Eugenijus Nalevaika was born in Kaunas on August 10, 1960. In 1978 he graduated from J. Naujalis Secondary Art School. In 1979-84 he studied at the State Art Institute, Faculty of Interior and Design. Since 1984 he has been organising one-man exhibitions and participating in group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. From 1990 he is a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union and from 1996 – the Chairman of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union, Kaunas Branch. The artist is working in the field of watercolour and is a member of the watercolourists’ group AQUA.

 

Major one-man exhibitions

1990 – Exhibition Hall of the Artists’ Union, Kaunas Branch, Kaunas.

1991 – Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.

1991 – Lithuanian Community Home, Hamilton, Canada.

1999 – gallery Kauno Langas, along with J. Kaubris, Kaunas.

1999 – LDS gallery, Kaunas.

2000 – Gallery Podbrzezie, Krakow, Poland.

2000 – “POSTwatercolours”, LDS gallery, Kaunas.

2006 – gallery Y, Tartu, Estonia.

Major group exhibitions

1985 – Exhibition of Lithuanian watercolourists, Budapest, Hungary.

1987 – 8th exhibition of watercolour of the Soviet Union, Leningrad, Russia.

1989 – Triennial of Baltic watercolour, Riga, Latvia (diploma).

1992 – Triennial of Baltic watercolour, Riga, Latvia.

1995 – Exhibition of the group AQUA 12, gallery Arka, Vilnius.

1996 – Exhibition of watercolourists, Kaunas Picture Gallery.

1997 – International exhibition of traditional and untraditional watercolour, Klaipėda.

1999 – Kaunas artists' exhibition, gallery Aktyn, Warsaw, Poland.

1999 – International exhibition of watercolour, Klaipėda.

2000 – “Water and Colour”, LAU gallery, Kaunas.

2000 – “Kaunas gallery presenting: watercolourists from Kaunas”, gallery Podbrzezie, Krakow, Poland.

2003 - Kaunas artists’ exhibition “At First Sight”, Art Centre TPK Centre Cultural Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain.

2003 – “Poetry and Watercolour”, Fiera di Monzona, Italy.

2003 – International exhibition of watercolour, Klaipėda.

2004 – International exhibition of watercolour, Plungė.

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

Awards

1989 – Prize of the Latvian Cultural Fund for the work “Carnival” at the triennial of Baltic watercolour, Riga.

1997 – Diploma for works “Melting Signs I, II, III” at the international exhibition of watercolour, Klaipėda.

2000 – Letter of honour of Kaunas County Chairman’s Administration, Department of Culture for creative activity.

2003 – Award for the work “Fragments of 2002” at the exhibition-contest “The Best Artwork of the Year 2002”, National M.K.Čiurlionis Art Museum.

2003 – Diploma at the international exhibition of traditional and untraditional watercolour, Klaipėda.