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NORMUNDS BRASLINS
Born 3 March 1962 in Riga, Latvia
Education
1980–1986 the Painting Department, the Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
1973–1980 Janis Rozentāls Riga Secondary School of Art, Riga, Latvia
Experience in art pedagogics
Since 2012 Head of the Drawing Department, the Art Academy of Latvia
Since 2004 Professor at the Art Academy of Latvia
1998–2004 Associate Professor at the Art Academy of Latvia
1997–1998 a teacher at the Master Studio of Figurative Painting, the Art Academy of Latvia
1988–1998 a teacher at the Drawing Department, the Art Academy of Latvia
A professional photographer for art editions since 1989
Participated in exhibitions since 1980
Solo exhibitions
2017 "Sea" (photography), gallery Vīna studija, Riga, Latvia
2016 "La Primavera" (Normunds Brasliņš & Paulis Postažs), Bauska Museum, Bauska, Latvia
2012 "Normunds Braslins" (paintings), Jūrmala City Museum, Jūrmala, Latvia
2012 "Normunds Braslins" (paintings), Museum Villa Haiss, Zell am Harmersbach, Germany
2011 "Venetian Lagoon" (photography), gallery Vīna studija, Riga, Latvia
2008 "Normunds Braslins" (drawings), Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2008 "Normunds Braslins" (photographs), Odeon Cinema, Florence, Italy
2007 "Normunds Braslins" (drawings), Gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia
2005 "Normunds Braslins", Gallery Castiglione, Paris, France
2002 "Normunds Braslins" (photographs), Gallery Pedants, Riga, Latvia
Selected group exhibitions (2000–2020)
2020 "Déjà vu", Art Space Aminori, Riga, Latvia
2019 "4 + 1", Museum Villa Haiss, Zell am Harmersbach, Germany
2018 "PORTRAIT IN LATVIA. 20th CENTURY. Facial Expressions", Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia*
2017 "Hyperrealism. Movement Manifestations in Latvia", Latvian National Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia
2017 ART MADRID '17, Maksla XO Gallery, Madrid, Spain*
2015 "Self-Portrait", Maksla XO, Riga, Latvia
2015 "Captive Beauty in Miniature", Maksla XO gellery - Riga, Latvia
2011 "Thickspace. Dr. Guntis Belēvičs Collection", Arsenāls Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2011 "International Artists. II", Museum Villa Haiss, Zell am Harmersbach, Germany
2011 "Colour. Red", Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2011 "By the Amber Sea. 1990–2010. Collection of the Latvian National Museum of Art", Arsenāls Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2011 "Flower Show", Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2011 "Hybrid Overflights. The Artist as Photographer. Mid 19th century–2010", Arsenāls Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2010 "Artist. Portrait. Self-Portrait", Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2010 "Bathers", Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2010 "Rigas Laiks", exhibition Hall Pinakoteka, Riga, Latvia
2008 "Contemporary Painting of Latvia", MOYA, Vienna, Austria
2008 "Draughtsman", gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
2008 "Madonna", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2007 "The Object of Desire", gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia
2007 "Occasion. Exhibition of Drawings", gallery Daugava, Riga, Latvia
2007 "Rose...What is a Rose?", Rundale Palace Museum, Rundāle, Latvia
2007 "France, je t’aime!", Latvian Academy of Art, Riga, Latvia
2006 "Nude 1900–2006", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2006 "Psychedelia in Still Centre", gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia
2006 "Drawing", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2005 "Renaissance", gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia
2004 "Dispute. Self-portrait with an Old Master", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2004 "Drawing", Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2004 "Collection of Matti Milius", Latvian Artists’ Union Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2003 "Wild photographers", Sapņu Fabrika, Riga, Latvia
2003 "Invasion of Latvian Art in Tartu", Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
2002 "Latvia. Surprising Art from the 20th Century", Zwolle City Museum, Zwolle, the Netherlands
2002 "Continuators of Traditions", State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2002 "Latvian Contemporary Painting", Auditorium Santa Cecilia, Marsala, Italy
2001 "Drawing", Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2001 "White Miniature", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2000 "Unifying Colouring", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2000 "Looking for a Woman", Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
1999 "Miniatures", Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1999 "The Joy of Being", State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
1998 "The 2nd All-Latvian Art Exhibition", the Exhibition Hall Arsenals of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
1998 "Riga Art Nouveau", Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1997 "Ballet", Riga Stock Exchange Hall, Riga, Latvia
1997 "La bateau ivre No. 3", Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1996 "Art After Century", Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
1995 "La bateau ivre No. 2", the Exhibition Hall Arsenals of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
1994 "Le bateau ivre", Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga, Latvia
1993 "Drawings and Original Graphics", Gallery DALA, Copenhagen, Denmark
1993 "Sensation No. 30", the Exhibition Hall Arsenals of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
1992 "Collection of Andrey Gercev", Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia
1990 "Baltic Painting Triennial", Vilnius, Lithuania
1990 "The 1st All-Latvian Art Exhibition", State Museum of Art, Museum of Foreign Art, Museum of Art Arsenāls, Riga, Latvia
Normunds Braslins works were shown at the following Art Fair
Art Madrid (2017), Art Karlsruhe (2017-2011), Art Breda (2015-2012), Amsterdam Realismus (2015-2012), Art San Francisco (2013), KIAF (2012), Scope Basel (2009), Art Now New York (2007)
Public Collections
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga,
Art Collection of the Latvian Artists’ Union, Riga,
Mūksalas Art Salon, Riga , Latvia
Museum Villa Haiss, Zell am Harmersbach, Germany