ROBERTS BALINS

Latvian, based in Riga
Roberts Balins is a sculptor from Riga, Latvia, specializing in the field of abstract and anthropomorphic sculptures. The works of Roberts provide an insight into the interplay between the world of form and feeling, creating an environment with abstract sculptures where emotions are revealed through the shapes defined by the sculpture. The only source of play is the tubular limbs, which, as they bend and break, represent anthropomorphic shapes. Most of the works use pipes of the same diameter, which turn into tubular forms. It is the same expression technique, which can express itself in a completely different way in each sculpture. In the form, the
author gives feelings. These are primitive feelings, which, when added together with the expressions of the other limbs, form complex feeling situations.
Roberts Balins graduated from the master's program of the Latvian Academy of Arts in the sculpture department in 2024. Roberts has been participating in Latvian and international exhibitions with sculptural works since 2016. In 2021, he participated in an international exhibition in Japan. Experience in various international projects, such as the cast iron symposium in Slovakia and the paper workshop in Budapest.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

“Pony Island” Butterman gallery, 2025;
"Small Giants" Dom gallery, 2024;
"One or Two" Jurmala Museum, 2024;
"Personalities" Grand Poet Hotel, 2022.

GROUPE EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS

Riga Contemporary Art Fair, CUT ART, 2025; 
  • Pop-up Exhibition “AFTERPARTY”, 2025;
  • Exhibition “Kilowac” Šiauliai, Lithuania, 2025;
  • ”20 Stāsti” Dimension Ink Cesis, 2025;
  • Pop-up Exhibition “Sālsmaize” 2024;
  • “Kvanta spēks”, Novira Plaza, 2024;
  • "DIPLOMANDU DIENS 2024", 2024;
  • “Body on Lines” CUT ART, 2024;
  • T– FACTOR.CONTINUED | LMA SCULPTURE STUDENT WORK EXHIBITION, 2023;
  • "Art and facts" M Gallery, 2023;
  • "Marina" Jūrmala open-air museum, 2023;
  • "The warmth of your hands doesn't hurt me" Brīvības Galley, 2022;
  • "Dīgst" Latvian Art Academy, 2022;
  • "Transformation", International exhibition in Japan, 2021;
  • "Mākslas otra puse" Railway Museum, 2021;
  • Exhibition at the Raina monument, 2021;
  • Environmental object near the Ogre hospital, 2020;
  • Exhibition at the Culture Center Točka, 2020;
  • Exhibition in Liepāja Museum, 2020;
  • "Autumn" Mākslinieku Savienība, 2019;
  • "LMA 100", Mākslai vajag telpu in cooperation with Aigaras Bikši, Oto Holgers Ozoliņas, Anci Vilnītis, 2019;
  • "Skats" International medal project BORDERS, 2019;
  • "Bāliņš, Rozentāls, Bāliņš" Janis Rozentāls Riga Art High School, 2016.

AWARDS

  • Environmental object idea contest for the project "Valterciems" 2. place , Latvia, 2025;
  • “Kilograms Kultūras” Nomination in the Visual Arts Section, 2025;
  • Development of the 120th Anniversary Award of Emergency Aid "Dzīvības zvaigznes", 2024;
  • Jurmala Open Air Museum "Marina", Jurmala 1st Place in the Student Category, 2023.