Vita Birzaka

was born in Riga in 1963. She is an art historian, curator, and a specialist of »Underground art in Latvia«. She studied at the Latvian Art Academy, was curator and editor in the Latvian Arts Foundation and Deputy Director of the »Daugava« gallery in Riga. She is currently researching nonconformist tendencies in Latvian art in the period 1960-1980. She has been a professor at the Baltic International Academy in Riga since 2009.

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