Karlis Silins
In Kārlis Siliņš paintings nature and travel impressions become sophisticated and multilayered ornamental compositions – landscapes, still life, and abstract images of jazz musicians that constitute a sensitive image of the world.
A bush, a bridge, a mountain – elements singled out from the general mystery of nature, acquire an important role in the making of paintings. The planes of the painting are divided into squares, which are filled in saturated, clear colors. In his works, Kārlis Siliņš is enamored with applications of different textures, thereby increasing the artistic expression of his paintings.
Unwittingly his works invite the viewer to take a more careful look around – in nature – and appreciate the mundane through artist’s works becoming the great eternal.
As the artist himself points out – painting is both his way of life and love.
Curriculum Vitae
Born in 1958, Jurmala, Latvia
Education
2003 Latvian Academy of Arts, Mag. art.
1978 - 1984 LSSR State Academy of Art
1971-1977 The Janis Rozentāls Riga Art School
Latvian Artists' Union since 1985
Solo exhibitions
2016 An Altered Reality. Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2013 Baltic Union day. Lithuanian Culture center. Warsaw, Poland
2012 Cesis exhibition hall. Cesis, Latvia
2012 Gallery Makslas Banka. Riga, Latvia
2010 Cultural Center Majori. Jurmala, Latvia
2009 Gallery Tower. Sigulda, Latvia
2009 Gallery Ice house. Valmiera, Latvia
2008 Talsi Regional Museum, Talsi, Latvia
2007 Gallery Doors. Tukums, Latvia
2004 Gallery Riga. Riga, Latvia
2000 Agija Suna gallery Black Dove. Riga, Latvia
1999 Landscape. Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
1996 Gallery G & G. Riga, Latvia
1993 Gallery Carre d'Or. Paris, France
1992 Gallery Bastejs. Riga, Latvia
1988 Gallery Jana seta. Riga, Latvia
Selected group exhibitions
2015 Imagio MundiI” Luciano Benetton Collection, CINI Foundation, Venice, Italy
2014 Painting of The Year. Gallery Agija Suna, Riga, Latvia
2013 Ventspils Plein air. Ventspils castle, Ventspils, Latvia
2013 7th International Contemporary Art 2013 Focus Europa, Germany
2013 Artists from Latvia. Art Union hall, Warsaw, Poland
2011 Silins, Bernats, Mikelsons. RDMV exhibition hall, Riga, Latvia
2011 The Year Painting. Agija Suna gallery, Riga, Latvia
2010 European City 3. Agija Suna gallery, Riga, Latvia
2010 Jurmala Artists. Jurmala city museum, Jurmala, Latvia
2010 Painting Begins in the Sky. Agija Suna gallery, Riga, Latvia
2009 European City 2. Agija Suna gallery, Riga, Latvia
2009 Self Portrait. The Artists’ Union gallery, Riga, Latvia
2009 Summer Exhibition. Gallery Man’s, Jekabpils, Latvia
2008 Dikli showroom, Latvia
2008 Exhibition in Helsinki, Agija Suna gallery, Finland
2008 Morocco. Gallery Man`s, Jekabpils, Latvia
2008 Morocco. Talsi Regional Museum, Talsi, Latvia
2007 The Painting. Agija Suna gallery, Riga, Latvia
2007 Chair. Agija Suna gallery, Riga, Latvia
2003 Small - scale exhibition, Riga gallery, Riga, Latvia
2002 The Sea. Agija Suna gallery, Riga, Latvia
2002 24 artists from 3 Africa, Sydney, Australia
1998 Herberts & Karlis Silins, Ventspils Museum, Latvia
1998 Gershwin centenary exhibition. Nelly gallery, Riga, Latvia
1998 Latvian Contemporary Art. Israel
1998 Helena Heinrihsone, Ivars Heinrihsons, Ilze Neilande, Karlis Silns, gallery Ciris, Riga, Latvia
1998 Latvian Contemporary Art, Strasbourg, France
1997 Le Bateau Ivrea III. Exhibition Hall Latvia, Riga, Latvia
1995 Le Bateau Ivrea II. Exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
1993 New Latvian artists, Museum of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
1993 Paintures, Letton du XXeme Sciele. Paris, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, France
1992 Art Festival. Hamburg, Germany
1990 Art Festival. Stockholm, Sweden
1990 Ist All- Latvian Art Exhibition. Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
Public collections
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
Latvian Artists' Union Collection
Latvia "SWH" art collection
Awards for work
2002 The see, a consolation prize, Agija Suna gallery
2000 Painting of The Year, award, Saules banka
1999 Painting of The Year, award, Saules banka
1998 The see, 1st award, Agija Suna gallery
1997 Painting of The Year, Gallery Bastejs
1997 Office Picture, newspaper "Mirror" prize