Janis Avotins
1981, Latvia
Jānis Avotiņš (1981, Latvia) is one of internationally best known Latvian artists. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Latvian Academy of Arts and an internship at the University of Manchester. Since 2004, he has regularly held solo exhibitions abroad in collaboration with the IBID Gallery in London and Los Angeles, the Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle in Munich, the Vera Munro in Hamburg and AKINCI in Amsterdam, and participated in international group exhibitions. The artist’s works are also included in many major private collections in Europe, USA and Japan, including the collections of well-known collectors François Pinault, Charles Saatchi, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and the Rabeli family. He has won several awards, including the Jean-Francois Prat Art Prize in Paris.
