Vytenis Jankūnas

Biography

Vytenis Jankūnas (born in 1961 in Kaunas, Lithuania) graduated from the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art in Vilnius (Lithuania). He received his MFA and BFA from Vilnius Academy of Art, previously State Art Institute of Lithuania, in Vilnius (Lithuania) in 1985. In 1987 Vytenis Jankūnas became an assistant professor at State Art Institute of Lithuania, where he taught until 1991. Vytenis Jankūnas is a visual artist who has shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally, including “Buying time: Nourishing Excellence” at Sotheby’s New Galleries in New York City; “Aujourdh’ui les Baltes,” École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (France); “Bread and Salt,” Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester (UK); “The Memory of Images. Baltic Photo Art Today,” Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel (Germany); Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock (Germany); Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga (Latvia); Exhibition Hall Nikolaj, Copenhagen (Denmark). Recent exhibits include one-man show “Stuck on the Train / Pakeleivis” at Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius (Lithuania), which was his second solo show in CAC Vilnius. He has been a recipient of the year 2000 Fellowship award in the category of Painting from the New York Foundation for the Arts (Gregory Millard Fellowship), New York City (USA). Vytenis Jankūnas was awarded a residency at Nordic Arts Centre (HIAP), Helsinki (Finland) and grant of the Nordic Information Office, Vilnius (Lithuania) in 1995. He has also received the grant of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Vilnius (Lithuania) and The Annual State Grant for Young Artists provided by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius (Lithuania).

Personal Shows

Selected Group Shows

2016 – FestArte Video Art Festival "Global Migration." ON ART Space in Testaccio, Rome (Italy); "Random Rapid Heartbeats. Selected projects from the CAC Vilnius programme." Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (Estonia), Catalogue; “From Realism to the Object. Lithuanian World Art in the Collection of the Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation." M. Žilinskas Art Gallery of M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, Kaunas (Lithuania). 2012 – “Occupy!,” Governor’s Galleries on Governors Island, New York, NY (USA). 2010 – “Independent Drawing Gig Nr 6,” Fluxus ministerija, Vilnius (Lithuania). 2008 – “Independent Drawing Gig Nr 4,” Artbreak Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (USA). 2007 – “Independent Drawing Gig Nr 3,” Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatyves, the Hague (Netherlands). 2006 – “101.3 KM – Competition and Cooperation,” Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue. 2006 – “Naujos Kaukes,” Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania). 2002 – “City Spotting”, Gallery Arteritorija, Kaunas (Lithuania); “Jazzy Print,” M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, Kaunas (Lithuania), Catalogue. 2001 – “Buying time: Nourishing Excellence,” Sotheby’s New Galleries, New York (USA), Catalogue; “Traditionen I Dag,” Väsby Kontshall, (Sweden), Catalogue; “Mutating Image,” 12th Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (Estonia), Catalogue. 2000 – “Painterly,” The 11th Vilnius Painting Triennial, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue; “Tradition and Future,” Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue. 1999 – “Lithuanian Art 1989-1999: The Ten Years,” Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue. 1998 – “From Outside to the Side,” Kloster Bentlage, Rheine; Villa Weiner, Ochtrup (Germany), Catalogue. 1996 – “Bread and Salt,” Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester (Great Britain), Catalogue. 1995 – “Bread and Salt,” Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh (Great Britain), Catalogue; “Lithuanian Art: 1995,” Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue. 1994 – “Order of Presence,” MUUry Gallery, Helsinki (Finland); Gallery Jutempus, Vilnius (Lithuania); “Bread and Salt,” Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue; “The Memory of Images. Baltic Photo Art Today”, The State Academy of Fine Arts, Gdansk (Poland); Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania); Berlinische Galerie – Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (Germany), Catalogue. 1993 – “Aujourd'hui les baltes,” École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (France), Catalogue; “Art MIF-93,” Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow (Russia), Catalogue. 1993 – 9th Vilnius Triennial of Painting, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue; “The Memory of Images. Baltic Photo Art Today,” Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel (Germany); Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock (Germany); Exhibition Hall Latvija, Riga (Latvia); Exhibition Hall Nikolaj, Copenhagen (Denmark), Catalogue. 1992 – “False Art,” Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania); 1st Exhibition of “Group 1,” Gallery Arka, Vilnius (Lithuania); 2nd Exhibition of “Group 1,” Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania); “Pornography,” Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania); “New Wild,” Oriental Arts Center Ltd., Hong Kong; “Paintings on Paper,” IFA, Schwerinsches Palais, Berlin (Germany), Catalogue. 1989 – National Exhibition of Young Lithuanian Artists, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania); “Young Lithuanian Artists,” Szentendre Gallery, Szentendre (Hungary), Catalogue. 1988 – 4th Exhibition of Young Baltic Artists “Youth 88,” Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue. 1989 – National Art Exhibition, Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius (Lithuania). 1987 – National Exhibition of Young Lithuanian Artists, Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue. 1986 – National Exhibition of Young Lithuanian Artists, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania).

Collections and Works in Public Areas

Lewben Art Foundation, Vilnius (Lithuania); Modern Art Center (MMC), Vilnius (Lithuania); National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (Lithuania); M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, Kaunas (Lithuania); Sculpture Park of City Klaipėda, Smiltynė / Klaipėda (Lithuania); Public Building in Druskininkai (Lithuania); State Cemetery, Vilnius (Lithuania); City of Vilnius (Lithuania); Private collections in USA, Germany, Sweden, Hong Kong, France and Canada.