Karine Paronyanc
Artist
“Art with Bio tag”
My motto is “Art with Bio tag”. Bio – life (from Greek Bios). It is a play with a sign, which signifies product quality and creator’s careful attitude to humans, nature and its rhythms.
I have a higher professional artistic education and a diploma of Latvian Art Academy, department of monumental painting (2007). Additionally, my studies include afresco and sgraffito painting techniques at the Art Institute of Florence, Italy. I have enjoyed membership of the Artist's Union of Latvia since 2007 and held more than 20 solo exhibitions in Riga, Jūrmala, Valmiera and other Latvian cities and towns. I also take part on a regular basis in group exhibitions in Latvia, as well as in art projects of an international significance. I represented Latvian art at the international conference “Baltic Connecting” (2019) and since 2018, head my own “Karine Paronyanc Art Studio”.
The main themes of my art are Cosmos, Absolute, laws and rhythms of nature, the Sun and its energy, fertility.
My approach is to talk with a viewer in the language of metaphors, legends, symbols touching upon deep layers of genetic memories and the collective unconscious.
The collection “Watermelons” took a very special place in my biography: Watermelon-lotus has become my artistic symbol and identification mark.
My special interest is a study of interaction of spontaneous plasticity in living nature and linearity of the mind of civilization.
I believe that alongside the qualities of painting and content, also of significance is the impulse of vitality and energy conveyed through my works.
Author’s technique
I stay true to traditional painting techniques, deliberately avoiding the use of digital auxiliary techniques. In addition to standard canvas and oils, I often use mixed author’s techniques. I use dry pastel chalk, natural charcoal, gold leaf, interspersed collage. My paintings are very tactile, the roughness of the canvas itself and the variety of oil textures, contrasts of matted and lacquered textures, the patina effect are all of great importance. Therefore, I carry out the preparation, stretching and priming of the canvas only by hand and exclusively according to the author's recipes. These canvases literally keep the warmth of their creator’s hands.
Using a complex technique of glazing I achieve multidimensional perception of the image created on the plane of a canvas and define it with a deep, complex and broken-like colour. Overlaying a great number of transparent layers, each one on top of the next makes the picture vivid and multifaceted, as if animated. With different lighting and depending on the emotional state, the viewer discovers new details and perspectives. A person is free to choose whether to plunge into depths or stay on the surface.
The canvas becomes a living organism in the space of beholder.
EDUCATION
Latvian Academy of Arts, Master degree, monumental painting department
Latvian Academyof Arts, Bachelor degree, monumental painting department
Janis Rozental Riga Art High School, Secondary professional education, illustration department
FURTHER EDUCATION
Sgraffito and affresco techniques, Instituto d’Arte di Firenze, Florence, Italy
AWARDS
Third place winner in the art exhibition contest “#Artefakts #PiektāCivilizācija”, “Museum LV”, Riga, Latvia
First place winner in artistic contest named after prof. Indulis Zarins
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Author and curator of cultural events programm dedicated to 100th anniversary of film director Sergei Parajanov, Riga, Latvia
Introduced the art of Latvia at the international conference “Baltic Connecting” to high-ranking guests from China, South Korea, the USA, Japan
Founder, teacher and head of art studio (creative workshop) “Karine Paronyanc Art Studio”
Co-organizer and custodian of a creative space-gallery “Riga Art – Sky Art”
Co-organizer, custodian and participator of travelling summer cycle exhibitions “Flora Magica”
Co-organizer, custodian and participator of international exhibition of artists from Latvia, Lithuania and Armenia under the title “Armenian palette”, Exposition halls of Latvian Academy of Arts
Latvian artists union member
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
- Personal exhibition “Urban Philosophy”, Latvian Academy of Sciences, Riga, Latvia
- Personal exhibition “Oriental Saga”, Vecumnieki School of Music and Art, Vecumnieki, Latvia
- Personal exhibition “Bio-systems” (Puzurs), Jurmala city museum, Jurmala, Latvia
- Audio-visual event / performance “Stained glass windows” at the palace of culture “Ziemelblazma”, Riga, Latvia
- Open air exhibition cycle “4 4days 4 Paintings”, at the National Botanical garden, Salaspils, Latvia
- Audio-visual performance “When the Stream of Consciousness Takes Clear Forms”, in collaboration with violinist Georgy Sarkisyan (LNSO concertmaster) and upright bass player Stanislav Judin (“Centre of free music” founder) Riga, Latvia / Dusseldorf, Germany
- Art performance “Urban Philosophy” – on the roof of “Mix Media group”, in collaboration with radio Baltkom, Riga, Latvia
- Art pleinair / performance “Greenhouse Effect”, at the Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Personal exhibition “Mysterious garden”, exposition hall of Rundale multifunctional centre, Latvia
- Personal exhibition “Birds of Paradise”, European Professional Doll Art Festival, white hall of the Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, Latvia
- Exposition “Story of how Peonies Bloomed in my Diary”, Peony Festival, Raiskums, Latvia
Personal exhibition “Flora Magica”, exhibition hall of Botanical Garden, at the Latvian University, Riga, Latvia
- Personal exhibition “Flora Magica”, Kalnciema block gallery, Riga, Latvia
- Personal exhibition “Magnolias”, Valmiera integrated library, Latvia
