Burkards Dzenis (1879, Dreiliņi, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 1966, Dayton, Ohio) was a Latvian artist.
Dzenis subsequently adopted a modern aesthetic and committed himself to the ideals of artistic renewal around the turn of the century.
After having obtained his art diploma from the academy in 1905, he spend one year in Paris thanks to a scholarship, and subsequently traveled to Berlin and Moscow.
He then returned to Riga where he opened a large and modern atelier and worked as an independent artist.
They settled in the village of Gettysburg north of Dayton, Ohio where he continued to create works in clay, bronze, plaster of Paris and wood and to teach.