Kęstutis Svirnelis (Kestas) (b.1976)
Resides and works in Stuttgart, Germany
www.svirnelis.art
Education:
2007 Socrates/Erasmus, Madrid, Spain
2002–2009 State Academy of Art and Design. MA studies, Stuttgart, Germany
1997–2002 Vilnius Academy of Arts. BA studies, Fine Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania
Awards:
2013 The Best ArtVilnius’13 Sculpture Snowman, Vilnius, Lithuania
2007 DAAD prize at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart, Germany
2006 1st prize for Dandelion Puff, Ebersbach, Germany
2004 1st prize for Summer 2005, Skulpturen am Radweg – Kunst in der Landschaft, Germany
2003 Baden-Württemberg Young Artist Award, Germany
Grants, scolarships, residencies:
2019 Herrenhaus Edenkoben, Edenkoben. Germany
2018 Cité Internationale des Arts. Paris, France
2016 Akademie Schloss Solitude and Robert Bosch GmbH. Germany
2015 Grant of the Lithuanian Council for Culture. Lithuania
2013 Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen – KWW, residency. Schöppingen, Germany
2011 Open Space Bea, residency. Busan, South Korea
2010 Akademie Schloss Solitude, art coordination. Stuttgart, Germany
2010 Studio subsidy through the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. Stuttgart, Germany
2009 Workshop scholarship, Künstlerhaus. Stuttgart, Germany
2007 Socrates/Erasmus. Madrid, Spain
2000 Künstler Wege. Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. Stuttgart, Germany
Artworks acquired by:
Private collections – Lithuania
Solo exhibitions:
2019 Sättigung. Herrenhaus Edenkoben, Germany
2019 Vakarų Kelrodė. Gallery Meno Niša, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018 Aparat. Gleixner Art gallery and Gallery Meno Niša, Düsseldorf, Germany; Vilnius, Lithuania
2018 Dzyvų Dzyvai. Varėna city gallery, Lithuania
2017 Ohne nix passiert nix. LOTTE, Stuttgart, Germany
2017 Schleuse 16. Böblinger Kunstverein für Stadt und Landkreis, Germany
2017 Furs. Gallery Meno Niša, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 Fauna and Flora. Kunstverein, Siegbur, Germany
2014 Motor, Latex and Air. Gallery (AV17), Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 Snowman. Gallery Kairė Dešinė, Vilnius, Lithuania
2010 Experimentum crucis. Kunstverein, Noihauzen, Germany
2009 Kestas EXP 19. Interventionsraum, Stuttgart, Germany
2009 Kęstutis Svirnelis. Gallery Schuster, Berlin, Germany
Art fairs:
2018 Art Verona. International contemporary art fair, Verona, Italy
2018 Tbilisi Art Fair. Tbilisi, Georgia
Selected group exhibitions:
2019 Open Studio. Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
2019 Südgipfel. Platform, Munich, Germany
2018 EXP.etition Minsk. Minsk, Belarus
2018 Capital´s Time Macine. Beans & Dots, Bukarest, Rumania
2017 Künstler der Wagenhallen. Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany