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Vilmantas Marcinkevicius
Born 1969, Kaunas
EDUCATION
1985–1989 St. Žukas Technical Art College, the Painting Restoration Department, Kaunas, Lithuania
1989–1995 Vilnius Art Academy, Painting Department
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1993
Lietuvos Aidas Gallery, Vilnius
1994
Vilmantas’ Night Persons, Vartai Gallery , Vilnius
1995
“It is Disturbing”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
1996
“Situation out of Control”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
1997
“The Legend about Moor”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
“Vilmantas”, Nordic Hause, Torshavn, the Faroe Islands
1998
“The Last Carnival”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
1999
“Vilmantas”, Herning Art Club and NB Gallery, Herning, Denmark
NB Gallery, Viborg, Denmark
2000
Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
“Vilmantas”, La Danoise Gallery, Paris
2001
“Vilmantas”, NB Gallery, Viborg, Denmark
“Forgotten Feast”, La Danoise Gallery, Paris
2002
“Forgotten Feast”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
“Vilmantas”, Vasby Art Hall, Vasby, Sweden
“Vilmantas”, NB Gallery, Roskilde, Denmark
“Vilmantas”, Plexus Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
2003
“Art Ejection”, Art Teritorija Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
“Garden of Delights”, NB Gallery, Herning, Denmark
“Garden of Delights”, Textilforum, Herning, Denmark
Arthus Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
2004
“New paintings”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
Olivia Holm Møller Museum, Holstebro, Denmark
Paintings, NB Gallery, Roskilde, Denmark
2005
galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
2006
galleri NB, Roskilde, Denmark
2007
„Vilmantas“ 10 years, galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
2008
"Identity" galleri NB, Roskilde, Denmark
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1996
5th anniversary of the Gallery Vartai, Vilnius
“ArtGenda ‘96” Exhibition, Oksnehallen, Copenhagen
“Artists of the Vartai Gallery, Daugava Gallery, Riga
4th St. Petersburg Biennale, “Eastern Europe: Spatia Nova”, Russia
7th Osaka Triennale “Painting-96”, Mydome, Osaka, Japan
10th Triennale Paintings of Vilnius, Centre for Contemporary Art, Vlnius
1997
6th Anniversary of the Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
‘’Magic Realism’’, Central Exhibition Hall, Manezh, St. Petersburg, Russia
8th International Painting Symposium, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
“Melancholy in Baltic Art’’, Gallery of Friedrich-Ebert-Institute, Bonn, Germany
“Erotica”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
“Europe Today: Five Lithuanian Artists from Vilnius”, Gallery of Friedrich-Naumann-Institute in Margarethenhof, Bonn, Germany
“Lithuanian Art ’97: Galleries Present”, Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius
1998
7th Anniversary of the Vartai Gallery , Vilnius
“Seven Artists from Nordic Artists Center Dale”, Eikkas Gallery, Dale, Norway
“Erotica: Signs, Shapes”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
“TV Exhibition – 1998”, 12 Gallery, Denmark Radio, Aarhus, Denmark
“Art Copenhagen‘98”, NB Gallery, Forum, Copenhagen
“9+9” Artists from Lithuania, Gallery of Town Hall, Aachen, Germany
“Artists of Gallery NB”, NB Gallery, Viborg, Denmark
“Five Crossroads”, Klaipėda Exhibition Hall, Klaipėda, Lithuania
1999
8th Anniversary of the Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
“Erotics-3”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Danish Gallery, Paris
“4=4 Eurogate ‘99”, Taiwan, China
“Art Copenhagen’99”, NBGallery, Forum, Copenhagen
“Without Shadows”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
International Art Fair “Moscow ‘99”, Central Art Hall, Moscow
2000
9th Anniversary of the Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
“Baltic Art”, National Art Club, NewYork
“Baltic Art”, International Monetary Fund Gallery, Washington
“Baltic Art”, Trizechan Art Center, Houston, USA
“Baltic Art”, Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago
2nd Austrotel Art Fair, Gallery Vartai, Vienna
“Tradition and Future”, Lithuanian art 1997 –2000 Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius
“Erotica: Photography by the Artists”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
“Erotica”, NB Gallery, Viborg, Denmark
2001
10th Anniversary of the Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
“Mondoarte – Worldart”, Rivoli Art Museum, Italy
1st Painting Biennial of Nordic Countries, Vasby Art Hall, Sweden
“Without Shadows”, Gallery of the Polish Culture Institute, Stockholm
“00:00…24:00 Twenty-Four Hours. Varied Motifs” by the Vartai Gallery, Berlin
“Figurative Lithuanian Art”, Berlin
“Without Shadows”, European Parliament, Brussels
“Without Shadows”, ArTyp Gallery, Brussels
“Lithuanian Art”, by the Vartai Gallery, Gallery at the Gildenburg, Peterborough, England
“Art Copenhagen 2001”, NB Gallery, Forum, Copenhagen
“Episodes”, by the Vartai Gallery, Oscar Wilde Museum, Dublin, Ireland
3rd Austrotel Art Fair, Vartai Gallery, Vienna
“Erotica: Photography by the Artists”, by the Vartai Gallery, Nitra Gallery, Slovakia
“Erotica: Photography by the Artists”, by the Vartai Gallery, Town Gallery, Bratislava
“European Perspectives”, art fair, by Vartai Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria
“Lithuanian Artists’ Miniature”, by the Vartai Gallery, Herning Museum, Denmark
“NB Gallery Artists”, NB Gallery, Vyborg, Denmark
Vartai Gallery exhibition, South Denmark House, Brussels
“Lithuanian Art”, by he Vartai Gallery, David S. Gordon & Margaret M.Gordon Gallery, London
“Fashion Onfection”, the Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius
“Lineart Gent 2001”, by the Vartai Gallery, Gent, Belgium
Paintings of Vilnius, Arka Gallery, Vilnius
2002
„Re/form”, Contemporary Lithuanian Art by Vartai Gallery, United Nations Office in Geneva
“Scale”, international exhibition of the Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
“Lithuanian Art”, Danske Bank, Copenhagen
“Friendship”, Gallery Infro, Vasby, Sweden
“Art Copenhagen”, NB Gallery, Forum, Copenhagen
Vienna Art, contemporary art fair, by the Vartai Gallery, Vienna
“Lineart Gent 2002”, by the Vartai Gallery, Gent, Belgium
“Nordic Europe Profiles”, Dronninglund Art Center, Dronninglund, Denmark
2003
“Picnic – From Topos to Topos”, Finarte Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
“12”, sacral art exhibition from the cycle “Pax vobiscum”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
Kunst Köln 2003, by the Vartai Gallery, Köln, Germany
“Days of Vilnius in Moscow”, Lithuanian artists’ exhibition, Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
“Zone S”, Baroti Gallery, Klaipėda, Lithuania
“l.g.q.t.s.o”, International exhibition, Artists’ Space Gallery, Berlin
“Art Copenhagen”, Copenhagen
“l.g.q.t.s.o”, international exhibition, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
“Lineart Gent 2003”, by the Vartai Gallery, Gent, Belgium
Sacral art exhibition from the cycle “Pax vobiscum”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
2004
Sthlm Art Fair, by the Vartai Gallery, Stockholm
“instance in art”, lithuanian contemporray art created in the Nordic countries, Gallery “Krebsen”, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Colone art fair”, by the Vartai Gallery, Germany
Portrait of the XXI Century, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius
Stokholm Art Fair, by the Vartai Gallery, Stockholm
Cologne Art fair, by the Vartai Gallery, Germany
“Instance in art”, Contemporary Lithuanian Art created in the Nordic countries, Vasby Konsthall, Sweden
“Recreation of memory”, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius
“Art Gallery”, Stockholm, Sweden
“Light”, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius
“Vilnius X Trienalle of Painting, Contemporrary Art center, Vilnius
2005
Identity of the artist, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
Studio Visit, New York, USA
Bité, Bill Board Paintings, Kaunas, Lithuania
2006
Art Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kraft Larsen Art, Zurich, Schweiz
2007
Art Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008
"I Baltic Biennial", The Central Exhibition Hall of St-Petersburg "Manege", Russia
Art Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
OFFICIAL PORTRAITS
2002
Steffen Andreasen, Mayor of Tjele, Denmark
2004
HH Princesse Alexandra and HKH Prince Joachim of Denmark
Peter Kirstein, Proff. UCL London, England
2006
Leif Davidsen, author, Denmark
Britta Duelund, Mayor of Faaborg, Denmark
2007
Peter Møller, Morsø Jernstøberi, Denmark
WORKSHOPS, ARTISTS RESIDENCE
1997 International workshop for painters, Vilnius
1998 Unesco International residence for artists, Nordic Artists Centre, Dale, Norway
1999 7th International workshop for visual artists, Brande, Denmark
2000 International workshop of visual arts, Švėkšna, Lithuania
2001 9th International workshop for visual artists, Brande, Denmark
2002 Guest artist at Hojskole, Herning, Denmark
2004 ARTOMI International residence for artis, New York, USA
AWARDS
1998 Second Prize, Hermis Bank art competition, Vilnius
2000 Artist of the Year, Viborg City Prize, Denmark
2001 Artist of the Year, LAATGA prize, Vilnius
2004 Special Prize, Vilnius X Triennial of Painting, Vilnius
2004 Artist of the Year, Daily “Lietuvos rytas” prize
2005 Artist of the Year, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius
2006 two paintings (1995 -1996) bought for Lithauens National Art Museum
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Pressemeddelelse 2007-09-03
Vilmantas fejrer 10 års samarbejde med galleri NB
Stærk ekspressionisme - et personligt og engageret maleri - nærvær - markant international kunst er blandt overskrifterne på Vilmantas Marcinkevicius malerier, når galleri NB – Viborg lørdag d. 15. september åbner jubilæumsudstilling for samarbejdet med kunstneren. Udstillingen præsenterer først og fremmest de nyeste værker af den litauiske kunstner, men der er også mulighed for et gensyn med flere markante værker fra perioden.
