Vytenis Jankūnas
{{Short description|Lithuanian-American artist}}
Vytenis Jankūnas is a Lithuanian-American artist living and working in New York City. His work consists of photographs, paintings and mixed media works.
Biography
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"J 2 Manhattan #004A" by Vytenis Jankūnas. C-print, or silver gelatin RC print on photo paper. © 2015 Vytenis Jankūnas.
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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 Arts, previously State Art Institute of Lithuania, in Vilnius (Lithuania). Vytenis Jankūnas became an assistant professor at State Art Institute of Lithuania, where he taught Studio Drawing. 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,”{{Cite book|title = Aujourd'hui les baltes : Art contemporain d'Estonie, Lettonie, Lituanie|publisher = Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts|date = 1970-01-01|location = Paris|isbn = 9782909711010|first1 = Michel|last1 = Nuridsany|first2 = Association Dialogue Entre Les|last2 = Cultures}} École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (France); “Bread and Salt,” Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester (UK); “The Memory of Images. Baltic Photo Art Today,”{{Cite book|title = Das Gedächtnis der Bilder: baltische Photokunst heute = The Memory of images : Baltic photo art today|url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30018669|publisher = Nieswand Verlag|date = 1993-01-01|location = Kiel|isbn = 392604859X|language = German|first1 = Barbara|last1 = Straka|first2 = Knut|last2 = Nievers|first3 = Germany)|last3 = Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof (Kiel|last4 = Kunsthalle Rostock|first5 = Latvia)|last5 = Latvija (Exhibition hall : Rīga|last6 = Ars Baltica| oclc=30018669 }} 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”{{Cite web |title=Vytenis Jankūnas. Stuck on the Train |url=https://cac.lt/en/exhibition/vytenis-jankunas-stuck-on-the-train/ |access-date=2016-01-21 |website=Contemporary Art Center}} at Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius (Lithuania), which was his second solo show in CAC Vilnius. He has been a recipient of the Fellowship award in the category of Painting[https://s3.amazonaws.com/NYFA_WebAssets/Pictures/6b2ad3f7-2970-4032-9d75-d886c72943cd.pdf 985-2013] 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{{Cite web|title = SUOMENLINNA {{!}} HIAP|url = http://www.hiap.fi/suomenlinna|website = www.hiap.fi|access-date = 2016-01-29}}), Helsinki (Finland) and grant of the Nordic Information Office, Vilnius (Lithuania). 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).
Exhibitions
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Vytenis Jankūnas – Stuck on the Train / Pakeleivis – Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius – 2015, exhibition installation view. Photo: Vytenis Jankūnas. © 2015 Vytenis Jankūnas
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= Personal shows =
- 2024 – “800 Portraits of the People I Don’t Know,” SLA Art Space, New York City (USA).
- 2021 – “Nocturnal Creatures / Dance With Me,”{{Cite web |title=Past - Exhibitions - Lietuvos fotomenininkų sąjunga |url=https://www.photography.lt/en/exhibitions/buvusios/p5/nocturnal-creatures-dance-zj64.html |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=www.photography.lt}} Prospekto Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania).
- 2017 – “Stories from J 2 Manhattan,”{{Cite web |title=Vytenis Jankunas: Stories from J 2 Manhattan |url=https://undercurrent.nyc/vytenis-jankunas |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Undercurrent |language=en-US}} Undercurrent, New York City (USA).
- 2016 – “Rongis kin / Stuck on the Train,”{{Cite web|url=http://vytenisjankunas.com/stuck-on-the-train/|title=Stuck on the Train|website=VYTENIS JANKŪNAS|access-date=2016-12-01}} Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn (Estonia); “Stuck on the Train,”{{Cite web |title=Photographic Exhibit: Vytenis Jankunas – Delegation of the European Union to the United States |url=https://vytenisjankunas.com/news/european-union-dc-show |access-date=2016-01-22 |website=Delegation of the European Union to the United States |language=en-US}} Delegation of the European Union to the US, Washington, D.C. (USA); “Stuck on the Train,” Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania in New York (USA).
- 2015 – “Stuck on the Train / Pakeleivis,” Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania); “Stuck on the Train,” Embassy of Lithuania in Washington, D.C. (USA).
