Born in 1954 in Altaj region, Russia. Lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania
Since 1990 member of the artists' group "Angis"
Education
1972–1973 Pedagogical Institute of Šiauliai, Lithuania
1975–1978 Kaunas Applied Art College, Lithuania
1978–1984 State Art Institute, Vilnius
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 "And I was here". Pelėdų Kalno Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.
2017 “Little Retrospective of Obsession”, gallery "Māksla XO", Riga, Latvia.
2017 Solo presentation at contemporary art fair VOLTA NY, New York, USA.
2015 This Have Been Once Before. Obsessions retrospective. Torun Contemporary Art Centre (Poland)
2012 „Tapyba“, Festivalis „Wilno w Gdansku“, Łaźnia contemporary art centre, Gdansk, Poland.
2011 „Northwesterly wind“ , Contemporary art festival, Cesis, Latvia.
2007 "Edward‘s trajectory", Lithuanian Theater, Music and Film Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 Gallery "Vartai", Vilnius, Lithuania
2004 "Drawing with Smoke", Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania
2000 "Pipe“, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
2000 "Frederiksbastion", Copenhagen, Denmark
1997 "Arbeit Macht Frei II", Art Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania
1995 "Arbeit Macht Frei", Kaunas Picture Gallery, Lithuania;
1994 Art Gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania
1993 "Garden of Ashes", CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
1985 Showrooms of the Lithuanian Art Fund, Vilnius, Lithuania
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Duo exhibition "I Maestri del Macabro"
(“Masters of Wonders”), with Kaido Ole (EE).
Šiauliai Art Gallery, Lithuania;
2023 SERENISSIMA EAST, featuring Polish, Lithuanian and Estonian art from around 1990 to the present day. Centre of Contemporary Aart Znaki Czasu in Torun, Poland;
2023 A Time of Worry. ANGIS and Students. Kaunas, Lithuania;
2022 International Contemporary Art Fair 'Vienna Contemporary", Vienna, Austria;
2021 The 10th Sacrum Art. Triennial: The Sanctity of Nature?. Centre of Contemporary Aart Znaki Czasu in Torun, Poland;
2021 Duo exhibition "Jonas&Kaido II", with Kaido Ole (EE). Tartu Art House, Estonia;
2020 The 10th Sacrum Art. Triennial: The Sanctity of Nature?. City Art Gallery, Częstochowa, Poland,
2018-2019 Duo exhibition "Družba", with Kaido Ole (EE). Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.
2018 International Contemporary Art Fair "Art Vilnius'18" (Meno Parkas Gallery), Vilnius, Lithuania;
2018 Exhibition "Man in Art". "Maksla XO" Gallery. Riga, Latvia;
2018 International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair "art KARLSRUHE". Karlsruhe, Germany.
2017 "Not a Museum", gallery‘s „Meno parkas“ artists exhibition at gallery "Meno parkas", Kaunas.
2017 Contemporay art fair SCOPE Basel, Switzerland.
2017 Contemporary art fair POSITIONS BERLIN, Berlin, Germany.
2017 CHORUS, gallery‘s „Meno parkas“ artists exhibition at „Titanikas“, Vilnius.
2016 "Kur vinukai?". Panemunė castle. Jurbarkas, Lithuania;
2016 Contemporary art fair POSITIONS BERLIN, Berlin, Germany;
2016 Global contemporary art fair ART16 London, Olympia (London, UK);
2016 „Wunderkameraden“. Gallery "Meno forma". Kaunas, Lithuania;
2015 Contemporary art fair POSITIONS BERLIN, Berlin, Germany.
2015 Global contemporary art fair ART15 London, Olympia (London, UK);
2015 "Generations (do not) Repeat". Gallery "Meno forma, Kaunas, Lithuania;
2014 International exhibition CAFE EUROPA - LA METAFORA COM A RESISTENCIA. TPK Art Center TePeKaLe, L‘Hospitalet, Spain.
2014 "Generations (do not) Repeat". Gallery "Meno forma, Kaunas, Lithuania;
2014 Global contemporary art fair ART14 London, Olympia (London, UK);
2013 XV Vilnius Painting Triennial „Contexts of painting“, CAC, Vilnius.
2013 NordArt 2013, Büdelsdorf, Germany.
2012 „Landscape transformation in lithuanian painting“, National Art Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2012 „Lithuanian Art – Painting“, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2012 „Three painting lectures“, Kaunas Art Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.
