Virgilijus Trakimavičius
{{short description|Lithuanian artist}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Virgilijus Trakimavičius
| image = Virgilijus Trakimavičius photo.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|8|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kaunas, Lithuania
| known_for = Graphic Design
| website = {{URL|trakimavicius.com}}
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Virgilijus Trakimavičius (born 1958 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian graphic designer and a professor at the Vilnius Academy of Arts.
Early life and education
Trakimavičius was born August 6, 1958, in Kaunas and attended the Kaunas J. Naujalis School of Arts. In 1983, he graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts, where he studied design.{{Cite news |title=Biography |work=Trakimavičius |url=https://www.trakimavicius.com/biography/ |access-date=2023-11-26}}
Career
In 1994, Trakimavičius began lecturing at the Kaunas Faculty of Design of the Vilnius Academy of Arts. He became a docent in 2003 and a professor in 2013, at which point he became the head of the Kaunas Faculty of Design.{{Cite news |title=Prof. Virgilijus Trakimavičius |language=Lithuanian |work=Vilnius Academy of Arts |url=https://www.vda.lt/lt/studiju_programos/magistranturos-studiju-programos/grafinis-dizainas-1/destytojai/prof-virgilijus-trakimavicius |access-date=2023-11-26}}
Beyond academia, Virgilijus is a paper cutting and a grattage artist.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-24 |title=Paroda "Laiškai Alinai", Modrio Tenisono kūrybos labirintai ir akvarelės kūrinių parodos |language=Lt |work=Lithuanian National Radio and Television |url=https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000305647/kulturos-diena-paroda-laiskai-alinai-modrio-tenisono-kurybos-labirintai-ir-akvareles-kuriniu-parodos |access-date=2023-11-26}}{{Cite news |date=2015-09-14 |title=Klausimas: kur ieškoti miesto angelo? |language=Lt |work=Draugas |url=http://drg.lt/kultura/11998-klausimas-kur-ieskoti-miesto-angelo |access-date=2023-11-26}} His works have been displayed in numerous exhibitions, contests, and art workshops both in Lithuania and abroad.
He is also a member of the International Council of Design, the Lithuanian Graphic Design Association, and the Lithuanian Artists' Association.{{Cite news|url=https://www.archyvas.ldsajunga.lt/Nariai-28049-Virgilijus_Trakimavicius|title= Virgilijus Trakimavičius|work=Lietuvos Dailininkų Sąjunga|access-date=2023-11-26}}
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