 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Arūnas Vaitkūnas was born in Kaunas in 1956. He studied painting at the State Art Institute in Vilnius between 1974 – 1980. From 1990, he became a member of the Lithuanian Painters’ Union. From 1993, he was a member of the group “Angis”. He worked and lived in Kaunas.
STIPENDS, AWARDS:
1991 Lippe land stipend. Schwallenberg. Germany
1992 Stipend of Austrian Ministry of Culture. Horn. Austria
1996 Pollock – Krasner Fund Stipend. New York. USA
2001 Individual State Stipend for Art and Culture Creators. Lithuania
COLLECTIONS:
Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas. Contemporary Art Museum, Vilnius. Silkeborg Art Museum, Denmark. Lippe Land Municipality, Detmold (Germany). Private hobbyists in Lithuania and abroad.
WORKS IN OBJECTS:
2001-2002 Wall painting at Kaunas Business and Management College, Kaunas [architect Algimantas Kančas]
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:
1984 Painters’ Union, Kaunas
1990 Art Gallery, Nida
1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas
1992, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
1992, 1996 Šiauliai Art Gymnasium, Šiauliai
1994, 1998 Arka Gallery. Vilnius
1995 Kauno Langas Gallery, Kaunas [along with Leonas Strioga]
1998 Giedrė Bartelt Gallery, Berlin
Painting on paper. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Picture Gallery, Kaunas
1999 Idea of Painting. Gallery Studio, Kaunas
2000 Gallery Studio, Kaunas [along with Vladas Kazakauskas]
2001 Gallery Akademija, Vilnius; Gallery Kauno Langas, Kaunas
2002 Evolvement. Šiauliai Art Gallery, Šiauliai
2003 PAINTING. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Picture Gallery, Kaunas
STAIRCASES AND INTERIORS, exhibition of painting, gallery O 11, Vilnius
2003 PAINTING. Gallery Akademija, Vilnius
2004 PAINTING. Restaurant – music club SENOJI KOLONADA, Druskininkai
MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1980-1994 Exhibition of Kaunas painters. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Picture Gallery, Kaunas
5 Kaunas painters. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas
1984 Exhibition of young Lithuanian painters. Art Exhibition House, Vilnius
1985 Kaunas painters. State Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
Exhibition of 14 young Lithuanian painters. Municipal theatre, Luxemburg
1989 Folk traditions in Lithuanian art of the 20th century. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
8 Kaunas artists. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Picture Gallery, Kaunas
1990 Kaunas painters. Jana Seta gallery, Riga, Latvia
Baltic Painting triennial. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
Modern avant-guarde. Sheraton Art Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1992 Knowing no Walls. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas
1993 Group Angis. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Picture Gallery, Kaunas
I.E. Letter. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Picture Gallery, Kaunas; Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
Modern Lithuanian Art from Kaunas. Gallery Likovnih Umetnosti, Slovenij Gradec; Gallery Mestna, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Painting and sculpture from Kaunas. Vanha Kappalaisentalo, Porvoo Borga, Finland
1994 Exhibition of groups. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
1995 1995: Lithuanian Painting. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
Under Gemini sign. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Picture Gallery, Kaunas
1996 Angis 96 and guests. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas
Painting 96. National gallery, Vilnius
Personal time. Gallery Zachenta, Warsaw, Poland; Central Exhibition hall, S. Petersburg, Russia
1997 Lithuanian painting 97: galleries present. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
International painting plain-air. Nida
Silent and famous whispers of colours on paper. Modern Lithuanian painting. Galerie Sparkasse, Erfurtas; EKS im Haus der Philarmonie, Zul, Germany
1998 Generation of breaking. Fjosangersamlingene Gallery, Bergen, Norway
1999 Yesterday-today. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Picture Gallery, Kaunas
Painting. Huset Gallery, Asnaes, Denmark
The best artwork of the year. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Picture Gallery, Kaunas
Lithuanian painting – 10 years. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
Grosse Kunst Austellung Duseldorf
Angis 1989-1999. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Picture Gallery, Kaunas; Šiauliai Art Gallery, Šiauliai
Tradition and future. Review exhibition of fine and applied arts of 1997-2000. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
International graffiti plain-air dedicated for the memory of Jean Michel Basquiat: Paraphrases of classics. UAB Baltic Sign, Kaunas
2001 BIENNIAL IN PAINTING. THE NORDIC COUNTRIES AND THE BALTIC STATES. Vasby Konsthall and Galleri Vilunda, Sweden
International symposium RESORT TOWN ROMANCE. Palanga
Painting plain-air RAIGARDAS 2001. Druskininkai
8th international project for the memory of A. Samuolis MUTATIONS. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas
GROSSE KUNSTAUSSTELLUNG NRW DUSSELDORF 2001. Germany
Project “KAUNAS KRAKOW”. Galeria Rostworowski; Palac sztuki TPSP, Krakow, Poland
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS. Chapelle des Penitents - Aniane, France
RETROSPECTIVE OF STILL-LIFE (from the series “Unknown Lithuanian painting of the 20th century). Arka Gallery, Vilnius
ARCHITECTURE AND ART OF LITHUANIAN CHURCHES: experience and tendencies between 1990 – 2001. Architects’ House, Kaunas
2002 WIPE THE MARKED PLACE, project of group Angis, National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Picture Gallery, Kaunas
2003 INSERT, project of group Angis, Savanorių pr. 168, Kaunas
BETWEEN VILNIUS AN KAUNAS. Plain-air of painters DIPOLY, Bikuškis estate
LITHUANIAN COLOUR RANGE. Didrichsen Museum, Helsinki, Finland
LANDSCAPE IN LITHUANIAN PAINTING. Arka Gallery, Vilnius
International plain-air of painters RAIGARDAS 2003, Druskininkai
PAINTING TODAY. Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas
2004 Competition of large-scale works. Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas
12 VILNIUS PAINTING TRIENNIAL. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
VILNIUS IN WARSAW. Galeria Domu Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw
LARGEST GALLERY IN NEW MUNICIPALITY. Vilnius City Municipality
Plain-air of group ANGIS, Šilavotas prudes’ house
International plain-air of painters RAIGARDAS 2004, Druskininkai
International exhibition UNBEARABLE REALITY. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Picture Gallery, Kaunas
2005 REALITY X ABSTRACTION, Gallery INTRO, Vilnius, Šiauliai, Klaipėda
2005 EUROPE, ARTISTS OPEN YOUR HEART AS A CARPET, ECA Artists Encounter, May 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia, the workshop in Garikula
2005 KVADRIENALĖ, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
2005 Exhibition “Painting in the sky”, M.Žilinskas Gallery, M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas
2005 Beijing Biennale, Beijing, China
