Arnis Balcus

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Arnis Balcus (born 1978) is a photography and video artist. Born in Riga, Latvia, Balcus lived and worked in his home town before moving to London, United Kingdom in 2004. He took an MA course on photography at University of Westminster from 2004 to 2005. He addresses issues of identity and gender also in his video works.

His video Xionel (2004) features a confession by a beautiful Asian transsexual.

He published a book of ambiguous black and white self-portraits, Desire to be Adored in 1999 and Myself, Friends, Lovers and Others in 2003. These were followed by Episodes Vol. I (2006) and Episodes Vol. II (2007).

He has had solo exhibitions at Overgaden, Copenhagen (2003), Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna (2004), State Museum of Art, Riga (2004, 2006)^{[citation needed]} and Matthew Bown Gallery, London (2005, 2006).^[1]

Balcus work has also been published in various art and lifestyle magazines, such as Black and White Magazine, Dazed & Confused (magazine), Flash Art Magazine, Soul Mag, Achtung Mode and many more.