Since graduating in 2003 from the MA Graphic Arts department at the Art Academy of Latvia (Riga), Laila was working as: freelance artist; in house Designer at “Riga Fashion House”; director of “Drawing Studio”; and later as a director of foundation “St. Francis Art School” (the first private art school in Latvia).
Creative practices - national and international exhibitions of graphic art, prints and drawings.
Freelance design - book art, illustration, advertising design, corporate identity and web design.
Qualifications
Master’s Degree of Art from the Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia 2003
Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Art from the Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia 1989
Appointments held
2017 - present: Teaching Fellow Graphic Arts University of Southampton, Winchester School of Art Dalian Campus; Dalian, China. Responsibilities - module coordinator.
2014 – 2017: Lecturer Visual Communication
Raffles College of Design and Commerce; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2014: Professor Assistant Communication Design
Habib University, School of Arts, Humanities & Social sciences; Karachi, Pakistan
2010 – 2013: Lecturer Visual Communication Raffles Design College; Kolkata, India
2002 – 2010: Director Foundation “St. Francis Art School”; Riga, Latvia
1996 - 2002: Director “Drawing Studio” ; Riga, Latvia
1990 – 1996: Freelance Artist Riga, Latvia
1989: Designer “Riga Fashion House”;