Vija celmins biography examples
Vija celmins biography examples
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Vija Celmins
Latvian-American visual artist (born 1938)
Vija Celmins | |
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| Born | Vija Celmiņa (1938-10-25) October 25, 1938 (age 86) Riga, Latvia |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | John Herron School of Art UCLA |
| Known for | Painting, Graphic art, Printmaking |
| Movement | Abstract, Minimalism, Photorealism |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Carnegie Prize, MacArthur Fellowship |
Vija Celmins (pronounced VEE-ya SELL-muns;[1]Latvian: Vija Celmiņa, pronounced TSEL-meen-ya; born October 25, 1938) is a Latvian American visual artist best known for photo-realistic paintings and drawings of natural environments and phenomena such as the ocean, spider webs, star fields, and rocks.[2][3][4] Her earlier work included pop sculptures and monochromatic representational paintings.
Based in New York City, she has been the subject of over forty solo exhib