Rūta Katiliūtė (b. 1944)

Resides and works in Vilnius, Lithuania

 

Education:

1962–1968 Department of Painting, Lithuanian State Art Institute (today Vilnius Academy of Arts), by specializing in stained glass arts.

 

Grants and awards:

2016   Lithuania’s National Culture and Arts Prize. Lithuania
2001   State Scholarship for Artists. Lithuania
1996   Grant of Golart–Stiftung and Culture Department of Munich. Munich, Germany
1995–1996   State Scholarship for Artists. Lithuania
1994   Grant of Pollock-Krasner Foundation. USA
1993   Grant of the Culture Department of Dusseldorf. Dusseldorf, Germany
1989   Scholarship of Gastatelier des Kustlerhauses. Salzburg, Austria

 

Artworks acquired by:

Lithuanian State Museum. Vilnius, Lithuania
National Gallery of Art. Vilnius, Lithuania
M.K.Čiurlionis State Art Museum. Kaunas, Lithuania
MO Museum. Vilnius, Lithuania
European Parliament. Brussels, Belgium
Tretjakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia
Salustowicz Gallery. Bielefeld, Germany
Private collectors in Lithuania, Germany, Finland, USA, Austria, Italy, Norway, Turkey, France, United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden.

 

Selected solo exhibitions:

2021   Something Happened. Together with National culture and arts prize winner Vladimir Tarasov. Meno Niša Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
2018   Synonims. Māksla XO Gallery. Rīga, Latvia
2016   Nebulosity, Meno Niša Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
2015   Light Studio, Kaliningrad Exhibition Hall. Kaliningrad, Russia
2013   Paintings. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. Vilnius, Lithuania
2012   De-fragmentation. Vilnius Academy of Arts exhibition Halls Titanikas. Vilnius, Lithuania
2006   Minimum. Meno Niša Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
2005   Sky territory. Meno Niša Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
2004   Rūta Katiliūtė. Gallery Brockstedt. Berlin, Germany
2003   White Shadows. Meno Niša Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
2001-2002   Painting. Šiauliai Art Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
2000   Baroti Gallery. Klaipėda, Lithuania
1999   Variable Clouds. Vartai Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
1997   Egle‘s Gallery. Kaunas, Lithuania
1997   Embassy of Germany. Vilnius, Lithuania
1996   Darkening Blue. Lithuania Aidas Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
1996   Signs of Light. M. K. Čiurlionis’ House. Vilnius, Lithuania
1996   Golart-Stiftung Studio. Munich, Germany
1994   Tallinn Art Hall. Tallinn, Estonia
1994   Langas Gallery. Kaunas, Lithuania
1994   Vartai Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
1991   Galerie im Hof. Essen/Werden, Germany
1991   Kolonna Gallery. Rīga, Latvia
1991   Contemporary Art Centre. Vilnius, Lithuania
1990   Arka Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
1990   Salustowicz Gallery. Bielefeld, Germany
1990   Art Exhibition Palace. Vilnius, Lithuania

 

Selected art fairs:

2022  ArtVilnius’22. International Contemporary Art Fair. Vilnius, Lithuania
2022  POSITIONS Berlin. International Contemporary Art Fair. Berlin, Germany
2020  POSITIONS Berlin. International Contemporary Art Fair. Berlin, Germany
2019   ArtVilnius’19. International Contemporary Art Fair. Vilnius, Lithuania
2019   Viennacontemporary. International Contemporary Art Fair. Vienna, Austria
2018   ArtVerona. International Contemporary Art Fair. Verona, Italy
2017   Viennacontemporary. International Contemporary Art Fair. Vilnius, Lithuania
2017   ArtVilnius’17. International Contemporary Art Fair. Vilnius, Lithuania
2016   ArtVilnius’16. International Contemporary Art Fair. Vilnius, Lithuania
2016   YIA Brussells. International Contemporary Art Fair. Brussels, Belgium
2015   POSITIONS Berlin. International Contemporary Art Fair. Berlin, Germany
2013   ArtVilnius’13. International Contemporary Art Fair. Vilnius, Lithuania
2009   ArtVilnius’09. International Contemporary Art Fair. Vilnius, Lithuania
1991   Art Jonction International. International Art Fair. Nice, France

 

