Ilgvars Zalans
Ilgvars Zalans was born in 1962 in the Republic of Latvia. He graduated from the Riga Applied Art College in 1987 and in 1992 he graduated from the Latvian Academy of Arts. He has had a number of solo exhibitions in Spain, Italy, Estonia, Denmark, Russia and Latvia and, since 2001, is a member of the Artists Union of Latvia.
His works are held in several collections including Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko collection, The Artists Union of Latvia, Museum of Limbazi Daugavpils and Talsi Art Museums, LATVIA.
Zalans’ artworks project a style that is both innovative and progressive; here is a showman, a live performance artist, whose methodology gives a nod to artists like Pollock. However, he has developed a style that is very much his own, he travels the world and performs action art in public places. Zalans documents cultural facts by trailing and dripping paint, using his body as an artist’s brush; his feet, hands and toes poetically squelch vibrant and colourful paints and elegantly dance and skate across the virgin canvas. He is performing to the public with an almost balletic movement.
This artist has won a multitude of awards and has undertaken many public commissions across Europe. Constantly changing and evolving his methods, Zalans is an exciting and charismatic artist; a narrator who skilfully performs his artworks across the world with spontaneity and a zest for life.
