Patricija Gilytė was born in Kaunas in 1972. In 1991-96 she studied at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Kaunas Art Institute, in the Department of Ceramics and Glass. Between 1997-2004 she studied at Munich Academy of Fine Arts, in the class of ceramics and sculpture. From 2006 the painter has been working as a visiting lecturer at Kaunas Art Institute of VAA. From 2002 she belongs to Ebersberg Artists’ Association, from 2007 – to the Lithuanian Artists’ Association. She is a member of the creative organisation Kunstraum München. She is working in the field of inter-disciplinary art, she also curates exhibition projects.
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One-man exhibitions
2000 – “Collages”, Eglė’s Gallery, Kaunas.
2004 – “Nur draußen”, Kult 21, Munich, Germany.
2005 – “1/2 Jahr”, gallery Goethe 53, Munich, Germany.
2005 – “Visitors”, Academy Gallery, Munich, Germany (along with Sameh El Tawil).
2008 – “Torso”, “Pro Arte Ulmer Kunststiftung”, Ulm, Germany (along with Gisela Heide).
Group exhibitions
1999 – “Art 24 Hours a Day”, Neuburg on Danube, Germany.
1999 – “Kunst Material Beton”, Obernburg, Germany.
1999 – ”Kassel-München”, Academy Gallery, Munich, Germany.
2000 – “Ins”, Art House, Munich, Germany.
2000 – “Videos im LKW”, project “Mobile Academy”, Munich, Germany.
2000 – “Formula 5”, students’ art days, St George Church, Kaunas.
2001 – “Zuhause”, Danner competitive exhibition, Munich Academy of Fine Arts, Germany.
2002 – Selective exhibition of the year, Ebersberg Artists’ Association, Germany.
2002 – “Domagk Days IX”, open workshop of artists, project “Garden of Sculptures”, “Brennpunkt”, Ebersberg Artists’ Association, Germany.
2002 - “Neuzigmal”, Munich Academy of Fine Arts, Germany.
2002 – “Drawings”, Munich Academy of Fine Arts, Germany.
2002 – Great art exhibition of Munich, Art House, Munich, Germany.
2003 – “In Aller Stille”, Villingen-Schwenningen Franciscans’ Museum, Germany.
2003 – “Habe Hunger und kein Bett”, Pasing Factory, Munich, Germany.
2003 – Exhibition of the year with awards, Ebersberg Artists’ Union, Germany.
2003 – “Domagk Days X”, Dachgalerie 49, Munich, Germany.
2003 – Exhibition of sculptures, Bad Wörishofen, Germany.
2004 – “Unbearable Reality”, Kaunas Picture Gallery.
2004 – “Vor dem Winter“, Dachgalerie 49, Munich, Germany.
2004 – “Gehirn Knoten Noten”, Murnau Artists’ Union, Germany.
2004 – Exhibition with awards of Ebersberg Artists’ Union, Ebersberg, Germany.
2005 – Kaunas art biennial “Textile 05”, M.Žilinskas Art Gallery.
2005 – “Seven Contemporary Lithuanian Artists”, l’Espace culturel de l’IUFM, Montpellier, France.
2005 – “Unbearable Reality“, Olomouc, Czech.
2005 – “Paradiesgaerten”, Vogelfrei 6, Darmstadt city biennial, Germany.
2005 – “BetonKunst”, Nurnberg, Germany.
2005 – “Eastern Latitude”, gallery Intro, Vilnius.
2005 – “Professionelle Kontaktneurose“, Kult 21, Munich, Germany.
2005 – “Manoever”, Pathos Transporttheater, Munich, Germany.
2005 – “Terrain Vague”, Kunstraum München (along with the group Landschaftsboutique).
2006 – “Ultima Ratio”, gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas.
2006 – “Open source”, Raum 500, Munich, Germany.
2006 – “Taboo or not Taboo”, Edinburg, Scotland; gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas; Warsaw, Poland.
2006 – ”Clones”, Vilnius Botanic Garden.
2006 – 5th Nimes biennial of contemporary art, Nimes, France.
2006 – “Jahresausstellung”, Ebersberg Artists’ Union, Germany.
2006 – “Skulpturale Handlungen”, Galerie der Kuenstler, Munich, Germany.
2006 – “Das Runde muss ins Eckige”, Erding, Germany.
2006 – “Through the Looking Glass“, Art House, Munich, Germany.
2006 – “Enigma“, gallery Vartai, Vilnius.
2006 – Exhibition with awards of Ebersberg Artists’ Union, Ebersberg, Germany.
2007 – “Island of Arts”, Praterinsel München, Munich, Germany.
2007 – “Redline - Behind Borders”, Ideias Emergentes, Porto, Portugal.
2007 – “Uno sguardo dentro di se”, Ufficio Stampa Consorzio Camù, Centro Comunale d'Arte e Cultura Exma', Cagliari, Italia.
2007 – Exhibition dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Meno Parkas, gallery Arka, Vilnius.
2007 – “Nightcomers”, 10th international biennial of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
2007 – “Horizon”, TePeKaLe al TPK Arts Plàstiques i visuals, L’Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain.
2007 – “Nordost”, Kunstarkaden München, Munich, Germany.
2007 – Madrid videonale, National Art Museum of Queen Sofia, Madrid, Spain.
2007 – “Sculptural Actions”, A.Montis’ Home-Museum, Palanga; Klaipėda Cultural Communications Centre, Klaipėda.
2007 – Exhibition with awards of Ebersberg Artists’ Union, Ebersberg, Germany.
2007 – “Videonale 11”, international exhibition of video art, Bona Art Museum, Bona, Germany.
