Atis jakobsons biography

Atis Jākobsons currently lives and works in Riga and Berlin. Since graduating with a master's degree in Painting from the Art Academy of Latvia in 2010, his creative practice has been based on painting traditions, however over the past five years Jākobsons has experimented with other media and art forms – charcoal drawings, sculptures, ceramics,installations and sound. His current practice is deeply related to the study of spiritual heritage and archetypes in contemporary Western cultures, while also addressing the myths and mystics of the Far and Middle East. Striving to achieve an absolute form – original mood and representation of an idea, Atis Jākobsons intellectually balances between personal and objective depiction. Re-nominated for Purvītis Award in 2012 and 2015.

Context (MA POST)
Composition II (Painting Department)
Painting BA2 (Stage Design Department)
Painting BA2 (Visual Communication Department , Motion. Image. Sound Department)

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Conversations — 20.06.2022

Una Meistere, Ainārs Ērglis

A conversation with artist Atis Jakobsons

This conversation with Atis Jakobsons took place in the Latvian coastal village of Mazirbe, where he has just exhibited six works from his most recent series, Vision. The show is part of the first exhibition of EnergArt, Arterritory’s nomadic gallery.

They begin as pastel drawings. Jakobsons explains how after a long period of monochrome, he has recently been increasingly returning to colour. “Colour for me is no longer just colour – it is sound, a frequency. And it is scientifically measurable. (...) I think that intuitively, either consciously or unconsciously, I’m approaching art therapy. Healing through colour. Being in a field of colour really does heal you; colour is a pure frequency. Pure energy.” An intangible calm enters the room along with Jakobsons’ works; quietly, unobtrusively and touchingly, they lead us deeper... Into a world where there are no more words, only sensat

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