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TENIS GRASS
(junior)
Born in 1956. Professional training: Riga Applied Arts School (1972
- 1976), Department of Interior Design and Furnishings of the Latvian
Academy of Arts
(1976 - 1981).
Contributor to exhibitions since 1978. A member of the Artists' Union
of Latvia as of 1985 and now a board member. A member of the B - 13
Association (1993 - 1998) since 1993.
He has held several personal exhibitions in Latvia
and Germany. His works are to be found in art galleries and private
collections in Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Japan, Sweden, Finland,
and France.
Second place at a competitive exhibition in Prague (1986); 1st place
at the "Space and Form" international competitive exhibition in Tallinn
(1990); 2nd place at a competitive exhibition in Tours (1991); 1st
place at a competition of mural painting for downtown Riga (1996);
1st place at a mural painting competition in Kalamazoo, USA (1996):
a prize at the contest for the memorial sign to the victims of communist
terror in Riga (1997).
Associate professor at the Latvian Academy of Arts. He has taught
as guest professor at the Academy of Arts in Munich (Germany) and
at the Sorbonne in Paris, and has practiced as a stained-glass maker
in the United States, France, and Germany.
"My motto for contemporary art and culture
is: None of your buzzing, flies, the horse is still alive and kicking!
"
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A Couple. 1992. Glass, lead, painting. 49 x
65 cm |
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A Torso. 1993. Glass, lead, painting. 49 x 65
cm |
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Still Life. 1992. Glass, lead, painting. 77
x 67 cm |
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Scamps. 1993. Glass, lead, painting. 49 x 65
cm |
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Imprints. 1994. Glass, lead, painting. 69 x
95 cm |
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