Mindaugas Kavaliauskas was born in Kaunas on October 6, 1974. In 1989-92 he studied at Kaunas Photography School for Pupils under the Lithuanian Union of Art Photographers. In 1992-96 and in 1998-2000 he studied at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, where he obtained the art critic‘s specialty (Master‘s degree). In 1997-98 he studied photography at the French National School of Photography in Arles, in 1998 – at the National Higher School of Arts in Paris, in 2000-01 – at Laussane University in Switzerland. From 1993 he is a member of the Lithuanian Union of Art Photographers. In 2001-06 he lectured photography at Kaunas University of Technology. Mindaugas Kavaliauskas is the organiser and curator of the first Lithuanian photography festival Kaunas Photo. From 2004 he is the head of the photography art gallery F in Kaunas.

       

Major works

“Story of a Bridge to Nowhere”, 1989-94.
“B&W Film End“, 1989-2002.
“Forms”, 1990-1995.
“Sand Thoughts”, 1990-1997.
“Life as a Feast”, 1997-2000.
“Time for Sports”, 1999.
“Landscapes of Time”, 1997-2001.
“Out of Fashion”, 2000-2001.
“Auto-Portraits and Auto-Landscapes”,2001-.
“Portrait of Kražiai”, 2002-.
“Signs of Lithuania of the 21st Century”, 2003-.
“Team of Our Yard”, 2004-.

One-man exhibitions

1994 – “Sand Thoughts”, Šiauliai Photography Museum. 
1994 – “Forms”, “Sand Thoughts”, Panevėžys Photography Gallery.
1996 – “Forms”, “Sand Thoughts”, Fujifilm Photography Gallery, Kaunas.
1997 – “Sand Thoughts”, Klaipėda Photography Gallery, Klaipėda. 
1998 – “Sand Thoughts”, National School of Photography, Arles, France.
1998 – “Birth of Wine”, Saint Gervais Winery, France.
1999 – Audiovisual installation “To See, Hear and Win”, festival “Under the Theatre Yard Sky”, Kaunas Drama Theatre.
1999 – “Sand Thoughts”, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas.
1999 – “Sand Thoughts”, FNAC gallery, Montpellier, France.
1999 – “Sand Thoughts”, “Life as a Feast”, “Landscapes of Time”, Pont Neuf gallery, Paris, France.
2000 – “Sand Thoughts”, “Life as a Feast”, “Landscapes of Time”, M.K.Čiurlionis gallery, Chicago, USA.
2000 – “Sand Thoughts”, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, Washington, USA.
2003 – Vilnius Photography Gallery, Vilnius.
2003 – Kaunas County Public Library, Kaunas.
2003 – “Portrait of Kražiai”, Vilnius Photography Gallery, Vilnius; Kupiškis Public Library, Kupiškis; Klaipėda Artists‘ House, Klaipėda; Panevėžys Photography Gallery, Panevėžys.
2003 – “Period of Arles 1997-1998”, French Cultural Centre, Vilnius.
2004 – “Portrait of Kražiai”, Jukka Male Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland.
2005 – “Portrait of Kražiai”, Sundsvall Photography Museum Bildens Hus, Sundsvall International Photography Festival, Sweden; F Gallery, 2nd Hospital, Kaunas.
2005 – “Team of Our Yard“, F Gallery, Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas.
2005 – “Wine+Photography=Vintage”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius Wine Days, Vilnius.
2006 – “Trip in Time”, festival “Tourism Revolution“, Sardinia, Italy.
2007 – “B&W Film End“, photography festival “Time“,Thessaloniki, Greece.
2007 – “Portrait of Kražiai“, Small Gallery, Druskininkai.
2007 – “Portrait of Kražiai“, “Period of Arles“, VMU, Institute of Political Science and Diplomacy, Kaunas.
2008 – “Portrait of Kražiai“, BOK Bialystok Culture Centre, Poland.
2008 – “Portrait of Kražiai“, festival “FotoFreo“, Fremantle, Australia.
2008 – “Portraits of Australian Photographers “, Kaunas Various Cultures Centre, Kaunas.
2008 – “Portrait of Kražiai“, International Pingyao Photography Festival, China.

Group exhibitions

1999 – Exhibition of Lithuanian and Austrian artists, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas. 
2000 – “Heritage”“, Fujifilm photography gallery, Kaunas.
2002 – “X m2 of Socium”, Fujifilm photography gallery, Kaunas.
2003 – “Die Baltishche Fotolinse”, Schloss Hollingen, Bern, Switzerland.
2004 – “21 Young Lithuanian Photographers”, Moscow, Russia.
2004 – Les Boreales Festival, Caen, France.
2005 – Forum of Asian and European photographers, European House of Photography, Paris, France.
2005 – “Zone“, Villa Decius, Krakow, Poland.
2006 – “A-tribute to Jurgis Mačiūnas”, F Gallery, Kaunas.
2006 – “Funikuli, Funikulia...”, exhibition for jubilee of Žaliakalnis funicular, Kaunas.
2006 – “101.3 km", Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.
2006 – Sea Photography Festival, Vannes, France.
2007 – “Second European Cities”, Kosice, Slovakia.
2008 – Noorderlicht festival, project about Eastern Europe “Behind Walls", Leeuwarden, Holland.
2008 – “The Core of Industry”, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
2008 – “Photo-chaos", F Gallery, Kaunas.
Achievements, awards

1995, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 – Stipend of the Ministry of Culture of RL.
1997 – FIAP gold medal, Riga, Latvia.
1998 – Prize of young people’s creation of LVMH Fund, Paris, France.
2000 – Stipend of Swiss Confederation for studies in Lausanne University.
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 – Stipends of the Nordic Council for traineeship and trips.
2003 – Citizen of Honour of Kražiai.
2004 – Prize of the Lithuanian Union of Art Photographers.
2005, 2006 – Stipends-invitations of the photographic association ORACLE to participate in meetings in Florence (Italy) and Prague (Czech).
2008 – Creative traineeship in Kosice for photographic the city, Slovakia.

Works of the art photographer have been purchased by the Lithuanian Union of Art Photographers, Vilnius; the National Paris Library; private persons in Lithuania, France, Switzerland, USA, Sweden, Austria.

More about Mindaugas Kavaliauskas – on websites www.light.ltwww.mikas.ltwww.kaunasphoto.info.