Vija Celmins

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Vija Celmins is a Latvian-American visual artist renowned for her meticulous, photorealistic drawings and paintings of natural phenomena such as ocean surfaces, night skies, and desert floors.

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instanceOf Latvian-American artist
draftsperson
painter
person
printmaker
visual artist
artisticMedium charcoal on paper
graphite on paper
oil on canvas
prints
sculpture
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship
MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED
birthName Vija Celmiņš NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1938-10-25
degree BFA from John Herron School of Art and Design
MFA from University of California, Los Angeles
education John Herron School of Art and Design NERFINISHED
University of California, Los Angeles NERFINISHED
emigratedTo United States NERFINISHED
field drawing
painting
printmaking
visual art
gender female
hasWorkInCollection Los Angeles County Museum of Art NERFINISHED
Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED
Tate Modern, London NERFINISHED
Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED
knownFor depictions of desert floors
depictions of night skies
depictions of ocean surfaces
meticulous photorealistic drawings
monochromatic renderings of natural phenomena
photorealistic paintings
movement contemporary art
photorealism
name Vija Celmins NERFINISHED
nationality Latvian-American
notableWork Desert Floor series NERFINISHED
Night Sky series NERFINISHED
Ocean series NERFINISHED
occupation artist
university teacher
placeOfBirth Riga, Latvia NERFINISHED
residence United States of America
surface form: United States
style highly detailed
monochrome
photographic realism
subjectMatter deserts
night skies
oceans
spider webs
taughtAt California State College, Long Beach NERFINISHED
University of California, Irvine NERFINISHED

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Matthew Marks Gallery represents Vija Celmins