2008 – “Hello”, Galerie im Ganserhaus, Wasserburg, Germany.
2008 – “REDline. Where are the Borders?”, gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas.
2008 – “Migrating Reality”, Galerie der Künste, Berlin, Germany.
2008 – “Videonale 11”, international exhibition of video art, Cyprus.
2008 – “liebe usw“, “Tmp deluxe“, Berlin, Germany.
2008 – “Art ANEW“, Galeria Miejska, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
2008 – Festival “Underdox“, Filmmuseum, Munich, Germany.
2008 – “Zimmer frei“, project of Munich Culture Department, hotel Mariandl, Munich, Germany.
2008 – “Kleinere Arbeiten“, “Raum 500“, Munich, Germany.
2008 – “Video Performance“, Halle für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Munster, Germany.
2009 – “Heykelsi Eylemler / Sculptural Narration“, Contemporary art centre BM SUMA, Istanbul, Turkey.
2009 – “Fichtental”, Christa Burger Gallery, Munich, Germany.
2009 – “Transfer: Polen II, Schafhof Artists’ House, Freising, Germany.
2009 – “Art Island”, WhiteBox (factory of culture), Munich, Germany.
2009 – “Wandelbar” (Kintama), Agathenburg Castle, Germany.
2009 – 2nd Lithuanian Contemporary Art Quadrennial, LITEXPO, Vilnius.
2009 – “Art Vilnius”, LITEXPO, Vilnius.
2009 – “Context”, La Xina A.R.T, Barcelona, Spain.
2009 – “Seven about Lithuania”, Lithuanian centre at the embassy in Poland, Warsaw, Poland.
2009 – “Art Anew”, Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Olsztyn, Poland.
2010 – “Eattopia”, Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, Hong Gah Museum, Taiwan.
2010 – “Art-homes”, exchange of artists, project, Istanbul, Turkey.
2010 – “Dertli dolap” / Sad Water Circle with Pelin Güre, Aynalı Çeşme Sok. 4,Tarlabaşı, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey.
2010 – “Aktuelle Kunst aus Kaunas”/ Januar gallery, Buchum, Germany
2010 – “Cityscale”, Lothringer13/halle, also satellite exhibition along with Gülçin Aksoy, Klohäuschen, Munich, Germany.
2010 – “Exhibition of Members”, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2010 – “Favourite Works”, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany.
2010 – 2nd Biennial Ansião, Videobox, Portugal.
2010 – “Connections”, 4th biennial of Lithuanian textile art, Arka gallery, Vilnius.
2010 – “Glyptikes Afigisis | Sculptural Narration“, Museum Alex Mylona – Macedonian Contemporary Art Museum, Athens, Greece.
2011 – Danube VIDEOART festival, Grain City Cinema, Austria.
2011 – “Femlink”| international video collage, screening of films in various world institutions.
Supervised projects
2005 – “Time of Rest has Ended”, exhibition of K. and D. Braeg, gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas.
2005 – “Eastern Latitude”, sculpture exhibition of students of Munich Academy of Fine Arts, gallery Intro, Vilnius.
2006 – “Skulpturale Handlungen”, Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany (along with Anne Wodtke).
2007 – “Nordost”, gallery Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany.
2007 – “Sculptural Actions”, exhibition of Lithuanian and German artists. A. Montis’ Home-Museum, Palanga; Klaipėda Cultural Communication Centre.
Awards, stipends
1994, 1995 – Stipend for the international Salzburg fine arts summer academy.
1996 – First award during Students’ Art Days of VAA, Kaunas Art Institute, Kaunas.
1998 – Stipend of Bavaria Education, Cultural, Science and Art Ministry to foreign students.
1998 – State stipend of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania for studies abroad.
1999 – “Bayern Zement” stipend for a concrete sculpture, summer academy, Neuburg on Danube, Germany.
2001 – First prize in Danner contest, N.Prangenberg’s class.
2005 – First prize “For Mastery in Idea Category”, Kaunas art biennial “Textile 05”, Kaunas.
2005 – Support of “BMW Group” to the project, Kulturreferat München, Germany.
2005 – Stipend of Bavaria State Scientific Research and Art Ministry.
2007 – Nomination according to “Debutanten” programme for the publishing of the catalogue for the exhibition BBK München in 2008, Fine Art Creators’ Association, Munich, Germany.
2007 – Stipend of Gisela and Erwin von Steiner Fund for the implementation of the project.
2007 – Funding of Munich Cultural Department for the group project “Sculptural Actions”.
2007 – Sparda bank encouragement prize, Ebersberg Artists’ Union, Germany.
2008 – 1st place in the contest "Moved Wind”, Waldeck–Frankenberg, Germany.
2008 – Funding of the catalogue according to Debutanten programme (Bavarian Ministry of Science, Research and Art).
2009 – Art stipend of the Higher Bavaria, Transfer: Polen II, Stetin, Poland (3 months).
2010 – DA Kunsthaus, workshop of ideas, Gravenhorst, Germany.
2010 – Funding of Pro Arte Ulmer Kunststiftung Fund of two years for creative workshop, Ulm, Germany.
2010 – Project offer for the project QUIVID (art in public places), second round, Munich, Germany.
2011 – “Utopia Parkway”, Ad-hoc residency, Stuttgart, Germany.
Works of the artist have been purchased by: BMW Group, Bavaria Art Fund (Bayerische Staatsgemälde Sammlung), Vilnius University, Kaunas Faculty (concrete sculptures “Heritage” in the inner yard), Neuburg on Danube city (sculpture “Big Apple” in public space), Pro Arte Ulm Art Fund, and private persons.