Kort efter at samarbejdet mellem Vilmantas (f. 1969) og galleri NB blev indledt i 1997 kunne man i 1998 se hvordan flere af hans malerier blev udvalgt til fortsættelse i TV udsendelsen Galleri 12. Mange husker sikkert, hvordan censorerne gennem flere udsendelser frasorterede fjorten hundrede kunstværker. Til sidst var der kun var ganske få kunstværker der havde fundet nåde for censuren. Vilmantas havde indleveret tre malerier, og et af hans malerier nåede helt til tops i dette landsdækkende tv program.
På den kommende udstilling vil de tre malerier være med blandt de udvalgte værker, som galleri NB præsenter i den retrospektive del af udstillingen. Desuden kan man også se en helt anden side af Vilmantas arbejde, idet portrætterne fra 2004 af daværende Prinsesse Alexandra og Prins Joachim også kan opleves på udstillingen.
Vilmantas malerier optræder i grænsefladerne mellem det surreelle, det naturalistiske, det umiddelbare, det naive og det ekspressive. En usædvanlig sammensætning, der sammen med kunstnerens usædvanlige palet og den skarpe karakteristik er vigtige ingredienser i kunstnerens evne til at udtrykke værkernes hensigter. Hvert maleri har sin egen historie. Det er de elementære menneskelige følelser og behov, der aftvinger ham lyst til at skabe. Kærligheden, erotikken, det sociale behov er den ene side af værket. Den anden side er personskildringen i enten close up eller i fuld figur. Eksempelvis indfanger Vilmantas skuespilleren under og efter performance. Uden at lægge fingre imellem skildrer han situationerne med fuld nerve og intensitet. Heri ligger en del af grunden til Vilmantas internationale appel. Vilmantas malerier er oprigtige og utroligt nærværende. Generelt er malerierne uden geografi og etnologiske hentydninger. De er universelle og lige fascinerende uanset, hvor i verden de opleves.
Vilmantas har i det hele taget en utrolig historie. Meget kort beskrevet var han som elev på Det Lithauiske Kunstakademi i Vilnius underlagt de strenge krav til hvordan kunst i den kommunistiske ånd skulle udføres. Men parallelt med studierne skabte han sit eget kunstneriske univers, hvor skabelsen af en egen farveskala og personligt indhold først kunne offentliggøres efter akademi tiden. Herefter blev han i 1995 hurtigt opdaget af Galleri Vartai i Vilnius, og i 1997 fik galleri NB de første værker med på en gruppeudstilling. Siden har Vilmantas arbejdet og udstillet i USA, Frankrig, Norge, England, Tyskland, Rusland, Østrig og Sverige. Han har også udført flere udsmykninger samt markante portrætter af blandt andre forfatteren Leif Davidsen, professor Peter Kirstein, London, professor Brahe Pedersen, Århus og borgmester Britta Duelund, Fåborg.
Det seneste portræt fra Vilmantas er skabt for Morsø Jernstøberi i Nykøbing Mors. Her afslører man ved en højtidelighed fredag d. 14. september portrættet af virksomhedens tidligere bestyrelsesformand Peter Møller.
Vilmantas vil selv deltage i åbningen af sin udstilling i galleri NB – Viborg lørdag d. 15. september kl. 14-16.
Udstillingen varer indtil d. 20. oktober.
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Copyright 2006 by Galleri NB
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