Vija Celmins
- Introduction
- Vija Celmins is a Latvian-American visual artist best known for photo-realistic paintings and drawings of natural environments and phenomena such as the ocean, spider webs, star fields, and rocks. Her earlier work included pop sculptures and monochromatic representational paintings. Based in New York City, she has been the subject of over forty solo exhibitions since 1965, and major retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
- Wikidata
- Q465777
- Nationalities
- American, Latvian
- Gender
- Female
- Roles
- Artist, Painter, Sculptor
- Name
- Vija Celmins
- Ulan
- 500078777
Exhibitions
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The Long Run
November 11, 2017–
May 5, 2019 MoMA
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From the Collection: 1960–1969
March 26, 2016–
March 19, 2017 MoMA
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Take an Object
August 22, 2015–
February 28, 2016 MoMA
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Endless House: Intersections of Art and Architecture
June 27, 2015–
March 6, 2016 MoMA
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Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013
January 1–
December 31, 2013 MoMA
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Vija Celmins has 34 exhibitionsonline.
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Vija Celmins Gun with Hand #1 1964
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Vija Celmins House #1 1965
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Vija Celmins Puzzle 1965-66
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Vija Celmins Flying Fortress 1966
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Vija Celmins Bikini 1968
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Vija Celmins Clipping with Pistol 1968
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Vija Celmins Moon Surface (Luna 9) #1 1969
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Vija Celmins Untitled 1970
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Vija Celmins Untitled (Ocean) 1970
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Vija Celmins Desert 1971
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Vija Celmins Untitled (Ocean with Cross #1) 1971
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Vija Celmins Moon Surface (Surveyor I) 1971-72
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Vija Celmins Ocean: 7 Steps #2 1973
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Vija Celmins Untitled (Irregular Desert) 1973
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Vija Celmins To Fix the Image in Memory 1977-82
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Vija Celmins Alliance 1983
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Vija Celmins Constellation - Uccello 1983
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Vija Celmins Drypoint - Ocean Surface 1983
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Vija Celmins Jupiter Moon - Constellation 1983
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Vija Celmins Strata 1983
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Vija Celmins Star Field III 1982–83
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Vija Celmins Concentric Bearings, D 1985
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Various Artists, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Andoe, James Brown, Vija Celmins, Louisa Chase, Eric Fischl, Jan Hashey, Michael Hurson, Mel Kendrick, James Nares, Ellen Phelan, Joel Shapiro, Kiki Smith, David Storey, Michelle Stuart, Richard Tuttle, Trevor Winkfield, Robin Winters A Bestiary 1990
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Vija Celmins Ocean Surface Woodcut 1992 1992
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Vija Celmins Night Sky #5 1992
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Various Artists, William Wegman, Glenn Ligon, Justen Ladda, Jane Hammond, Philip Taaffe, Vija Celmins The Magic Magic Book 1994
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Various Artists, Vija Celmins, Hans Danuser, Andreas Gursky, Rirkrit Tiravanija Parkett no. 44 1994
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Vija Celmins Untitled (for Parkett no. 44) 1995
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Vija Celmins Saturn Stamps 1995
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Vija Celmins Untitled #13 (Comet) 1996
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Vija Celmins Untitled (Web 2) 2001
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Vija Celmins Untitled (Night Sky #22) 2001
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Vija Celmins Web #3 2000-02
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Vija Celmins Web #8 2004
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Vija Celmins The Stars 2005
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Vija Celmins Untitled from The Stars 2005
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Vija Celmins Amérique 2009-10
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Vija Celmins Starfield 2010
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Vija Celmins Untitled #1 2016
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Vija Celmins Untitled #2 2016
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Vija Celmins Untitled #3 2016
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Vija Celmins Untitled #4 2016
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Vija Celmins Untitled #5 2016
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Vija Celmins Untitled (Large Night Sky) 2016
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Vija Celmins Untitled Ocean 2016
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Vija Celmins Untitled Ocean 2016
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