She studied at Vilnius Art Academy and Glasgow School of Art from which she graduated with first class honours in photography. Since then she has been making her own work, taking commissions and even shooting an occasional wedding. In 2011 she was awarded the Glasgow Visual Artist Award to complete her photographic series Homo Faber about Scottish makers and the craft scene. This year she was selected to take part in the Young Photographers Alliance Mentoring Programme and spent the summer developing the project further. Kotryna also got shortlisted for IdeasTap’s Magnum Photographic Award, an exhibition of which is opened in London, Downstairs at Mother (10 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DJ) on 31 October.