KASPARS ZARINS
Born in 1962, lives and works in Riga
education
2008 Prof. of the Latvian Academy of Art
1995 Ass. Prof. of the Latvian Academy of Art (LAA)
1993 Master of Arts degree
1987 Member of the Latvian Artists Union (LAU)
1980 starts participating in exhibitions
1980 - 1986 Latvian Academy of Art, Master class of Prof. I. Zariņš
(the diploma work Open- air Theatre Performance, a mobile painting deposited in Eduards Smiļģis' Theatre Museum)
1973 - 1980 Janis Rozentāls' School of Arts, Riga, Latvia
solo exhibitions
2017 In Parallel, LNMA exhibition hall Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia
2015 Live Broadcast, gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
2015 Symptoms, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
2015 Without Instructions, gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia
2014 Dream islands, Restaurant Fabrika, Riga
2013 Dream islands, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia
2010 Inner Voice, White Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia (a catalogue)
2008 My Thoughts, gallery Māksla XO, Riga, Latvia
2007 Colour Network, gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
2007 Kaspars Zariņš. Paintings, Latvian Embassy in Vienna, Austria
2007 My Eyes, gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia (a catalogue)
2005 Paintings, Ventspils nafta, Ventspils, Latvia
2003 My Home, gallery Pedants, Riga, Latvia
2002 My Time, gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
2002 Further There is the Sea, Too, Gertsev Gallery, Moscow, Russia (a catalogue)
2001 Every Dog has his Day, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2000 Oh, Lucky One!, gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
1999 Move Forward, gallery Centrs, Riga, Latvia
1999 Paintings, Tartu Art Museum, Tartu , Estonia (a catalogue)
1998 A Layer on a Layer, Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1996 A Pedant, gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
1996 A Pedant, Cēsis Exhibition House, Cēsis, Latvia
1996 A Pedant, Gallery Centrs, Riga, Latvia
1993 Paintings by Vija Zariņa and Kaspars Zariņš, gallery M6, Riga, Latvia
works in collections
The Wurth Collection, Schwabisch Hall, Germany
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, exhibition hall Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia
Collection of the Latvian Artists' Union, Riga, Latvia
Collection of the Art Foundation, Moscow, Russia
Collection of the Ministry of Culture of Russia, Moscow, Russia
Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
Private collection of M. Baryshnikov, New York, USA
Private collection of A. Gercevs, Moscow, Russia
awards
2009 Latvian National Film Award Lielais Kristaps in the category The Best Animation Artist (for the animation film Did You Say Anything?, film studio Dauka)
2004 Cavaliere of the order of the Italian Republic Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana