Biography

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NAME: SIGITAS STANIUNAS
DATE OF BIRTH: 04/30/1965

Lithuania, tel.       +370 688 324 81
e-mail address:     staniunas@hotmail.com
Internet address:  www.sigitasart.com

EXHIBITIONS:    
2018 December
2018 May
2017 November
2016 October
2016 August
2015 August
2015 June
2014 September
2014 September
2013 June
2013 February
2012 August
2012 April
2011 June
2010 December
2010 January
2009 November
2009 October
2009 July
2009 May
2009 January
2008 August
2008 June
2008 May
2008 April
2007 October
2007 June
2007 May
2006 October
2006 September
2006 May
2006 March
2006 February
2006 January
2005 August
2005 July
2004 September
2004 May
2004 March
2003 Oct.-Nov.
2003 July
2003 March
2002 December
2002 October
2002 May
2001 Nov.-Dec.
2001 October
2001 March – April
2000 December
2000 June
2000 April
1999 December
1997 April – May
1995 July – Oct.
1995 May
1995 April
1995 April
1995 March-April
1992 Sept.
  Painting exhibition „ Guards of Harmony river” Klaipėda Drama Theatre, Lithuania.Painting exhibition „ Notes of Glades“ Parko gallery  Kaunas, Lithuania
Painting exibition „Sonets of the secret Sea“ Arka gallery Vilnius, Lihuania
Painting exhibition paying tribut to P.Smuglevicius Arka gallery Vilnius, Lithuania
Painting exhibition. At Hotel “Prie parko” Palanga, Lithuania
Painting exhibition. Norviliskiu manor. Lithuania
Painting exhibition “Jazzy painting” Baroti gallery , Klaipeda, Lithuania
Painting exhibition. Renavas manor. Lithuania
Painting exhibition ” Door to the see” . Pape, Latvia
Painting exhibition “Birds of Nemirseta” Palanga, Lithuania
Painting exhibition  and music evening with band “Akvarium”. Gallery “Dubovij zal doma kompozitorov”, Moskva, Russia
Painting exhibition. Library Jorge Amado, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Painting exhibition. Gallery Pilies Vilnius, Lithuania
“Distant and Close Sea” – painting exhibition Baroti gallery Klaipeda, Lithuania
Painting exhibition. Gallery “Point 5”, NewYork, USA
“Chi Butterfly” PiaoPiao (A LOT OF PEOPLE GALLERY) Taipei, Taiwan
“Harmony Mask” PiaoPiao (A LOT OF PEOPLE GALLERY) Taipei, Taiwan
“My House is your House” painting exhibition at Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
“October Glades” painting exhibition at Pilies Street Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Harmony Diarama” painting exhibition Kiev, Ukraine“
Distant and Close Sea” – painting exhibition Livadia Palace, Crimea, Ukraine
“Silver Light 2” – project for Vilnius – Cultural Capital of Europe. The Umiastovsky Palace,Vilnius,Lithuania
Project ”Sketch for Blues 2” – The Umiastovsky Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Silver Light” – project for Vilnius – Cultural Capital of Europe. The Umiastovsky Palace, Vilnius Lithuania
Project “Masks of the Reminiscence”. Animaux Gallery ,Roterdam ,Netherlands
Project ”Sketch for Blues 1” . The Umiastovsky Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
Project “The Masks of the Silver Age”, Kiev Art Fair, Kiev, Ukraine
Painting exhibition. Klaipeda Art Exhibition Hall, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Painting exhibition. Vilnius Old Town Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Waltz of Kiev” – painting exhibition. Dom Ukraini, Kiev, Ukraine
“The Sail of the Moon” – painting exhibition. Gallery “Morskaya”, Odessa, Ukraine
“The Sail of the Moon” – painting exhibition. Gallery “ARTima”, Vilnius, Lithuania
Painting Exhibition. Municipality of the 6th district, Paris, France
Painting exhibition. Kio-A-Thau AIR, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Painting exhibition. South Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Painting exhibition. Gallery “SovArt”, Kiev, Ukraine
“The Sea – Distant and Close” – painting exhibition. Gallery “Barotti”, Klaipeda, Lithuania
“The Necklace of Citera” – painting exhibition. Gallery “Ruta”, Vilnius, Lithuania
Baltic Painting Triennial. Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
‘Romantic Mysteries” – painting exhibition. Gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
Painting exhibition. Gora Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Painting exhibition. ArtOmi Int’l Artists’ Colony, New York, USA
“Song of the Rhine Bird” – painting exhibition. Historical Museum, Stein am Rhine, Switzerland
“Reminiscence of the Purple Night” – painting exhibition. French Culture Center, Vilnius, Lith.
“Reminiscence” – painting exhibition. Fort Mont Serrat, Salvador, Brazil
“Among the Shadows” – painting exhibition. Gallery “ARTeritorija”, Kaunas, Lithuania
Painting exhibition. Swedish History Museum, Loviisa, Finland
“Among the Shadows” – painting exhibition. Helsinki Culture Center Kanneltalo, Helsinki, Finland
Int’l painting and installation project “Shul”. Sembilan Gallery, Bali, Indonesia
“Yellow Moon” – painting exhibition. Gallery “Jangva”, Helsinki, Finland
Aalborg Triennial. Painting and installation. Aalborg, Denmark
Painting exhibition. America Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Chemistry of Combustion and Illumination – Structure of Flame” – painting, installation. Cemeti Contemporary Art Center, Yogiakarta, Indonesia
“Observatory” – site-specific art project in collaboration with the Chicago art-group “Walk”. Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Stone Powder Fort York” – international site-specific art project. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
“The Bath House” – site-specific installation project. Lincoln Park, Chicago, USA
“Flotilla” – installation. Chicago River, Chicago, U.S.A.
“Needle” – site-specific installation project. Flat Iron Building, Wicker Park, Chicago, USA
“Pranciskonu 3/6” – site-specific art project. Franciscan Monastery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Vilnius Artillery Bastion” – site-specific art project. Vilnius, Lithuania
     
RESIDENCIES:    
2018
2009
2006
2004
2003
2002
2001
1999
  Artist Residence Valladolid LAWA, Spain
Artist Village Taipei, Taiwan
Artist-in-Residence program, Kio-A-Thau, Taiwan
ArtOmi international residence program, New York, USA
Chrezeturm Residence, Stein-am-Rhine, Switzerland
Sacatar Foundation, Salvador, Brazil
Artist-in-Residence, Loviisa, Finland
Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
     
PERFORMANCES:    
2018 December
2017 October
2017 August
2017 January
2016 November
2016 May
2016 November
2016 November
2016 August
2016 August
2015 December
2014 May
2014 April
2009 November
2009 September
2009 January
2008 August
2008 April
2006 February
2005 December
2005 July
2001 September
2001 March-Apr.
2001 January
2000 October
2000 January
1999 December
1998 October
1998 May
  Art project with P. Kilbauskas and E.Jackaite “Guards of Harmony rive” in Klaipeda Drama Theatre.
Life painting in gallery Arka Vinius, Lithuania.
Art project with P.Kilbauskas ” Boat of dreamers” Akmeneliu manor Pakruojis, Lithuania.
Art project with band “Dym” Moscow, Russia.
Art collaboration evening with E.Izmaylov (Ukrain) in Jazz Cellar 11 Vilnius, Lihuania.
Art collaboration with P.Kilbauskas in OPUS studio LRT, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Life concert and painting evening with E.Jennings in St.Catherine’s Church Vilnius, Lithuania.
Art collaboration evening with V.Butusov dance theater hall Vilnius, Lithuania.
Collaboration evening in Ramybe hall Palanga with P.Vysniauskas and A.Gotesman, Palanga, Lithuania.
Performance “Drumms and roses.3 Graces” Manor Tiskeviciai rose garden, Palanga, Lithuania.
Art collaboration with band “Dengi” (Russia), Bernardinu art studio, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Art collaboration session with band “Akvarium”, Bernardinu art studio, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Art collaboration with Argishty (Armenia) , Bernardinu art studio, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Distant and Close Sea – performance with Paulius Kilbauskas and Jium-Ming, Tzeng TAW, Taipei, Taiwan.
Art collaboration – performance with Paulius Kilbauskas and members of Russian rock group “Akvarium” (St. Petersburg, Russia),at the Umiastovski Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Art collaboration – performance with Paulius Kilbauskas, Dainius Urbanavicius (Rebelheard rock band ,Lithuania).
Project ”Sketch for Blues 2” – The Umiastovsky Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Project ”Sketch for Blues 1” – The Umiastovsky Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Performances. “Dog & Pig” Café, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
“Sale of the Moon” Kio-A-Thau, Taiwan.
Performances. Gallery “Barotti”, Klaipeda, Lithuania.
International performance festival. Odense, Denmark.
International installation and performance project “Shul”, Bali, Indonesia.
“Exit” – international performance festival. Helsinki, Finland.
“Laboratory” – int’l performance project. Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Performances at Pori Contemporary Art Museum, Pori, Finland.
“Elements”. Cemeti Contemporary Art Center, Yogiakarta, Indonesia.
“Left – Right” – international performance project. Vilnius, Lithuania.
“Mediawave” – international visual art project. Vilnius, Lithuania.
     
AWARDS/GRANTS:    
2014
2008
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2002
1999
1998
1997
1995
  Order of the President of Lithuania Grand Cross “For Merits to Lithuania”
Ridder in de Orde van Oranje – Nassau – Award from Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands for the exhibition in Animaux
Gallery in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and developing cultural relationship between Lithuania and the Netherlands
Artist-in-Residence, Bahia, Brazil. Grant by Sacatar Foundation
Artist-in-Residence, Yogiakarta, Indonesia. Grant by UNESCO International Fund for Promotion of Culture (IFPC) and Ford Foundation
Gulliver Connect Award. Visual Art Festival “Mediawave”. Gyor, Hungary
Lithuanian Ministry of Culture grant for int’l site-specific project “Observatory”. Vilnius, Lithuania
Chicago Artist International Program Award. Chicago, USA
     
MEMBERSHIP:    
1999 – present
2007 – present
  Member of Lithuanian Artists Association
Member of Medusa Art Project