Vija Celmins
Latvian-American visual artist (born 1938)
Biography
Vija Celmins ( VEE-yə SEL-məns; Latvian: Vija Celmiņa; Latvian pronunciation: [ˈvija ˈt̪͡s̪ɛlmiɲa]; 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. Her earlier work included pop sculptures and monochromatic representational paintings. Based in New York City, she has been the subject of over forty solo exhibitions since 1965, and major retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
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Career highlights
Notable works
- Gun with Hand #1
- Flying Fortress
- Web #3
Awards & honours (6)
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- MacArthur Fellows Program
- Rome Prize
- Roswitha Haftmann Award
- Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class
- Praemium Imperiale
Quick answers about Vija Celmins
- How old is Vija Celmins?
- Vija Celmins is 87 years old (born October 25, 1938).
- When is Vija Celmins's birthday?
- Vija Celmins was born on October 25, 1938.
- Where was Vija Celmins born?
- Vija Celmins was born in Riga.
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- Vija Celmins's zodiac sign is Scorpio.
- What is Vija Celmins's nationality?
- Vija Celmins is a citizen of United States, Latvia.
- What does Vija Celmins do?
- Vija Celmins is known as painter, printmaker, draftsperson, visual artist.
