| Ādams Kāpostiņš | |
| Birth Name: | Odumeņš Kopusteņš |
| Birth Date: | 27 July 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Puša Parish, Russian Empire |
| Death Place: | Puša Parish, Soviet Union |
| Nationality: | Latvian |
| Known For: | Ceramics |
| Movement: | Latgalian ceramics |
| Spouse: | Veneranda Kopusteņa |
| Awards: | Andrejs Paulāns Medal (1981) |
Ādams Kāpostiņš (Latgalian: Odumeņš Kopusteņš, 27 July 1905 – 7 February 1987) was a Latvian and Latgalian ceramicist.[1]
Ādams Kāpostiņš was born at Puša village in Puša Parish, Russian Empire in 1905. He became a ceramicist in 1919, at the age of 14, continuing the family tradition. His grandfather and father were also ceramicists.[2]
One of Kāpostiņš trademarks were face jugs and ceramic figures.[3] His works were selected for the exhibitions since 1955.[4] Kāpostiņš had a personal exhibition in Rēzekne at his 75th-anniversary in 1980[5] and his works were also displayed in exhibitions outside the Latvian SSR.
Kāpostiņš died in Puša on 7 February 1987.[6]
In 2015, there was an exposition in the Rainis Museum in Jasmuiža Manor, dedicated to the 110th jubilee of Kāpostiņš. It featured a renovated unique tile stove that was relocated from ceramicists house in Puša, originally made by Kāpostiņš.[7]