Description: Juris A. Kakis Art
Juris was born in Riga, Latvia and immigrated to the United States with his family. His mother, Anna Rozentals Kakis was a painter and very involved in the arts both in Latvia and the U.S. Juris' father was a medical doctor from a family of several generations of doctors.
At the age of eleven, his first year in America, Juris won an art award in New York City as part of an elementary school competition. This recognition would be the basis for his love in the arts.
To satisfy his father, Juris received his B.A. in Biology in Pre-Med studies at Kent State University. He decided not to continue in the medical field and received his M.F.A. from Kent State. His emphasis in the figure was under the scrutiny of Professor Elmer Novotny, while Professor Mel Someroski directed Juris to study the works of Marie Laurencin in the development of the female, and Prof. Homer Weiner recognized his desire to advance in Abstract Expressionism. Juris received his M.A. from The Ohio Stat