Laimonis Mierins was born near Riga in Latvia in 1929. After leaving Latvia as a refugee, he eventually settled in Yorkshire in 1947, initially working as an agricultural labourer and textile worker. In the early 1960s he studied painting at Leeds College of Art. He then went to Goldsmith's College of Art in London to specialise in teaching art, and from 1965-94 he lectured in Fine Art at Leeds College of Art and Design. In 1995, a major retrospective exhibition of Mierins' work was shown in the State Museum of Fine Art in Riga, Latvia, which later toured to Bradford and London. The artist lives and works in Shipley, West Yorkshire. [To view his 1995 retrospective exhibition catalogue in pdf format (2.42 MB) please click here.]
				1958	Civic Playhouse, Bradford		1978	Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
				1960	College of Further Education, Shipley		1980	University of York
				1966	Lane Gallery, Bradford		1982	Cartwright Hall, Bradford
				1967	Bergdon Gallery, Toronto		1986	Art Gallery and Museum, Bury
				1967	Sonneck Gallery, Kitchener		1987	Hawksworth Gallery, Ilkley
				1967	Goosewell Gallery, Menston		1987	Elizabethan Exhibition Gallery, Wakefield
				1968	Lane Gallery, Bradford		1989	Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse
				1969	University, Leeds		1991	Yorkshire Television, Leeds
				1970	Compendium 2, London		1995	State Museum of Fine Art, Riga, Latvia
				1971	Cartwright Hall, Bradford		1995	Cartwright Hall, Bradford
				1973	Drian Gallery, London		1995	Barbican Centre, London
				1975	University Gallery, Leeds		1998	Curwen Gallery, London
				1976	Adult Education Centre, Bradford		2000	Curwen Gallery, London
				1976	Court Gallery, Skipton		2000	Catthorpe Manor
				1976	Vision Gallery, Sheffield		2001	Riga Gallery, Riga, Latvia
				1977	Northern Artists Gallery, Harrogate
				Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal			Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
				Arsenal Art Museum, Riga			Halifax plc
				Art Gallery, Huddersfield			Klavs Sipolins Foundation, Ottawa
				Art Gallery and Museum, Bury			Latvian Council in Great Britain
				Bankfield Museum, Halifax			Latvian Welfare Fund (GB)
							Manor House Museum and Art Gallery, Ilkley
				Bradford and Ilkley Community College
							Maras Linija, Felixstowe
				Cartwright Hall, Bradford
							President of Latvia Collection
				Celebrity Cruises
							Provident Financial plc, Bradford
				College of Further Education, Shipley
							School Loan Service, Leeds
				Education Authority, Barnsley
							University Art Collection, Leeds
				Education Authority, Sheffield
							University Art Collection, York
				Education Authority, Wakefield
							Yorkshire and Humberside Arts
				Embassy of Latvia, London
				Laimonis Mierins' paintings can also be found in private collections in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Russia, Sweden, the UK and the USA.
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