Born in 1972 in Kaunas,
Lithuania
Living and working in Munich
| Education | |
| 1991-97 | Vilnius
Academy of Fine Arts Kaunas Art Institute Lithuania Department of Ceramics: Bachelor of Arts (BA) 1995, Master of Arts (MA) 2000 |
| 1997-04 | Academy of Fine Arts Munich with Prof. Nikolaus Gerhart and Prof. N. Prangenberg |
| Current position | |
| Freelance artist | |
| 09/2006-06/2007 | Visiting lecturer, Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts Kaunas Art Institute Lithuania |
| Scholarships, grants, awards | |
| 2008 | 1st Prize
moved wind, district of Waldeck-Frankenberg, Germany |
| 2007 | Project-Grant
of the Gisela & Erwin Steiner foundation, Munich Endowment Scholarship sponsored by the Sparda Bank Munich awarded by the Kunstverein Ebersberg |
| 2005 | Excellence Award, category Concept Kaunas Art Biennial Textile05, Lithuania |
| 2005-06 | HWP-Grant, Women Artist's Support Programme from the Bavarian Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts |
| 2005 | Project support from the Department of Culture, City of Munich and BMW Group |
| 2001 | 1st Prize Danner competition, class of Prof. N. Prangenberg |
| 1998-99 | One-year-scholarship of Lithuanian Ministry of Culture |
| 1998 | Foreign Student Scholarship, Bavarian State Ministry for Education, Culture, Science and the Arts |
| 1994 | Scholarship for the International Summer Academy Salzburg, Austria |
| Collections | |
| pro arte Kunststiftung Ulm; Bavarian State Painting Collection (Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlung); BMW Group; Förderverein SOA Neuburg an der Donau; Bayerischer Industrieverband Steine und Erden e.V. | |
| Professional Affiliations | |
| Lithuanian Artists Association (LAA); Kunstraum München | |
| Group exhibitions (a selection) | |
| 2009 | Heykelsi Eylemler Sculptural Narration BMSUMA Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2008 | Video
Performance Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst, Münster,
Germany |
| 2007 | Island
of Art Festival Praterinsel, Munich, Germany Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania Horizon Exposició d’artistes lituans, TePeKaLe al TPK Arts Plàstiques, L’Hospitalet /Spain Nightcomers 10th International Istambul Biennial, Istambul, Turkey (cataloque) Nordost Kunstarkaden Munich, Germany (cataloque) Videonale Madrid Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain (cataloque) Sculptural Narration Klaipeda Cultural Communication Center, Klaipeda, Lithuania Sculptural Narration A.Moncio house-museum, Palanga, Lithuania Videonale 11 Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany (cataloque, DVD) |
| 2006 | Ultima
Ratio Kaunas, Lithuania (catalogue) Open source Room 500, Munich Toboo or not taboo Rencontres Européennes d’Art Contemporain: Edinburgh, Kaunas, Warsaw Klonai /Clones Vilnius Botanical Garden, Lithuania Skulpturale Handlungen Galerie der Künstler BBK, Munich, Germany 5ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain Nîmes, France (organized by Le Manif) Das Runde muss ins Eckige... outdoor sculpture exhibition organized by Kunstverein Erding, Germany (catalogue) Through the looking glass Haus der Kunst (Museum of Contemporary Art) Munich Enigma Gallery Vartai Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 2005 | Textile05
Kaunas Art Biennial, M. Zilinsko Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania (catalogue) Vogelfrei6 Kunstbiennale Darmstadt (catalogue) sept artistes lithuaniens d`aujourdhui Espace culturel de l'IUFM, Montpellier, France Unsupportable Reality Olomouc, Czech Republic Beton Kunst Symposium and exhibition, Südstadtpark Fürth, Germany BetonKunst, Kunst Galerie Fürth together with Conny Theis and Heike & Helmut Hahn BetonKunst, Nürnberg (catalogue) Östliche Breite Gallery Intro, Vilnius, Lithuania Professionelle Kontaktneurose kult21, Munich, Germany Manöver Pathos Transport Theater, Munich, Germany Terrain vague Kunstraum München (together with Landschaftsboutique) |
| 2004 | Unsupportable
Reality Kaunas Art Gallery, Lithuania (catalogue) Vor dem Winter Dachgalerie 49, Domagkateliers, Munich, Germany Jahresausstellung Kunstverein Ebersberg, Germany (catalogue) Jahresausstellung Academy of Fine Arts Munich Gehirn Knoten Noten Kunstverein Murnau, Germany |
| 2003 | In
aller Stille curated by Daniel Braeg Franziskanermuseum Villingen-Schwenningen,
Germany Jahresausstellung Kunstverein Ebersberg (catalogue) Domagktage X Dachgalerie 49, Munich, Germany Habe Hunger und kein Bett Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany 7. Kunstfrühling Sculpture Exhibition Bad Wörishofen, Germany |
| 2002 | Jahresausstellung
Kunstverein Ebersberg (catalogue) |
| 2000 | Ins
Haus der Kunst München Videos im LKW art project Akademie Mobil Munich, Germany Formel5 Church Sv.Jurgio, Kaunas, Lithuania Erbschaft long-term outdoor sculpture exhibition Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 1999 | KaunasGalerie,
Gallery of Kaunas Artists Association, Lithuania Tag und Nacht Kunst Neuburg an der Donau, Germany Kunst Material Beton Obernburg/Main, Germany (catalogue) Kassel-München AkademieGalerie, Munich, Germany |
| 1998 | Vogelschau
collaborative work Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany Danner competition, class of Prof. N. Prangenberg, Munich, Germany |
| 1997 | Art
workshop extending the expressionist "Brücke" generation Nida,
Lithuania Art Exhibition Hall Klaipeda, Lithuania |
| 1996 | Gallery Akademija Vilnius, Lithuania |