Laisvydė Šalčiūtė
Resides and works in Vilnius, Lithuania
EDUCATION
2018 Vilnius Art Academy of Arts, PhD Programs in Arts.
Art Doctorate „Melodramas. Three Strategies for the Visualization of the Body“, Vilnius: Vilnius Art Academy, 2018, ISBN 978-609-447-276-3.
Thesis supervision: Prof. Dr. (hp) Giedrė Jankevičiūtė
Graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Noewe Art Foundation
National Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
Mo Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
National M.K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
National Institute for the Graphic Design, Rome, Italy
GRANDS AND AWARDS
2021 Luxembourg Art Prize 3rd place winner, Pinacothèque Museum, Luxembourg
2020 Lithuanian Government Culture and Art Award, given by the Lithuanian government for special merits and a significant contribution to culture and art
2016 Grant Lithuanian Ministry of Culture
2013 Grant Lithuanian Ministry of Culture
2007 Award by Associations of the Lithuanian Art Creators
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Laisvydė Šalčiūtė, Bestiary, curated by Laima Kreivytė, Titanikas Exhibition Halls, Vilnius, Lithuania
2021 Through V. B. perspective: Artworks by Laisvydė Šalčiūtė, MO Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 Coming Out, curated by Peter Assmann and Renata Casarini, La Galleria, Complesso Museale Palazzo Ducale di Mantova, Italy
2019 Melusines Paradise, curated by Laima Kreivytė, gallery Kairė-dešinė, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018 Melodramas, PhDdegree show, In Titanikas Exhibition Halls, Vilnius Art Academy, Lithuania
2017 Propaganda.Transformations of Dreams, Chapelle Saint-Lazare, Angers, France
2017 Melodramas. Melancholy. Melusine, curated by Laima Kreivytė, Gallery „Artifex“, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 (Melo)dramas. Hysteria, curated by Laima Kreivytė, Gallery Kairė-dešinė, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 (Melo)dramas. Diaries of Leda, Gallery Kairė-dešinė, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 Secrets, curated by Laima Kreivytė, Klaipėda Culture Communication Centre, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2012 Orlando. A Biography, Vyner Street Gallery, London
2012 Orlando. A Biography, curated by Laima Kreivytė, Gallery Kairė-dešinė, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 Imperfect Innocence, The Fourth Contemporary Kaunas Art Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania
2011 Laisvydė Šalčiūtė. Exhibition, Gallery Birkenfelds, Riga, Latvia
2010 Intimacy, curated by Laima Kreivytė, Gallery Kairė-dešinė, Vilnius Lithuania
2009 Kunstkamera, Gallery Jarsbo, Aarhus, Denmark
2009 Propaganda, Siauliai Art Gallery, Virus’14, Contemporary Art Festival, Lithuania
2008 Propaganda. Transformations of Dreams, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
2008 Lyrics of Latako Street, Art in Unusual Places, Vilnius European Capital of Culture – 2009
2008 Nudes. Smiling, Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Vilnius Vibes. Art from the Baltic capital, Art Museums Erfurt, Germany
2023 Imagining Ourselves. Self Portraits of Lithuanian Artists from the 19th Centyry to the Present Day, curated by Monika Krikštopaitytė, Vilnius picture Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2022 DUENDE. Contemporary Lithuanian Textile Art, curated by María Ortega, Casa de Vacas, Madrid, Spain
2021 Celebrate for Change, curated by dr. Tomas Pabedinskas and Ugnė Paberžytė, Mo Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2021 (Not)Determine. XVII International Vilnius Painting Triennial, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania
2021 „Women talking”, curated by Jurga Minčinauskienė and kristina Kleponytė, Willa Gallery, Lodz, Poland.
2019 The Sweet Sweat of the Future, cureted by Laima Kreivytė, Jolanta Marcišauskytė-Jurašienė, Ieva Mazūraitė-Novickienė, Eglė Mikalajūnė, Agnė Narušytė, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 Animal – Human – Robot, curated by dr. Erika Grigoravičienė and Ugnė Paberžytė, Mo Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 Recommendation. Culture Communication Centre (KCCC), Klaipėda, Lithuania
2019 PARADE extract, curated by dr. Monika Krikštopaitytė, Lewben Art Foundation, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018 All Art Is About Us, curated by dr. Raminta Jurėnaitė, Mo Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018 Chronometers. Culture Communication Centre (KCCC), Klaipėda, Lithuania
2018 M/AG/MA Body and Words in Italian and Lithuanian Women’s Art from 1965 to the Present, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, Italy.
