Family name: NORVILAITE
Surname: SOTERA
Date of birth: 14. 07. 1971
Place of birth: Klaipeda, Lithuania
Nationality: Lithuanian
Marital status: Married
Home address: H-1056 Budapest, Szarka str. 7, fszt.1.
Tel/fax: +36/1/3186173
E-mail: sipas@novserv.obuda.kando.hu

 EDUCATION:

1979 - 1987 Secondary School
1989 - 1991 Secondary Art School (Telsiai, Lithuania)
1993 - 1995 Vilnius Art Academy, Fashion Design Dept. (Vilnius, Lithuania).
1995 - 1998 Hungarian Academy of Crafts and Design, Fashion, Design Dept. (Budapest, Hungary)
                    Diploma obtained.
 
EXHIBITIONS AND FASHION SHOWS:

1995 "DIENOS" fashion week, spring-summer collection. Prize for the best debute, (Vilnius, Lithuania)
1995 "Prieplaukos Alternatyvios Mados" alternative fashion show. Prize for the best collection, (Klaipeda, Lihuania)
1997 Japan Design Association, Japan Design Museum, (Tokyo, Japan)
1997 "ARMADA" alternative fashion festival, (Vilnius, Lithuania)
1998 "Pret a Porter" fashion show, (Kent, Great Britain)
1998 Japan Design Association, Metropolitan Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
1998 "Apocalipse" festival of fine arts, alternative fashion festival, (Caola-Patex Factory, Budapest, Hungary)