Anna Gabo. Multidisciplinary visual artist, designer, and writer/journalist/translator

Education

September, 2024 – present
Master studies, Baltic philology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

1998 – 2001
Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Riga, Latvia
Bachelor of Economics and Business Administration

1994 – 1998
Riga Pushkin lyceum

Formal and informal professional education

2022
Course “Film direction” by Valery Todorovsky. Successfully completed

30 June 2022
Weareshifta by ELISAVA
Webinar “5 aplicaciones prácticas de la visualización de datos

21 April 2022
Weareshifta by ELISAVA
Webinar “Cómo gestionar clientes en agencia de publicidad”

21 April 2022
Webinar “Data Tracking: Privacy and you” by Scandiweb

Weareshifta by ELISAVA
Webinar “Diseño editorial: Dos libros y medio” by Albert Romagosa

3 February 2021
IE School of Architecture and Design
Webinar “The Importance of Interior Design in 2021”

3 February 2021
IE Europe
Webinar “Artistic Mindset for the Business Professional”

20 January 2020
Weareshifta by ELISAVA
Webinar “El proceso creativo dentro de una agencia”

23 November 2020
FAD, Barcelona, Spain
FAD Fòrum “El gènere del disseny”

23 November 2020
Barcelona centre de Disseny, Barcelona, Spain
Webinar “DIÁLOGOS PARA EL ACTIVISMO BDW 2020
LA ARTESANÍA COMO FORMA DE ACTIVISMO”

24 November 2020
Weareshifta by ELISAVA
Webinar “EL DISEÑO COMO ESTRATEGIA”

19 november 2020 – present
Domestika
Architectural Sketching with Watercolor and Ink
Alex Hillkurtz by 19 November 2020

ELISAVA, Barcelona, Spain
Weareshifta webinar “Crear sin restricciones digitales”

19 November 2020
Barcelona centre de Disseny, Barcelona, Spain
Online presentation and discussion “Educació emergent en situació de pandèmia”

18 November 2020
ELISAVA, Barcelona, Spain
Online conference “Crafts Now”

2012
Photography workshop in Corbi, Romania

1997 – 1998
Riga art school

1987 – 1988
Private drawing lessons

Professional experience

Music videos

Clouds, clouds for Andrei Oid track, released in 2010, published on Modyfier on 22 May 2012

Energy for Andrei Oid remix on Alexandroid track Energy, released in 2012

Commissioned video works

2017
A special cut of The Fourth Phase video by RedBull for TEIKUMS opening party. Riga, Latvia.

2017
Riga taxi operators video review. Riga, Latvia

2015
Video for Socintegra NGO, pro bono. Riga, Latvia

January, 2010
Editing director of trailer for Vladislavs Nastavshevs theatrical performance Mitya’s Love. Riga, Latvia

2009
Promotional video for Hey Day event at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. Riga, Latvia

As a photographer

June, 2022
Poster for Oleg Bombey DJ performance at Tabu tea-room, pro bono. Riga, Latvia

September, 2020
Laska bar #6 Spotify playlist cover, pro bono. Riga, Latvia

September, 2020
Photo reportage from Laska bar
Photograph featured at the bar’s social media account, pro bono. Riga, Latvia

25-27 May 2018
Homeradio DJ union performance @Under festival. Riga, Latvia, pro bono. Riga, Latvia

May, 2018
Non-touristy Amsterdam series for RU-Amsterdam Private Tours, pro bono. Amsterdam, Netherlands

April, 2018
Series of photographs with Amsterdam views for Luba private tours, pro bono. Amsterdam, Netherlands

20 August 2017
Photograph from Piena svētki festival published @ Piens cafe official Instagram page, pro bono. Riga, Latvia

November, 2016
Image photo session for the jewellery brand Azar Kani, including digital promotion campaign and look book. Riga, Latvia

July, 2016
Reportage form Nadia Bokovikova exhibition @Dali cafe, pro bono. Riga, Latvia

18 June 2016
Poster photograph for Gosh DJ-set @Walters & Grapa, pro bono. Riga, Latvia

27 February 2016
Photograph “Clown” published @ Walters & Grapa official Instagram page. Riga, Latvia

November, 2015
Portrait for Socintegra poster “Feel It Now” promoting a photo exhibition “Pieskāriens” for blind and partially blind people, pro bono, Riga, Latvia

7 June 2015
Misha Luzin portrait for concert @Fiesta, pro bono. Riga, Latvia

August, 2014
Photographing the Apofeoz orchestra poster for performance promotion, pro bono. Riga, Latvia

2004
Photographing the video advertisement’s filming by Vilks Studio, directed by Viktor VIlks (Documentary photography), pro bono. Riga, Latvia

As interior designer

March – April 2019
Penthouse (500 sq.m.) interior design and improvement of functioning – co-work on design and coordination of implementation. Moscow, Russia

2016
50+ sq.m. apartment renovation in Riga suburb. Interior design and implementation.

As jewellery designer

2021 – 2024
Gallery A2, Wells, Somerset, UK
Collaboration on selling contemporary jewellery pieces

2018 – present
Ladneva, www.ladneva.com
Jewellery designer and founder

As graphic designer

June, 2015
DTP of poster for Vladislav Nastavshev’s theatre performance Lake of hope

2019, 2021
Logo for Novel Solutions and Technologies Integrator

Ink and watercolour drawings and sketches

Starting from 2016 in private collections in Riga, Latvia; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Moscow and Tula, Russia; Mansfield, UK; Wells, UK; Wien, Austria.
One of Old Riga sketches is exposed in the guest house The Second House from the River and other, “The Pergola”, in Riga Pushkin Lyceum

As a lecturer

January, 2017
Lecture on documentary photography for the students of NGO Young Folks

Artistic collaboration/curatorship

Select VJ performances

September, 2017
@D27, Riga, Latvia
with Uncles Bundle

August, 2017
@Piens, Piena Svetki, Riga, Latvia
with Uncles Bundle

August, 2017
@KKC, Riga, Latvia
with Bombay and Selffish

July, 2017
@Mala, Cesis, Latvia
with Uncles Bundle

February, 2016
@Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga, Latvia
with Platon Buravicky

December, 2014
@Aristīds, Riga, Latvia
with Heincha

15 December 2012
@Kaņepes Kultūras Centrs, Riga, Latvia
with Rasols event

7 March 2009
@Space:Garage, Riga, Latvia
with Dasha Rush

27 Februaty 2009
@Space:Garage, Riga, Latvia
with Tigerskin aka Dub Taylor

30 January 2009
@Space:Garage, Riga, Latvia
with Katya Ryba, Korablove, Andrei Oid

Publications

July, 2022
Publication of artwork “River bank” (Love is priceless until it is changed. Then it costs a penny.) in Alumni Insider newsletter of Stockholm School of Economics in Riga

2022
Publication of ink as well as ink and watercolour sketches in Literature and Art Almanac Ars of Pushkin lyceum

December, 2016
Publication of a photograph in the article about exhibition of Nadia Bokovikova at LSM.LV. Riga, Latvia

2016 – present
Author of articles for Wikipedia. Topics covered: Viktor Vilks, Scattered hotels (Russian version)

2014
Freelance journalist. Articles on cultural life in Riga in afisha.eu, kulter.lv

1998
Publication of texts and a graphic work in a literature and art almanac ARS. Riga, Latvia

Languages spoken

Russian – native, fluent
English, Latvian – fluent, C2
German – B1
Spanish – A1-A2
French – A1
Italian – communication with a dictionary
Arabic, Tamazight, Hebrew – started to study