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Algis Griškevičius
Photographer
Lithuania, Vilnius
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In the painting and photography, I am most of the time using the elements, which come from the theatre, cinema and literature. With those two medias I am trying to tell a story... Only in the painting there is more of the longing and impossibility of understanding something totally therefore in the photography I see more of the irony, even sarcasm.
Born on 1954 in Vilnius, Lithuania
Member of Lithuanian Artists Association from 1988
He has arranged 44 personal exhibition in Lithuania and abroad since 1986.
Finished school in 1973. The same year he went to army till 1975.
Worked as artist's assistant in Opera and Ballet House from 1976 to 1980
Studied at Vilnius Art Institute (now Academy) from 1980 to 1985
At the same time worked as senior artist - scene painter in Vilnius Youth Theatre from 1980 to 1990.
Working as a freelance artist since 1990.
Besides painting, he has worked in the fields of poster art, book illustration, set design, sculpture and photography.
His works have been acquired by:
- Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
- M.K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania
- Ethnographic Museum of Alytus, Lithuania
- Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Tretyakov Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- Museum of Fine Arts, Yekaterinburg, Russia
- The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum New Jersey, USA
- Art collectors in various countries
Awards:
2009 – Second position (CAPA Silver Medal) in Caroun Photo Club (CPC) competition 2008 (Vancouver, Canada)
2008 – Laureate of LATGAA (Lithuanian Artists’ Rights Association)
2008 – Lithuanian Artists Association’s Golden Badge for the best exhibitions in 2007
2007 – Golden Star for the most popular visual artist
2007 – Laurynas Ivinskis premium for the best calendar of the year
2005 – The first place in the national contest for the best Lithuanian landscape at Klaipėda Picture Hall and Baroti gallery
1999–2000 – Premium for painting in national exhibition ‘The Beginning of the End’ in Klaipėda Picture Hall and Baroti gallery
1997 – Lithuanian Artists Association premium for creative continuation of Lithuanian tradition in the annual exhibition of Lithuanian painters
1994 – Ministry of Environment of Lithuanian Republic premium for a painting work in exhibition ‘To Beautify Lithuania’
Individual Exhibitions:
“The Signs” (Photographs and objects), Giedre Bartelt galerie, Berlin (Germany) 2008
"Declaratory", Klaipeda Exhibition Hall and Baroti gallery, Klaipeda (Lithuania)
Photo and objects, in the Dum Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, County Hall,Marine Road,Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
'Miracles of Mikaliskes Village' (photography), 'Prospekto' gallery, Vilnius 2007
“In the Autumn Light” (painting, object), Lietuvos Aidas gallery, Vilnius
“That is the way we are...” Painting, Objects, Photographs. Lithuanian Centre, Warsaw (Poland). In the Other Side of Water (painting). Baroti Gallery, Klaipeda (Lithuania) 2006
“Eastwest” (Painting and object). Dalia gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Painting, Objects, Photographs. Art Gallery of Kaliningrad (Russia)
“Signes” (Photographs) Artima Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania).
"The Restoration of Life" exhibition in Gallery Geraldes da Silva, Porto (Portugal) 2005
Modern Painting. European House. Strasbourg (France)
Restoration of remembrance. Gallery Akcija M, Moletai (Lithuania)
A Bit of Rough. Ethnographic Museum, Alytus (Lithuania) 2004
Retrospective. Vilnius Town Hall, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Oil, Nut-tree and Copper (painting and sculpture). Baroti Gallery, Klaipeda (Lithuania)
Painting. Objects. Photographs. Vasby Konsthall, Stockholm (Sweden) 2003
Handiworks. Meno nisa Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania) 2002
Photographs. Savickas Art Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Echos. Rotunda Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania) 2001
Bergamot Station Art Center, BGH (Boritzer/Gray/Hamano) Gallery, Santa Monica (USA)
Painting and… Vartai Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania) 2000
Baroti Gallery, Klaipeda (Lithuania)
Anya Tish Gallery, Houston (USA) 1999
Espaco Gan Gallery, Lisbon (Portugal)
Embassy of Lithuania, Lisbon (Portugal)
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Vilnius (Lithuania) 1998
Vartai Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania) 1997
Ethnographic Museum, Alytus (Lithuania) 1996
Akademija Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Gallery XX, Panevezys (Lithuania)
Seidel Gallery, Cologne (Germany)
Langas Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania) 1995
The Art League, Cologne (Germany)
Embassy of Lithuania, Bonn (Germany)
Ethnographic Museum, Alytus (Lithuania) 1994
Vartai Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania) 1993
Vartai Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Ciurlionis Art Gallery, Chicago (USA) 1992
Vartai Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania) 1991
Vartai Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania) 1990
Arka Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania) 1989
Martynas Mazvydas National Library, Vilnius (Lithuania) 1987
Youth Theatre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009
“Salzburg – Litauen”, Traklhaus gallery in Salzburg (Austria)
“Presentation of contemporary Lithuanian art - Od Nowa”, Contemporary art gallery of Olsztyn (Poland)
2008
Beijing International Art Biennale (China)
“Festimage” International Image Festival, Chaves (Portugal)
“Baltic Pop”. Giedre Bartelt galerie, Berlin (Germany)
“Presentation of contemporary Lithuanian art - Od Nowa”, Szyb Wilson gallery, Kattowitz (Poland)
“Presentation of contemporary Lithuanian art - Od Nowa”, Miejska bwa gallery, Bydgoszcz (Poland)
2007
“The Small Gallery from Vilnius (Lithuania) in Brussels”. K Gallery, Brussels (Belgium)
National project "Creative Transformations 2007", Baroti Gallery, Art
Exhibition Hall of Klaipeda (Lithuania)
The international digital visual arts exhibition. “The Brain Project. State Library in Trieste (Italy).
