Painter Gintautas Vaičys was born in Kaunas on December 27, 1965. In 1984 he graduated from J. Naujalis Secondary Art School. In 1987-1993 he studied at Vilnius Art Academy, where he obtained painter’s specialty. Since 1993 he has been teaching at Kaunas Art Gymnasium. The artist has been participating in exhibitions since 1989. Since 1999 he is a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union. Since 2009 he is the Chairman of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association, Kaunas Department. Gintautas Vaičys works in the field of painting, photography, video and object art, drawing. He also is known as organizer and curator of various artistic events in Kaunas.

Solo exhibitions

1994 – “Letters are Silence”, gallery Mažoji Ekspozicija, Kaunas.

1996 – “Unsent Letters”, Kaunas Picture Gallery.

1997 – “Perspectives of Thoughts”, Kaunas Picture Gallery.

1998 – “Unsent Letters”, Kartause Gaming, Austria.

1998 – “About Possibilities”, Vilnius, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Telšiai.

2000 – “Fragments”, Klaipėda Picture Gallery.

2001 – “Garden of Letters”, LAU Kaunas gallery.

2001 – “Only Blue”, Kaunas Picture Gallery.

2003 – “Letters from Schwalenberg”, Kaunas Philharmonic.

2005 – “Cloned Painting”, Town Hall Gallery, Šakiai.

2006 – “Kaunas Artists in Tartu”, Tartu, Estonia.

2006 – “From the Book of Sketches I”, gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas.

2006 – “From the Book of Sketches II – Summer Pages”, gallery XX, Panevėžys.

2006 – “From the Book of Sketches III – Juodkrantė Sketches”, Artists’ House, Kaunas.

2007 – “From the Book of Sketches III – Juodkrantė Sketches”, History Museum of Tartu University, Estonia; St. John Street Gallery, Vilnius.

2008 – "Sketches of Juodkrantė", Klaipėda‘s Exhibiton Hall, Klaipėda.

2008 – "The Retrospective", A. Jonynas gallery, Druskininkai.

2009 – "On This Side and Another Side of Painting", creative evening, Kaunas Artists‘ House, Kaunas.

2009 – "The Word and Colour", Church of teh Ressurection, Kaunas.

2009 – "The Retrospective", gallery Homo Ludens, Jonava.

2009 – Exhibition “Reality turning into abstraction”, Gallery Mare Liberum, Hamburg, Germany.

2011 – Painting exhibition “Dialog” (together with Ewa Pohlke). Kaunas State Philharmonic, Kaunas.

2011 – Exhibition “Reality turning into abstraction II”, Gallery Mare Liberum, Hamburg, Germany.

2011 – Exhibition “Nigunim”. Gallery Stary Ratusz, Olsztyn, Poland.

2011 – Exhibition “W poszukiwaniu piekna”. Gallery Parkowa CEilK, Olsztyn, Poland.

2012 – Painting exhibition “A trip to Mont Blanc”. Kaunas City Museum, Kaunas.

2012 – Painting exhibition “Songs without words”. Theatre Club, Kaunas.

2013 – Watercolor exhibition “Inerasable travel episodes”. Day Surgery Center, Kaunas.

2015 – Photography exhibition “Soldiers' time”.  Kaunas Garrison Officers' Club, Kaunas.

2015 – Painting exhibition “Letters from Nemunas”. Lithuanian Culture Center, Warsaw, Poland.

2015 – Watercolor exhibition “From the travel album”. Liudvikas Rėza Cultural Center, Juodkrantė.

2016 – Jubilee exhibition “Letters from Nemunas”, Kaunas State Philharmonic, Kaunas.

Major group exhibitions

1992 – “Good Maladies”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.

1993 – “Bucket of Advent”, CAC, Vilnius.

1998 – “In New Point”, 5th international plain-air of painters in memoriam of A. Samuolis, Kaunas Picture Gallery.

1999 – “Flat 99”, art projects in artists’ flats, Vilnius.

2000 – “Morning of Samuolis”, 7th international plain-air of painters in memoriam of A. Samuolis, LAU Kaunas gallery.

2001 – “Exhibition of Contemporary Art on Advertisement Stands”, Vilnius, Kaunas.

