Kristine Luize Avotina (1983)
Education:
2009 – 2010 Studies in „Escola Massana”, Painting Department, Barcelona, Spain
2003 - 2009 Studies in Painting Department, Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga, Latvia
2003 – „Jaņa Rozentāla Riga Art College”, graduation work in photo design.
1999 - 2003 „Jaņa Rozentāla Riga Art College”, Riga, Latvia
1990 - 1999 „Riga French Lycee”, Riga, Latvia
Solo exhibitions:
2010 – „1000 and 1 night” Barcelona painting exhibition, exhibition hall „DFAB”, Riga, Latvia
2010 – „Alma” Barcelona drawing exhibition, gallery „Istaba” Rīga, Latvija
2009 – „Water life”, gallery „Promenade”, Liepaja, Latvia
2009 – „Garden of thoughts”, Ivonna Veiherte art gallery, Riga, Latvia
2008 – „Searching for paradise”, Ivonna Veiherte art gallery, Riga, Latvia
2006 – „Feeling dew”. Gallery „Art garden”, Riga, Latvia
2006 – „Radiation of emotions”, gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2005- “I met Paris”, gallery “Carousell”, Riga, Latvia
2005 – „Discovery”, gallery Pedants, Riga, Latvia
2004 – Photography exhibition, Hages hall, Latvian National Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
2003 - Photography exhibition „Four seasons”, gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
Group exhibitions:
2010 – “Regards from Barcelona”, gallery “Montcada”, Barcelona, Spain
2007 – “Candy bomber”, exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2006 – Young artists group exhibition „Look from above”, LMS Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2006 – Indulis Zarins scholarship painting exhibition
2005 – Latvian artists group exhibition „Halle Grenette”, Bourgoin – Jallieu, France
2005 – “Women in summer”, gallery Art Garden, Riga, Latvia
2005 – “Renew” Young artists painting exhibition in the Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga, Latvia
2005 – Painting exhibition „Nude”, gallery „Bonhanss”, Riga, Latvia
2004 – „Fantastic face” photo exhibition, gallery „Carousell”, Riga, Latvia
2004 – Group exhibition, gallery „Bastejs”, Riga, Latvia
2004 – Young arstists group exhibition, gallery Art Garden, Riga, Latvia
2004 – Painting exhibition „Nude”, gallery „Bonhanss”, Riga, Latvia
2003 - “Private space” Autumn 2003, Latvian National Art museum „Arsenals”, Riga, Latvia
1999 – Painting exhibition, gallery „Centrs”, Riga, Latvia
Professional success:
2009 – Scholarship for studies in „Escola Massana”, Barcelona, Spain
2006– Prof. Indulis Zarins scolarship in painting.
2005 –Two months residence in Cite Internationale des Arts Atelier, Paris, France
2005 – Painting workshop “Faaborg Kunstfestival”, Faaborg, Denmark
2004 - “Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco” workshop, Florence, Italy
2003 – Young photographers’ competition „Green”: winner. Latvia
1990 – Ilustrations for Andris Zauers poetry book together with Ilze Avotina
Paintings in collections: Swedbank modern art collection (Latvia) and other private collections in Luxembourg, Russia, Norway, Latvia and France