- Personal exhibition “Flora Magica”, exhibition hall of Ungurmuiza estate, Raiskums, Latvia
- Exposition “Breakfast of aristocrats”, hippodrome Zirgzandales, Marupe, Latvia
Personal exhibition “Flora Magica”, exhibition hall of Ungurmuiza estate, Raiskums, Latvia
- Personal exhibition “Christmas”, exposition space “Riga Art – SkyArt”, Riga, Latvia
- Exposition “Cotton” at the restaurant of the same name“Cotton“, Riga, Latvia
- Personal exhibition “Flora Magica”, exhibition hall of Botanical Garden, at the Latvian University, Riga, Latvia
Personal exhibition “Flora Magica”, Kalnciema block gallery, Riga, Latvia
- Personal exhibition “Parallel Worlds”, Jurmala city museum, Jurmala, Latvia
- Personal exhibition “Anniversary”, National Culture Societies Association of Latvia, named after Ita Kozakevica, Riga, Latvia
Personal exhibition “Bulls and Artichokes”, gallery “Flat”, Riga, Latvia
Personal exhibition “Two”, gallery “Laipa”, Valmiera, Latvia
Personal exhibition “A Story”, Riga Central Library, Riga, Latvia
Personal exhibition „Femme Fatale”, gallery “Bastejs”, Riga, Latvia
Personal exhibition “Russian Tea in the Italian Kitchen”, gallery “Bonhans” Riga, Latvia
Personal exhibition “Watermelons”, gallery “Mākslas dārzs”, MC2, Riga, Latvia
- Personal exhibition “Armenian Wedding”, Armenian Community, Riga, Latvia
- Personalexhibition “Fairy Tale”, art salon “Sakta”, Reval Hotel Latvija, Riga, Latvia
- Personal exhibition “Portrait”, Janis Rozental Riga Art High School, Riga, Latvia
- Personal exhibition “The Sun”, Jurmala Art School, Jurmala, Latvia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- Exhibition dedicated to Latvia’s National Day “Supervaronis” (Superhero), palace of culture “Ziemelblazma”, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition of Latvian Designers’ Association “Misija Supervaronis” (Mission Superhero), Sporta 2 block, Riga, Latvia
- Annual Fine Arts Exhibition of the Latvian Artists’ Union “Rudens 2020. Esošais skats” (Autumn 2020. Vital Glance), 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), European >- Professional Doll Art Festival, Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, Latvia
- International art-fair “Wings of Riga”, airport “Spilve”, Riga, Latvia
International plein air and exhibition of the same name “Armenian Palette”, Yerevan, Armenia
Exhibition “Magnolijām 14” (Magnolias are 14), gallery “Laipa”, Valmiera, Latvia
- Virtual plein air “13” and exhibition of the same name, organized by gallery “Laipa”, Valmiera, Latvia
- Travelling exhibition “Cross – Artist’s Eyes View”, international UNESCO project, gallery of the European Union House, Riga, Latvia
- Charity auction “Art Help Japan”, gallery “Wheels and Pictures”, Riga, Latvia
- Young talents exhibition “New Perspectives”, Moscow House exposition hall, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition “Eclair”, exposition hall “Dizaina Fabrika”, Riga, Latvia
Exhibition “Operation Eclair”, gallery “Crous-Beaux-Arts”, Paris, France
- Exhibition “Autumn 2007”, business-centre “Terbatas”, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition “Myth of ...”, gallery “Bastejs”, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition “The Queen of Spades”, Valmiera theatre, Latvia
- Exhibition “Sub Rose”, gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition “Daysof Art 2007”, business-centre “Terbatas”, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition of professor Indulis Zarins artistic contest award laureates, gallery “Bastejs”, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition “Riga – Florence-Riga”, Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga, Latvia
- Latvian Academy of Arts Exhibition at the Instituto d’Arte di Firenze, Florence, Italy
- Exhibition ”Notikums” (Event), Jurmala city museum, Jurmala, Latvia
- Exhibition of professor Indulis Zarins artistic contest award laureates, gallery “Bastejs”, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition of young artists “Ice is Breathing”, Cultural Centre “Imanta”, Riga, Latvia
- Latvian Academy of Arts Exhibition, Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Etienne, Art School, gallery “La Serre”, Saint-Etienne, France
- Exhibition of young artists “Give Me a Break”, exhibition hall “Sapņu Fabrikа”, Riga, Latvia
- Organizer and participator of exhibition “Oriental Dream“, Jurmala city museum, Jurmala, Latvia
- Exhibition “Exotica”, gallery “Mākslas dārzs”, MC2, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition of young artists “Vision and Mission”, gallery “Mākslas dārzs”, MC2, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition of young artists “Under the Sign of the Bull”, club Andalūzijas Suns, Riga, Latvia
Exhibition “Europe and Us”, bulwark “Triangula”, Riga, Latvia
- Culture Festival “Amazing Latvia” (Etonnante Lettonie), Latvian Art Academy Paintings
- Exhibition at the L'École Supérieur d'Art et Designde Saint-Étienne, Saint-Etienne, France
- Exhibition “Days of the Armenian Culture in Riga”, “The House of Mencendorf” museum, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition “We Live in Latvia”, “The House of Blackheads” museum, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition “Latvia is a Seaside State”, National Culture Societies Association of Latvia, named after Ita Kozakevica, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition of students diploma works, Janis Rozental Riga Art High School, “Diplomarium”, gallery of Artists’ Union of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
- Exhibition “Days of Armenian culture in Riga”, National Culture Societies Association of Latvia, named after Ita Kozakevica, Riga, Latvia
Regularly took part in annual exhibition-fair of works of Latvian Academy of Arts students “ЯrmarkA”
Organized a great number of representative exhibitions (including charity ones) of student works in her own art studio.