Education
1985–1991 Graphic Studies at Art Academy Vilnius, Lithuania. Diploma
1992–1999 Fine arts studies at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany. Diploma
2000–2003 Postgraduate studies of Audiovisual Media at KHM the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany. Diploma
Awards, scholarships
2021 Project Grant by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 2020 Project Grant Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2013 Project and catalog grant by government of Styria, Austria
2012 Artist in residence at RONDO Studios, Graz, Austria
2010 "Höge–Preis" award by International Foundation Künstlerinnenstiftung "Die Höge", Germany
2009 Artist in residence at Organhaus Art space, Chongqing, China
2007 Scholarship of Culture Foundation Rhineland–Palatinate at Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
2005 Project and catalog grant by Kunststiftung NRW, Germany
2005 Artist in residence at Artists Unlimited e.V., Bielefeld, Germany
2003 1. Prize "Ida Gerhardi Preis", Lüdenscheid, Germany
2002 Award by the City of Düsseldorf "Förderpreis für Bildende Kunst der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf", Germany
2001 Scholarship from the Land North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
2000 1. Prize "Videokunst Förderpreis Bremen", Bremen, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2022 “Transit Spaces”. Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania;
2019 "Schwarz Weiß Grau", Meno Parkas Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany;
2018 "Art Deco", Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania;
2014 “Videoarbeiten und Fotografie“, State Gallery Tuttlingen, Germany;
2012 "Other Sight", Gallery G69, Graz, Austria;
2009 "Between the Lines" (with J. Reich), Kunstverein Gütersloh, Germany. (C);
2008 "siehst du mich" (with M. Sadziak), Gallery Schwenk, Castrop–Rauxel, Germany;
2008 "Transiträume 01", Kunst im Abgeordnetenbüro, Landtag, the State Parliament of Rhineland–Palatinate, Mainz, Germany;
2006 "Gravity", Gallery Artists Unlimited e.V., Bielefeld, Germany (C);
2005 "Sehnsucht", Kunstverein Lippstadt, Germany (C);
2003 "Förderpreisträger der Stadt Düsseldorf", Art room Düsseldorf, Germany (C);
2001 "Kreuz+Wort", New Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany;
1999 – 1998 "Replace Muutoksia" (with A. –L. Kopperi), Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland; Vantaa City Museum, Finland; Kajaani Art Museum, Finland; M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania (C);
1998 "Next Stop", Art Museum Thun, Switzerland;
1997 "Unser Tagesrätsel", Gallery Konrad Mönter, Meerbusch, Germany (C);
1995 "Das Heilige", Kapelle des Knappschaftskrankenhauses, Recklinghausen, Germany (C);
1995 "Umlagerung", Gallery "Januar e. V.", Bochum, Germany;
1994 Neringa Naujokaite, Gallery "Laden 33", Düsseldorf, Germany;
1992 "Projektionen", Gallery – Pavilion Annelie Brusten, Wuppertal, Germany (K).
Selected Group Exhibitions
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
2022 "Equation with Unknowns. Lithuanian Artists in Germany from 1945 till Now", Vytautas Kasiulis Museum of Art, Vilnius
2022 Video "Golzheim" at LOOP Fair 2022 Barcelona presented by Meno Parkas Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2022 “PARADIESGARTEN (LOST)”, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany
2022 “SEQUENCE #2: Vom Fliegen”, Haus der Kortum-Gesellschaft, Kunstverein Bochum, Germany
2021 “The Dream of Living”, Museum Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany (C)
2021 “The Sanctity of Nature?”: 10th Sacrum Art Triennial, Centre of Contemporary Art (CoCA), Torun, Poland
2021 VIDEOFORMES 2021: 34th International Festival of Digital Arts, Clermont-Ferrand, France (C)
2020 “The Sanctity of Nature?": 10th Sacrum Art Triennial, City Art Gallery, Częstochowa, Poland (C)
2020 “A NEW REALITY": PHOTO L.A. - International Photographic Art Fair. First Edition of Virtual Collect + Connect, Los Angeles, USA
2020 “Wir sind wieder sichtbar!", onomato künstlerverein e. V., Düsseldorf, Germany
2019 imai Videolounge, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany
2019 "10 + 10 = 20", Ausstellungshalle am Hawerkamp, Münster, Germany;
2019 "10 + 10 = 20", Haus der Kunst – Enniger, Ennigerloh-Enniger, Germany;
2019 "Die Grosse", Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany (C);
2019 "#recording", Künstlerforum Bonn, Germany;
2018 "Kaunas in Art", VIII contemporary art festival, Kaunas, Lithuania;
