Karine Paronyanc

About me

I have a higher professional artistic education and a diploma from the Latvian Art Academy, department of monumental painting. Before the Academy I had studied at and finished with distinction department of easel painting as well as department of illustrations at Janis Rozental Riga Art High School. I further honed my skills of wall-painting and graffito at Florence University of the Arts. Since 2007 I have been a member of the artists’ union of Latvia. First place winner in the artistic scholarship contest named after professor Indulis Zarins. I opened more than twenty personal exhibitions and took an active part in group shows including exhibition at the gallery “Crous-Beaux-Arts” (Paris).

I am proud to have been chosen to represent the art and culture of Latvia at the international conference Baltic Connecting to high-ranking guests from China, South Korea, the USA and Japan. I teach actively and conduct visiting master classes as well as run my own studio-gallery Karine Paronyanc Art studio in Riga. In my creative workshop I work with groups of children and adults (drawing, painting, composition), host corporate art-events, deliver lectures. Co-organizer, custodian and participator of international exhibition of arti...

2005 - 2007 Master degree, monumental painting department
Latvian Academy of Arts

2006 Additional education: Grafito and Fresco techniques, Institude Del Arte, Florence, Italy

2001 - 2005 Bachelor degree, easel painting department
Latvian Academy of Arts

1998 - 2001 Secondary professional education, illustration department
Janis Rozental Riga Art High School

Solo Exhibitions:
2023
-"The Colour of Pomegranate" Auseklis" cinema, Talsi
- "Art with a BIO Tag" Embassy of Latgale
2022
- "Reborn from the Ashes…" State Art museum of A. Kasteev Kazakhstan
- "Grounding" Botanical Gardens Latvian University
-“Urban Philosophy Latvian Academy of Sciences, Riga, Latvia
-“Oriental Saga” Music and Art School in Riga, Latvia
-2021“Bio-systems” (Puzurs),

Group Exhibitions:
2021
-Exhibition dedicated to Latvia’s National Day “Supervaronis” (Superhero), palace of culture “Ziemelblazma”, Riga, Latvia
-Exhibition of Latvian Designers’ Association “Misija Supervaronis” (Mission Superhero), Riga, Latvia
2020
-Annual Fine Arts Exhibition of the Latvian Artists’ Union “Rudens 2020. Esošais skats”, Riga. Latvia
-Exhibition “#Artefakts#PiektāCivilizācija” (Artifact. The Fifth Civilizattion), “Museum LV”, Riga,Latvia
-Exhibition “Mākslas gaismas un ēnu spēles” (Play of light and shade in Art), Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, Latvia
-International Art Fair “Wings of Riga”, airport “Spilve”, Riga, Latvia