Kriss Salmanis
1977, Latvia
Krišs Salmanis (1977, Latvia) is a contemporary Latvian artist. His practice includes animation, video, photography and installation, as well as other media. Salmanis is one of the leading personalities in the contemporary art of Latvia. He possesses the ability to create concisely rich works filled with multiple meanings, which are used by the author in his attempts to reveal the complexity in seemingly simple phenomena. He received Purvītis Prize in 2017 and represented Latvia at the 55th Venice Biennale.
