Naglis Rytis Baltušnikas was born in Švenčionėliai on July 1, 1960. In 1978 – 1983 he studied at Vilnius Engineering and Construction Institute where he obtained the architect’s specialty. From 1995 he is a member of the Lithuanian Artists' Association. The painter has been participating in exhibitions since 1987. He has created a number of paintings and started working in the field of graphic arts lately.
Personal exhibitions
1988 – Exhibition of painting and graphic art, Kaunas Artists’ House.
1996 – “Confession. Naglis and Dusė” (with the painter Arvydas Brazdžiūnas – Dusė), Kaunas Picture Gallery.
1999 – “LT”, Kaunas Picture Gallery.
2005 – “Exhibition”, gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas.
2005 – “Exhibition”, gallery XX, Panevėžys.
2005 – “For the Press”, gallery Kairė – Dešinė, Vilnius.
2006 – “Exhibition”, gallery 3,14, Bergen, Norway.
2006 – “Sie sassen zusammen” (along with G. Ohldieck), A. Montis Gallery, Palanga.
2011 – “Exhibition”, Meno Niša gallery, Vilnius.
2013 – “79.99”, Meno Niša gallery, Vilnius.
Major group exhibitions
1987 – Kaunas Artists’ Exhibition, Kaunas Picture Gallery.
1988 – Kaunas Artists’ Exhibition, Vilnius Exhibition Hall.
1988 – “Nemunas + Ranok”, Contemporary Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine.
1988 – Exhibition, Musee Rousseau, Montmorency, France.
1989 – Republic Exhibition of Fine Arts, Kaunas Picture Gallery.
1989 – Graphic Art Exhibition, Stedelijke Musea, Sint Niklaas, Belgium.
1990 – Republic Exhibition of Fine Arts, Vilnius Exhibition Hall.
1991 – Kaunas Artists’ Exhibition, gallery Art, Hamburg, Germany.
1991 – “Image“, gallery AL, Kaunas.
1992 – “Notices”, Kaunas Picture Gallery.
1993 – “The Reports”, Norblin gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
1993 – Autoart, Warsaw, Poland.
1993 – “Context”, St. George Church, Kaunas.
1996 – “Sign to Kaunas”, project in the centre of Kaunas.
1998 – “Work on Paper”, Kaunas Picture Gallery.
1998 – Project “River”, action “Drang nach Westen”, Zapyškis.
1998 – 5th International Plain-air of A. Samuolis “In New Point”, Kaunas Picture Gallery.
1998 – Project "Seven Days of Love to Post-modernism", Kaunas Picture Gallery.
1999 – Kaunas Artists’ Exhibition, gallery Huset I Asnaes, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1999 – International Plain-air “Earth Art”, Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery, Kaunas.
2000 – “The Best Artwork of 1999”, Kaunas Picture Gallery.
2000 – Republic Graphic Art Exhibition, gallery Kairė – Dešinė, Vilnius.
2002 – “The Best Artwork of 2001”, Kaunas Picture Gallery.
2002 – International biennial of contemporary art “Manif – 4”, Nimes, France.
2003 – City Project “I am a Kaunas Resident”, Papilės Street, Kaunas.
2003 – “Lithuanian Graphic Arts 2003”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.
2004 – 13th international triennial of graphic arts “Egzilyje”, Tallinn, Estonia.
2004 – “Unbearable Reality”, gallery Meno Parkas, Kaunas.
2005 – “The Best Artwork of 2004”, Kaunas Picture Gallery.
2005 – “Unbearable Reality”, Klaipėda Exhibition Hall.
2005 – International biennial of Alytus “Beware! Politics!”.
2005 – International project of graphic arts “Now Art Now Future”, Cultural Communications Centre, Klaipėda.
2006 – “101.3 km”, joint exhibition of Kaunas and Vilnius artists, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.
2007 – International Kaunas art biennial “Textile ‘07”, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas
2007 – Exhibition “The Best Artwork of 2005-6”, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas.
2007 – 14th international triennial of graphic art “political/poetical“, KUMU, Tallinn, Estonia.
2008 – Exhibition “Kaunas art biennial TEXTILE 07“, Janina Monkutė-Marks Museum, Kėdainiai.
2008 – Exhibition “Art ANEW”, gallery SZYB WILSON, Katowicy, Poland.
2008 – Exhibition in Janus Panonius Museum, Museum gallery, Pecs, hungary.
2008 – Exhibition “Art NEW“, Galeria Miejska bwa, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
2008 – “Nord Art 2008”, KiC (Kunst in der Carlshütte), Büdelsdorf and Rendsburg, Germany.
2009 – Exhibition of International A. Samuolis Painting Plein-air “Expression of Silence”, Meno Parkas gallery, Kaunas.
2009 – Exhibition of the 2nd Lithuanian contemporary art quadrennial, Litexpo, Vilnius.
2009 – International biennial of textile “TEXTILE 09“, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas.
2010 – Exhibition “The Best Artwork of 2009”, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas.
2011 – Tallinn triennial of graphic art “For Love, Not Money“, KUMU, Tallinn.
2011 – International art fair “Art Vilnius’ 11“, Litexpo, Vilnius.
2013 – International art fair “Art Vilnius’ 13“, Litexpo, Vilnius.
2013 – International Kaunas art biennial “Unitext”, M. Žilinskas Gallery, Kaunas.
Awards, stipends
1992 – 3rd prize at the contest for creating Lithuanian money – Litas (along with A. Baltušnikas).
1999 – 1st prize in the exhibition of earth art symposium projects.
2000 – the prize for the series of graphical works “LT” at the exhibition “The Best Artwork of the Year”, National M.K.Čiurlionis Art Museum.
2000 – NIFCA (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art) stipend for the creative studio in Svalbard, Spizbergen, Norway.
2002 – the prize for the inter-disciplinary artwork “A. Mačiūnas Square” at the exhibition “The Best Artwork of the Year”, National M.K.Čiurlionis Art Museum.
2005 – 2006 – the state stipend.
2007 – Diploma for the work “Give Me – Take It” at the International Kaunas art biennial “Textile ‘07”.
2010 – Prize for the work of art “1. 2”, National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum
2011 – Kaunas City stipend (4 months)
2011 – Diploma of the Book Fair for the book “Dogu Bankov. Don‘t shoot the waiter before lunch”
2012 – State stipend (6 months)
Artworks of the painter have been purchased by M.K.Čiurlionis Art Museum, Stedelijke Museum, Sint Niklaas, Belgium, private persons in Lithuania and abroad.
