About me
Born: 1972 in Kaunas, Lithuania
Education:
- 1992 -1999
- VDA Kaunas Art Institute, Textile and Design departments, bachelor and master degrees
- 1990
- Vytautas Magnus University,Kaunas, Lithuania
Personal Exhibitions (selection):
- 2008 (upcoming Jun-Aug)
- “In The Mood For Movie/version 2, version 3”, Lithuania
- 2007
- “In The Mood For Movie”, Communication History Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2007
- SOFA gallery, Druskininkai, Lithuania
- 2006
- “The show”, ARTima gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2006
- “White&Blue Lines”, Artists Association Gallery, Tallin, Estonia
- 2004
- “2 Dots per Line”, “Filesharing” , Berlin, Germany
- 2003
- Contemporary textiles, Jurbarkas Land Museum, Lithuania
- 2003
- Textiles, Ukio Bank Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2003
- “2 LinesPer”, Kaunas M.K.Ciurlionis Art Gallery
- 2000
- The Cycle of St. Stations in the chapel of St. Ann, Kaunas, Kacergine
Group Exhibitions (selection):
- 2008
- “Art of the STITCH' 2008/9” international open exhibition, Birmingham(UK), Krefeld(Germany), Budapest (Hungary), Seville(Spain)
- 2008
- “Hello, the second”, Bavarian Artist Association Arbeitskreis68, Wasserburg, Germany
- 2007
- 'Still life', Pfaff Embroidery Challenge 07, London, UK
- 2007
- “Contemporary LithuanianTextile Art”, Embassy of Lithuania, Warsaw, Poland
- 2007
- “Best artwork of the year”, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2006
- “Needles And Pins”, Tervishoimuuseum, Tallin, Estonia
- 2006
- “Trasa”, II lithuanian textile art bienal, “Arka” gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2006
- Black light exhibition, Kaunas Tower, Lithuania
- 2006
- “Kersvers”, Amsterdam, Nedherlands
- 2005
- “Lithuanian textile” , Dominic Rostmonowsky Gallery, Krokow, Poland
- 2005
- “Textilkunst aus Litauen”, Gallery in Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
- 2005
- Textile 05, Kaunas Art Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2005
- Fancywork: Lithuania - Finland , Graphic gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2005
- 1st Qadriennale of Lithuanian contemporary fine arts,“Arka” gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2005
- “Blacklight Gallery”, Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany
- 2004
- “Trame D'Autore”, 4^ International Fiber Art Biennale, Chieri, TO, Italy
- 2004
- “Tradition and Innovation”, international textile art biennial, Riga, Latvia
- 2003
- “Right and Wrong Sides”, 4th International Textile Art Exhibition, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2003
- Embroidery exhibition, Fibreartist's Guild Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2002
- “Things to touch”, the touchable object exhibition, J.Monkute-Marks Museum, Kedainiai , Lithuania
- 2001
- “Tradition and Inovation”, fiber art symposium in Zvartava, Latvia
- 2001
- “Soft World”, 3rd International Textile Art Exhibition , Kaunas , Lithuania
- 2001
- “Flammable”, graphic workshop, Pedvale, Latvia
- 2001
- 2nd Goffer Cardboard Symposium “Ori gami - 2”, Vilnius , Lithuania
Workshops and symposiums
- 2007
- Schmiede, playground for ideas, Salzburg-Hallein, Austria
- 2004
- Felting workshop, Hiuma, Estonia
- 2001
- “Origami-2”, cardboard symposium, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2001
- “Flammable”, print workshop, Pedvale, Latvia
- 2001
- “Tradition and Innovation”, fiber art symposium, Zvartava, Latvia
- 2000
- “Origami”, cardboard symposium, Kaunas
Awards, honors and grants:
- 2008
- First Prize, Art of the Stitch, international open exhibition, Birmingham, UK
- 2007
- Grand Prize in Pfaff Art Embroidery Challenge 07, London, UK
- 2007
- Public Award in “The best artwork of the year”, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2006
- 2 year artist grant, Lithuanian Culture Ministry
- 2005
- Exellence award in the category of Technology,Textile 05, Kaunas Art Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2004
- “Best artwork of the year”, Exhibition of Kaunas artists, Award for “Debut of the year”
- 2001
- The best production in the competition “Big size artwork” “Art Park” Gallery, Kaunas
Publications:
- 2007
- ART EMBROIDERY, Still Life, catalog of Pfaff Embroidery Challenge 07
- 2007
- “Textile Cinematography”, article by art critic Laima Kreivyte in “Archiforma”, Lithuania
- 2007
- “Portrait – machine”, article by Jurgita Ludaviciene in “Literatura ir Menas”, Lithuania
- 2006
- “Into the nature”, Die Gestalten Verlag , German
- 2005
- “Designed to help”, Die Gestalten Verlag , Germany
- 2004
- “Wonderland”, Die Gestalten Verlag , Germany