MONIKA FURMANA (b. 1978)
Lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania
http://monikafurmana.com

Education

2016 Ph.D. in painting, theory, and practice, Vilnius Art Academy, Lithuania
2010 M.A. Vilnius Art Academy, Department of Painting
2008 B.A. Vilnius Art Academy, Department of Painting
Member of the Lithuanian Artist’s Union since 2011

Grants

2014 Lithuanian Ministry of Education Grant for artistic and scholarly achievement

Art Fairs

As part of Meno Nisa display at:
2019, 2018 Vienna Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
2019-2009 ArtVilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania
As part of ARTBOX display at:
2018 Armory Art Week, New York
2017 Art Basel, Switzerland
2013 Huntenkunst 2013, Netherlands

Solo Exhibitions

2019  “Mechanical Soul”, Gallery Meno Nisa, Vilnius
2018 “Eat Myself, Drink Myself”, Gallery Meno Nisa, Vilnius
2016 “TAKITA”, Exhibition Halls Titanikas, Vilnius
2014 “Fuck identity. It’s all about sex.”, Academy Gallery, Vilnius
2013 “A Woman’s Identity”, Mariehamn, Finland
2012 “Back to the future”, Academy Gallery, Vilnius
2011 “Sin and Redemption”, Kairė-dešinė Gallery, Vilnius
2010 “Monologues”, Mariehamn, Finland
2009 “Gravitation”, Academy Gallery, Vilnius

Main Group Exhibitions

2019  “Back to the Future”, Gallery Meno Nisa, Vilnius
2018 “MOnikos”, Gallery Meno Nisa, Vilnius
2018 “Armory Artweeks New York”, Gallery ARTBOX, New York
2017 “Bazel Art Fair”, Gallery ARTBOX, Switzerland
2017 “Lithuania Now”, Gallery Debut Contemporary, London
2017 “Vernissage”, Duisburg, Germany
2013   International figurative painting competition “Figurativas ’13”, The European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain
2013 Vilnius International Painting Triennial, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 Group exhibition “Valley of the Moon”, Cagliari, Italy
2012 Lithuanian Artist’s Union group exhibition, Salzburg, Austria
2012 Video festival “Points of Perspective”, Lodz, Poland