square, you

“square, you,” 2022, oil on canvas, 24″ x 30″ 

square, you

Paintings by Kristians Klava 
January 25 – February 12, 2022  
Opening reception: Tuesday, January 25, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.  

James K. Schmidt Gallery 
Voney Art Center 
Principia College, Elsah, Illinois 62028 

Kristians Klava is a painter from Riga, Latvia. He received his undergraduate degree in Art from Principia College and currently is working as a Post-Graduate Teaching Intern for the Art and Art History Department and as a Gallery Assistant for the James K. Schmidt Gallery. Kristians previously exhibited work in the Annual Juried Student Exhibition in 2019 and 2021, and in “Still, Life”, the 2021 Senior Capstone Exhibition. He received the Kathryn Cogswell Maule Art Opportunity Award in 2021 which included the purchase of an artwork for the art collection of Principia College.