Tadas Gutauskas

Born

May 31, 1970, Vilnius, Lithuania

Education

1981 – 1988 M.K. Čiurlionis High School of the Arts, Vilnius

1989 – 1995 Vilnius Art Academy, Mindaugas Navakas sculpture class, M.F.A., Vilnius

1995 – Salzburg Summer Academy, Prof. Hermann Nitsch’s class, Zalcburg

1995 – 1996 Royal Academy of  Fine Arts, Prof. Ann  Edholm’s class, Stockholm

1996 – The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavik

Employment

1997 – 1999 Art expert in the Lithuanian Artists’ Association gallery

Since 2002 Curator of the Internationa symposium of sculpture “Curonian Art Week”

Since 2004 Established TaDas Art gallery

Since 2004 Member of the Rotary Club Perkūnas, Vilnius

Since 2004 Director of the public institution RIEDULIAI

Personal exhibitions

2025 “Soul & Nature””, TaDas Art Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2025 “The Seers” – sound and video installation (with K. Mašanauskas and A. Gotesman), AP gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2025 “ArcheShapes”, Lithuanian Artist’s Union gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2023 “The Ancestors of the Forms”, AP gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2011  „ Unique collection of 13 Masks “, permanent exposition, M.K. Čiurlionis Devils Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania

2011 „ Lt Unique collection“, commission after wining International competition for official accessories for FIBA EUROPE 2011, kaunas, Lithuania

2010 „ Coloured Sculptures “, Savickas gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2006 “ Form & Colour”, Consulat of Lithuania, New York, USA

2005 “ Sun of the North “, Target Gallery,  Alexandria,Washington DC, USA

2004 New works, gallery TaDas, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003 Painting, Litexpo Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003 Painting, sculpture, Etten Leur, Nedherlands

2003 TaDas, Opsteker Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2003 Painting, objects. Savickas Picture Gallery, Palanga, Lithuania

2003 TaDas, Vasby Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

2003 Painting, sculpture, Lithuanian Art Museum, Chicago,USA

2003 The Sun of the Noth, Čiurlionis Art Gallery, Chicago,USA

2002 Painting, Gallery Cristiane Charles, Paris, France

2002 Painting, sculpture, show-rooms Charles-Tombolini, Paris, France

2002 Sound and vision installation “Four ways of life”, Vilnius, Lithuania

2001 “Perfect World”, Vartai gallery,( with Vytautas Pakalnis ), Vilnius, Lithuania

2001 “Shining Bodies” Ulrik Witt’s Gallery, Arhus, Denmark

2000 “Shining Bodies”, Teko Center gallery, Herning, Denmark

2000 “Park of the Ice Sculptures”, Archicathedral Squere,Vilnius, Lithuania

2000 “Runes”, Barotti gallery, Klaipėda, Lithuania

2000 “Collection of Symbols”, hotel Radisson SAS-Astoria, Vilnius, Lithuania

1999 “Archetypes”, Krebsen gallery, ( with Audrius Gražys ), Copenhagen, Denmark

1999 Carpe Diem gallery, ( with Audrius Gražys ), Copenhagen, Denmark

1998 Sound and vision installation “Forgotten signs”, Art Centre Replica, Stockholm

1998 “Fantasy forces nature”, ( with Audrius Gražys ), Embaixada Mineira, San Paulo, Brazil

1997 Painting, Lietuvos Aidas gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

1997 “Fire and Earth”, Arka gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

1996 Painting, Häsellby castle, Stockholm, Sweden

1996 Sculpture, Trelleborg Art Gallery, Trelleborg, Sweden

1995 “Tree of Knowledge”, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden

1994 Painting, Lietuvos Aidas gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

Collective exhibitions

2024 “APžiūra”, AP gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2024 International Art Fair “Art Compensa’24”, Vilnius, Lithuania

2023 Internetional Art Fair “ArtVilnius‘ 23”, Vilnius, Lithuania

2023 “Positions Berlin Art Fair 2023”, Berlin, Germany

2023 “Permacrisis” (wth the group “Without Shadows”), Vilnius Town Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania

2023 “Permacrisis” (wth the group “Without Shadows”), “Baroti” gallery, Klaipėda, Lithuania

2004 “ White”, Bird’s Gallery, Melburne, Australia

2004 “ Green Deco “, Litexpo Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania

2004 “ Lifestyles “, Fukuoka Museum of Art , Fukuoka , Japan

2004 “ Lifestyles “, gallery TaDas,Vilnius, Lithuania

2004 “ Infection of Fashion”, collection  ( with Julian Fedo ), Forum Palace, Vilnius