2018 "Heterotopia on the route", Galaxy Museum of Contemporary Art, Chongqing, China (C);
2017 "Freedom (not) yet again", Rubart, Yerevan, Armenia;
2016 "Kunst im Kino", 62. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany
(C);
2015 “OpenART“, Scandinavia's public art biennial, Örebro, Sweden
(C);
2015 "un altro ... di vento, di cielo" at the festival “Musica Electronica Nova“ (with J. Wozny), Wroclaw, Poland
(C);
2014 “Approach to Realities“, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Germany;
2014 “Dieses Hier & Jetzt“, KunstGarten, Graz, Austria
;
2013 “Self–Discipline and Speculation“, The Third International New Media Art Triennial, Beijing, China;
2013 “Marler Medienkunst – Preise 2013“, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Germany (C);
2012 "Lange Nacht der Museen", KunstGarten, Graz, Austria;
2012 "surfaces", RONDO studios, Graz, Austria;
2011 "CologneOFF 2011 Baltic Sea": OFFicyna Observatory cinema, Szczecin, Poland; Arteles & Galleria Rajatila, Tampere, Finland; Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia; Smolny University, ProArte, NCCA National Center for Contemporary Art, Goethe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2011 "CologneOFF VI" Arad Art Museum, Romania; City Art Gallery Kharkiv, Ukraine; Goethe Institute Kiev, Ukraine;
2011 "Back from Chongqing" (with N. Borowsky), Atelier am Eck, Düsseldorf, Germany;
2011 "Soft Friction", 24. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Filmhaus Stuttgart, Germany (C);
2010 "CologneOFF VI" on Dehli International Arts Festival, India;
2010 "Un..Sharpness of the documentary", Kunstfilmtag, Malkasten Düsseldorf, Germany (C);
2009 "Mit Blick auf den Ton", Kunstfilmtag, Malkasten Düsseldorf, Germany (C);
2009 "Narracje – Gdansk’s Open Space for the Arts", Gdansk, Poland;
2009 "Jetzt und Damals", State Gallery Lüdenscheid, Germany (C);
2009 "Märkisches Stipendium für Bildende Kunst im Bereich Video", State Gallery Iserlohn, Germany;
2009 "Six hours ahead" (with N. Borowsky), Organhaus Art Space, Chongqing, China;
2009 "Sample #2", Projektraum des deutschen Künstlerbundes, Berlin, Germany;
2008 "Km500", Arthall Mainz, Germany (C);
2008 "Bilder machen Leute", Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier, Germany; State Museum Koblenz, Germany (C);
2008 "contemporary art ruhr 08", Zollverein Essen, Germany (C);
2008 "Sample #1", Projektraum des deutschen Künstlerbundes, Berlin, Germany;
2007 "Gut+Böse", State Gallery Lüdenscheid, Germany (C);
2006 "Venceremos/Sale", Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Gallery, Regensburg, Germany (C);
2005 "A second Sight", IBCA International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic (C);
2004 "Förderpreisträger der Ida Gerhardi Preises", Museum of Lüdenscheid, Germany;
2004 "LichtRouten", int. Plattform for Lightart, Lüdenscheid, Germany (C);
2004 "Pathos/Gefühle", Raumpool e.V., Frankfurt, Germany (C);
2004 "Here We Come", Art and Exhibition Hall, Bonn, Germany (C);
2002 "Unplugged", Ars Electronica Campus, Linz, Austria (C);
2001 KHM Koje, Art Cologne, Germany;
2001 "Tische der Kommunikation", State Gallery at Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany (C);
2000 "Rendez–vous", Project: Patients meets Artists, R. Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany (C);
1999 "Weltschmerz", Gallery Leßmann & Lenser, Rodgau, Germany;
1998 "Vielfaches Echo" Gallery Edith Wahlandt, Stuttgart, Germany;
1998 "Folgen", Kunstverein Oldenburg, Germany (C);
1998 "Vote for X Objects", Videonale 8, Kunstverein Bonn, Germany;
1997 "Germany – Japan", Arthall Toride, Japan;
1997 "Germany – Korea", Kaywon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea;
1997 "Verweildauer", Kunstverein Gütersloh, Germany;
1996 "Der zerteilte Blick", DuMont Arthall, Cologne, Germany;
1995 "Made in Mauritius", Ministry of Culture in Port Louis, Mauritius;
1995–1996 "Denk Ich an Deutschland...", Gallery Annelie Brusten, Wuppertal, Germany; Heinrich Heine-Institut, Düsseldorf, Germany (C);
1994 "Loma Kitsi", Kluuvi Gallery at Helsinki City Museum of Art, Helsinki, Finland (C);
1991 "Überfahrt", Forum Bilkerstrasse, Düsseldorf, Germany (C).
Collections
Städtische Kunstsammlung Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Kunstsammlung des Landes Rheinland Pfalz, Germany
Die Landessammlung zur Geschichte der Fotografie at Landesmuseum Koblenz, Germany
Sammlung der Stadt Lippstadt, Germany
IMAI – Intermedia Art Institute archive for video art, Germany
Thyssen AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Hedwig und Robert Samuel Foundation, Germany
