Arturs Berzins

Arturs Berzins (1971) 

“Many different images can be seen in nature. However, selecting the most thought-provoking ones is important to create a new image of nature that makes us feel and think about what was, is and will be, what it was like, is and will be, why was, is and will be”– Arturs Berzins, 2010.

Arturs Berzins (1971) is one of the most peculiar representatives of Latvian contemporary art, with a specially cultivated drawing-painting technique, halfway between photography and painting, which the artist calls a long photograph in terms of time. Arturs Berzins  to seek and find answers to questions about structures that form culture and environment, time-space, traditions of thinking, and archetypes. His works are conceptual studies of what is happening today and what happened in the past. The artist's primary source of cognition for more than ten years is nature, the environment in which he lives and works – the world, place, territory, home – Olaine Municipality, Latvia.
Several times, Arturs Berzins has been nominated for the Purvitis Prize – the most prestigious art award in Latvia. He graduated from the Art Academy of Latvia with a master's degree in painting (2009) and a master's degree in the history and theory of visual arts and culture (2014). Since 2008, he has organized 20 solo exhibitions and has participated in more than 30 group exhibitions in Latvia and abroad. The works by Arturs Berzins are included in collections of the Latvian National Museum of Art (Riga, Latvia) and the Olaine History and Art Museum (Olaine, Latvia).
Arturs Berzins lives and works in Olaine, Latvia.