Jānis Strupulis (

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''JS'', born 28 January 1949) is a Latvian sculptor and

graphical designer Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipli ...

, who designed some of the modern Latvian coins with denominations in

Latvian lats The lats (plural: ''lati'' or ''latu'' (if the number can be divided by 10), ISO 4217 currency code: LVL or 428) was the currency of Latvia from 1922 until 1940 and from 1993 until it was replaced by the euro on 1 January 2014. A two-week tran ...

Life

Strupulis was born 28 January 1949 in

Vecpiebalga Vecpiebalga (german: Alt-Pebalg) is a village in Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', liv, Vidūmō) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the ...

. He graduated 1973 from the

Art Academy of Latvia The Art Academy of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija) is an institution of higher education and scientific research in art, located in Riga, Latvia. The neo-Gothic brick building is located on Krišjānis Valdemārs Street, next to t ...

, Department of Sculpturing, and is a member of the Artists' Union of Latvia () since 1978, and a member of the Latvian Designers' Society () since 1994. He is also member of FIDEM, president of the Latvian Arts Medal Club ( lv, Latvijas Medaļu mākslas klubs) and honorary member of the Latvian Academy of Science.

Works

Strupulis has, in cooperation with

Gunārs Lūsis Gunārs Lūsis (born 1950) is a Latvian artist and graphical designer. Lūsis is notable for creating the design for some of the modern Latvian coins with denominations in Latvian lats, and for authoring the logo for the Latvian presidency of th ...

, designed a number of Latvian coins with denominations in Lats dated 1992, the bi-metallic 2 Lats coin dated 1999, variations of the 1 Lats coins dated 1999, 2001, and many others. Strupulis has been actively exhibiting his works since 1971. His main works are in the fields of medals, coins, pictures and drawings, and they have been displayed in more than a dozen countries, at more than 50 museums. He has created

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s in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

for a number of notable persons, like:

Ernst von Bergmann Ernst Gustav Benjamin von Bergmann (16 December 1836 – 25 March 1907) was a Baltic German surgeon. He was the first physician to introduce heat sterilisation of surgical instruments and is known as a pioneer of aseptic surgery. Biography B ...

(2011),

Johann Christoph Brotze Johann Christoph Brotze ( lv, Johans Kristofs Broce) (1 September 1742 – 4 August 1823) was a German pedagogue, artist and ethnographer. Biography Brotze was born in Görlitz, Electorate of Saxony. He studied theology and philosophy at the ...

(1996), as well as

Ernests Brastiņš Ernests Brastiņš (19 March 1892 – 28 January 1942) was a Latvian artist, amateur historian, folklorist and archaeologist. He is known as the founder and driving force behind the neopagan religion Dievturība, which he started in the 1920s and ...

(2007, painter, 1892–1942), Herberts Tīmers (2006, architect, 1897–1938), Christoph Haberland (1994) and Aleksandrs Tīpainis (2006, postal official (1886–1974).

Prizes and awards

* 1986, 1989 Baltic Triennial Medal Art Prize * 1997 Pauls Stradiņš Prize * 1992, 1996 Dante Biennale Gold Medal * 1995 Baltic Triennial Medal Art Award

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strupulis, Janis 1949 births Living people People from Cēsis Municipality Latvian sculptors Latvian artists 20th-century Latvian artists