Business and Professional Positions Artist, Silja's Fine Art Studio, Marietta, Georgia, 78-.
Public Works In the Spirit of Fluxes, Santa Barbara Mus Art, California; Peanut Gallery, Albany Mus Art, Georgia; Excellent Center Art & Cult, Grover Beach, California; Saint-Marg-in-the-Woods Coll Gallery, Ind; Womens Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York; Chatachoochee Mus of Art, Georgia.
Exhibitions Color: The Divine Madness, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, 96; Myths, Milagros and Magic, Ward-Nasse Gallery, 96; Printmakers Renaissance, Rolling Stone Press Gallery, 96; Coca Cola Co: New Americans, Spruill Arts Center, 96; Fullgrown Art, Woodruff Arts Center, 96; Nuutti Galleria, Finland, Virrat, 2003-2005; and others.
Bibliography Susan Randall (author), A guardian of the earth, Manhattan Arts Int, 1-2/94; Claude le Suer (author), Nature and Mysticism in the Art of Silja T Lahtinen, Artspeak, 12/94; Joseph Merkel (author), Silja Talikka Lahtinen, Karelian Girl, Artspeak, 1/95.
Publications Contribr, Encyclopedia of Living Artists, Vols 2-10, Art Network Press, 87-96; Erotic Art by Living Artists, Directors Guild Publ, 88; The Art of Lovemaking, An Illustrated Guide, Prometheus Bks, 92; cover, Downtown, 5/26/93; contributor, The Guild, Gallery and Designers Editions, Kraus Sikes Inc, 94-96, 2003-05; Printworld Director, 2005.
Honors and Awards Int Art Competition Cert of Excellence in Printmaking, 88; State of Georgia award, Women in Visual Arts, 97; Premio Alba, Meriti Artistici, Ferrara, Ital, 2003; Honorable mention, Women in Arts, Latin Mus Art, Miami, Florida, 2004.
Memberships Organization Independent Artists; Georgia Artists Registry; America Craft Coun; Roswell Fine Arts Alliance; WCA of Georgia (found member); America Art Therapy Association.
Areas of Interest Shamanism.
Dealers Ward-Nasse Gallery 178 Prince St New York New York 10012; Rolling Stone Press Gallery 432 Calhoun St Atlanta GA.
