Romans Korovin (1973) lives and works in Riga, Latvia. Graduated Janis Rozentāls Riga Art Highschool (1991), Art Academy of Latvia (1995, BA) and obtained his Master’s degree in Graphics department of Art Academy of Latvia (1997, professor Gunārs Krollis’ workshop). Since 1996 Romāns is working in production company Vilks Studio (Riga), except for two years (2000-2002) when he changed responsibility of music and advertising video director in favour of assisting the gallery manager at Fulcrum gallery (New York).

Selected solo exhibitions:

2009Winter – Summer, Winter – Summer – Death. Riga Art Space, Riga.
2006Right in the Middle. Andrejsala, Riga.
Exhibition has won the award Latvian Photography Award of the Year presented by Latio in nomination Photography Exhibition of the Year.
2004Pay Half and Run! Ivonna Veiherte gallery, Riga.

Selected group exhibitions:

2009Privāts, Latvian contemporary photography, Latvian Modern Art Museum Arsenāls, Riga
2008Is the Medium the Message? Latvian contemporary photography. Andrejsala, Riga.
Curated by Līga Lindenbauma.
Romāns Korovin’s work from this exhibition nominated for the most prestigious art award in Latvia – Purvītis’ Prize for ‘outstanding performance in visual art’.
2008Private, Latvian contemporary photography. Contemporary art center Winzavod, Moscow. Curated by Alise Tīfentāle.
2008Baltic Pop, contemporary art from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia. Giedre Bartelt gallery, Berlin. Curated by Giedre Bartelt.
2007Critically in Between, international exhibition of contemporary art within framework of Art Athina, Athens. Curated by Victor Misiano.
2006Emergency Biennale in Chechnya, series of traveling exhibitions of international contemporary art, Riga, Paris, Tallinn, Grozny etc. Riga exhibit curated by Ieva Kalniņa.
2005(Un)dressed. Body in the Baltic Photo Art. Giedre Bartelt gallery, Berlin. Curated by Giedre Bartelt.
2003Abstraction in Latvian painting. Latvian State Museum of art, Exhibition hall Arsenāls, Riga. Curated by Natālija Sujunšalijeva.
2000Williamsburg Art Center, New York.
1996Valdemārs Helmanis’ gallery MMM, Riga.
1995Gallery Ars Moderna, Riga.
1994State Museum of Art Arsenāls, Riga.
1991With Love to Ainbinder. Gallery Bastejs, Riga.
  
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