DATE, PLACE OF BIRTH
1979 September 10th, Lithuania
EDUCATION
Vilnius Art Academy , Lithuania, Master in Photography and Media Arts,
New York Film Academy , Filmmaking/DP postgraduate studies.
EXIBITIONS & ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Solo exhibitions:
2006.05.06 -17
“Vanishing Point” photography project from USA, “ARTima Galerija” , Vilnius, LT; curator: Dovile Tumpyte;
2002.09.20-10.26 personal exhibition “Identity of the City” Siauliai Photography Museum, Siauliai, LT; selected photographs from series “ Decorations ” + online project " paPuosimai "; curator: Tomas Andrijauskas;
Group exhibitions:
2007.02.05I.26 "Us, Them and Some Out-takes", CAC, Vilnius, LT; curator: Renata Dubinskaite;
Fragment form photography series “Vanishing Point”, “Hotels, Diners and Services”. www.cac.lt
2005.08.15- 25 “The Star is Born” art project on billboards around Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga together with “LT Kidz” crew. More info: http://www.kulturostvartas.lt/module.php?id=114
2005.01.13-15 3 rd Red Shift Festival at Anthology Film Archives, New York City, NY, USA Video film “The Barkers”
2004.04.30 – 05.15 group exhibition “Lithuania As Is” at Consulate of Lithuania, New York City, NY, USA photographic series from project “Lithuanian Superpower”
2003.12.09- 2005.01.09 “Fotografija.doc” at “Arka” gallery, Vilnius, LT; mocumentary photography project – installation “Meninko ego: I am the way you say I am”
2003.11.18 – 2004.1.11 “2 show: Young Art from Latvia and Lithuania” CAC, Vilnius, LT curators: Helena Demakova and Kestutis Kuizinas ; light box installation “Avatar of Americas ”
2003.10.22 – 2004.02 Billboart Gallery Europe project: presentation of contemporary art on the billboards in the centers of European cities: Bratislava/Slovakia, Budapest/Hungary, Iasi/Romania, Prague/Czech Republic, Warsaw/Poland and Wien/Austria; poster “ NewYork, 2001.09.11” ; curators: Dovile Tumpyte (LT), Mira Keratová (SK); more info: www.billboart.org ;
2003.10.17–12.13 Documentation of artwork “ FAT ”, “ decoration: women ” & artist statement included in ”Women, Trauma & Visual Expression” exhibition at Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA; curated by Amy Stacey Curtis; more info: www.womanmade.org
2003.03.28-05.04 retrospective exibition of Vilnius Art Academy "We are Coming" in CAC, Vilnius, the lightboard "Boy" from installation "Virtual Church" (2001), curator: Raminta Jurenaite.
2002.12.11-2003.06 group exhibition/action “Parallel Progressions 3” in Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, the light board “Elk and Girl” , curators: Virginija Januskeviciute and Renata Dubinskaite; more info: www.cac.lt
2002.08.04-25 KAJA Workshop (Europe's Answer to the Islamic Fundamentalist and the Terror) in Rheine, Germany; collaborative projects: land art installation “ Fragile ”, social project with Turkish community “ Crossroad ” - slides, video, digital photography;
2002.06.07-2002.06.23 North-East Europe biennale ArtGenda 2002 Hamburg , Germany; video/slide projection “ Nature Look ”, photography/posters in Hamburg metro “ NewYork, 2001.09.11”,”Genova, 2001.06.20”, “Barents Sea, 2000.08.14 ”, video performance “ Stroike ” in “ Multi Purpose Hall ” project; curators: Veit Sprenger, Jan Holtmann, Felix Kubin, more info: www.artgenda.com ;
2002.02-03 group exhibition “Art Pause” in Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, four photographs from series “ Decorations ”; curator: Kristina Inciuraite, www.cac.lt ;
2001.08.25-2001.09.16 participation to The European Heritage Campus around Thuringe region, Germany as a collaborative team with Siga Mikoliunaite for producing video film “ Meet People ”;
2001.07.11-29 group exhibition “My Family Maffia” in Panevezys and Siauliai art galleries, Lithuania; photography series " 5 Portraits in Different Kind of Photography: Reportage & Studio "; curators: Marius Zavackis, Austeja Cepauskaite, Rima Povilionyte, Virga Januskeviciute;
2001.03.12-17 group exhibition "35 Portraits" in "Academy" Gallery, Vilnius; photographs series " 5 Portraits in Different Kind of Photography: Reportage & Studio ";
2000.10.22-29 film festival "Visions of Light" in Ski, Norway; video film " The Barkers " (1 st prize between experimental films); festival director: Turid Marthinsen;
2000.03.31 video art festival "Video Stream" in Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius; video film “ The Barkers "; curator: Irma Stanaityte;
1999.10.08-15 group exhibition in Mazeikiai Cultural Center , Mazeikiai, Lithuania; selected photography and video program;
1998-2001 SMD (Annual Student Art Days) every year participant, personal and collaborated photo-video-media installations, Vilnius Art Academy; “ D-Category ” 1998, “ Fast Food making Art ” 2000, “ Our Home ” 2000, “ Believe Me ” 2001.
