ILGVARS ZALANS

I lgvars Zalans, a Latvian painter, has exhibited in the United States and Switzerland. He has also completed several residencies in Asia and South America. Since 2007, Zalans has crossed the globe with his action-painting performances, visiting over 33 countries. All of his compositions, whether an object, creature or place, reflect fundamental aspects of the human experience. He creates using acrylic on canvas.

24.09.1962.Riga, LATVIA 

Education

2016-2018 University of Latvia 

1988 -1992 Latvian Academy of art 

1984 – 1987 Riga applied art college

Residencies

2015 Performance grant , Orange gallery, Bacolod, PHILIPPINES

2014 Artist in Residency grant, Perahu Art Center, Yogyakarta INDONESIA 

2012 Artist in Residency grant, HOM Art Center, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA 

2011 Artist in Residency grant, Highland Art Center, Chengdu, CHINA

2010 Artist in residency grant, Kamiyama, Tokushima, JAPAN 

2010 Artist in Residency grant, Organhaus Art center, Chongqing, CHINA

2009 Artist in Residency, Brisbane, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

2007 Artist in residency The Rodríguez-Amat Foundation, Girona, SPAIN

Group Exhibitions

2023 Hit The Ten, Mark Rothko Art center, LATVIA

2022 CitadelArt, Deva, ROMANIA

2021 Gangwon Triennale 2021, Hongcheon Art Museum, Gangwon, SOUTH KOREA

2021 G.art gallery, Berlin, GERMANY

2013 ArtexParte II, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

Art Fairs

2015 SCOPE Miami Beach 2015 , Miami, USA

2015 SCOPE Art Basel 2015 , Basel, SWITZERLAND

2015 Art Copehagen, Copenhagen, DENMARK

Prizess

2022 2nd Velasquez painting & sculpture Award, Best Abstract Second Prize, Shanghai, CHINA
2006 scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Culture And Science of NETHERLANDS

Permanent collection

2019 Mark Rothko Art center, LATVIA

2016 Benetton Art Collection, ITALY

Social links

https://www.zalans.com

https://www.instagram.com/zalans.ilgvars/

https://www.facebook.com/zalans.ilgvars/ 

Artworks by ILGVARS ZALANS

Artworks Gallery

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journey 255 (2022)

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COLORFUL LANDSCAPE 63/22 (2022)

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colorful landscape 22/22 (2022)

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journey 210 (2022)

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colorful landscape 21/22 (2022)

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scream 12 (2022)

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journey 1010 (2022)

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COLORFUL LANDSCAPE 62/22 (2022)

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