Aušra Barzdukaitė-Vaitkūnienė (1962)

Education:

1969-1980 Kaunas J. Jablonskis secondary school.

1980-1986 State Art Institute in Vilnius (now Lithuanian Art Academy), Department of painting.

Work Experience:

Kaunas Art institute of Vilnius Art Academy and Kaunas College department of foundation of art  J. Vienozinskis Art Study Centre. Since 2004 - docent. Live in  Kaunas.

Personal Exhibitions:

2010 "Story of Cyclops" gallery “Balta”, Kaunas.

2009 "Love, Flowers and Honey", gallery "Meno Parkas", Kaunas, Lithuania.

2009 "Days Dreams", gallery "Aukso Pjūvis", Kaunas, Lithuania.

2007 "Episodes",  gallery "SoFa", Druskininkai, Lithuania.

2007 "Natur studium", Galerie(ml), Hamburg, Germany.

2006 "Chinese games", "ARTima" gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania.

2003 "Real Stories". Šiauliai Art Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania.

2002 Exhibition "Habits", Kaunas gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2000 Exhibition "The Other World" Boundary. Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2000 Exhibition "Dreams". Gallery "Naujieji skliautai". Vilnius, Lithuania.

1999 Exhibition "Dreams and Water". Gallery "Kairė-Dešine". Vilnius, Lithuania.

1999 Exhibition "n life". Lithuanian Artists‘ Association’s Kaunas Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

1998 Exhibition "About Things and Clouds". Gallery "Eglės", Kaunas, Lithuania.

1996 Painting exhibition. Kaunas Picture Gallery. Kaunas, Lithuania.

1994 "Sauliažai". Gallery "Arka", Vilnius, Lithuania.

1992 Painting exhibition. Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.

1992 Painting exhibition. Schwalenberg Artists House, Germany.

1989 Painting exhibition. Artists‘ House, Kaunas, Lithuania.

1987 Painting exhibition. Artists‘ House, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Group Exhibitions:

2010 Carrément, gallery "4, Barbier", Nimes, France.

2010 "Drawing, Lithuania". Lithuanian Embassy in London, London, England.

2010 "Aktuelle kunst aus Kaunas", gallery "Januar", Bochum, Germany.

2010 14th Vilnius Painting Triennial: False Recognition, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2010 Project: Porto – Kaunas, Porto, Portugalija.

2010 "On this side with painting", Klaipėda Art Gallery, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

2009 Lithuanian art night in Kroicburg. Kroicburg art museum, Germany.

2009 "Siedmioro o Litwie" Lithuanian Centre and Lithuanian embassy in Poland, Warszaw.

2009 2nd Quadrennial of Lithuanian Contemporary Art, Litexpo Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2009 "70-painting, graphic, sculpture", gallery "Art Park", Linc, Austria.

2008 "Kaunas on this side with painting", gallery "Meno parkas", Kaunas, Lithuania.

2008 Kaunas in Art/Contexts, gallery "Meno parkas", Kaunas, Lithuania.

2008 "Between two époch", Schleswig-Holstein Haus, Sverynas, Germany.

2008 "70-painting, graphic, sculpture", "Art Gallery Santa Teresa", Fano, Italy.

2007 "Dialogues" Vilnius Painting Triennial, CAC, Vilnius.

2007 "70: Painting, Graphic, Sculpture", "Jugendsali", Helsinki, Finland.

2007 "Centro Comunale d’Arte e Cultura Exma Via San Lucifero", Cagliari, Italy.

2006 " Kaunas Artists in Tartu", Vanemuise Kontserdimaja, Tartu, Estonia.

2006 "Kaunas Artists in Talin", Talin exhibition palace, Talin, Estonia.

2006 "Metaphysics of the spaces", the embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia.

2006 "Nidos ekspresija", international painting symposium, Nida / Kaunas, "Meno parkas".

2006 "Ultima Ratio", international art project, "Meno Parkas", Kaunas.

2006 "Atgimimas", Kaunas Public Library, Kaunas.

2005 "Tanchu Schiller", gallery "Meno Parkas", Kaunas, Lithuania.

2005 International exhibition "Unsupportable Reality". Art Exhibition Hall, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

2005 International exhibition "Unsupportable Reality". Art Exhibition Room, Telšiai, Lithuania.

2005 "Lietuvos kelias", Lithuanian art museum, Radvilu palace, Vilnius.

2004 "Wilno w Warszawie", gallery Domu Artysty Plastyka(DAP), Warszaw, Poland.

2004 "Meetings", gallery "DOXA", Praque, Czechia.

2004  XII Vilnius Painting Triennial CAC, Vilnius.

2004 Kaunas artists’ exhibition "Painting today". Gallery "Meno parkas", Kaunas, Lithuania.

2004 International exhibition "Unsupportable Reality". Gallery "Meno parkas", Kaunas, Lithuania.

2003 Exhibition-action 'Insert', Savanoriu st., Kaunas, Lithuania.

2003 "Landscape in painting", Gallery "Arka", Vilnius, Lithuania.

2003 "The best art work of 2002", M. K. Čurlionis art museum, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2002 Exhibition "Summer Time". Gallery "Arka", Vilnius, Lithuania.

2002 "Place time", Lithuanian Artists’ Association’s cellar, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2002 "Ars longa vita brevis". International exhibition, Lithuanian Artists’ Association’s Kaunas gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2002 "Slovo I Obraz", TPSP, Podbzezie gallery, Krakow, Poland. 

2002 Biennale Europienne d’Art Contemporain, Nimes, France. 

2002 Takako Saito and Lithuanian artists. National M. K. Ciurlionis art museum, Kaunas Picture gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2001 "From Illusion to Reality" Lithuanian Artists’ Association’s Kaunas Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2001 Ars Baltica. Kopavogur Art Museum, Iceland.

2001 Exhibition of Fine and Applied Art 1997 – 2000 "Tradition and Future". Vasby Konsthall, Sweden.

2000 Review Exhibition of Fine and Applied Art 1997 – 2000, "Tradition and Future". Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2000 "Rezus +/-" Kaunas Picture Gallery. Lithuania.

2000 "2000, Abonement for Sculpture". Symposium of Environment Art. Kaunas, Lithuania.

2000 "Große Kunstausstellung Düsseldorf", Germany.

2000 "Von Haus zu Haus". Museen der Stadt Lüdenscheid, Germany.

1999 Chronologic. The Planet Art Gallery. Cape Town, South Africa.

1999 "Painting". Gallery Huset. Asnaes. Denmark.

1999 "Plastic Introjection". International Symposion of Land Art. Kaunas, Lithuania.

1998 Exhibition of the Group "Four", "The same - the very thing", Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

1998 Contemporary Art from Kaunas . Exhibition "The Break Generation". Gallery "Fjosangersamlingene". Bergen, Norway.

1997 International Plein-air of Painting, Nida, Lithuania Action "River". Zapyškis, Lithuania. 

1996 10th Baltic Triennial of Painting. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1995 "Art-95", Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1994 Republican Art Exhibition, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1993 "Contemporary Lithuanian Art from Kaunas", Mestna Galeria, Contemporary Art Centre, Liublijana, Slovenia.

1992 Lithuanian Painting Exhibition, Detmold, Germany.

1991 Visual Art exhibition, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

1990 Republican Exhibition of Art, Exhibition Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1988 Kaunas Visual Art Exhibition, Exhibition Palace, Kaunas, Lithuania.

1987 Kaunas Visual Art Exhibition, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

1987 Lithuanian Republican Exhibition of Art, Exhibition Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania.                        

Awards and grants:

2010 "The best Artwork of the Year 2009" diploma, National M.K.Čiurlionis Museum of Art, Kaunas.

2009 Cultural and Art grant, Kaunas City Municipality, Lithuania.

2007/2008 Lithuanian State individual grant.

2006 Diploma, Nida City Municipality, Lithuania.

2006 Diploma, jury exhibition "Atgimimas", Kaunas, Lithuania.

2005 Diploma "For significant works", Kaunas City Municipality, Lithuania.

2004 Grand Prix ,XII Vilnius Painting Triennial, LAA, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2004 Diploma, XII Vilnius Painting Triennial, magz. "Literatūra ir Menas", Lithuania.

2003 Diploma for the best 2002 year painting, M. K. Čiurlionis art museum. Lithuania.

1999/2000 Lithuanian State Highest Rank Grant for Culture and Art.

1997 Kaunas City Municipality, Culture Department Grant, Lithuania.

1997 Nida City Municipality Grant, Lithuania.

1996 Vilnius Government Award. Lithuania.

1994 Lithuania, State Grant.

1992 Lippe Country Grant. Schwalenberg, Germany.

Artworks in collections

National M. K. Čiurlionis Museum of Art, Kaunas;

National Museum of Lithuania, Vilnius;

Lippe Land Government, Detmold, Germany;

Private collections.

Membership:

Since 1992 – a member of Lithuanian Artists Association.