2001 – “Mutations”, 8th international plain-air of painters in memoriam of A. Samuolis, Kaunas Picture Gallery.

2001 – “Mysterium Magnum”, international exhibition, LAU Kaunas gallery.

2002 – “Local Time”, 9th international plain-air of painters in memoriam of A. Samuolis, LAU Kaunas Branch.

2002 – “Spaces of Memory”, D.Rostworowski gallery, Krakow, Poland.

2002 – “Still”, Schwalenberg, Germany.

2003 – “Object for Painting”, 9th international plain-air of painters in memoriam of A. Samuolis, gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas.

2003 – “Insert“, exhibition-action in the city space, Kaunas.

2003 – “Art + Art of Communication. Painting”, Kaunas Picture Gallery.

2004 – “Art Floating Away”, fluxus action, Kaunas Lagoon.

2004 – “Ecologic Landscape”, 11th international plain-air of painters in memoriam of A. Samuolis, gallery Meno Parkas.

2004 – “Unbearable Reality”, international exhibition, gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas.

2005 – 1st quadrennial of Lithuanian contemporary art, Vilnius bus station.

2005 – “Art Floating Away. Fish named Jurgis”, fluxus action, Kaunas Lagoon.

2005 – “In Portrait Format”, 12th international plain-air of painters in memoriam of A. Samuolis, gallery Meno Parkas.

2005 – “Real/Abstract-7”, gallery Le Grande a Bethaile”, Bordeaux, France.

2005 – “Lithuanian Watercolours”, National Museum of History and Culture, Polock, Byelorussia.

2005 – “Textile 05”, international biennial of art, Kaunas.

2005 – “Postcard”, international project “Art Today”, gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas.

2006 – “Co-authors”, shopping town Urmas, Kaunas.

2006 – “Now Art Now Future“, biennial of graphics, Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda.

2006 – “Sign to Human Being”, 13th international plain-air of painters in memoriam of A. Samuolis, gallery Meno Parkas.

2006 – “Neo-pop-art in Lithuanian”, gallery Intro, Vilnius.

2006 – “Rising Abstraction”, gallery Patro, Olomouc, Czech.

2006 – “Milius Looks to the Future 2”, Kodulinna House, Tallinn, Estonia.

2006 – “Baltic Bridges”, international exhibition of watercolour, M.Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas.

2006 – “Ultima Ratio”, international exhibition, gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas.

2006 – “Brutto Netto”, “k-Ufo Willich”, Düsseldorf, Germany.

2007 – Vilnius painting triennial, CAC, Vilnius.

2007 – “Kaunas Artists: Yesterday and Today”, photography exhibition, gallery Fuji Film, Kaunas.

2007 – “Structural, Constructive Features, Concreteness: from-to”, gallery Arka, Vilnius.

2007 – “Kaunas Art Exhibition“, gallery Arka, Vilnius.

2008 – "The Cats“, gallery XX, Panevėžys.

2008 – "The Constructive Art from Kaunas“, Klaipėda‘s Art Exhibition Hall, Klaipėda.

2008 – "Art + Art to Communicate“, Kaunas Picture Gallery.

2008 – "Silat Broard Bridges“, Brikkala gallery, Old Town Gallery, Turku, Finland.

2008 – "Lithuanian and Georgian Art of Freedom“, Garikula, Georgia.

2008 – "Kaunas: On this Side of Painting“, exhibition of international painting plain-air, dedicated for A. Samuolis, gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas.

2009 – "Four Directions – One Identity“, exhibition of four Lithuanian artists, gallery BWA, Rseszów, Poland.

2009 – "Seven about Lithuania“, Lithuanian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland.

2009 – "70: Painting, Graphics, Sculpture”, gallery Art Park, Linz, Austria.

2009 – "Expression of Silence“, exhibition of international painting plain-air, dedicated for A. Samuolis, gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas; gallery Homo Ludens, Jonava.

2009 – Kaunas artists‘ exhibition "Partnership of Lippe-Kaunas“, Detmold, Germany.

2009 – "The Flirt“, gallery „XX“, Panevėžys.

2010 – "Colour, Mood, Symbol“, gallery Balta, Kaunas.

