| Jānis Backāns | |
| Birth Name: | Jānis Backāns |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Feimaņi Parish, Latvia |
| Death Place: | Latvia |
| Nationality: | Latvian |
| Known For: | Ceramics |
| Movement: | Latgalian ceramics |
Jānis Backāns (23 June 1925 – 2004) was a Latvian and Latgalian ceramicist.[1]
Jānis Backāns was born at Ezergailīši village in Feimaņi Parish, Latvia in 1925. His grandfather Jāzeps taught him the ceramicist craft in his early days and later he was a pupil in the workshop of the famous Latgalian ceramicist Andrejs Paulāns.[1]
In 1942, Backāns became a ceramicist. From 1942 to 1962, he worked in Krustpils production plant.[2] Since 1957, his works were exhibited in exhibitions.[3] His works were selected for several exhibitions in Latgale and outside the Latvian SSR, in France, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.[4]