Arthur Berzinsh

Arthur Berzinsh (Latvian: Artūrs Bērziņš) is a Latvian contemporary artist, painter, video artist and musician. He is best known for his defiant neo-symbalist digital art, paintings and cover art for various books and music albums.

Biography

Arthur Berzinsh was born on April, 20, 1983 in Riga, Latvia. In 2005, he entered the Latvian Academy of Arts,[1] Visual Communication Department,[2] where he obtained a bachelor's degree in 2009 and master's degree in 2012. In 2010, the website Weirdworm.com included him in its Top 10 of World's Weird Art of last 100 years.[3]

In 2011 he became a member[4] of the Latvian Artists' Union.[5]

Since 2001, Berzinsh has participated in more than 50 exhibitions. In 2014, his painting Milk was included in the art collection of Luciano Benetton, "Imago Mundi".[6]

Solo exhibitions

Various activities

Since 1998 Berzinsh illustrated several music CD covers. In 2015 he made the artwork for Hammer of the Witches album by the English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. Berzinsh created book covers for several authors and latvian editions of Stephen King,[12][13] Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett,[14]Ursula K. Le Guin,[15]Patrick Rothfuss, [16] [17] Gregory David Roberts[18] and other authors.

Critical analysis

Katrina Teivane-Korpa of Studija says of Berzinsh's works: "Berzinsh’ creative work is characterized by a varied range of voluptuous erotica, intensified imagery, dreamlike scenes and decorativeness weighed down by visual metaphors and contrasts teetering on the edge of symbolism, postmodernism with its characteristic plundering of stylistic purity, citations and irony, and highlights the acutely romantic shadings typical of Gothic art."[19]

References

  1. ↑ "LMA". Lma.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  2. ↑ "vkn". Vkn.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  3. ↑ "Top 10 of Weird Art". Weird Worm. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  4. ↑ "LMS – Sabiedriskā labuma biedrība Latvijas Mākslinieku savienība". Biedri.lms.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  5. ↑ "Aktualitātes". Lms.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  6. ↑ "Imago Mundi". Imagomundiart.com. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  7. ↑ "Artūrs Bērziņš. Tautiskais postromantisms :: KulturasDiena.lv". Diena.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  8. ↑ "Rīgā atklās provokatīvu mākslas darbu izstādi – DELFI". Delfi.lv. June 4, 2012. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  9. ↑ "P3LICAN PARTISANS SUBCULTURE: 9.SEPTEMBRĪ: Artūra Bērziņa gleznu izstādes "BIOPANKS" atklāšana @ Galerija RĪGA / Afterparty – DVĒSELES SPOGULIS @ BUBAMARA". P3licanwebzine.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  10. ↑ "Studija". Studija.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  11. ↑ "Artūra Bērziņa personālizstāde "Coca-Ine from LV" | Izklaide & Kultūra". Tvnet.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  12. ↑ Stīvens Kings. "Zvaigzne ABC – Mirdzums". Zvaigzne.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  13. ↑ Stīvens Kings. "Zvaigzne ABC – Kerija". Zvaigzne.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  14. ↑ Nīls Geimens, Terijs Prečets. "Zvaigzne ABC – Labas zīmes". Zvaigzne.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  15. ↑ Ursula K. Le Guin. "Janis Roze – Tumsas kreisā roka". janisroze.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  16. ↑ Patrick Rothfuss. "Janis Roze – Veja vards". janisroze.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  17. ↑ Patrick Rothfuss. "Zvaigzne ABC – Vieda vīra bailes". Zvaigzne.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  18. ↑ Gregory David Roberts. "Janis Roze – Šāntarāms". janisroze.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  19. ↑ "Studija". Studija.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-10.

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