Artist, jeweller, curator, researcher
PhD candidate in Design (Fine Arts), Vilnius Academy of Arts
Education
2024–present — PhD in Design (Fine Arts), Vilnius Academy of Arts
2005–2007 — MA in Design, Vilnius Academy of Arts
2000–2004 — BA in Design (Jewelry & Blacksmithing), Department of Metal Design, Telšiai Faculty, Vilnius Academy of Arts
Academic & Professional Positions
2023–present — Head of Metal Art & Jewelry Study Program
2018–present — Associate Professor
2012–2017 — Lecturer, Palanga Rehabilitation Hospital (Jewelry education program adapted for people with mobility disabilities)
2017–2025 — Chair, Klaipėda Section of Lithuanian Artists’ Association
2018–2026 — Director, Klaipėda Gallery (Klaipėda Artists’ Fund)
2011–present — Member of BA & MA thesis committees, reviewer and opponent, Vilnius Academy of Arts
2011–present — Lecturer (BA Metal Art & Jewelry; MA Applied Art), Vilnius Academy of Arts, Telšiai Faculty
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026 — POV, Klaipėda Culture Communication Centre Exhibition Hall, Klaipėda
2023 — Procese, Panevėžys City Art Gallery
2022 — Prussian Blue, Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Palanga Amber Museum
2022 — OMG, VAA Telšiai Gallery
2021 — WTF, Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas
2020 — Documents, Klaipėda Book Fair / I. Simonaitytė Library
2019 — In Gold We Trust, Klaipėda Culture Communication Centre
Selected Group Exhibitions & Festivals (Selection)
2026 — ALL IN, Munich Jewelry Week, Munich
2025 — UNCERTAINTY. A Tribute to Kadri Mälk, Telšiai
2025 — Kompo(s)tas ir detritas, Titanikas Exhibition Hall, Vilnius
2025 — Jewels and Minds in the Spirit of Frédéric Chopin, The Chopin Manor, Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland
2025 — SMCK ON REEL, Munich Jewelry Week
2024 — VII International Metal Art Biennial METALOfonas, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius
2024 — X International Enamel Art Biennial (Vilnius / Tallinn / Sigulda / Panevėžys)
2024 — ArtVilnius’24
2024 — IX World Samogitian Art Exhibition, Plungė
2023 — LTQ’23: Lithuanian Contemporary Art Quadriennial
2023 — SMCK ON REEL (Munich / Romania editions)
2023 — TheATRUM International Theatre Festival
2023 — Munich Jewelry Week
2022 — VI International Metal Art Biennial METALOfonas
2022 — 9th International Enamel Art Biennial
2022 — ArtVilnius
2021 — ArtVilnius
2021 — UFNA International Art Triennial
Curatorial Projects (Selection)
2024 — Anatolijus Klemencovas: The Beginning, Klaipėda
2023 — Fact Form’23 / Connections, Klaipėda
2023 — Land/Body/Jewellery, residency & exhibition, Nida Art Colony
2023 — Algirdas Bosas: The Swimmer, Klaipėda
2022 — LandJewelry, Klaipėda
2019 — Amberoom, Klaipėda
2018–2024 — Western Winds, Klaipėda Artists’ Association exhibitions
Residencies & International Mobility
2024 — Culture Moves Europe, Lisbon (Wearable Poetry, with Rosana Lukauskaitė)
2024 — Munich Jewelry Week
2024 — 60th Venice Biennale (Erasmus+)
2023 — Munich Jewelry Week
2022 — 59th Venice Biennale
2021 — 17th Venice Architecture Biennale
2019 — Art Colony Cered, Hungary (Erasmus+)
2013 — Munich Academy of Fine Arts / Inhorgenta Munich
2013 — Leonardo da Vinci Mobility Program, Portugal
Awards & Recognition
2025 — SMCK Magazine Award for Innovation, Munich Jewelry Week
2025 — SMCK ON REEL Audience Award (Wearable Poetry, with Rosana Lukauskaitė)
2020 — Selected among Top 25 Readymade Artworks of the Year, Klimt02
2017 — Diploma for Conceptual Work, 7th Enamel Art Biennial, Vilnius
2012 — Laureate, 6th World Samogitian Art Exhibition (Medal for Innovation)
Grants
2025 — Lithuanian Council for Culture Grant
2020 — Lithuanian Council for Culture Grant
Memberships
Since 2020 — Member, Klimt02 Contemporary Jewelry Platform
Since 2018 — Member, LATGA
Since 2013 — Member, Lithuanian Artists’ Association
Since 2012 — Member, Klaipėda Goldsmith Guild
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