Kotryna Ula Kiliulyte is a Glasgow based artist. She works with photography, moving image, objects, archive and sound, exhibiting internationally.
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E-mail: kotrynaula@gmail.com
Selected exhibitions, screenings, events:
The Earth Gazes Back, Photo North Gallery, Oulu, Finland, 2024
Arctic Swell - a simple melody (solo show)- Glasgow International, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, 2024
SILVAN, limited edition publication launch, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, 2024
DYAD and Gentle Touch (chapters I and IV of Arctic Swell), Collective Dreaming screening event, Meno Avilys, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2024
Arctic Swell in To Be We Need to Know the River, Riga Photograhy Biennial, Siguldas Devons, Latvia, 2024
Arctic Swell (solo show)- Prospekto gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2023
Amateur Botanist, screening as part of Collective Dreaming programme, CCA, Glasgow, 2023
Arctic Swell (solo show)- Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland, 2022
Amateur Botanist, screening and artist talk, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland, 2020
Amateur Botanist, online exhibition, EEP, Berlin, 2020
Amateur Botanist, screening and artist talk, Centre for Human Ecology, Glasgow, 2019
Amateur Botanist, screening and artist talk, Curator’s Workshop, CCA, Glasgow, 2019
Impossible Colonies (solo show), An Talla Solais, Ullapool, Scotland, 2019
Amateur Botanist, Digital Diaspora film programme, Centrala space, and Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham, UK, 2019
Amateur Botanist, Digital Diaspora screening, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, 2019
The Cradle- NIDA International Photography Symposium, Lithuania, 2018
The Cradle- La Nuit de l'Instant, Printemps de l’Art Contemporain, Marseille, France, 2018
The Cradle- La Nuit de l'Instant screening event,Glasgow International, 2018
Ten from the North, An Lanntair, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, 2018
(INTER)TWINE at Supernormal, Singapore, 2018
In Silver (with Michael Mersinis)- Vilnius Photography Gallery, Lithuania, 2017
PLATFORM, Old Fire Station, Edinburgh Art Festival, 2017
Away Home, Fòcas India, 103 Trongate Glasgow and Design Gallery, Gandhinagar, 2017-2018
When the Light Shifts, Glasgow Women's Library, 2017
In Silver, Jill Todd Award, Nerve Centre, Derry, 2017
Tabula Rasa II, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, 2016- 2017
In Silver, Jill Todd award, Stills gallery, Edinburgh, 2016- 2017
Amber Room, LAME gallery, La Photographie Marseille, Marseille, France, 2016
Population: 5, Meno Trentuno, Museo d'arte contemporanea Masedu, Sassari, Sardinia, 2016
Population: 5, Italian Cultural centre, London, 2016
Away Home, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb, Croatia, 2016
1st chapter of Impossible Colonies, Klaipeda Culture Communication Center, Lithuania, 2016
Peripheral Histories, Lighthouse Glasgow and Platform Glasgow, 2016
Periphery. Stereoscope magazine launch, St.Andrews, Scotland, 2016
Ours. Glasgow Women’s Library, 2016
Tabula rasa. Kaunas Photography Gallery, Lithuania, 2015
Photoukindia: Origins. British Council, New Delhi, India, 2015
Amber Room. McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland, 2015
(…) Interim show, IOTA gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, 2015
Iron Wolf City, Project Space, Glasgow, Scotland 2015
Education:
2015- MLitt Fine Art Practice (photography and moving image) at the Glasgow School of Art (distinction)
2008- Visual Communication (photography) at the Glasgow School of Art (First Class Honours)
2006- Photography and Media Studies (Vilnius Fine Art Academy)
2015- Short Fine Art Studio Teaching Course, Glasgow School of Art
Awards, grants and residencies:
Creative Scotland Open Project Fund grant, 2023-2024
Meander/Boreal Forest LAB symposium, Finland, 2023
Lithuanian Culture Council artist grant, 2021, 2022, 2023
Hope Scott Trust grant, 2021
Creative Scotland Open Project Fund grant, 2020-2021
