Vilmantas Marcinkevicius (b1969), Kaunas, Lithuania
EDUCATION
1985–1989 Applied Art College, the Painting Restoration Department, Kaunas, Lithuania
1989–1995 Vilnius Art Academy, Painting Department
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
'Passion' galleri NB Viborg, Denmark
2010
"Glance" galleri NB Roskilde, Denmark
Galleri Kirk, Aalborg, Denmark
„The Limonas period“, Gallery XX, Lithuania
2009
"Friends" galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
"Identity", Listasavn Art Museum, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
2008
"Identity" galleri NB, Roskilde, Denmark
2007
„Vilmantas 10 years”, galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
2006
galleri NB, Roskilde, Denmark
2005
galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
2004
“New paintings”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
Olivia Holm Møller Museum, Holstebro, Denmark
Paintings, NB Gallery, Roskilde, 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
2002
“Forgotten Feast”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Vilmantas”, Vasby Art Hall, Vasby, Sweden
“Vilmantas”, galleri NB, Roskilde, Denmark
“Vilmantas”, Plexus Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
2001
“Vilmantas”, galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
“Forgotten Feast”, La Danoise Gallery, Paris, France
2000
Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Vilmantas”, La Danoise Gallery, Paris, France
1999
“Vilmantas”, Herning Art Club and galleri NB, Herning, Denmark
galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
1998
“The Last Carnival”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1997
“The Legend about Moor”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Vilmantas”, Nordic Hause, Torshavn, the Faroe Islands
1996
“Situation out of Control”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1995
“It is Disturbing”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1994
Vilmantas’ Night Persons, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1993
Lietuvos Aidas Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
'Attitude' galleri NB Copenhagen, Denmark
“Art Copenhagen '11”, galleri NB, Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009
Art Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania
2nd Lithuanian Contemporary Fine Art Quadrennial
FLAG European Union, Bruxelles, Belgium
2008
"I Baltic Biennial", The Central Exhibition Hall of St-Petersburg "Manege", Russia
“Art Copenhagen ‘08”, galleri NB, Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007
“Art Copenhagen ‘07”, galleri NB, Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006
“Art Copenhagen ‘06”, galleri NB, Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kraft Larsen Art, Zurich, Switzerland
2005
Identity of the artist, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
Studio Visit, New York, USA
Bité, Bill Board Paintings, Kaunas, Lithuania
2004
Sthlm Art Fair, by the Vartai Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
“instance in art”, Lithuanian contemporary 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, Lithuania
Stockholm Art Fair, by the Vartai Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
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, Lithuania
“Art Gallery”, Stockholm, Sweden
“Light”, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Vilnius X Trienalle of Painting, Contemporary Art center, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003
“Picnic – From Topos to Topos”, Finarte Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
“12”, sacral art exhibition from the cycle “Pax vobiscum”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
Kunst Köln 2003, by the Vartai Gallery, Köln, Germany
“Days of Vilnius in Moscow”, Lithuanian artists’ exhibition, Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia
“Zone S”, Baroti Gallery, Klaipėda, Lithuania
“lgqtso”, International exhibition, Artists’ Space Gallery, Berlin, Germany
“Art Copenhagen ‘03”, galleri NB, Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
“lgqtso”, international exhibition, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Lineart Gent 2003”, by the Vartai Gallery, Gent, Belgium
Sacral art exhibition from the cycle “Pax vobiscum”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002
„Re/form”, Contemporary Lithuanian Art by Vartai Gallery, United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland
“Scale”, international exhibition of the Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Lithuanian Art”, Danske Bank, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Friendship”, Gallery Infro, Vasby, Sweden
“Art Copenhagen ‘02”, galleri NB, Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Vienna Art, contemporary art fair, by the Vartai Gallery, Vienna, Italy
“Lineart Gent 2002”, by the Vartai Gallery, Gent, Belgium
“Nordic Europe Profiles”, Dronninglund Art Center, Dronninglund, Denmark
2001
10th Anniversary of the Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“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, Sweden
“00:00…24:00 Twenty-Four Hours, Varied Motifs” by the Vartai Gallery, Berlin, Germany
“Figurative Lithuanian Art”, Berlin, Germany
“Without Shadows”, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
“Without Shadows”, ArTyp Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
“Lithuanian Art”, by the Vartai Gallery, Gallery at the Gildenburg, Peterborough, England
“Art Copenhagen ‘01”, galleri NB, Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Episodes”, by the Vartai Gallery, Oscar Wilde Museum, Dublin, Ireland
3rd Austrotel Art Fair, Vartai Gallery, Vienna, Italy
“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”, galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
