Janina Grinevich

Janina Grinevich was born in a family of artist and jeweller in 1978 in Ukraine, Krivoy Rog. Since 1986 lives in Latvia. Graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 2000, College of Art and Crafts in Liepaya, Latvia. Even at the college time the graphic art in style of the German masters of neo-romanticism became her mainstream and since 1995 she developed the own style, creating illustrations to literary works, legends, sagas and fairy tales. She also pays special attention to urbanistic landscapes, especially to her hometown views – the ancient Hanseatic city of Riga. In her opinion through laconicism and a monochromaticism of lines it is possible to develop completely dynamism of subject, without distracting attention to colourfulness of tinctures. Strict lines of architecture of the ancient cities, refined folds of attires and even the nature itself get in graphics their harmonious and perfect tone united by a common goal and idea. Her paintings are also laconic as graphic drawings and finds its full embodiment in still-life, genre style, portraits, sometimes supplemented by lines of symbolism. Metal and its surface, a play of light and shadow on metal objects, how metal recovers a still life, forces to sound each accompanying object in o...

Bachelor of Arts, College of Art and Crafts in Liepaya, Latvia

2013 - Solo exhibition-presentation "Old Riga in Centuries", Happy Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
2012 -International group exhibition IN REMEMBERANCE OF THE TITANIC THE EVENT OF THE CENTURY, within the Project STRONG WATER, Art Space Riga gallery, Riga, Latvia
2009 - Russian Art Week Group Exhibition, Moscow, Russia
2009 - 5-th Group exhibition CATCH BY THE EYE, SAVE IN THE HEART, 3 Bedforbury, Covent Garden, London, UK
2009 -1-st Russian Art Fair, Jumeirah Carlon Tower, Knightsbridge, London, UK

2008 -3-rd Group exhibition CATCH BY THE EYE, SAVE IN THE HEART, Art-Spaces Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK
2008 -4-th Group exhibition CATCH BY THE EYE, SAVE IN THE HEART, Eaton Terrace Gallery, Belgravia, London, UK
2008 -Group Exhibition GOTHIC ART BELGRAVIA, Eaton Terrace Gallery, Belgravia, London, UK
2007 - Solo exhibition, Moscow Cultural and Business centre MKDC, Riga, Latvia
2007 -Group exhibition ART IN MIND, Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK
2007 -Group exhibition The Russian Art Week at the Graphic Art Competition, prof category "in absentio" , Moscow, Russia
2000 - Solo exhibition on the Baltic Germans Association Congress, Döttingen, Germany
1998 - Solo exhibition, gallery Rožu Laukums, Liepaja, Latvia
1997 - Group exhibition ARTISTS ...