The international Photography Festival. “Traditions and Contemporaneity”. Central Exhibition Hall “Manezh” Moscow, (Russia).
2006
Exhibition of Henkel Art Awards nominees. Tresor at BA-CA Kunstforum in Vienna (Austria).
“The Modern Lithuanian Art” in Museum of Modern Art of Valencia (Spain).
“The Contemporary Lithuanian Photography”. Gallery Dom Fotografie, Liptovsky Mikulas (Slovakia).
2005
To be in the Focus of Attention (Art from Lithuania)
Krapperups Exhibition Hall, Sweden
1st Lithuanian Contemporary Art Quadriennale. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2004
The 12th Vilnius Painting Triennial. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
The Landscape in the Contemporary Lithuanian Painting. Art Exhibition Hall and Baroti Gallery, Klaipeda (Lithuania)
ART LT. ABC treehouse Gallery, Amsterdam (Holland)
2003
Madonna’s Iconography in Art. Picture Gallery, Klaipėda (Lithuania)
Checkpoint Charlie. Infra Gallery, Stockholm (Sweden)
Open Space. Doxa Gallery, Cesky Krumlov (Czech Republic)
Four Lithuanian Artists. Gallery K, Brussels (Belgium)
Lithuanian Art. Vasby Konsthall and Infra Gallery, Stockholm (Sweden)
2002
The Baltics: Nonconformist and Modernist Art during the Soviet Era.
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey (USA)
The 10th Anniversary of Baroti Gallery. Art Exhibition Hall and Baroti Gallery, Klaipėda (Lithuania)
Culture of United Europe. Europe House, Paris (France)
2001
Miniatures of the Lithuanian Artists. Herning Museum, Herning (Denmark)
Episodes. Oscar Wilde’s House-Museum, Dublin (Ireland)
Lithuanian Art. Gallery at the Gildenburgh, Peterborough (Great Britain)
Tradition Today. Vasby Konsthall, Stockholm (Sweden)
Vartams-10. Vartai Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2000
Lithuanian Art in European Commission. Brussels (Belgium)
Tradition and Future. Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Baltic Art Exhibition. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Washington (USA)
Exhibition of Lithuanian Artists. Dortmund Town Hall, Dortmund (Germany)
Creative Exhibition of the Baroti Gallery Artists. Maj Gallery, Karise (Denmark)
Vartams-9. Vartai Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1999
The Beginning of the End. Art Exhibition Hall and Baroti Gallery, Klaipėda (Lithuania)
Vartams-8. Vartai Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1998
Colours&Patterns. Baltic Art Exhibition. Mayfair Gallery, London (Great Britain)
International Art Fair. Moscow (Russia)
1997
The Lithuanian Plastic Exhibition. The Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)
1996
Three Lithuanian Artists. Cologne Cathedral, Cologne (Germany)
Lithuanian Culture Days in St. Petersburg (Russia)
1995
Nonconformist Art from the Former Soviet Union. The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey (USA)
Baltic Days in Germany, Neustadt (Germany)
Vartai Gallery Exhibition. The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago (USA)
1994
Vartai Gallery Exhibition. Gallery 10, Washington (USA)
Three Lithuanian Artists. Schwerin (Germany)
Young Art from Eastern Europe. Norderstad (Germany)
1993
Vartai Gallery Exhibition. Rhein-Ruhr-Zentrum, Mulheim (Germany)
1991
Exhibition of Lithuanian Artists. De Melkfabriek Art Center, Amsterdam (Holland)
1989
The 13th Biennale of the Baltic States, Norway and Iceland. The Art Gallery of Rostock, Rostock (Germany)
1987
The USSR Art in Laos, Vietnam and Bulgaria
1986–1991 various group shows in Lithuania
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