Artwork
Janis Avotins
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Born 1981 in Latvia
Lives and works in Riga, Latvia
EDUCATION
2004
Paris Cité International des Arts
2002
Erasmus Exchange Program at the Manchester University, Fine Arts, United Kingdom
2001- 2002
Latvian Academy of Arts, (BA) Painting and Visual Communication
1999- 2003
Latvian Academy of Arts, (MA) Painting
1995- 1999
Janis Rozentals School of Fine Art, Latvia, (BA)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Find a Point From Which To See And Yet Avoid The Glow, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
2018
Šventė, Gallery VARTAI, Vilnius, Lithuania
Jānis Avotiņš, Vera Munro Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2016
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
2015
Jānis Avotiņš, IBID Projects, London Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
2013
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2012
New Works, Galerie Vera Munro, HamburgJānis Avotiņš, IBID Projects, London, United Kingdom
2011
Jānis Avotiņš, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
2010
Implicated, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jānis Avotiņš Trauma. New Works and Retrospection, Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2009
Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
You, my word, as if it was me before a dark glade, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
2008
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Stadtgalerie, Schwaz
Jānis Avotiņš, Malerei, Ludwig Forum, Aachen
2007
Super Normal, IBID Projects, London
Suzie Q project space (Rüdiger Schöttle / Bob van Orsouw | Brigid Uccia), Zürich, Switzerland
2006
I Never Go On Holidays, Me di um, Gustavia, St. Barthelemy
Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2005
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Possession, IBID Projects, Vilnius, Lithuania
IBID Projects, London, United Kingdom
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
2004
Belonging, Riga, Latvia (Curated by IBID Projects, Vilnius)
Rheinschau, Art Cologne Projects, Cologne, Germany
2003
Conversance, Riga, Latvia
2002
Competence, Riga, Latvia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Ibid Gallery, Inventory - A rotating display of works by multiple artists in several locations, L.A.
2016
Prix Jean-Francois Prat, Palais de Tokyo, ParisAfter photography, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris, France
2015
Painting Show – Part One, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
2014
Il Piedistallo vuoto/The Empty pedestal, Artefiera, Bologna, Italy
2013
...for an occurence to become an adventure..., Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2012
Gaiety Is The Most Outstanding Feature Of The Soviet Union, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Is It That He Does Not Seek The Truth, But Does Want To Influence?, Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2010
After the Fall, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Painting Triennial, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009
IBID PROJECTS at Remap2, Athens, Greece
Your Gold Teeth II, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, USA
2008
Salon, The Cartin Collection at Ars Libri, Boston, USA
Das zweite Gesicht, Sammlung Südhausbau, Munich, Germany
Back to Black. Die Farbe schwarz in der aktuellen Malerei, Kestner, Hanover, Germany
2007
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (mit | with Adrian Ghenie und | and Andrew Palmer)
Judith, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, USA
Prague Biennale 3, Prague, Czech Republic
Size Matters: XXL – rechent large-scale paintings, HVCC Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, USA
2006
Infinite Painting. Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin, Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Passariano, Codroipo (Udine)
2005
Prague Biennale 2, Prague, Czech Republic
Dark Dreams, Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
2004
Dark Dreams, Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Life Of a Commercial Gallery - IBID Projects, Copper gallery, Dundee
Esoterica, IBID Projects, London, United Kingdom
Still-Life, State Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
2003
HYPERSONICA, electronic music festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Latvian Contemporary art Artists, Contemporary Art Space, Riga, Latvia
Wild Photographers, Riga, Latvia
Selfportraits, Galerie Pedants, Riga, Latvia
Project att_lums.lv (Riga - NY)
2002
Autumn 2002, Riga Contemporary Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2001
Latvian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Riga, Latvia
2000
Interferences 2000, International multimedia festival, Paris, France
AWARDS
2016 Prix Jean-François Prat
2011 Latvian Academy Award
COLLECTIONS
Rubell Family Collection;
Cranford Collection;
Hort Family Collection;
François Pinault Collection;
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
The Federal Republic of Germany Contemporary Art Collection