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SAULIUS VAITIEKŪNAS
Saulius Vaitiekūnas (1953) is a recognizable and at the same time completely unpredictable artist, whose creative biography inextricably combines, it seems, very different forms of expression – jewelry, monumental sculpture and conceptual installations. For the artist himself, these modes of expression are important as forms of communication, thanks to which it is possible to direct a person’s thought or state towards personal land, trying to provoke fundamental questions: “Who are you?”, “Where are you going?”, “What is this?”
One of the main creative materials – stone – has become more than a material, thing or object for S. Vaitiekūnas. This is where the archaism and modernity of this artist lie. Terra recognita – recognized land – is simultaneously the original substance of divine creation, daily bread, and an existential question, to which the creator returns again and again during his more than three decades of creative work. Turning even the smallest stone between his palms, S. Vaitiekūnas recognizes in it the miracle of the creation of the universe, repeated here and now, and at the same time the mystery of his own creation.
A stone with a hole polished by sea waves, sand, wind and time – a painful necessity – turned into a multi-meaning symbol for S. Vaitiekūnas, talking about happiness, man, light, life, the universe… On the other hand, clock mechanisms, plastic dolls, discs also become a metaphysical hint for the artist. saws or fishing nets – all things freed from their everyday meanings and given a new life. And yet, for this artist, a stone with a hole is the essential sign of everything.
S. Vaitiekūnas is a conceptual artist. The collection of his creations contained many things – amulets carved with archetypal symbols, licks waving auspicious paths, 8-ton fieldstones exploding the Message, millstones turning the daily prayer wheel, watches striking the second millennium, an orchestra frozen in silence, a column ticking with an innumerable abundance of mechanisms, an endless ” the echoes of the forest-sea battle, the wailing walls of our home “strewn” with votives, or the odes of happy stones to our shore. What is it all about? It’s always about the same thing – about the recognized land that you can call your own and about yourself, a small lump of land that recognizes itself every time anew in this time.
Undoubtedly, S. Vaitiekūnas creates in his time about his time. His works are full of hints and references to the processes taking place in our society today – the absurdity of politics, the threat of ecology, the challenges of emigration. Feeling the pulse of everyday life, the artist openly articulates his position and the feelings in the air, becoming relevant and timely.
The uniqueness of this artist is that in his work he perfectly manages to combine small and large, personal body marks with monumental works that often amaze the viewer with their size and ambition. The best example of this combination is the “Terra recognita” gallery he founded – a year-round and constantly changing installation in the Old Town of Vilnius. Among the “ritual items” fragments of monumental works find their place here, becoming the body of the same land that S. Vaitiekūnas recognized, spoke to, and spoke to him.
Drawings
Contemprorary jewelry
Digital prints
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Saulius Vaitiekūnas
Creative works
2011 founded the gallery “terra recognita” in Vilnius
2009 founded the fund for the preservation and development of artistic creation and the gallery “terra recognita”
From 1992 until now – a member of the Union of Lithuanian Artists
1991-2008 – “Vartai” gallery, Vilnius
1971-1976 – Vilnius University, Faculty of Law
The artist has organized 46 personal exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad, represented Lithuania at important international art fairs in Cologne ART Cologne, ART Karlsruhe (Germany), Vienna ART Fair (Austria) and Ghent (Belgium). S. Vaitiekūnas is also an active participant of the Lithuanian ARTVilnius art fair, participating in this important event for the Lithuanian art field since the first art fair, and creating an impressive installation every year. The total number of personal and group exhibitions of the artist has well exceeded one hundred, and his works have been exhibited in the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, USA, Germany, Russia, China, France, PAR, Estonia, Latvia. 2000 and 2003 he was awarded the “Silver Foot” award as the best artist of the year by the “Vartai” gallery, in 2007 he received the 1st prize at the graphic art triennial in Kaunas, in 2014 was chosen by the audience as the most popular artist of the ARTVilnius art fair. in 2019 in the winter, the artist’s retrospective exhibition “Museum of the 21st Century” was organized in the VDA exhibition halls “Titanikas” (exhibition curator Dr. Vidas Poškus).
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Fragment of the installation “Chupa Chups”, gallery “terra recognita” Vilnius
2020.
Installation “Carrying the rain” VDA exhibitional center “Crematorium” , Vilnius.
Installation “Carrying the rain” in an open “Glass quartal” gallery in open space in Vilnius old town.
2019.
“21st Century museum”, retrospective exhibition of 65 years, VDA exhibition halls “Titanic”, Vilnius.
2018.
„SOS.COME“, Lithuanian sea museum, Klaipėda.
