//Looking for a representative for British/European market//

PORTFOLIO: http://www.kata-illustration.com/
BLOG: http://kata-illustration.blogspot.com/

I'm inspired by symbols and metaphors, Aesopian Language, fairy-tales, folk tradition, crafts, ornaments, Hieronymus Bosch and European art of his life-time, education, school of thought by Christopher Hitchens, diversity of human capacities and talents, brain explorations, statistics and other data, hour-long interviews with famous people on Charlie Rose show, languages, literature, politics, social and cultural issues, history, especially history of propaganda in XXc., and living in different countries.

C L I E N T ----- L I S T:
Alma Littera publish. (constantly) , New Scientist magazine (UK), Šviesa publish. (books department and electronic educational games department), Scaent Baltic Energy, Miesto IQ magazine (IQ. The Economist since April 2010), Lithuanian National Television, Pravda magazine, Cukrus Magazine, YEN magazine, EU project 'Vilnius - European capital of culture 2009', UK STYLE shop in Moscow and others

E X H I B I T I O N S ----- P A R T I C I P A T E D:
Mistakes, 20/21-12-2008, in Project Fabric, Moscow

End-year show, June 2009, BSHAD, Moscow

Degree show Stick 'em up, June 2010, Kingston University, London

Stick 'em up #2, June 2010, LBI, London

End-year show, (as an ex-student), June 2010, BSHAD, Moscow

Haarlem Stripdagen, bi-annual event on a theme of Eastern European illustration, June 2010, Netherlands

C O N T E S T S ----- A W A R D S ----- P R E S S:
Vodka Russian Standard, Christmas communication piece, winner, 2008, live project in BHSAD, Moscow

D&AD; student awards, IN BOOK, 2009 (music video for pigsy in space)

Creative Quarterly, place in online gallery, issue 17 (published on december, 2009)

3x3 Merit winner in animation category (professional show), 2010

Digital Arts magazine, work show-cased, interview, May 2011, spread preview

E D U C A T I O N:
I studied product design at Vilnius Academy of Arts in Lithuania, but left early to do a BA in illustration, each year of which was a different place: the University of Hertfordshire, the British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow, and Kingston University.

T E C H N I Q U E S ----- A N D ----- S O F T W A R E:
Paper and card for collages and a computer with a Wacom tablet for vector work. As for software, I mostly use Illustrator and Photoshop, with a little Indesign and Flash.