E L I Z A V E T A   'L I Z A'   S H K I R A N D O  (b. 1986)

she/they

G R O U P    E X H I B I T I O N S

2025    

The Othered Body Horror Show, Copenhagen, Denmark

Alter-native, Berlin, Germany

Blufærdighed, Galley Balkon, Copenhagen, Denmark

2024    

As soon as it goes well it must go bad, La Monstrueuse Galerie, Nantes, France

In Arbeit, Westwerk, Leipzig, Germany

It's worth it, video screening, Malmö gallery weekend, Hypnos Theatre, Malmö, Sweden

Pride / Care / Rage, ODP3, Copenhagen, Denmark

KP 2024, Artists Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark

A hot minute, Calgary, Victoria & Vancouver, Canada

8M, Fishtank Gallery, Malmö, Sweden

I'm nobody, Duplex, Lisbon, Portugal

2023    

Sexualia, Ovenpå, Copenhagen, Denmark

WAOS, Mitt Möllan, Malmö, Sweden

THE FAMILY, Millepiani, Rome, Italy

Liza Shkirando, Konstmamman, Sabina Ðumišic, Orama gallery, Malmö, Sweden

2022    

Annual group exhibition, Höör konsthall, Höör, Sweden

2013    

The Mission (group exhibition) interactive installation, Malmo City Library, Malmö, Sweden

S O L O    E X H I B I T I O N S

2023    Mechanisms of Care, Phatic studios & gallery, Malmö, Sweden

2022    Female Gaze, FRANK gallery, Malmö, Sweden

 R E S I D E N C I E S

2024    MICRORESIDENCIAS, Leipzig, Germany

2023    BONFIRE art residency (online)

T A L K S

Panopticon effect: a discussion on artistic self-censorship, 20th November 2024, in collaboration with Bonfire art platform and Don't Delete Art

Transgression in visual arts, 15th April 2024, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden

Artist talk, 4th April 2024, Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark

Design of game development tools, 7th March 2018, Malmö University, Sweden

Game user research, 11th March 2015, Malmö University, Sweden

Interaction design for sensitive settings, 2013, Games for Health Europe 2013 conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands

E D U C A T I O N

2012 - 2014 MSc, Interaction design, Malmö University, Sweden

2006 - 2010 BA, Graphic Design, St.Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia

I N D U S T R Y   W O R K 

2019 - present   Lead UX Designer, Neo4j, Malmo, Sweden

2021   User Experience Researcher, unannounced sex tech startup, Malmo, Sweden

2016 - 2018   UX Designer, Massive Entertainment, a Ubisoft Studio, Malmo, Sweden

2015 - 2016   UX Designer, North Kingdom Design & Communication, Stockholm, Sweden

2014 - 2015   Game User Researcher, Massive Entertainment, a Ubisoft Studio, Malmo, Sweden

2011    Concept design internship, KOMPAN, Odense, Denmark

2008 - 2009   Senior Graphic Designer, Riki Group, St Petersburg, Russia

F E A T U R E D   I N

Bedtime magazine

Sexualia

Mal

Kattis serier

P U B L I C A T I O N S

Narrative Review Process: Getting Useful Feedback on Your Story (2015) In Interactive Storytelling (pp. 179-185). Springer International Publishing   http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-27036-4_17
Presented at ​​8th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling

Game probes: design space exploration in the area of multilingual family communication (2014)  Malmö University http://muep.mah.se/bitstream/handle/2043/17419/Thesis-Shkirando.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

The Mission: Sense deprivation as a resource for designing a playful experience (2014) 10th Student Interaction Design Research conference (SIDeR). http://theunwiredpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2014/04/sider14_submission_25.pdf