“WWW.SOS.COME”, Lithuanian Sea Museum, Klaipėda, Lithuania
“Baltic bonsai”, gallery “terra recognita”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“For the merits…”, “terra recognita”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Ex votos. Kuku watch” Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania
“Requiem to the orchestra” Lutheron church, Maastricht, the Netherlands
“Monument to the shore”, gallery “terra recognita”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Ex votos / cuckoo watch”, gallery “terra recognita”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Cup”, Berdardinai community centre, Vilnius / 200 year foundation of the parish and 20th jubilee of the church, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Spiegel naar de toekomst” together with Alfons de Laat, gallery “DeCompagnie”, Dordrecht, Holland
“…Once again about clouds…” gallery “terra recognita“, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Welcome back to the future…”, gallery “terra recognita“, Vilnius, Lithuania
“To be or not to be…”, gallery “terra recognita“, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Nostalgia”, gallery “terra recognita“, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Requiem to the orchestra”, Fluxes ministry, Kaunas, Lithuania
2009-2011.
. “…Because time is near”, gallery “terra recognita“, Vilnius, Lithuania
“…Because time is near. Apr 1, 3”, V. and K. Mizgiriai amber museum, Nida / Th. Mann festival, Nida, Lithuania
2008.
“Requiem to the orchestra”, gallery “Vartai“, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Nimbomania”, gallery“Vartai“,Vilnius, Lithuania
“Bon voyage”, gallery “Schultz Contemporary“, Berlin, Germany
“Cloud mania” / with NunoVasa/ gallery “Gallery 44“, Basel, Sweden
“Axis mundi”, European park, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Bon voyage”, Art Karlsruhe, gallery “Shultz contemporary“, Karlsruhe, Germany
“Enternet” / with Nuno Vasa gallery “Vartai“, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Chronos /1991-2003/”, gallery “Vartai“, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Enternet” /with Nuno Vasa, Lisbon, Portugal
“Enternet”/ with Nuno Vasa, gallery “Cólicas Arte Contemporânea”, Ponto do Rol, Portugal
“Rosary”, gallery “Vartai“, Vilnius, Lithuania
“En den du” /with Eimantas Ludavičius, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“incantation”, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Living together III”, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Little plastic of stone”, Artists association gallery, Riga, Latvia
“Amulets”, Čiurlionis gallery, Chicago, USA “life together II”, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Living together I”, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Fish”, gallery “Šiaurės Atėnai“, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Little plastic of stone”, gallery “Baroti”, Klaipėda, Lithuania
“Little plastic of stone”, gallery “Arka”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Sea stone games”, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2022.
„#Ukraine“, VDA exhibitional space “Titanic”, Vilnius
2019.
“BOD/ Tibet”, Exhibition to commemorate Tibetan National Uprising Day, Crematorium / Art Furnaces, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018.
“Passing time”, “Parkas” gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Herbariums”, 4th exhibition of Lithuanian authors and jewellers association, Užutrakis, Lithuania
Contemporary art biennale “METALOfonas”, The House of Signatories, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Illusion“, international Jewelry contest, Legnica, Latvia
“Baltic bonsai”, international contemporary art fair ArtVilnius’18, “Litexpo”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016.
Lthuanian art jewelry exhibition, Užutrakis estate, Trakai, Lithuania
2014.
“Window to the future”, gallery “Galerie De Compagnie“, Dordrecht, Holland
2010.
“One gram of gold”, gallery „Meno niša”, gallery “Lithuanian artists association”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“One gram of gold”, III international biennial , gallery “Meno niša”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“One gram of gold”, Th. Mann art festival, “amber museum-gallery”, Nida, Neringa, Lithuania
2008.
“Lithuanian new”, gallery “Szyb Wilson“, Katowice, Poland
“Ars politica ars magica”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Signs of the city”, Third republican textile biennial “Arka“, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Invisible bridges of culture: Africa and Lithuania”, Johannesburg, South Africa
“Invisible bridges of culture: Africa and Lithuania”, Brussel, European commission, Belgium
“Invisible bridges of culture: Africa and Lithuania”, Paris, United Nations, France
2007.
“Invisible bridges of culture: Africa and Lithuania”, gallery “Vartai“, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Invisible bridges of culture: Africa and Lithuania”, United Nations Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
“Invisible bridges of culture: Africa and Lithuania”, City gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
“Nothing personal”, “Input“ International graphic symposium, Tallinn, Estonia
“Nothing personal”, Graphic triennial, Communication History museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
“Zei(k)not 1907.2007”, Saulius Vaitiekūnas, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis and Antanas Žmuidzinavičius, to commemorate the first exhibition of Lithuanian art, at Vileišiai home, Vilnius, Lithuania
2006.
“Balticalia Lituania”, gallery “Plus One Gallery”, London, UK
“Double game”, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Magical stone”, gallery “Meno niša”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Space. flat surface. body. Modern Lithuanian sculpture and graphic”, ŠMC, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005.
1st Lithuanian modern art quadrennial, ŠMC, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Jump out of one self”, gallery “Vartai“, Vilnius, Lithuania
2004.
“You can‘t forbid to live beautifully”, Lithuanian jewelers exhibition, J. Baltrušaitis home, Moscow, Russia
“Re/created – re/mind”, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Salt of life”, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian art, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Biggest gallery in Lithuania”, Vilnius municipality administrative building, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003.
“l.g.q.t.s.o.” (les gens qui travaillent sur ordinateur/people… working with computers), gallery “Artists‘ Space”, Berlin
“12”, sacral art exhibition from cycle “Pax Vobiscum”, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002.
