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Vija Celmins

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American artist (born 1938)

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Vija Celmins is a painter, printmaker, draftsperson, and artist born in Riga in 1938. She holds citizenship in the United States and Latvia and speaks English and Latvian. Her professional work focuses on painting and visual arts, and she has resided and worked in New York City. Celmins was educated at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis.

Her artistic contributions are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, Tate, and National Gallery of Art. She participated in documenta 14 and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Celmins has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the MacArthur Fellows Program award, and the Praemium Imperiale.

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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Latvia
Place of birth
Riga
Occupation
visual artist
Languages spoken
Latvian
Participant in
documenta 14
Field of work
visual arts
Image
F20230912ES-0605 (cropped).jpg
Work location
New York City
Residence
New York City
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date of birth
1938-10-25
copyright representative
Vija Celmins
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Vija Celmins
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