2012 „Three painting lectures“, Tartu Kunstimuuseum,Tartu, Estonia.
2011 „Three painting lectures“, Galerija Szyperska, Poznan, Poland.
2011 Art fair „Art Vilnius ‘11“
2010 „Swedbank Art Award 2009“, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2010 „Contemporary Lithuanian Art“, European Central Bank, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany.
2009 "Swedbank Art Award 2009", Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2009 "Quadrienniale of Lithuanian Contemporary Art", LITEXPO palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009 "Contemporary Lithuanian Art ANEW", Olsztyn, Poland; Klaipėda, Lithuania
2009 "Brigada Kormoran", Vilnius Train Station, Lithuania
2009 "Radar", Lithuanian Embassy in Warszaw and MGSL Galeria Willa, Lodz, Poland
2009 "Abstraction and expressionizm: two traditions in painting of Vilnius 1960–2009“, Gallery „Arka“, Vilnius, Lietuva
2008 "Contemporary Lithuanian Art ANEW", Galeria Miejska bwa (Municipal Gallery), Bydgoszcz and Art Gallery Szyb Wilson, Katowice, Poland
2008 "Urgentum praecifitatum sulfur“, Gallery "Vartai", Vilnius, Lithuania
2008 Video installation "Elephant Bullet", Art Museum of Estonia (KUMU), Tallinn, Estonia
2007 XII Vilnius painting triennial, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
2007 "Jonas Kaido", Gallery "Vartai", Vilnius, Lithuania
2007 "KOVIKAVI postblablu", Kaunas Picture Gallery and Gallery "Meno parkas", Kaunas, Lithuania
2007 "Invisible bridges of cultures: Africa and Lithuania, 2007", Gallery "Vartai", Vilnius, Lithuania; Geneve, Switzerland
2006 "KOVIKAVI Conference", Kunsthallen in Viborg, Denmark
2006 "Double Game", Gallery "Vartai", Vilnius, Lithuania
2006 "Neopop", "Menų spaustuvė", Vilnius, Lithuania
2006 "One Picture Exhibition“, Gallery "Vartai“, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 "Two Altar", Gallery "Vaal", Tallinn, Estonia
2005 2 Berliner Kunstsalon, Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
2005 Painting exhibition, Gallery "Vartai", Vilnius, Lithuania
2004 "Here, But Not Now", Lithuanian and Estonian Painting Exhibition, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
2004 "In My Own Juice", Contemporaray Lithuanian Art, Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia;
2004 "Kunstiremont", Parnu, Estonia
2004 Art Action "Platform: Ground Zero", Vilnius Municipality, Lithuania
2003 "Contemporary Art from Lithuania", Technopolis, Athens, Greece
2003 Exhibition - Action "Incest“, Kaunas, Lithuania
2002 Project of Group "Angis" – "Rub Down the Marked Place", Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania;
2002 Painting and Photography exhibition "Tracing", Former Printing-House, Maironio st. 3, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002 "Fears", Gallery "Arka", Vilnius, Lithuania
2001 Walls of NATO", CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
2001 Painting Biennial of the Nordic Countries, Väsby Konsthall, Sweden
2000 "Rhesus +/- 2", Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
2000 "Painterly", 11th Vilnius Painting Triennial, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
2000 "You Could Come Later", Galery of Studgart Academy of Fine Arts, Studgart, Germany
2000 "Image and Sound", Art Gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania
1999 "City", Gallery "Frederiks Bastion", Copenhagen, Denmark
1999 "Six Cities", Gallery "L", Jeblong, Poland
1999 "Lithuanian Art: 1989–1999. Ten Years", CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
1999 Retrospective of group "Angis", Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas; Art Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania
1998 "Painting", Gallery "Studio", Warsaw, Poland
1998 "Rhesus +/-", Art Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania
1998 "Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf 1998", Kunstpalas, Düsseldorf, Germany
1998 "Men”. Project "Zuwys”, Art Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania
1997 "Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf 1997", Kunstpalas, Düsseldorf, Germany
1997 Festival of visual arts "Zuwys", Art Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania
1997 "Unnecessary”, Gallery “Jutempus", Vilnius, Lithuania