“Amber in interior”, Mizgiriaiamber gallery/gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Amber in interior”, International plenary of Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Gold in art”, gallery “Meno niša”,Vilnius, Lithuania
“Scale”, international gallery “Vartai” exhibition , Vilnius, Lithuania
“Re/forms”, gallery “Vartai” exhibition, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
2001.
“Lithuanian art”, gallery “Vartai“ exhibition, D. and M. Gordon gallery, London, UK, gallery “Vartai” exhibition, Brussels, Belgium
“Episodes”, gallery “Vartai“ exhibition, museum of Oscar Wild, Dublin, Ireland
“Lithuanian art”, gallery “Vartai“ exhibition, gallery “Gallery at the Gildenburgh, Peterboro, UK
“Ars erotica: things on the body”, Arts and crafts museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Modern Baltic art”, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Huston, Washington, USA
“Painters take photos”, gallery “Vartai” exhibition, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Painters take photos”, Nitros gallery, Slovakia
“Painters take photos”, “City gallery“, Bratislava, Slovakia
2000.
“Ring”, Lithuanian artists association, Silver room, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Ring”, „Lithuanian jewelry“, Japanese cultural center “Nanggha”, Krakow, Poland
“Ars erotica: Painters take photos”, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“One gram of gold”, international jewelry exhibition, Lithuanian artists association, Vilnius, Lithuania
1999.
“Lithuanian art”, gallery “Kö”, Düsseldorf, Germany
1998.
“liberated things”, ŠMC, Vilnius 1997. “ars erotica”, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Lithuanian art‘87”, “Galleries present”, ŠMC, Vilnius, Lithuania
1996.
“Little plastic of stone”, gallery “Gallery of Artist‘s Union”, Riga, Latvia
1995.
“Lithuanian art”, gallery “Sachsischer Hof”, Menninger, Germany “Vilnius golds cape guild 500”, Lithuanian artists association, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Amulets”, gallery “M.K. Čiurlionis gallery”, Chicago, USA
1994.
“Vartai” gallery artists exhibition „galerie 10”, Washington, USA 1993. “Vartai“ gallery artists exhibition, Austria
1994.
“One gram of gold”, Medaliai gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1992-2003.
Annual gallery artist exhibition, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius Annual Christmas miniature exhibition, gallery “Vartai”,Vilnius, Lithuania
1991.
“1. Exhibition”, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
1990.
Lithuanian arts and crafts exhibition, ŠMC, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009.
“Boys autumn”, Šiauliai drama theatre, Šiauliai, Lithuania
2018. International jewelry art fair “Sieraad’18”, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
“Baltic bonsai”, Art Vilnius’18”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017. “Baltic chronicles”, Art Vilnius’17, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016. “Ode to the shore or a few insights for someone who’s looking for happiness”, Art Vilnius’16, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015. “Ex votos / cuckoo watch”, gallery “terra recognita“, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Ex votos / Wailing Wall”, Art Vilnius’ 15, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014. “Green forest-white sea”, Art Vilnius’ 14, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013. “To be or not to be…”, Art Vilnius’ 13, Vilnius, Lithuania
2010. For everyone and no one”, Art Vilnius’11, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009. “Sun”, Art Vilnius’09, Vilnius, Lithuania
2007. Art Cologne, Köln, Germany, gallery „Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005. Art Cologne, Köln, Germany, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
Art Karlsruhe, gallery “Shultz contemporary”, Karlsruhe, Germany
2004. Gent, Köln, Stockholm art fair, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003. Kunst Koln, Keln, Germany, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002. Lineart Gent, Gent, Belgium, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2001. Lineart Gent, Gent, Belgium, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
III Australian contemporary art fair, Vienna, Austria, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
European perspectives”, arts fair, Innsbruck, Austria, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2000. Author book exhibition, international art fair, LITEXPO, Vilnius / with Aušra Vaitiekūnaite II Austrian contemporary art fair, Vienna, Austria, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2022.
Best audience select gallery “Art Vilnius” 2022
2015. State scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania
2014. CRAFT Vilnius’14, author of the most original exhibition / spectators nomination, Vilnius, Lithuania
ArtVilnius’14, best artist / spectators nominations / Vilnius, Lithuania
2007. I premium, Graphic triennial, Kaunas, Lithuania
2003. “Silver foot”, artist of the year, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2000. “Silver foot”, artist of the year, gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013. International plenary in Nida, Neringa, Lithuania
2002. International symposium, Vilniaus plenary, Vilnius, Lithuania
1997. International granite symposium, Indrihuv Hradec, Czech Republic
2005. “Axis mundi”, Outdoor stone/ metal, European park, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003. “Chronos”, metal/plastic, 435 x 300 x 75cm, Vilnius municipality administrative building, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002. “Stone”, outdoor stone/ metal , h-133cm , Ø -26cm, KPMG administrative building lobby, Vilnius, Lithuania
1997. “Mirrors”, granite, 150x90x90cm, Indrihuv Hradec city park, Czech Republic