2003 Annual Exhibition, Savickas Picture Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003 Painting, Vilnius City Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003 Biennial of Painting, Vasby Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

2003 “Curonian Art Week 2003”, Ventė  village, Lithuania

2003 Aquarium, Barotti Gallery, Klaipėda, lithuania

2003 Infection of Fashion, collection (with Julian Fedo), Forum Palace ,Vilnius

2002 “Curonian Art Week 2002”, Ventė  village, Lithuania

2002 “Friendship”,  Infra  gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2002 “Human and Nature”, Minami Aoyama gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2002 “Without Shadows”, ( with A. Gražys, V. Marcinkevičius, M. Bžeskas ), Burglinster Castle, Luxemburg

2002 Luleå Winter Biennial, ( with Audrius Gražys ), Luleå, Sweden

2001 “5 Artists from Lithuania”, Gallery Ett, Uppsala, Sweden

2001 “Painting,”  Gotene Commune, Gotene, Sweden

2001 Konstframjandet gallery, Uppsala, Sweden

2001 Ekogaleriet, Uppsala, Sveden

2001 Painting, Krebsen gallery, ( with Audrius Gražys ), Copenhagen, Denmark

2001 “Meetings”, Vilnius Town Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania

2001 “Without Shadows”, Europe Parliament gallery, ( with A. Gražys, V. Marcinkevičius, M. Bžeskas ), Brussels, Belgium

2001 Artyp gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2001 Polish Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

2001 00:24. “Various motives”, Artist’s Space gallery, Berlin, Germany

2000 “ Sand Games”, syposium of sand, Klaipėda, ( first prize ), Lithuania

2002 “Intrigue-Provocation”, M.K.Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania

2000 Contemporary Lithuanian artists, May gallery, Karise, Denmark

1999 “Without Shadows”, Vartai gallery, ( with A. Gražys, V. Marcinkevičius, M. Bžeskas), Vilnius, Lithuania

1999 “Four=4”, Eurogates, Taipei, Taivan

1999 “Sound+vision. Laboratory”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

1999 International Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden

1999 Artists of Lithuania, “9 + 9”, Aachen Town Hall galery, Germany

1998 “The Red Book”, sound-vision installation, EXPO ‘98, Lisbon, Portugal

1998 “Two Oceans”, Funarte gallery, San Paulo, Brazil

1997 Lithuanian painting, Central Exhibition Pallace, Manege, Sankt Peterburg, Russia

1997 “Lithuanian Art ‘97” /  Galleries present”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

1996 “Konst Pris Ekologi”, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

1996 Skånska Konstmuseum Pictura, Lund, Sweden

1995 “Lithuanian Art 95”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

1995 Painting, Fortress, Salzburg, Austria

1995 “2 x 2”, M.K Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Pictures Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania

1994 Installation “The Plant-louses”, Jutempus gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

1994 The 1st and 2nd International symposium of sculpture “Europe park”, Vilnius, Lithuania

Sculptures in public spaces

2024 Sculpture “The Great Shaman of Air and Water”, Antakalnis, Vilnius, Lithuania

2023 Raseiniai city gate, sculpture “The Lush”, ( arch. Gintaras Čaikauskas ), Raseiniai, Lithuania

1993 Sculpture  ”Triumph Arch ” , Europe park, Vilnius, Lithuania

1994 Sculpture ” Vault ”,  EuropePark, Vilnius, Lithuania

1995 Sculpture ” Sharp ”,  Europe park, Vilnius, Lithuania

2002 Sculpture ”The Tree of  Life ”, hotel Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003 Fontain  ” The Box of Feelings”, Forum Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania

2005 Mozaic ” Life in the Sea ”, Telecom sport club, Vilnius, Lithuania

2006 Sculpture ” Twins”, Bussiness Triangle,  ( arch. Saulius Pamerneckis ), Vilnius, Lithuania

2006 Monument for Adolfas Ramanauskas – Vanagas, Nemenčinė

2007 Monument ”For Lithuanian Basketball ”, beside  Siemens Arena, ( arch. Tauras Paulauskas ), Vilnius, Lithuania

2009 Sculpture  ” The Tree of Unity “, for Milenium of Lithuania, Vingis park, (  arch. Rolandas Palekas ), Vilnius, Lithuania

