VIJA DOKS

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vijadoks@yahoo.com

One or Two-Person Exhibitions

2019 - "Animal Instincts," two-person show, Carter Burden Gallery, NYC.
2018 - "On the Wall," featured artist, Carter Burden Gallery, NYC.
2006-2007 - One Person Show, Brooklyn Parsonage Latvian Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2005 - One Person Show, private showing corresponding to Alyson Richman’s Swedish Tango book party, NYC.

Selective Exhibitions

2019 - " Carrying Light," XV Latvian Song & Dance Festival Art Exh., Toronto, Canada
            "Somewhere We Landed," Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
            "Transgression," Hudson Guild, NYC
            "Small Works Show," Carter Burden Gallery, NYC.
2018 -"Small Works Show," Carter Burden Gallery, NYC.
            "JAM," Hudson Guild, NYC.
2017 - "Me, My Selfie and I," Rick Krieger & Jim Furlong, curators, Hudson Guild, NYC.
            "Et Tu, Art Brute?" Andrew Edlin Gallery, NYC.
            "Call for Action," Kustera Projects, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2016 - "The Somewhere Project," exhibit, Jim Furlong, curator, Hudson Guild, NYC.
2015 - "Wish You Were Here", A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2014 - Supreme Court Judges Portraits, LLAGNY Conference 1-14-2014 NYU, NYC. "Art Amnesty: Bob and              Roberta Smith," PS1, NYC.
2013 - "5D" Fashion Moda, Stephen Eins, curator, Peekskill, NY.
2011 - “6x6x2011,” Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, N.Y.
2010 - CurateNYC, juried exhibit, Rush Gallery & other NYC venues, NYC.
2008 – “It’s Not Easy” curated by Social Environmental Aesthetics, Exit Art, NYC.
2008 – Thirty-First Small Works Show – Richard Witter of OK Harris, Juror, 80Washington Sq. East Galleries, NYC.
2007 - Salon Show, About Glamour, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2003 – Douglas Dibble Invitational Auction, Hunter College, NYC. 2002 - Group Show, Hudson Guild Gallery, NYC. 2001 – “Counting Coup : Artists Revisit Florida,” Stephan Eins, curator, Theater for the New City, NYC. 2000-2001-              “Many Colored Artworks,” Queens Museum of Art, Queens, N.Y.
2000- “Impressions/Expressions,” WSAC Juried Show, Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, NYC.
1999- Twenty-Second Small Works Show- Ronald Feldman, Juror, 80 Washington Sq. East Galleries, NYC.
1994 – “Post-Modern Botanicals,” 808 Penn Modern, Pittsburgh, PA.
1993 - Group Show, l’Escola Massana, Barcelona, Spain.

Education

· School of Visual Arts, NYC. Studied painting under Georgia Marsh, Nancy Chunn and Judith Linhares.
· Columbia University, MS in Library Service with Honors, NYC.
· Western Michigan University, BA. Graduated Magna Cum Laude, English major.

Work Experience

1976- 2016 - Reference Librarian, Baker & McKenzie, NYC and other law libraries.
·                      Work with a team to handle all North American reference queries
·                      Specializing in corporate and securities law resources.
1988-2006  - Head of Reference, Coudert Brothers, NYC.
                     ·  Responsible for reference queries worldwide
                     ·  Proficient in online and legal research.

Artist’s Collaborations, Writings and other exposure

Portraits of Tennessee women in collaboration with singer, songwriter Candace Corrigan, 2018.
"Cartoon" Law Lines, Oct 28, 2015, http://www.llagny.org/lawlines
"Of Research" Law Lines, Oct 29, 2014, http://www.llagny.org/lawlines
"Interview with Vija Doks" with Rachael Moller, 35 Law Lines 21, Spring 2012.
"Red Ibis" painting included in "The Oranges," dir. Julian Farino, 2012.
Letts Eat: A Latvian Cartoon Cookbook, assisted by Sadira Stelzer. New York, 1995.
“There and Back Again.” Fiction Forum 5 (Summer 1993): 14.
“Untitled.” Paragraph VI (Winter/Spring 1992): 15.

Other

Born in Bad Reichenhalle, Germany of Latvian parents. Raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Lives in NYC.