1996 "Three Agendas II. Lithuanian Art", Tampere City Exhibition Hall, Tampere, Finland
1996 "Vilnius Art School and It‘s Traditions", Regional Museum, Torune, Poland
1996 "Pro '96", Gallery „Charlottenborg", Copenhagen, Denmark
1995 "Lithuanian Art '95", CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
1994 "Exhibition of Lithuanian Artists‘ Groups", CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
1994 Exhibition of group "Angis", Gallery "Lietuvos aidas", Vilnius, Art Gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania
1993 Vilnius Painting Triennial, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania – 1st prize
1993 "ART-MA" Foundation. 2nd Budapest International Contemporary Prize of Fine Arts, Hungary
1993 "Dynamic Compositions", Kozlekedesi Museum, Budapest, Hungary
1993 Exhibition of group "Angis", Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
1993 "Between Sculpture and Object in Lithuanian Art“, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
1993 "i.e. Letter", CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
1992 "Renouncing Borders", Stadtsmuseum Nordico, Linz, Austria; M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas and CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
1992 Exhibition of group "Angis", Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
1992 Painting and sculpture exhibition, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
1992 "Baltiske Billeder", Herning Art Museum, Sollerod Museum pa Gammel Holtegaard, Denmark
1991 "13 Positionen zur Zeit", Stadtmuseum Nordico, Gallery "Maerz", Linz, Austria
1991 "My Time as a Pilot", Gallery "Frie", Copenhagen, Denmark
1991 "Apocalypse and Faith", Contemporary Art in Lithuania, University Museum of Art and Culture, Marburg; Lippisches Landesmuseum, Detmold, Germany
1991 Exhibition of group "Angis", Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
1990 Vilnius Painting Triennial, Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
1990 1st exhibition of group "Angis", Lazdynai Exhibitions‘ Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
1990 "Night and Day Painting", Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
1989 Exhibition of young Lithuanian artists, Exhibitions Hall of Estonian Artists‘ Association, Tallinn, Estonia
1989 "14 Young Lithuanian Artists in Luxembourg", Municipality Theater Hall, Luxembourg
1989 Exhibition of young Lithuanian artists, Szentendre Gallery, Szentendre, Hungary
1988 4th Exhibition of young Baltic artists‘ fine arts "Youth '88", Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius – 1st prize
1987 Union‘s exhibition of young artists works "Youth of the Country", Central Exhibitions Hall, Moscow, Russia
1987 Vilnius creative youth festival, Artists‘ Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
1987 Exhibition of Lithuanian fine arts, Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
1987 Exhibition of young Lithuanian artists‘ works, Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
1986 Exhibition of young Lithuanian artists‘ works, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
1986 Lithuanian art exhbition "Man and environment", Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
1986 Exhibition of young artists‘ works, Artists‘ Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
1985 Exhibition of young Lithuanian artists‘ works, Exhibition Palace, Šiauliai, Lithuania
1985 "Exhibition of one painting", Kaunas Artists‘ House, Kaunas, Lithuania
Awards
1988 First Prize in "Youth '88" Young Baltic Artists' Triennial
1990 Vilnius Painting Triennial Diploma
1993 First Prize in Vilnius Painting Triennial
1997 First Prize in Vilnius Painting Triennial
2009 Swedbank Art Award
2010 Lithuanian National prize for Art and Culture
Recipient of 1st level state grants:
2006–2007
2001–2002
1999–2000
Pictures in Collections
Centre of Contemporary Art in Toruń, Poland;
European Central Bank art collection, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany;
European Parliamant art collection, Brussels, Belgium;
National Art Gallery, Vilnius;
M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania;
Tretjakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia;
Stadtmuseum Nordico, Linz, Austria;
Private collections.
