ITS#EIGHT

2004-2008: BA in Fashion Design, Fashion Department, Shenkar College Of Engineering & Design, Tel-Aviv, Israel

03/2009: Freelance work
02/2009: Hand & Lock, London, UK
08-11/2009: Fashion Designer assistant, producing garments, sketches, new fabric developments, Roberto Cavalli, Florence, Italy
07-09/2007: Fashion Designer assistant, working on a design brief creating prototypes of garments & detailed technical sketches, Womenswear, Searle, NY
2002 - 2004: Photographer and video editor (Avid 4.1.1), graphic artist (Photoshop & FreeHand), Jerusalem, Israel

3/2008: Art & Fashion Bilbao international competition, finalist, Bilbao, Spain

ITS#EIGHT: Shenkar College of Engineering and Design

Fashion project presented at ITS#EIGHT

01-02/2009: "Embroidery", monthly Magazine, London, UK
01/08/2009: Att, Weekly Magazine, Israel
01/2008: Sharm, Monthly Magazine, Russian magazine, Israel
02/2009: Maariv, Daily Newspaper, Israel
03/2009: Rating, Weekly Magazine, Israel
05/2008: Haaertz, Daily Newspaper (gallery section), Israel
06/2008: Signon, Monthly Magazine, Israel
08/2008: Maaariv, Daily Newspaper, Israel

11/2008: 1st prize winner, Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery, international competition, London, UK
08/2008: 1st prize Winner, Triumph Inspiration Award, national competition, Tel Aviv, Israel
01/2008: Awarded Lola Bar fund for the tailored suits course
01/2008: Shenkar College, Award for academic excellence
8/2007-9/2008: Awarded Sharett Scholarship Program America Israel cultural foundation, with Distinction

Exhibitions:

2009: "Embroidery in Fashion" Hand & Lock, Victoria & Albert Museum London, UK
2008: "Black Dresses" Museum of Bilbao, Bilbao international competition, group exhibition, Spain
2008: "Embroidered Black Dresses" Swarovski CRYSTALLISED, Cosmos & Lounge, group Exhibition, London, UK

Languages:

Englesh, Hebrew, Russian

Web-Album:

http://picasaweb.google.com/marialavigina/Portfolio