Selected group exhibitions

2015   Graphic Art Exhibition Sprout. Kunstkamera. Vilnius, Lithuania
2015   Nox Lunaris Nox Perfekta. Nocturne. Kunstkamera. Vilnius, Lithuania
2013   15th Vilnius Painting Triennial Painting Painting Contexts. Contemporary Art Center. Vilnius, Lithuania
2013   Huntenkunst 2013. Ulft, Netherlands
2012   Gallery Antonia. Rīga, Latvia
2011   Global-local Lithuania. ESBO 2011, Litexpo. Vilnius, Lithuania
2010   Imaginary Stories. Užutrakis palace. Trakai, Lithuania
2009   Blue. Savickas Art Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
2009   Independent stories. Berlaymont-European Commission. Brussel, Belgium
2009   Exhibition Abstraction and Expressionism: Two Traditions Of Vilnius painting 1960 – 2009. Arka Gallery and Gallery Meno Niša. Vilnius, Lithuania
2007-2008   Experiment. XX-XXI century. Lithuanian art exhibition. Lithuanian National Museum of Art, museum of the Radvilas Palace. Vilnius, Lithuania
2007   7 words. International exhibition. M.K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum. Kaunas, Lithuania
2007   Ikars of Freedom. Liuthuanian and Polish painters in Soldin. Soldin, Poland
2005   New Horizons. Zollervein exhibition halls. Essen, Germany
2005   Dialogue. Lithuanian painting exhibition. Tbilisi, Georgia
2005   Reality in X Abstract. Šiauliai Art Gallery. Šiauliai, Lithuania
2004   The Biggest Gallery in the New Municipality Atrium. Vilnius, Lithuania
2004   Winter Love Gardens. Maldis Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
2004   When I was Young. Children and Youth Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
2004   Ecology 2004. International exhibition. Moscow, Russia
2004   Fluchtlinien. International project. Schloss-Sacrow. Berlin, Germany
2004   Open Art 2004. International exhibition, Town Hall Gallery. Munich, Germany
2003-2004   Grosse Kunst Ausstellung NRW. Dusseldorf, Germany
2003   Contemporary Lithuanian Art. Dusseldorf, Germany
2003   To Live Better isn’t Forbidden. Meno Niša Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
2002   Collection 2002. Paintings. Šiauliai, Lithuania
2002   Gold in Art. Meno Niša Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania
2001-2002   Attitude of Mind and Imagination. M. Žilinskas Art Gallery. Kaunas, Lithuania
2001-2002   Grosse Kunst Ausstellung NRW. Dusseldorf, Germany
2000   Baltic Art. National Art Club. New York, USA
2000   Gallery of European Parlament. Brussels, Belgium
1999   Lithuanian art 1989-1999. Contemporary Art Centre. Vilnius, Lithuania
1998   Exhibition of Works by R. Katiliūtė and M. Jankus. Art Gallery. Kalliningrad, Russia
1998   International plein-air festival Myth. Nida, Lithuania
1998   International Symposium of Earth Art. Moscow, Russia
1998   8th Anniversairy of Vartai Gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania.
1997   Blue. Eglė Painting and Graphic Art Gallery. Kaunas, Lithuania
1997   Europe Today. 5 Lithuanian Artists from Vilnius. Galerie im Margarethenhof, NRW Dusseldorf Kunstpalast. Dusseldorf, Germany
1996   Personal Time, Art of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 1945-1996. Zacheta Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zamek Ujazdowski Contemporary Centre. Warsaw, Poland
1996   Manezh Central Exhibition Hall. St. Petersburg, Russia
1995   International Plein-air Festival Sign. Nida, Lithuania
1995   Horizone Line. Castle of Pomeranian Dukes. Szczecin, Poland
1994   Exhibition of Lithuanian Painters. Nancy, France
1994   Paintings. Bochum University. Bochum, Germany
1993   Drawings. City Library. Ronne, Denmark
1993   Gastatelier des Kunstlerhauses. Dusseldorf, Germany
1993   International Plein-air Festival Light. Nida, Lithuania
1992-1993   Litausche Malerei auf Papier. Schwerinisches Palais. Berlin, Germany
1992   Exhibitions of Group 1. Vilnius, Kaunas, Lithuania
1991   Im Kamf um die Unabhangigkeit-Kunstler aus dem Balticum. East-European Art Centre. Cologne, Germany
1991   Kunst Europa 91. Oldenburg, Germany
1990   Kunst des Umbruchs-Baltische Kunstler. Salustowicz Gallery. Bielefeld, Germany
1990   Apocalypse and Faith: Contemporary Art in Lithuania. University Museum of Art and Culture, Marburg; Lippisches Landesmuseum. Detmold, Germany
1990   8 Painters from Lithuania. F 15 Gallery, Moss, Norway, and Gallery 3. Stockholm, Sweden