Matas Janušonis (b. 1994)
Lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania

 

Education: 

2019   Vilnius Academy of Arts, MA in Sculpture, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017   Vilnius Academy of Arts, BA in Sculpture, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015   Erasmus+ programme, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

Awards, scholarships:

2018   JCDecaux Prize 2018 for young artists winner. Lithuania
2015   Elena Urbaityte scholarship, Lithuanian National Foundation (USA)

 

Artworks acquired by:

MOCAK – Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow. Poland
Lewben Art Foundation. Lithuania
Private collections – Lithuania

 

Solo exhibitions:

2021   Electric Shepherd. Gallery Meno Niša, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019   Backyard. Gallery Meno Niša, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017   Flat Belt. Gallery SHCH, Vilnius, Lithuania

 

Art fairs:

2022  Viennacontemporary. International contemporary art fair, Vienna, Austria
2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015  ArtVilnius. International contemporary art fair, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020   POSITIONS Berlin. International contemporary art fair, Berlin, Germany
2019, 2018    Viennacontemporary. International contemporary art fair, Vienna, Austria
2017    YIA #09. International contemporary art fair, Brussels, Belgium
2017    YIA Paris #11. International contemporary art fair, Paris, France

 

Group exhibitions:

2019   GURRGUTIS | Installations & Objects. Gallery Meno Niša, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018   JCDecaux Prize 2018, young artists exhibition. Contemporary Art Centre,
Vilnius, Lithuania
2018   Kitaip neišeina. Gallery POST, Kaunas, Lithuania
2018   < 35. Gallery TSEKH, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018   Mobile exhibition of contemporary sculptures by Lithuanian artists Vakarop. Gallery
(AV17), Southwest Lithuania
2017   Awakening of the Consoler. Culture Night programme, Church of the Blessed Virgin
Mary of Consolation, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017   Coincidence. Gallery (AV17), Vilnius, Lithuania
2016   Mind the object 3. Gallery POST, Kaunas, Lithuania
2016   8. Gallery (AV17), Vilnius, Lithuania