2010 Sculpture  „ Children of the Sun “, Augustinas Rakauskas Mound, Vaizgakiemis, Prienai, Lithuania

2010 Sculpture  „ The Road of Freedom “, Konstitucijos Avenue,  ( arch. Saulius Pamerneckis ), Vilnius, Lithuania

2012 The Monument for Jonas Mačiulis- Maironis, Raseiniai Town park, Raseiniai, Lithuania

2013 Sculpture „ The Gates of  Hospitality “, Druskininkai, Lithuania

2015 Sculpture “ A FINN “, ( arch. Prof. Gintaras Čaikauskas ), Vilnius, Lithuania

2016 Sculpture ” Golfi “, Europe Center Golf Club, Vilnius district, Lithuania

2016 Sculpture „ Fire-Water Man “, Valčiūnai, Vilnius district, Lithuania

2016 Monument for Lithuanian deportees, ( arch. Algirdas Kaušpėdas ), Tomsk, Russia

2019 Memorial Sign for Lithuanian architect Antanas Vivulskis ( arch. Gintaras Čaikauskas )

2020 Partisan Memorial in Kryžkalnis Raseiniai district, ( arch. Saulius Pamerneckis ), Lithuania

2022 Artwork ” Naminukas of Draught Alley of Mekas and a spring “, Vilnius, Lithuania

2022 Artwork ” The Fisherman of Vilnia River “, ( arch. Diana Sabaliauskienė ), Vilnius, Lithuania

Awards

2007 ”For the Creator of Monument for Lithuanian Basketball “, Award of Lithuanian Basketball Federation

2009 Duke Gediminas the First Degree Award

2009 St. Christopher statuette, Vilnius City Award

2009 Millennium Song Festival 2009 “Centuries” Award ” Millennium Star “

2010 Lithuanian Freedom Fighters Union Order “For Homeland Freedom”

2019 Award of Bila Tsirkva City ( Ukraine ) for the best Architectural and Urbanistic Projects

2021 Award of Raseiniai Municipality „ Sign of Honor “, ( For Merits to Raseiniai Region )

Competitions

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Leonardas Gutauskas

Biography

1938 born in Kaunas, died 2021 in Vilnius
1940–1944 lived in Vilnius
1945–1953 lived in Kaunas and Vepriai, Ukmergė district
From 1954 lived in Vilnius, worked in Vilnius and Mardasavas, Varėna district
1957–1965 studied at the State Art Institute
From 1967 member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union
From 1976 member of the Lithuanian Writers’ Union
From 1989 member of the group „24“

His works have been acquired by the Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius; M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; Pushkin Museum, Moscow; Catholic Academy of Hamburg, Germany; Municipality of Sarmede, Italy; and by private collections in Israel, the USA, Italy, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Germany, Japan, Canada, Brazil and Lithuania.

Major personal exhibitions

1965 Still Lifes, Institute of Urban Construction and Design, Vilnius
1967 Amulets, Writers’ Union Club, Vilnius
1978 40th anniversary painting exhibition, Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius
1987 Memorial Painting, Palace of Art Workers, Vilnius
1988 50th anniversary exhibition, Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius
1990 Painting exhibition, Druskininkai
1994 Grasses, painting exhibition, „Langas“ Gallery, Kaunas
1995 Painting exhibition, „Vartai“ Gallery, Vilnius
1996 Cardiogram – drawings, watercolours and collages from 1960 to 1996, „Vartai“ Gallery, Vilnius
1996 Dictionary of Symbols, exhibition of compositions, „Vartai“ Gallery, Vilnius
1998 60th anniversary exhibition, „Vartai“ Gallery, Vilnius
2003 Sacred painting exhibition, S. Juškus Gallery, Vilnius
2023 Painting exhibition, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Palace, Vilnius
2025 „Unsent Letters“, exhibition of paintings and watercolours, AP Gallery, Vilnius

Major group exhibitions

1969 First Vilnius Painting Biennial, Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius
1988 Lithuanian painting exhibition, Hungary
1990–1998 Annual international illustration exhibitions, Sarmede, Italy
1992 International illustration exhibition, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1993 Exhibition of three Lithuanian artists, Hamburg, Germany
1994 International illustration exhibition, Palacio Yanduri, Seville, Spain
1995 International illustration exhibition, Palacio Foz, Lisbon, Portugal
1997 Silent Modernism in Lithuania 1962–1982, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
1998 Seven Years of „Vartai“ Gallery, Vilnius

Exhibitions of the group „24“

1990 Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius
1991 Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius
1992 Šiauliai Art Gallery
1992 Panevėžys Art Gallery
1992 Kėdainiai Town Hall Art Gallery
1992 Klaipėda Exhibition Palace
1992 „Arka“ Gallery, Vilnius (2 expositions)
1992 Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
1993 „Arka“ Gallery, Vilnius
1993 „Lietuvos aidas“ Gallery, Vilnius
1994 SPADEM Gallery, Paris, France
1994 Municipal Library, Tours, France
1994 Galerie Plaisiren, Stockholm, Sweden
1994 „Lietuvos aidas“ Gallery, Vilnius
1994 Arsenals Museum of Modern Art, Riga, Latvia

