Bolatta Silis-Høegh

Her 2014 children's book Aima qaa schhh! Was nominated for a Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize. In 2015 and 2016 she toured with two exhibits, both reflecting on uranium mining in Greenland.

• Name — Bolatta Silis-Høegh • Birth Name — Bolatta Tatjana Paarnaq Silis-Høegh • Born — 1981 • Birthplace — Qaqortoq, Greenland • Education — Aarhus Art Academy • Known for — Contemporary art and children's literature • Notable Works — Haveforeningen Sisimiut 2068 (exhibit) Aima qaa schhh! (children's book) • Family — Aka Høegh (mother) Ivars Silis (father) Inuk Silis Høegh (brother) • Awards — Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize (2016 nominee)

Silis-Høegh was born in 1981 in Qaqortoq, Greenland to Latvian photographer and videographer father Ivars Silis and Greenlandic artist Aka Hoegh. Her brother, Inuk Silis-Høegh, is nine years older. She graduated from Aarhus Art Academy in 2006.

Silis-Høegh works as a contemporary artist in multiple mediums which combines American pop culture with traditional Greenlandic cultural influences. She first exhibited outside Greenland in 2005 at The North Atlantic House where her exhibit Den røde snescooter (English: The Red Snowmobile) was displayed alongside other Greenlandic artists. Her best known work is Haveforeningen Sisimiut 2068 (English: Allotment Garden 2068) a three dimensional representation of a traditional Greenland allotment, set in the year 2068 and filled tropical plants and animals, a playful reflection on the impact of climate change. The piece won a Danish Arts Foundation award in 2010. In 2015 and 2016, in response to the Greenlandic government's 2013 lifting of the moratorium on uranium mining, Silis-Høegh's toured with her Light On Lights Off exhibit. Also in 2016, her exhibition STORM was shown at Nordatlantens Brygge; the exhibit included themes of anger, politics, and environmentalism.

In 2014, Silis-Høegh lived in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark with her husband and their two children.