2010 – Project “Porto-Kaunas”. Porto, Portugal.

2010 – Exhibition “Kaunas - on this side of the painting”. Klaipėda Exhibition Centre, Klaipėda.

2010 – Gallery Arka turns 20. Lithuanian Artists' Association's painting exhibition “Line, color, space”. Arka gallery, Vilnius.

2010 – Exhibition “Grunwald art”. Dom Polski wschodniej, Brussels, Belgium.

2010 – “Expression of Silence II” - International plein air in memoriam A. Samuolis, Kaunas.

 2010 – “Expression of Nida”, Nida plein air and an exhibition in Molėtai.

2010 – Exhibition “Fata Morgana”. Gallery Meno parkas, Kaunas.

2011 – The 54th Venice Biennial, project “Behind the White Curtain”. Pavilion Scuola di San Pasquale, Venice, Italy.

2011 – “Znaki Miasta”, Praga del Arte. DAP, Warsaw, Poland.

2011 – The expedition following the road of A. Samuolis. Leysin, Switzerland.

2011 – “Grunwald Art” plein air in Poland and exhibition in Berlin, Germany.

2011 – “Paintings from Prangins”. Anberge Comunale de Prangins, Switzerland.

2011 – Exhibition “Kaunas-Salo”. City Gallery Salo, Finland.

2011 – Exhibition “The path toward Milosz”. Lithuanian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland.

2012 – The 6th World Samogitian art exhibition dedicated to the 600th baptism anniversary of Samogitia. Plungė.

2012 – International photography exhibition “Tree Stone”. Kaunas Castle, Kaunas.

2012 – Neringa artists' painting exhibition. Neringa town days, Užupis cafe, Vilnius.

2012 – Painting exhibition “Garden of secrets”. Gallery XX, Panevėžys.

2013 – Exhibition “Whisper”, dedicated to M. Rostropovich. Kaunas Artists' House Exhibition Hall, Kaunas.

2013 – International painting plein air exhibition in memory of A. Samuolis “Expression of Silence”. Lithuanian Culture Center, Warsaw, Poland.

2013 – Krekenava plein air exhibition “Maironis' Lithuania”. Kaunas State Philharmonic, Kaunas.

2013 – Plein air “In Čiurlionis footsteps” exhibition. Kaunas State Philharmonic, Kaunas.

2014 – Exhibition “Whisper II”, dedicated to M. Rostropovich. Kaunas Artists' House Exhibition Hall, Kaunas.

2014 – Exhibition “Inversion. The bad goods”. Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center, Vilnius.

2014 – Plain-air exhibition “Grunwald - Zalgiris – Art” dedicated to the victory of the Battle of Grunwald. Trakai Castle, Trakai.

2014 – Plein air “Wielkij Blenkit” exhibition. Old Town Hall in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland.

2014 – Exhibition “Square”. BLC gallery Aukso pjūvis, Kaunas.

2014 – Exhibition “Whisper III”. Kaunas State Philharmonic, Kaunas.

2015 – Exhibition “Whisper IV”. Šv. Jonų St. Gallery, Vilnius.

2015 – Grunwald-art painting collection exhibition. Saint Sophia's Cathedral Kiev, Ukraine.

Plein-airs

2005 – “Panevėžys‘05”, international plain-air of painters, Duokiškis.

2006 – 2nd plain-air in memoriam of Vilius Orvidas works, Salantai, Plungė, Kretinga.

2007 – “Veisiejai Spring”, international plain-air of artists, Veisiejai.

2007 – “Filled Space 3”, international plain-air of artists, Marijampolė

2007 – “M.K.Čiurlionis Days’07”, international plain-air of artists, Druskininkai.

2007 – “Along Roads of M.K.Čiurlionis”, Daugavpils, Latvia.

2008 – International painting plain-air, dedicated for A. Samuolis „Kaunas: On this Side of Painting“, Kaunas.

2009 – International painting plain-air, dedicated for A. Samuolis „Expression of Silence“, Pažaislis Abbey, Kaunas.

Stipends, residencies

2002 – Stipend of Lippe institute, Schwalenberg, Germany.

2005 – Lithuanian state stipend.

2007 – Residence in Vantaa city, Finland.