Books and illustrations

Poetry
1961 Ištrūko mano žirgai, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1976 Vartai po diemedžiu, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1980 Svetingumo namai, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1982 Krantas, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1985 Juokdarys, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1988 Portretas, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1996 Betliejus, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, Vilnius
1998 Popierinė dėžutė, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, Vilnius
2004 In fine, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, Vilnius
2008 Švytintys kūnai, poem, „Alma littera“, Vilnius
2023 Laiškai iš Mardasavo, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, Vilnius
2023 Pelynais švytintis laikas, Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Vilnius
2024 Pažado žemė, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, Vilnius

Prose
1990 Vilko dantų karoliai, novel, Book One, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1994 Vilko dantų karoliai, novel, Book Two, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1997 Vilko dantų karoliai, novel, Book Three, „Vaga“, Vilnius
2001 Šešėliai, novel, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, Vilnius
2001 Laiškai iš Viešvilės, novel, „Vaga“, Vilnius
2002 Briefe aus Viešvilė, novel, „Athena“, Oberhausen
2003 Listy z Wieszwili, novel, „Ex libris“, Warsaw
2003 Plunksnos. Kazbek., novels, „Tyto alba“, Vilnius
2006 Brieven fran Viešvilė, novel, „Ariel skrifter 33“, Stockholm
2006 Sapnų teologija, novel, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, Vilnius
2007 Musės. Palėpė., novels, „Vaga“, Vilnius
2008 Daiktai, novel, Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, Vilnius

Children’s literature
1969 Du žvirbliai, poems, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1970 Vaško dvarelis, poems and riddles, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1972 Girių giesmės devynbalsės, poems, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1973 Sakmės apie bičių darbus, poem, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1974 Baltasparniai malūnėliai, poems, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1977 Juoda žemelė – baltas pyragėlis, poems, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1980 Dangaus kalvis Perkūnas, poems, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1981 Sidabro žuvys žaidžia, poems, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1983 Kur nakvoja vėjai, selected works, „Vaga“, Vilnius
1986 Paukščių takas, poems, „Vyturys“, Vilnius
1988 Geležinė varlė, fairy tales, „Vyturys“, Vilnius
1989 Auksinė šiaudų šviesa, fairy tales, „Vyturys“, Vilnius
1996 Kam katinui ūsai?, prose, „Tyto alba“, Vilnius
2002 Paskutinė Čepkelių ragana, „Mažasis vyturys“, Vilnius
2004 Kipšo dūda, „Žara“, Vilnius
2008 Žvirblių seimelis, „Petro ofsetas“, Vilnius

Musical scores
1977 Teisutis Makačinas. Trys pasakos: for high voice and piano. Words by Leonardas Gutauskas, Vilnius
1978 Osvaldas Balakauskas. Kolonom virpanti giesmė. Ode to Laurynas Stuoka-Gucevičius: for choir and solo soprano. Words by Leonardas Gutauskas, Vilnius
1981 Antanas Rekašius. Girių giesmės: two-part songs for children. Words by Leonardas Gutauskas, Vilnius
1982 Osvaldas Balakauskas. Prie mėlynos gėlės: cycle for choir. Words by Leonardas Gutauskas, Vilnius
1995 Nijolė Sinkevičiūtė. Spalvotas ciklas. Words by Leonardas Gutauskas, Vilnius

Awards

1981 State Prize
1990 Writers’ Union Prize for the best work of 1990–1991 (Vilko dantų karoliai, novel, Book One, „Vaga“, Vilnius)
1995 Stasys Šimkus 1st Prize for the lyrics of N. Sinkevičiūtė’s „Spalvotas ciklas“
1998 Government Art Prize
2001 Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts
2002 Prize for the best children’s book of the year
2007 Žemaitė Prize
2008 Aistis Prize

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Loreta Gutauskienė

Born

25 February 1939, Kaunas, Lithuania

Education

1955–1957 Kaunas Music School, Kaunas
1957–1962 Lithuanian State Conservatoire (class of Prof. Stasys Vainiūnas)

Employment

1962–1988 concertmaster and piano teacher

Personal exhibitions

2023 „Metų monotonija“ (The Monotony of the Year), exhibition of textile pictures, AP Gallery, Vilnius
2024 „Metų monotonija“, exhibition of textile pictures, Museum of Angels, Anykščiai