Lithuanian Culture Council artist grant, 2020
Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland & Street Level Photoworks residency, in Oulu, Finland 2020
VU- Méduse residency, Québec City, Canada 2019
Lithuanian Culture Council Artist Grant, 2019
Creative Scotland Open Project Fund, 2018
RSA Morton award, shortlisted 2018
Hope Scott Trust grant 2018
Centre Photographique Marseille artist residency (with Street Level Photoworks Glasgow) 2018
Glasgow Visual Artist Award 2016
Eaton Fund Award 2016
Lithuanian Culture Council Grant 2016
Winner of IdeasTap Innovators Fund 2015
Nominated for Fotomuseum Winterthur event Plat(t)form by the Glasgow School of Art 2015
Finalist of Conscientious Portfolio Competition 2015
Shortlisted for Riga Photography Biennial 2015
British Council Commendation for Saltire Society International Travel Bursary 2015
Nominated for GSA John Mather Postgraduate Rising Star Award 2015
Glasgow Educational and Marshall Trust Grant 2014- 2015
Magnum IdeasTap Photographic Prize Shortlist 2013
Glasgow Visual Art and Craft Award 2011
Projects/ Commissions/ Talks:
Artist talk, Meeting Photography symposiun, Nida, Lithuania, 2024
Planetary stack workshops, More than Planet symposium, Oulu, Finland, 2024
Visiting lecturer, Communication Design, Glasgow School of Art, 2022 -2023
Visiting lecturer, Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art, 2022- 2023
Glasgow Museums commission for workshop series ‘A Plate Full of Home’, 2020
Visiting lecturer, Mlitt Fine Art Practice, Glasgow School of Art, 2020
Visiting lecturer, Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art, 2019
Guest Lecture, Napier University Edinburgh, 2019
Professional Practice presentation, School of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art, 2018
Projection event curator and symposium assistant coordinator, international NIDA Photography Symposium, 2018- 2019
Photography workshops and artist talks in Ulm, Germany, commissioned by British Council Germany, 2018
PLATFORM 2017 Edinburgh Art Festival Commission, 2017
Coordinator, Fast Forward: Women in Photography conference, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2017
Assistant curator, Kaunas Photo festival, Lithuania, 2017
Visiting lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art, 2017
Artist talk, mentoring session for New Photographers Guild, 2017
Archive digitisation project for Wellcome Trust, Glasgow University, 2016- 2017
Artist talk/ Lecture for the City of Glasgow College, 2016
Artist talk at Nida Photography seminars, Lithuania 2016
Researcher for Test of Time project, Saltire Society 2016
ARTIST TALK- AMBER ROOM BOOK Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow. November 2015
VISITING ARTIST TALK- NEW PHOTOGRAPHERS GUILD Trongate 103, Glasgow. November 2015
Postcards from home- Curatorial project showcasing photographic works of Glasgow based international artists in postcard form. Launched in November 2015
March- Director of Photography for a 40min documentary commissioned by Glasgow Women’s Library and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Premiered September 2015
Artist talk for Glasgow School of Art Communication Design students, commissioned by the Glasgow School of Art. April 2015
Artist Talk- Presentation for Talk See Photography Curatorial Slam, CCA. December, 2014
Reviews/ Features/ Interviews
Lullabies for a Planet in Distress by Rosana Lukauskaite https://arterritory.com/ 2023
Interview and online show on EEP Berlin
Interview and In Silver series feature on Photograd
Interview in Siaures Atenai (Lithuanian only)
Interview and Amber Room feature on Art Narratives
Bird in Flight magazine feature and interview
Lithuanian Photography: Yesterday and Today 2016 (printed publication)
Mini Feature of In Silver series on SSHOP website
Another Place Mag
Interview on narratives.lt (in Lithuanian only)
Video interview with Menotrentuno Young European Photography Festival in Sardinia.
Stereoscope magazine feature.
Interview and feature on OST SEE mag.
Postcards from Home feature on BBC.
Calvert Journal feature and interview.
Tabula Rasa exhibition review on Photomonitor..
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E-mail: kotrynaula@gmail.com
Selected exhibitions, screenings, events:
The Earth Gazes Back, Photo North Gallery, Oulu, Finland, 2024
Arctic Swell - a simple melody (solo show)- Glasgow International, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, 2024
SILVAN, limited edition publication launch, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, 2024
DYAD and Gentle Touch (chapters I and IV of Arctic Swell), Collective Dreaming screening event, Meno Avilys, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2024
Arctic Swell in To Be We Need to Know the River, Riga Photograhy Biennial, Siguldas Devons, Latvia, 2024
Arctic Swell (solo show)- Prospekto gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2023
Amateur Botanist, screening as part of Collective Dreaming programme, CCA, Glasgow, 2023
Arctic Swell (solo show)- Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland, 2022
Amateur Botanist, screening and artist talk, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland, 2020
Amateur Botanist, online exhibition, EEP, Berlin, 2020
Amateur Botanist, screening and artist talk, Centre for Human Ecology, Glasgow, 2019
Amateur Botanist, screening and artist talk, Curator’s Workshop, CCA, Glasgow, 2019
Impossible Colonies (solo show), An Talla Solais, Ullapool, Scotland, 2019
Amateur Botanist, Digital Diaspora film programme, Centrala space, and Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham, UK, 2019
Amateur Botanist, Digital Diaspora screening, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, 2019
The Cradle- NIDA International Photography Symposium, Lithuania, 2018
The Cradle- La Nuit de l'Instant, Printemps de l’Art Contemporain, Marseille, France, 2018
The Cradle- La Nuit de l'Instant screening event,Glasgow International, 2018
Ten from the North, An Lanntair, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, 2018
(INTER)TWINE at Supernormal, Singapore, 2018
In Silver (with Michael Mersinis)- Vilnius Photography Gallery, Lithuania, 2017
PLATFORM, Old Fire Station, Edinburgh Art Festival, 2017
Away Home, Fòcas India, 103 Trongate Glasgow and Design Gallery, Gandhinagar, 2017-2018
When the Light Shifts, Glasgow Women's Library, 2017
In Silver, Jill Todd Award, Nerve Centre, Derry, 2017
Tabula Rasa II, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, 2016- 2017
In Silver, Jill Todd award, Stills gallery, Edinburgh, 2016- 2017
Amber Room, LAME gallery, La Photographie Marseille, Marseille, France, 2016
Population: 5, Meno Trentuno, Museo d'arte contemporanea Masedu, Sassari, Sardinia, 2016
Population: 5, Italian Cultural centre, London, 2016
Away Home, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb, Croatia, 2016
1st chapter of Impossible Colonies, Klaipeda Culture Communication Center, Lithuania, 2016
Peripheral Histories, Lighthouse Glasgow and Platform Glasgow, 2016
Periphery. Stereoscope magazine launch, St.Andrews, Scotland, 2016
Ours. Glasgow Women’s Library, 2016
Tabula rasa. Kaunas Photography Gallery, Lithuania, 2015
Photoukindia: Origins. British Council, New Delhi, India, 2015
Amber Room. McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland, 2015
(…) Interim show, IOTA gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, 2015
Iron Wolf City, Project Space, Glasgow, Scotland 2015
Education:
2015- MLitt Fine Art Practice (photography and moving image) at the Glasgow School of Art (distinction)
2008- Visual Communication (photography) at the Glasgow School of Art (First Class Honours)
2006- Photography and Media Studies (Vilnius Fine Art Academy)
2015- Short Fine Art Studio Teaching Course, Glasgow School of Art
Awards, grants and residencies:
Creative Scotland Open Project Fund grant, 2023-2024
Meander/Boreal Forest LAB symposium, Finland, 2023
Lithuanian Culture Council artist grant, 2021, 2022, 2023
Hope Scott Trust grant, 2021
Creative Scotland Open Project Fund grant, 2020-2021
Lithuanian Culture Council artist grant, 2020
Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland & Street Level Photoworks residency, in Oulu, Finland 2020
VU- Méduse residency, Québec City, Canada 2019
Lithuanian Culture Council Artist Grant, 2019
Creative Scotland Open Project Fund, 2018
RSA Morton award, shortlisted 2018
Hope Scott Trust grant 2018
Centre Photographique Marseille artist residency (with Street Level Photoworks Glasgow) 2018
Glasgow Visual Artist Award 2016
Eaton Fund Award 2016
Lithuanian Culture Council Grant 2016
Winner of IdeasTap Innovators Fund 2015
Nominated for Fotomuseum Winterthur event Plat(t)form by the Glasgow School of Art 2015
Finalist of Conscientious Portfolio Competition 2015
Shortlisted for Riga Photography Biennial 2015
British Council Commendation for Saltire Society International Travel Bursary 2015
Nominated for GSA John Mather Postgraduate Rising Star Award 2015
Glasgow Educational and Marshall Trust Grant 2014- 2015
Magnum IdeasTap Photographic Prize Shortlist 2013
Glasgow Visual Art and Craft Award 2011
Projects/ Commissions/ Talks:
Artist talk, Meeting Photography symposiun, Nida, Lithuania, 2024
Planetary stack workshops, More than Planet symposium, Oulu, Finland, 2024
Visiting lecturer, Communication Design, Glasgow School of Art, 2022 -2023
Visiting lecturer, Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art, 2022- 2023
Glasgow Museums commission for workshop series ‘A Plate Full of Home’, 2020
Visiting lecturer, Mlitt Fine Art Practice, Glasgow School of Art, 2020
Visiting lecturer, Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art, 2019
Guest Lecture, Napier University Edinburgh, 2019
Professional Practice presentation, School of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art, 2018
Projection event curator and symposium assistant coordinator, international NIDA Photography Symposium, 2018- 2019
Photography workshops and artist talks in Ulm, Germany, commissioned by British Council Germany, 2018
PLATFORM 2017 Edinburgh Art Festival Commission, 2017
Coordinator, Fast Forward: Women in Photography conference, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2017
Assistant curator, Kaunas Photo festival, Lithuania, 2017
Visiting lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art, 2017
Artist talk, mentoring session for New Photographers Guild, 2017
Archive digitisation project for Wellcome Trust, Glasgow University, 2016- 2017
Artist talk/ Lecture for the City of Glasgow College, 2016
Artist talk at Nida Photography seminars, Lithuania 2016
Researcher for Test of Time project, Saltire Society 2016
ARTIST TALK- AMBER ROOM BOOK Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow. November 2015
VISITING ARTIST TALK- NEW PHOTOGRAPHERS GUILD Trongate 103, Glasgow. November 2015
Postcards from home- Curatorial project showcasing photographic works of Glasgow based international artists in postcard form. Launched in November 2015
March- Director of Photography for a 40min documentary commissioned by Glasgow Women’s Library and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Premiered September 2015
Artist talk for Glasgow School of Art Communication Design students, commissioned by the Glasgow School of Art. April 2015
Artist Talk- Presentation for Talk See Photography Curatorial Slam, CCA. December, 2014
Reviews/ Features/ Interviews
Lullabies for a Planet in Distress by Rosana Lukauskaite https://arterritory.com/ 2023
Interview and online show on EEP Berlin
Interview and In Silver series feature on Photograd
Interview in Siaures Atenai (Lithuanian only)
Interview and Amber Room feature on Art Narratives
Bird in Flight magazine feature and interview
Lithuanian Photography: Yesterday and Today 2016 (printed publication)
Mini Feature of In Silver series on SSHOP website
Another Place Mag
Interview on narratives.lt (in Lithuanian only)
Video interview with Menotrentuno Young European Photography Festival in Sardinia.
Stereoscope magazine feature.
Interview and feature on OST SEE mag.
Postcards from Home feature on BBC.
Calvert Journal feature and interview.
Tabula Rasa exhibition review on Photomonitor..
©Kotryna Ula Kiliulyte 2023 kotrynaula@gmail.com