Warm night light
2006, oil on canvas, 140x160 cm
Kristīne Luīze Avotiņa is a young and bright personality whose talent is appreciated not only in Latvia, but also in other parts of the world. Her deep inner experiences and feelings of the soul are not hidden from the eyes of the audience, but are openly and engagingly narrated: about relationships, man and woman, passion, emotions, about experience and connection with nature.
Characters live in Kristine's compositional solutions, where figurative painting and ornament appear. When painting large-format works, she masters the entire format, composition and color of the work, as well as linear drawing.
Kristīne herself emphasizes: "Relationships between nature and people - it has always been a relevant topic in my painting. The more I work on it, the more interesting it seems to me. It is infinite and unending. With paint I refresh the beauty of nature and love on the canvas and I want to show that nature and love are equal in their beauty.
In my works, I always want to show that nature is beautiful and worthy of admiration - a newly blooming water lily, falling leaves from golden trees, a pink sunset sky... This could go on forever..."
Education:
2009 – 2010 Studies in „Escola Massana”, Painting Department, Barcelona, Spain
2003 - 2009 Studies in Painting Department, Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga, Latvia
2003 – „Jaņa Rozentāla Riga Art College”, graduation work in photo design.
1999 - 2003 „Jaņa Rozentāla Riga Art College”, Riga, Latvia
1990 - 1999 „Riga French Lycee”, Riga, Latvia
Solo exhibitions:
2010 – „1000 and 1 night” Barcelona painting exhibition, exhibition hall „DFAB”, Riga, Latvia
2010 – „Alma” Barcelona drawing exhibition, gallery „Istaba” Rīga, Latvija
2009 – „Water life”, gallery „Promenade”, Liepaja, Latvia
2009 – „Garden of thoughts”, Ivonna Veiherte art gallery, Riga, Latvia
2008 – „Searching for paradise”, Ivonna Veiherte art gallery, Riga, Latvia
2006 – „Feeling dew”. Gallery „Art garden”, Riga, Latvia
2006 – „Radiation of emotions”, gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
2005- “I met Paris”, gallery “Carousell”, Riga, Latvia
2005 – „Discovery”, gallery Pedants, Riga, Latvia
2004 – Photography exhibition, Hages hall, Latvian National Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
2003 - Photography exhibition „Four seasons”, gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
Group exhibitions:
2010 – “Regards from Barcelona”, gallery “Montcada”, Barcelona, Spain
2007 – “Candy bomber”, exhibition hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2006 – Young artists group exhibition „Look from above”, LMS Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2006 – Indulis Zarins scholarship painting exhibition
2005 – Latvian artists group exhibition „Halle Grenette”, Bourgoin – Jallieu, France
2005 – “Women in summer”, gallery Art Garden, Riga, Latvia
2005 – “Renew” Young artists painting exhibition in the Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga, Latvia
2005 – Painting exhibition „Nude”, gallery „Bonhanss”, Riga, Latvia
2004 – „Fantastic face” photo exhibition, gallery „Carousell”, Riga, Latvia
2004 – Group exhibition, gallery „Bastejs”, Riga, Latvia
2004 – Young arstists group exhibition, gallery Art Garden, Riga, Latvia
2004 – Painting exhibition „Nude”, gallery „Bonhanss”, Riga, Latvia
2003 - “Private space” Autumn 2003, Latvian National Art museum „Arsenals”, Riga, Latvia
1999 – Painting exhibition, gallery „Centrs”, Riga, Latvia
Professional success:
2009 – Scholarship for studies in „Escola Massana”, Barcelona, Spain
2006– Prof. Indulis Zarins scolarship in painting.
2005 –Two months residence in Cite Internationale des Arts Atelier, Paris, France
2005 – Painting workshop “Faaborg Kunstfestival”, Faaborg, Denmark
2004 - “Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco” workshop, Florence, Italy
2003 – Young photographers’ competition „Green”: winner. Latvia
1990 – Ilustrations for Andris Zauers poetry book together with Ilze Avotina
Paintings in collections: Swedbank modern art collection (Latvia) and other private collections in Luxembourg, Russia, Norway, Latvia and France
