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EGLĖ VERTELKAITĖ
BIOGRAPHY
1967 February 6 – was born in Vilnius, Lithuania
1985 – graduated from Vilnius M. K. Čiurlionis Gymnasium of Arts;
printmaking
1987-1993 – studies in Vilnius Academy of Arts, graduated from
Printmaking Department, M. A. degree (Prof. A. Žvilius)
since 1999 – a member of Lithuanian Artist's Union
2000 – a director of Vilnius Graphic Art Centre
since 2001 – a teacher of Vilnius J. Vienožinskis Art School;
since 2006 – a lector of Vilnius Art Academy, Printmaking dep.
RESIDENCIES, SYMPOSIUM'S, ETC.
2005 – Symposium in Pirkkala 2005, BODY, Finland
2004 - Symposium Compost, Pedvale, Latvia
2001 - Residency at France Masarel Graphic Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
1998 - The International Fellowship and Residency Program for Visual
Artists: Residency in Carbondale, SIUC, Illinois, USA
1995 - International Plenair ,,Hinter den Sieben Meeren’’,
Wernigerode, Germany
1996, 1998, 2001, 2006-2007 The Stipendy from Lithuanian Government
2007 – the best artist of the year 2006 of gallery ‘Vartai’.
Vilnius, Lithuania
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2007 – gallery “Something Unexpected”, Nyack, New York,USA
2007 – gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 – gallery “E.R. Galerija” Kaunas, Lithuania
2004 – gallery “Dalia”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2004 – ,,Exhibition Center”, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2003 – ,,Grafikenshus”, Sweden
2001 – ,,Klaipėdos Gallery”, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2001 – gallery ,,Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2001 – gallery ,,Kaire – Desine”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2000 – Florean Museum Carbunary, Romania
Museum of the Romanian Literature, Bucharest, Romania
2000 – gallery ,,Rotunda”, Vilnius, Lithuania
1998 – gallery ,,Vergette”, Carbondale, III., USA
1998 – gallery ,,Akcija M”, Molėtai, Lithuania
1997 – Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
1993 – gallery ,,Akademija”, Vilnius, Lithuania
MOST IMPORTANT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 – 14’th Tallinn Print Triennial, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn,
Estonia
2007 – Project “Africa” UN Headquarters, Bruxel, Belgium
2006 – Now Art Now Future, Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Lithuania. Prize
2006 – Space, Flat, Body, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius,
Lithuania. Prize
2006 – Print , Vilnius,Lithuania, gallery Kaire-Desine. Prize for
Best Artistic News.
2005 –‘ Passie Voor Druk’, Editie1, Rotterdam, Holland
2005 – XIII International Printmaking Biennial Varna 2005, Varna,
Bulgaria
2005 – ‘Now Art Now Future Future’, Klaipėda, Lithuania –
Edsvik, Sweden
2005 – ‘Jump Outself. Identity of Artist’, gallery ,,Vartai”
Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 – Lithuanian Graphic Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005 – ‘Print. Coincidentio’, gallery ,,Kaire – Desine”,
Vilnius, Lithuania
2004 – “Recovered Memory”, gallery ,,Vartai’ Vilnius, Lithuania
2004 – Mini Print Triennial, gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003 – 11th Biennial of Prints in Sarceles, France
2001 – ‘Floor. Wall. Seelings’, gallery ,,Vartaiî Vilnius,
Lithuania
2001 – ’Epizodes’, muzeum of Oskar Wild, Dublin, Ireland
2001 – The International Small Engrawing Salon, Carbunary, Rumunia
2001 – ’Lithuanian Art’, gallery at the Gildenburg, Peterboro,
England
2001 – 10th Biennial of Prints in Sarceles, France
2001 – 12th Tallinn's Grafic Art Triennial ,’Mutating Images’,
Tallinn, Estonia
2001 – Print 2001, gallery ’Kaire – Desine’, Vilnius,
Lithuania, IInd prize
2000 – ‘Tradition & Future’, Vilnius Contemporary Art Center,
Lithuania
2000 – 6th International Graphic Art Biennial of Baltic Sea States,
Kaliningrad, Russia
2000 –‘Lilla Europa 2000’.1st Biennial of Small Scale Painting
and Printmaking, Hallsberg Orebo, Sweden
2000 – 3rd Egyptian International Print Triennial 1999, Giza, Egypt
1999 – World-wide Ex Libris Competition ‘'L'Uomo del Nuovo
Millennio’, Gallarate, Italy
1999 – the International Small Engraving Salon Carbunar'99, Romania
the 2nd prize
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1999 – 9th Biennial of Prints in Sarcelles, France
1999 – 5th International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts, Gyor,
Hungary
1998 – 7th Print and Drawing Exhibition for Young People
’Grafinnova'98’, Vaasa, Finland
1998 – 2nd International Triennial of Graphic Art
Prague'98 ,,Labyrinthî, Prague, Czech Rep.
1998 – III'nd Mini Print Biennnial,Vilnius, Lithuania
1998 – “Cent Graveurs Pour un Centenaire”, Namur, Belgium
1998 – Lithuanian Graphic Art, Belgium
1997 – Mini Triennial – Continents, Jelenia Gora, Poland
1997 – 1999 – Triennial 100 Cities, cities of Poland: Stalowa
Wola, Miechow, Dębica, Jawor
1997 - 2nd International Triennial of Graphic Art ,,Bitola'97î,
Bitola, Macedonia
1997 – International Book Messe, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
1997 – Lithuanian Graphic Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997 – International Ex Libris Competition ''Pro Loco Di
Roccalbegnaî, Milano, Italy, prize
1997 – Non Traditional and Avant-garde Graphic Arts Exhibition
''Praha graphic'97, Prague, Czech Respublic
1997 – Mini Print Biennial Chamalieres, France
1996 – Premio Internazionale Biella Per L'Incisione, Biella, Italy
1996 – II'nd Mini Print Biennial Vilnius, Lithuania, a diploma
1995 – 95: Lithuanian Ar, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
1995 – 10th Tallinn's Graphic Art Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
1995 – 25th Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Peoria,
USA, 2 awards
1994 – International Artist's Book Exhibition ,,Musė'94'', Kaunas,
Lithuania
1994 – 6th International Print and Drawing
Exhibition ,,Grafinnova'94”, Vaasa, Finland, a prize
1994 – “New Graphic from Lithuania”, Magdeburg, Germany