Ritums Ivanovs (1968) is a Sotheby's-sold Latvian painter who in his works uses precise hyperrealist depiction of reality and bright polychromatism typical of Op Art. Working in his self-invented linear technique, he paints portraits and nudes on especially large-size canvases (up to size 145 x 250 cm). The artist uses a photo as basis but painting itself is hand-made only. The main subjects of Ritums Ivanovs' works are human emotions, different emotional moods. His images contain real people from his life (solo show "Girl"), photographic images from printed material - from art history books (solo show "Heroes") or from show business advertisements (portraits of the "Depeche Mode" musicians), even from erotic magazines (solo show "Erotic film").

The artist's first solo exhibition "To Be and to Look" took place at the Riga Gallery in 1999. Ivanovs has had 11 solo shows in Latvia and abroad (latest solo show took place in Doha, Qatar), numerous group exhibitions and he regularly participates at art fairs (Art Moscow 2010). In June 2009, a Ritums Ivanovs painting "Frame 05" was sold at the Sotheby's auction in London. The painter's works are included in collections of Latvian National Museum of Art, State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, private museum in Munster, private collections in Latvia and abroad. In Latvia and Eastern Europe, Ritums Ivanovs is represented by Riga Gallery.