Vartai Gallery exhibition, South Denmark House, Brussels, Belgium
“Lithuanian Art”, by the Vartai Gallery, David S Gordon & Margaret MGordon Gallery, London, Great Britain
“Fashion Onfection”, the Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Lineart Gent 2001”, by the Vartai Gallery, Gent, Belgium
Paintings of Vilnius, Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2000
9th Anniversary of the Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Baltic Art”, National Art Club, NewYork, USA
“Baltic Art”, International Monetary Fund Gallery, Washington, USA
“Baltic Art”, Trizechan Art Center, Houston, USA
“Baltic Art”, Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, USA
2nd Austrotel Art Fair, Gallery Vartai, Vienna, Italy
“Tradition and Future”, Lithuanian art 1997 –2000 Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Erotica: Photography by the Artists”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Erotica”, galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
1999
8th Anniversary of the Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Erotics-3”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Danish Gallery, Paris, France
“4=4 Eurogate ‘99”, Taiwan, China
“Art Copenhagen ‘99”, galleri NB, Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Without Shadows”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
International Art Fair “Moscow ‘99”, Central Art Hall, Moscow, Russia
1998
7th Anniversary of the Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Seven Artists from Nordic Artists Center Dale”, Eikkas Gallery, Dale, Norway
“Erotica: Signs, Shapes”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“TV Exhibition – 1998”, 12 Gallery, Denmark Radio, Aarhus, Denmark
“Art Copenhagen ‘98”, galleri NB, Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
“9+9” Artists from Lithuania, Gallery of Town Hall, Aachen, Germany
“Artists of galleri NB”, galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
“Five Crossroads”, Klaipėda Exhibition Hall, Klaipėda, Lithuania
1997
6th Anniversary of the Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
‘’Magic Realism’’, Central Exhibition Hall, Manezh, St Petersburg, Russia
8th International Painting Symposium, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Melancholy in Baltic Art’’, Gallery of Friedrich-Ebert-Institute, Bonn, Germany
“Erotica”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“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, Lithuania
1996
5th anniversary of the Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
“ArtGenda ‘96” Exhibition, Oksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Artists of the Vartai Gallery, Daugava Gallery, Riga, Latvia
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, Vilnius, Lithuania
OFFICIAL PORTRAITS
2009
Georg Gundersen, Assens Tobaksfabrik Aktieselskab, Denmark
2007
Peter Møller, Morsø Jernstøberi, Denmark
2006
Leif Davidsen, author, Denmark
Britta Duelund, Mayor of Faaborg, Denmark
2004
HH Princess Alexandra and HKH Prince Joachim of Denmark
Peter Kirstein, Proff UCL London, England
2002
Steffen Andreasen, Mayor of Tjele, Denmark
WORKSHOPS, ARTISTS RESIDENCE
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
1999
7th International workshop for visual artists, Brande, Denmark
1998
Unesco International residence for artists, Nordic Artists Centre, Dale, Norway
1997
International workshop for painters, Vilnius, Lithuania
AWARDS
2009
International Show Down Winner 2009, Saatchi Gallery, London
2006
two paintings (1995 -1996) bought for Lithuania National Art Museum, Lithuania
2005
Artist of the Year, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2004
Artist of the Year, Daily “Lietuvos rytas” prize
Special Prize, Vilnius X Triennial of Painting, Vilnius, Lithuania
2001
Artist of the Year, LAATGA prize, Vilnius, Lithuania
2000
Artist of the Year, Viborg City Prize, Denmark
1998
Second Prize, Hermis Bank art competition, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Statement:
For me art is painting Although I tried drawing and graphic, painting remains the most intimate expression for me for many years
Art critics attribute my art to neo-expressionism As a student I thought of my style as being intuitive I found my style intuitively while being a student Up until now I have developed my art and my style, and now Up to now I am improving it - I am looking for new and relevant variations but the essence of my art remains the same
The severe and sometimes contrasting colors in my paintings come largely from the reflection of today's world I use awkward and non-traditional color harmony - colors that dare to speak boldly and clearly I am interested in the challenges facing each picture
I let myself create spontaneously Artworks for me are honest actions that requires the preparation and reflection before the process begins Each painting has a main theme, although paintings they are naturally filled with additional meanings naturally
The themes of my paintings also reflect the environment Some of them are my personal and everyday experiences; others are a response to today's world and its actual topics issues - politics, history, sexuality and art
I always enjoy the privilege of the artist to ask awkward questions to the viewer – questions about the history of nation, state and individual, victory and price of loss in policy, economy and personal life I hope that my viewers interpret my works through their own point of view using their own experience
I constantly participate in various art projects in Lithuania and abroad I believe that artworks have to cross the boundaries of galleries and exhibition halls and join the urban environment bringing art to the people
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