Born in 1981, Ventspils, Latvia 
Lives and works in Amsterdam

1999 - 2000 Croydon College, London, England 
2001 - 2005 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Residencies
2010		DCR Guest Studios, The Hague
2008-2009 	Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
2011		Impakt Works, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2011		EKWC, Den Bosch, The Netherlands

Artist collective   
2008 -		OAOA The Oceans Academy of Arts

Awards
2007		Water Pieces Festival, Riga, Latvia, 1st Prize 
2006		Water Pieces Festival, Riga, Latvia, 2nd Prize 
2006		Next Festival - Originality Award, Vilnius, Lithuania



Solo exhibitions
2012		OAOA Vestibule, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2012		Whatspace@Kunstvlaai / Kunstvlaai 2012, Sint Nicolaas Lyceum, Amsterdam 

2011		Francis Ponge, 1646, The Hague, The Netherlands

2010		Petit-Maître, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam

2009		Alchimie du Verbe, Ellen de Bruijne Projects / Dolores, Amsterdam


Group exhibitions
2012		Showroom Mama; The Kids are All Right, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
2012		To make a work it takes a thought and more than one word / Part II, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2012		Krummes Ding, V8 Platform, Karlsruhe, Germany
2012		Inside & Out, KIM / Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2012		Material Information, Kunstmuseum, Bergen, Norway

2011		Intermissions, Survival Kit, Riga, Latvia, curated by CAC, Vilnius
2011		Circa 1990, Malibu Gallery, Malibu, CA, U.S.A.
2011		We Who Saw Signs, ICAS / Institute of Contemporary Art Singapore, Singapore
2011		More Or Less, A Few Pocket Universes, Galleria Augusta, Helsinki, Finland
2011		In Between, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam

2010		Playlist, Postmasters, New York, U.S.A
2010		Malibu Circa 1990, Malibu Art Gallery, Malibu, U.S.A
2010		Spirits And Landscapes, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany
2010		L'invitation au Salon, Heden Hier Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands
2010		Witty Lo-fi Works, NIMK / Nederlands Instituut voor Media Kunst, Amsterdam
2010		Of Facts and Fables, Witte de With, Rotterdam 
2010		If There Is One Hand, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
2010		Just Namedropping - Zachary Formwalt, Rumiko Hagiwara, Ola Vasiljeva, BillyTown, The Hague, The Netherlands
2010		Don't Worry Be Happy, Showroom Mama, Rotterdam

2009		Objects, Furniture and Patterns, Gallery Art Since the Summer of '69, New York, U.S.A.
2009		Argot, Plan B Projects, Amsterdam
2009		Beyond Art Fair, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2009		Dissociation, www.clubinternet.org 
2009		Drawn, Stairwell Gallery, Providence, U.S.A.
2009		Saudade, VCC, Ventspils, Latvia
2009		Dream Sequence, Synchronicity, Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.
2009		Pictoplasma, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2009		In Real Life, www.clubinternet.org 
2009		Contemporary Semantics Beta, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam

2008		www.clubinternet.org 
2008		Rijksakademie Open, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
2008		White Noise/Black Magic, NOG Gallery, London, England
2008		The Joyful Bewilderment, Rough Trade, London, England
2008		Not quite,Röda Sten, Göteborg, Sweden 
2008		Death And Shit Like That, Domy Books, Houston TX, U.S.A
2008		I Might Be Wrong, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2008		Drawing a Conclusion, Peloton Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2007		Nederclips, Stedelijk Museum, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
2007		I see the face, I see the light, The Whole Gallery, Baltimore MD, U.S.A. 
2007		TBA Festival, Portland Contemporary Art Institute, Portland OR, U.S.A.
2007		Float, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, U.S.A. 
2007		Utrecht uploaded #2', Expodium, Utrecht, The Netherlands

2006		Hopes and Fears, Rael Artel Gallery, Pärnu, Estonia

2005		Spacequake, Showroom Mama, Rotterdam
2005		Popless, DOM, Moskow RM, Russia 
2005		The benches, Expodium, Utrecht, The Netherlands


Film and video screenings
2013		Museum of Moving Image, New York, USA
2013		Outpost Artists Resource, New York, USA (up coming)
2013		Monoquini, Bordeaux, France (up coming)
2013		Ferenbalm Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe, Germany (up coming)
2013		Cinema Nova, Brussels, Belgium (up coming)
2013		Syracuse University, New York, USA (up coming)

2012		Museum of Moving Image, New York, USA
2012		The Other Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2012		Institute Of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia

2011		Deus - Impakt Festival, Venice's 54th Biennale; screening 
2011		Labrat Matinée 9, The Cinefamily, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2011		Impakt Festival, Utrecht; screening & performance
2011		Circles And Spinning Wheels, Echo Park Film Centre, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2010		50% Beeld, NIMK / Nederlands Instituut voor Media Kunst, Amsterdam
2010		Spirits And Landscapes, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium
2010		Slightly Disrupted, Impakt Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands 
2010		I am Getting So Far Out One Day, I Won't Come Back At All, Duve, Berlin, Germany

2009		Illusive Visions and Bohemia in the City, LCCA / Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia 
2009		Circles and Spinning Wheels, Pica, Portland, U.S.A., curated by Melody Owen
2009		Cote Court Film Festival, Paris, France
2009		PDX Film Festival, Portland, U.S.A.
2009		Secret Life, Version Festival, Chicago, U.S.A.
	
2008		Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, U.S.A.
2008		Lump Gallery, Raleigh, U.S.A.
2008		The New Museum, New York, U.S.A. 
2008		Rainbow Bites, Impakt Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2008		Water Pieces Festival, Noass, Riga, Latvia

2007		Floating World animation Festival, Portland OR, U.S.A.
2007		CAC / Contemporary Art Centre - CAC tv,  Vilnius, Letvia 
2007		Impakt Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2007		The Smart Wall, New York, U.S.A. 
2007		Wildfile Tour, Huishoudschool, The Hague, The Netherlands
2007		Slimtarra, Extrapool, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2007		Next Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania

2006		Next Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
2006		Water Pieces Festival, Noass, Riga, Latvia
2006		International Kansk Video Festival 2006, Kansk, Russia 
2006		COURTisane Festival of Short film and New Media, Ghent, Belgium
		
2005		Rohstoff, Austrian Film Museum, Vienna, Austria 
2005		PEK 2005 Filmfestival, The Hague, The Netherlands
2005		Panorama, Impakt Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands  
2005		Cinematiek Lazy Marie in Club 1, 't Hoogt, Utrecht, The Netherlands  


Curatorial exhibitions
2009		Argot, Plan B Projects, Amsterdam
2009		Saudade, VCC, Ventspils, Latvia
2009		Secret Life, Version Festival, Chicago, U.S.A.
2008		L'art Floral, Hakro Massandro Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands
2008		Rainbow Bites, Impakt Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands 


Artist's publications 
2012		OAOA catalogue # 5: Journal Vestibule Versions
2010		Sezon
2009		Voyage du Rien
2009		OAOA catalogue #4
2008		OAOA catalogue #3


Articles 
2011		Ola Vasiljeva, website Metropolis M, 02.07.2011