2017 “M/AG/MA Body and Words in Italian and Lithuanian Women’s Art from 1965 to the Present, NDG, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2016 Art16 London Global Art Fair, Gallery Meno Parkas, Olimpia Exhibition Centre
2016 CECI N’EST PAS UNE MEDUSA, Museum L’Hospitalet, Barselona
2016 16th International Vilnius Painting Triennial, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016 Postidea IV. The War, curated by Laima Kreivytė Gallery Titanic, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016 Postidea IV. The War, curated by Laima Kreivytė KCCC Exhibition Hall, Klaipeda
2015 Art15 London Global Art Fair, Gallery Meno Parkas, Olimpia Exhibition Centre
2013 From Dusk till Dawn. 20 Years of LGBT Freedom in Lithuania, curated by Laima Kreivytė, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 Postidea. The Reconstructive Working, curated by Laima Kreivytė Gallery Titanic, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 Postidea, curated by Laima Kreivytė Gallery Titanic, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 Polemically small, curated by Edward Lucie-Smith, KCCC Exhibition Hall, Klaipeda, Lithuania
2011 Kaunas Biennial TEXTILE’11. Rewind Personal Story, Kaunas, Lithuania
2009 The Space between Things, Cultural magazine project, New York, USA
2009 2nd Lithuanian Contemporary Art Quadrennial, Litexpo, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009 Contexts, Gallery La Xina A.R.T., Barcelona, Spain
2009 The future is here, Gallery Jarsbo, Aarhus Art Festival, Denmark
2009 Rain meets sun, National M.K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
2008 Hello, Galerie im Ganserhaus, Wasserburg, Germany
2008 2nd International Biennial Now Art Now Future. Present Time, Vilnius Contemporary Art Centre, Lithuania
2008 Contemporary Art festival Kaunas in Art: Contexts, Gallery Meno parkas, Kaunas, Lithuania
2008 3rd Lithuanian Biennial of Textile Sign of the City, Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania
Publications by Laisvydė Šalčiūtė
Laisvydė Šalčiūtė, Melodramas. Three Strategies for the Visualization of the Body, Vilnius: Vilnius Art Academy, 2018, ISBN 978-609-447-276-3
Laisvydė Šalčiūtė, Rabbits, in: Šiaurės Atėnai, No. 18, (1274), 15-09-2017
Laisvydė Šalčiūtė, Melodrama is a genre of everyday life, in: Kultūros barai, No. 5, 2016, p. 58-61.
Laisvydė Šalčiūtė, Creativity as a Way of Thinking. The case of Elephantus Furiosus, In: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, No. 79, Vilnius: 2015, p. 187-197.
Laisvydė Šalčiūtė, Learning to Swim in Abusive Beauty, in: Kultūros barai, No. 5, 2015, p. 44-49.
Laisvydė Šalčiūtė, Orlando. A Biography, Vilnius: Vaizdų archyvas, 2013, ISBN 978-609-95539-00
Laisvydė Šalčiūtė, PROPAGANDA. Vilnius: Gallery Vartai, 2009. ISBN 978-9955-800-41-5
Interview, lectures by Laisvydė Šalčiūtė
Interview in portal „15 min“. 2024 11 26
“Laisvydė Šalčiūtė: the world surprises me, and I tell it not only to the audience but also to myself”
2024-11-07 LRT radio interview about the exhibition “Bestiary”. LRT Classics, programme „Ryto Alegro“ 2024 From 15:26 min.
2024-11-09 Šalčiūtė’s interview for LRT radio programme “Culture Week” about her solo exhibition “Bestiary”
2022.01.15 Radio interview. “Culture Week. Let’s sit down and talk. Artist Laisvydė Šalčiūtė”
2021 In International Photography Symposium „Nida. Meeting Photography“ Laisvydė Šalčiūtė gave a lecture “Art through the perspective of appropriation and intervisuality”