Elena Balsiukaitė-Brazdžiūnienė (1958)

Education:

1981-1989 State Art Institute (now Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts), painting.

1974-1978 Kaunas S. Žukas Applied Arts Technical School, where she obtained the specialty of artistic weaving.

1965-1974 the 24th Secondary School.

Work experience:

Since 1989 A. Martinaitis art school, Deputy Director.

Personal exhibitions:

2011 "Formal – Informal", A. Žmuidzinavičius museum. Kaunas. Lithuania.

2011 "Dedication". Gallery "Meno Niša", Vilnius, Lithuania.

2010 "About Them". NB gallery. Roskild, Denmark

2008 "Exhibition No. 20", gallery "Balta", Kaunas.

2008 "About Them", interactive project, Exhibition Centre, Klaipėda.

2007 Personal exhibition for the 10th anniversary of the gallery "Meno Parkas", gallery "Arka", Vilnius.

2007 "About Them", interactive project, gallery "Meno Parkas", Kaunas.

2006 "Meeting No. 2", gallery Baroti, Klaipėda.

2006 "Summer Notebook", gallery "Sofa", Druskininkai.

2006 Painting exhibition, Tartu, Estonia.

2006 "XXL", gallery XX, Panevėžys.

2006 "XXL", Žemaitkiemis estate, Babtai.

2005 "About It", gallery "Meno Parkas", Kaunas.

2005 Painting exhibition "Minus 14". Gallery "Menoniša", Vilnius, Lithuania.

2004 Installation "About It". Gallery "Meno parkas", Kaunas, Lithuania.

2003 Painting exhibition. Gallery "Baroti", Klaipėda, Lithuania.

2003 Exhibition "The beauties of Šančiai". Gallery "011", Vilnius, Lithuania.

2002 Exhibition "Autoreconstructions". Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

1997 Exhibition "Dedications". Gallery "Eglės", Kaunas, Lithuania.

1994 Painting and graphics exhibition.Gallery "Al", Kaunas, Lithuania.

1990 Painting exhibition. Artists‘ House, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Group exhibitions:

2011 exhibition "Salon d’Automne", gallery "Meno parkas", Kaunas.

2011 "Kaunas in Art", International Art Festival. Gallery "Meno Parkas", Kaunas.

2009 "Kaunas in Art: Contexts", International art project. Gallery "Meno parkas", Kaunas.

2009 Kaunas BIENNIAL TEXTILE09, Kaunas picture gallery.

2009 "Art Vilnius’09" International Contemporary Art Fair, Litexpo Exhibition Centre, Vilnius.

2008 "Kaunas in Art: Contexts", Communication History Museum, Kaunas.

2008 "Kaunas: on this Side of Painting", gallery "Meno Parkas", Kaunas.

2008 "Red Lines 08", international project "Idias Emergentes", Port, Portugal.

2008 "Space of Manor", exhibition of the plain-air of painters of Bikuškis Manor, Bikuškis.

2007 "Art + Art of Communication. Photo-intentions", Kaunas Picture Gallery.

2007 Biennial of painting "Nostalgia", "Wish You Get Well", Exhibition Centre, Klaipėda.

2007 – “Space of Manor", exhibition of the plain-air of painters of Bikuškis Manor, Bikuškis.

2007 "Contemporary Art from Lithuania", Thyssen Krup steel factory exhibition spaces, Duisburg, Germany.

2007 "Raigardas", exhibition of painters’ plain-air, gallery Arka, Vilnius.

2007 "The Best Artwork of the Year", Kaunas Picture Gallery.

2006 "Metaphysics of Spaces", Tbilisi, Georgia.

2006 "15 × 15", Nimes, France.

2006 "Ultima Ratio", gallery "Meno Parkas", Kaunas.

2006 "Neo Pop Art in Lithuanian", club "Intro", Vilnius.

2006 "Raigardas", exhibition of painters’ plain-air, K. Jonynas house, Druskininkai.

2006 "Space of Estate", painters’ plain-air at Bikuškis estate, Bikuškis.

2005 "Lohn der Arbeit", exhibition of the Western Rein Vestfalia Painters’ Union, Hern, Germany.

2005 International Kaunas Art Biennial "TEXTILE 05". M. Žilinskas gallery, Kaunas.

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

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

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

2003 Kaunas artists‘ exhibition "Painting today". Gallery "Meno parkas", Kaunas.

2003 Exhibition "Inspired Explosions", Helsinki, Finland.

2001 Exhibition of the group "Four" "4 x 10", Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas.

2001 Exhibition "Tradition nowadays". Wisby, Finland.

2001 Exhibition "ArsBaltica". Copavogus art museum, Iceland.

2000 The second international artistic book triennial "Apocalypse". Gallery "Arka", Vilnius.

2000 Exhibition "Tradition and future". Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1999 Exhibition "Dialogues – monologues" (with V.Juodzevičienė). Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas.

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

1998 Exhibition "Contemporary art from Kaunas: generation of break". Gallery "Fjosangersamlingene", Bergen, Norway.

1997 "European bridges". Gallery "Zameček", Pribram, Czechia.

1996 Exhibition of the group "Four" "2,5 l of air". Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas.

1996 Exhibition "Nine from Lithuania". Gallery "2112", Copenhagen, Denmark.

1995 Exhibition "Lithuanian Art-95". Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.

1991 Exhibition "9 from Lithuania". Gallery "2112", Copenhagen, Denmark.

1991 Drawings exhibition. Kaunas Artists‘ Association‘s gallery, Kaunas.

1990 Exhibitions of the group "Four". Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas.

Grants and awards:

2007 Personal state scholarship

2000 Diploma for the best painting “Shepherd” at the exhibition "The Best Artwork of the Year", Kaunas Picture Gallery

2001-2003 The highest grade state grant, Lithuania

Membership:

1992 joined Lithuanian Artists’ Association.

1990–2001 a member of the group "Four".