium
Pinhole photos, The Scandinavian House, Prague, Czech Republic
2005
Pinhole
photos, Use-It tourist office, Gent, Belgium
2004
Video
performance, "...ion" –Art Center, Barcelona, Spain
Pinhole photos, Gallery of Theatre J. Grossmann, Prague, Czech Republic
2003
Pinhole
photos and slides, Kavarna V Sedmem Nebi, Prague, Czech Republic
2002
Photos,
Lenin museum, Tampere, Finland
2001
Scientific performance, Tampere Polytechnic, Art and Media Department, Finland
Feminist wall painting action, Voljsky, Russia
2000
Sculptures, Central library, Tampere, Finland
Environmental performance, Tampere, Finland
1999
Photos, Club Gulliver, Haapsalu, Estonia
Group Exhibitions and shows
2006
3-Dimensional
poetry and video installation, Try Out Festival, Gent, Belgium
Video installation,
Art Track Gallery, Gent, Belgium
Video installation and photos, Leopoldskazern,
Gent, Belgium
Photos and video art, Knive, Kunst Iuvennale, Geraardsbergen, Belgium
2005
Video performance, Enilas, Kino Aero, Prague, Czech Republic
Video art
and photos, Open Atelje Dag, Nucleo, Gent, Belgium
Shortfilm and photos, Lost Stories, Gallery K@2, Cultural center, Liepaja,
Latvia
Vj –performance, Eclectica, Avant Garde Culture Festival, Tarto, Estonia
Vj –performance, Club Depo, Riga, Latvia
Short film, Lost Foundation, Center of Pispala Contemporary Art, Tampere,
Finland
Short film, Viva Baltica, K@2 Cultural Center, Liepaja, Latvia
2004
Interactive net art, Biennale Balticum, Talking to me?, Rauma Art Museum,
Finland
Interactive video, Mijn Dromen -poetry festival, Beringen, Belgium
2003
Video performance, Matrix, Prague, Czech Republic
Video art, Tampere-Maja, Tartu, Estonia
Photos, Manege, St. Petersburg, Russia
Video art, Centre of Contemporary Art, Jeleni Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Interactive net art, Vapriikki and Finlayson, Tampere, Finland
A group performance, Central Square, Tampere, Finland
Video art, Vaahtera Gallery, Tampere, Finland
2002
Video art, Kino Aero, Festival of Finnish art in Prague, Czech Republic
Photos, City museum of Pärnu, Estonia
Photos, Pärdi Gallery, Koguva, Estonia
Photos, House of Amnesty, Tampere, Finland
Video art, Tennis Palace Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2001
Performance happening and prints, Central square, Tampere, and Cable Factory's
Culture Centre, Helsinki, Finland, "Dispensing with Formalities"
2000
Photos, Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland
1997
Photos, Central library of Lahti, Finland
Screenings in video art and short film festivals
2006 Try
Out Avantgarde Art Festival, Gent, Belgium
2006 Courtisane Film Festival, Vooruit, Gent, Belgium
2006 Kinos Film Festival, Lahti, Finland
2005 XI Prague Industrial Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
2005 Water pieces Video Art Festival, Noas, Riga, Latvia
2004 Hong Kong Video Art Festival, Hong Kong
2003 IX Prague Industrial Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
2003 Iiris, Jyväskylä, Finland
2003 Euroscreen21, Video Art Screenings, Pan museum, Emmerrich and Kunst Museum,
Dusseldorf, Germany, Worm Cinema, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Apartment Project,
Istambul, Turkey, Cantiery Culturali Alla Zisa, Palermo, Italy, Irida Gallery,
Sofia, Bulgaria, Medienturm, Graz, Austria, Fournos, Center of Art and Techonology,
Athens, Greece, BWA Art Center, On Gallery and Charlie Cinema, Wroclaw, Poznan
and Lodz, Poland, Muu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Kettupäivät, Helsinki, Finland
2002 Short Electronic Form Fairs, Belgrad, Serbia
2001 Focus, Kehräsaari, Tampere, Finland
2001 Kettupäivät, Helsinki, Finland
2000 Visions of light, Oslo, Norway
2000 Cinema Libero Quatrimestrale, Italy
2000 Kettupäivät, Helsinki, Finland
OUR ONLY FREEDOM IN THIS SOCIETY IS TO GET LOST
MIRA HEIJA . 1979 . +32486388268 . FINLAND / BELGIUM . HEIMIRA@HOTMAIL.COM