Fight and Rest, 2017, bone china, overglaze painting, h 32x26x20 cm, 1/1

Born in 1961

in 1985 graduated from the Latvian Academy of Arts.

Since 1987 participates in exhibitions in: Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Canada, USA, Germany, Denmark, Australia, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Hungary, Finland, South Korea, Taiwan, China.

in 1992 grant from the Banff Center for the Arts (Canada).

Awards: 1995 second prize "Purhase-Prize" (Faenza, Italy); in 1996 diploma of honor (second place) "Cup-96" (Belgrade, Serbia); in 1997 Sydney Mayor's Award Competition (Sheparton, Australia) Special Prize. in 1998 At the Faenza International Museum of Ceramics, Mr. Bergins' work participated in the exhibition "Da Fontana a Valentini ed oltre" with Pablo Picasso, Peter Voulkos and others. authors' works.

In 2005, the author was included in the educational list of artists of the University of Sonoma in the USA, which is used by the Faculty of Art History of the University of Michigan.

Photographs of the works were published in the magazines: "New Ceramic" (Germany), "Ceramic and Perception Art" (Australia), "American Craft" (USA); "World of Art" (London, UK), "La Biennale di Venecia 58th", "MoMA. New York City, The Guggenheim NYC and Berlin Biennale.

J. Bergins since 1991 is a member of the Union of Artists of Latvia, since 1999. IAC - Member of the Geneva International Academy of Ceramics. Honorary member of LDS Lithuanian Union of Artists. Thanks to his enthusiasm, such international events as the Baltic contemporary ceramics exhibition "Pavasaris" and the international ceramics symposium "Redukcija" were born.