Loreta Švaikauskienė was born in Kaunas on the 31st of January, 1967. In 1984-88 she studied at S.Žukas Applied Art Technical School, where she acquired the specialty of modelling of clothes. IN 1991-95 she studied art pedagogy at Vilnius Academy of Arts, in 1995-2000 – applied textile at Kaunas Art Institute of VAA (Master’s degree). Since 2001 the artist is a docent at Kaunas Art Faculty of VAA. Since 2004 she is a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association, since 2005 – a member of the board of Kaunas art biennial Textile.

     

Major exhibitions

1997 – Jubilee exhibition of Kaunas Art Institute of Vilnius Academy of Arts, M.K.Čiurlionis Art Gallery, Kaunas.
1998 – “Liberated Things”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.
1999 – International biennial of textile, group project, gallery of the Thunder House, Kaunas.
2000 – Textile design, Langas gallery, Kaunas.
2000 – Exhibition of diploma works, Akademija gallery of VAA, Vilnius.
2000 – “Tradition and Future”, group project, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.
2001 – International textile exhibition “Tradition and Innovation”, Arsenal, Riga, Latvia.
2001 – International textile exhibition “Face to”, Poselli Hause, Rauma, Finland.
2001 – International biennial of textile “Soft World”, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas.
2001 – “New Lithuanian Textile”, Provincial Centrum woor Kunst Cultur, Gent, Belgium.
2002 – “Art Market”, ArTeritorija gallery, Kaunas.
2002 – “Own Shirt Closer to Body”, Arka gallery, Vilnius.
2003 – Exhibition of textile, gallery of Klaipėda Artists’ Association, Klaipėda.
2003 – 4th international textile exhibition “The Outer and Inner Side”, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas.
2004 – Exhibition of textile, J. Monkutė-Marks gallery, Kėdainiai.
2004 – International triennial of textile “Tradition and Innovation”, Arsenal, Riga, Latvia.
2005 – Presentation of contemporary Lithuanian textile art, Korner park gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2005 – Kaunas art biennial “Textile 05”, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas.
2005 – “Black Light”, Kaunas Castle, Kaunas.
2006 – Biennial of textile art “Route”, Arka gallery, Vilnius.
2006 – “101.3 km: Competition and Cooperation”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.
2007 – 3rd European triennial of textile art “Tradition and Innovation”, Arsenal, Riga, Latvia.
2007 – “Contemporary Lithuanian Textile 2007”, Lithuanian Culture Centre at the Embassy in Warsaw, Poland.
2007 – 12th international triennial of textile, Central Museum of Textile, Lodz, Poland.
2007 – One-man exhibition “Introvert Mirage”, Meno Parkas gallery, Kaunas.
2008 – International art exhibition of Hansa towns “HANSEartWorks”, Germany.  
2009 – “Passionate Lithuanian Textile”, Dortmund, Germany.
2009 – Kaunas art biennial “Textile 09”, satellite exhibition “Passionate Lithuanian Textile”, M.Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas.
2010 – “Luxury”, project of photography and textile (along with Martin Parr), Kaunas Photography Gallery, Kaunas.

Other projects

1993 – Modern dance theatre Aura, artist of dance project.
1993 – V.Čekasinas jazz music project, artist of costumes.
1994 – Vilnius festival of musical action, artist of dance project costumes.
1994 – Kaunas State Academic Drama Theatre (KSADT), artist of costumes of the performance “Sharing at Noon”.
1994 –  KSADT, artist of costumes of the performance “Because Memory is My Only Companion”.
1994 – Vilnius Academic Drama theatre, artist of costumes of the performance “Mirages”.
1995 – KSADT, artist of costumes of the performance “Sweet Fake”.
1996 – Lithuanian Dance Information Centre, artist of the project “Cooking – Occupation of Loneliness”.
1997 – KSADT, artist of costumes of the performance “Summer in Noan”.
1997 – Modern dance theatre Aura, trilogy, artist of costumes.
1998 – KSADT, artist of costumes of the performance “Dance Lesson”.
2001 – KSADT, artist of costumes of the performance “Winter Garden”.
2001 – Modern dance theatre Aura, artist of the project “Recollections about the Future”.
2002 – Modern dance theatre Aura, artist of costumes of the performance “Uniformists”.

Awards, achievements

1992 – 2nd place in “Fashion Days”, Vilnius.
1997 – Award for costumes of the performance “Summer in Noan”, theatre festival is “Bells of Spring”, Kaunas.
2001 – Diploma in the international exhibition of textile “Soft World”, Kaunas.
2003 – 2nd prize in the international textile exhibition “The Outer and Inner Side”, Kaunas.
2003-2004 – State stipend of the Republic of Lithuania for art and culture creators. 
2007 – Special prize of the jury and medal of Lodz Central Museum of Textile in the international triennial of textile “Lodz 12”.

Works at museums

“Temptation”, M.K.Čiurlionis Art Museum.