Vija Celmins
decade
1930s
1938
Vija Celmins is born in Riga, Latvia.
decade
1940s
1949
Vija Celmins moves to Indianapolis.
decade
1960s
1962
Vija Celmins receives her BFA from the John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis.
1962
Vija Celmins moves to Los Angeles.
1960s 1964
Vija Celmins reads Beat poets like Michael McClure, a friend of Bruce Conner.
1965
Vija Celmins receives her MFA from UCLA.
1968
Photo: The Art Institute of Chicago/Art Resource, NY
1969–73 1969
Vija Celmins has solo exhibitions at the Mizuno Gallery on La Cienega Boulevard.
decade
1970s
1970
Vija Celmins begins a printmaking practice in earnest at the Tamarind Art Institute and is invited to work there.
1971
Allen Ruppersberg proposes Al’s Grand Hotel for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s exhibition 24 Young Los Angeles Artists, which also includes Vija Celmins, Robert Cumming, and William Wegman.
1971
Vija Celmins, Robert Cumming, Allen Ruppersberg, and William Wegman participate in 24 Young Los Angeles Artists at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
1972
1972
Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, and Vija Celmins are included in a group show at the Mizuno Gallery.
decade
2010s
2010
The Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico, celebrates 50 years with two exhibitions that feature works by artists including Garo Antreasian, Vija Celmins, Roy De Forest, Ed Ruscha, and June Wayne.