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Janis Avotins    (Latvian, 1981)

 Janis Avotins - Are we really like everyone else are we like everyone going to part (Paintings) h: 51 x w: 82.5 cm / h: 20.1 x w: 32.5 in
Janis Avotins
Are we really like everyone else are we like everyone going to part 2009
 
 Janis Avotins - Here we come now. There we go. (Paintings) h: 55 x w: 22.8 cm / h: 21.7 x w: 9 in
Janis Avotins
Here we come now. There we go. 2008
 
 Janis Avotins - I saw my bad approaching (Paintings) h: 222 x w: 260 cm / h: 87.4 x w: 102.4 in
Janis Avotins
I saw my bad approaching 2009
 
 Janis Avotins - Indulis Zarins (Paintings) h: 39.5 x w: 48 cm / h: 15.6 x w: 18.9 in
Janis Avotins
Indulis Zarins 2009
 
 Janis Avotins - Jonas Mekas at break (Paintings) h: 33 x w: 23.5 cm / h: 13 x w: 9.3 in
Janis Avotins
Jonas Mekas at break 2007
 
 Janis Avotins - Untitled (Berlin XII) (Paintings) h: 36 x w: 66 cm / h: 14.2 x w: 26 in
Janis Avotins
Untitled (Berlin XII) 2008
 
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Biography
1981 Born in Latvia
1995 - 1999 Janis Rozentals School of Fine Art, Latvia, (BA)
2001 - 2002 Latvian Academy of Arts, BA Painting, Visual Communication
2002 Erasmus Exchange Program, Manchester University, Fine Art, UK
1999 - 2003 The Latvian Academy of Art, Latvia, (MA) Painting
2004 Studies in Paris, Cité international des Arts
lives and works in Riga, Lettland

Exhibitions
2009 Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (solo)
2008 Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2008 Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Austria (solo)
2008 JÄnis Avotiņš, Malerei, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany (solo)
2008 Das zweite Gesicht, Sammlung Südhausbau, Munich, Germany
2008 Back to Black. Die Farbe schwarz in der aktuellen Malerei, Kestner, Hannover, Germany
2007 Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (with Adrian Ghenie und | and Andrew Palmer)
2007 Judith, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, USA
2007 Prague Biennale 3, Prague, Czech Republic
2007 Size Matters:XXL – rechent large-scale paintings, HVCC Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, USA
2007 Super Normal, IBID Projects, London, GB (solo)
2007 Suzie Q project space (Rüdiger Schöttle / Bob van Orsouw | Brigid Uccia), Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2006 I Never Go On Holidays, Me di um, Gustavia, St. Barthelemy, France (solo)
2006 Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2006 Pittura Infinita. Pittura Contemporanea e Realismo Globale, Villa Manin Centro d�Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo (Udine), Italy
2005 Galerie R�diger Sch�ttle, Munich, Germany (solo)
2005 Dark Dreams, Johnen + Sch�ttle, Cologne, Germany
2005 Possession, IBID Projects, Vilnius, Lithuania (solo)
2004 Belonging, Riga, Latvia (solo)
2004 Dark Dreams, Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2004 Galerie R�diger Sch�ttle, M�nchen, Germany
2004 rheinschau. art cologne projects, Germany
2004 Esoterica, IBID Projects, London, UK
2003 HYPERSONICA, electronic music festival., S�o Paulo, Brasil
2003 Latvian Contemporary art Artists, Contemporary Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2003 Wild Photographers, Riga, Latvia
2003 Selfportraits, Galerie Pedants, Riga, Latvia
2003 Project att_�lums.lv (Riga � NY)
2003 Conversance, Riga, Latvia (solo)
2002 Competence, Riga, Latvia (solo)
2002 Autumn 2002, Riga Contemporary Art Space, Latvia
2001 Latvian Contemporary art exhibition, Riga, Latvia
2000 interferences 2000, International multimedia festival, Paris, France

Literature
2008 JANIS AVOTINS published by Karin Pernegger and Harald Kunde June 2008
2008 Luwig Forum + Stadtgalerie Schwaz, exhibition catalogue
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