Roman Korovin

Roman Korovin (1973) is a Latvian artist. He graduated from the Department of Graphics of the Latvian Academy of Arts (1997). Korovin participates in exhibitions since 1991. In cooperation with such curators as Viktor Miziano, Mark Gisborn, Harald Szeemann, Kristin Dittrich, Alice Tiefenthal, Daiga Rudzāte, Iliana Weinberga, Solvita Krese, Ieva Kalniņa, Roman Korovin’s works were exhibited in many European countries and the USA.
Roman Korovin has been nominated for the Purvitis Prize several times – in 2018, 2009, 2008. He has received the Latvian Photography of the Year award – in 2006 and 2007. His works are in the collections of the Latvian National Art Museum and the Latvian Center for Contemporary Art, as well as in private collections in Europe and the USA.

Defined by the poetics of the anti-sublime, Roman Korovin’s works are created as witty and anecdotal series of episodes, most often grouped in diptychs or triptychs, thus creating new meanings in mutual interaction. His photography, drawing, video and installation are characterized by precise observation, visual paradoxes and humor about ordinary objects and everyday episodes.