- 2001 – “Where is My Fuckin’ Experience,”{{Cite web|title = Solo and Group Shows|url = http://vytenisjankunas.com/group-shows/|website = VYTENIS JANKŪNAS|access-date = 2016-02-04}} Courthouse Gallery in Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY (USA); “Recent Prints,” Gallery Kairė Dešnė, Vilnius (Lithuania).
- 1994 – “Bricks,”{{Cite web|title = Vytenis Jankunas|url = http://www.cac.lt/en/exhibitions/past/94/659|website = Contemporary Art Center|access-date = 2016-01-29}} Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania).
- 1993 – “Pictures,” Gallery Arka (Lithuania).
- 1992 – Gallery Arka, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue.
- 1991 – Gallery Bokšto, Vilnius (Lithuania); Gallery Langas, Vilnius (Lithuania).
= Selected group shows =
2023/24 – “Try to make it real. But compared to what?: Contemporary Art from Lithuania,”{{Cite web |title="Try to make it real. But compared to what?: Contemporary Art from Lithuania" |url=https://en.mocak.pl/try-to-make-it-real-but-compared-to-what-contemporary-art-from-lithuania |website=Mocak}} MOCAK (Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow). Krakow (Poland). 2022 – “Parallel Time,”{{Cite web |title=Exhibition "Parallel Time" at Vytautas Kasiulis Museum of Art |url=https://noewefoundation.com/news/paroda-paralelinis-laikas-en-us/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Noewe Foundation}} Vytautas Kasiulis Museum of Art. Vilnius (Lithuania). 2022 – “Collecting Hits.{{Cite web |title="Collecting Hits. Artworks and Soundtracks From the Collection of the Lewben Art Foundation" at Klaipėda Cultural Communication Center |url=https://noewefoundation.com/news/kolekcionuojant-hitus-kuriniai-ir-garso-takeliai-is-lewben-art-foundation-kolekcijos-kkkc-en-us/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Noewe Foundation}} Artworks and Soundtracks From the Collection of the Lewben Art Foundation,” Klaipėda Cultural Communication Center. Klaipėda (Lithuania). 2020 – “Living in The Negative Space” at the “Art Vilnius'20” Special Projects program. Vilnius (Lithuania). 2019 – “In Other Places II,” Kaunas Photography Gallery. Kaunas (Lithuania). 2018 – “In Other Places II,” Prospekto Gallery. Vilnius (Lithuania). 2017 – “J 2 Manhattan & Back 24-7-365 in HD” at the “Art Vilnius '17” Special Projects program. Vilnius (Lithuania);{{Cite news|url=http://www.artvilnius.com/participants|title=PARTICIPANTS – International Contemporary Art Fair|work=International Contemporary Art Fair|access-date=2017-11-08|language=en-US}} “From Realism to the Object. Lithuanian World Art in the Collection of the Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation."{{Cite web|url=http://lewbenart.com/news/paroda-nuo-realizmo-iki-objekto-pasaulio-lietuviu-menas-lietuvos-iseivijos-dailes-fondo-kolekcijoje-vilniuje-en-us/|title=Exhibition "From Realism to the Object. Lithuanian World Art in the Collection of the Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation" in Vilnius|website=Lewben Art Foundation|access-date=2017-05-08}}{{Cite news|url=http://echogonewrong.com/photo-reportage-collection-of-the-lithuanian-expatriate-art-foundation/|title='From Realism to the Object. Lithuanian World Art in the Collection of the Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation' at the Vytautas Kasiulis Art Museum|date=2017-05-24|work=Echo Gone Wrong|access-date=2017-11-08|language=en-GB}} Vytautas Kasiulis Art Museum, Vilnius (Lithuania). 2016 – FestArte Video Art Festival "Global Migration." ON ART Space in Testaccio, Rome (Italy); "Random Rapid Heartbeats. Selected projects from the CAC Vilnius programme."{{Cite news|url=http://www.cac.lt/en/exhibitions/current/8479|title=Random Rapid Heartbeats. Selected projects from the CAC Vilnius programme|newspaper=Contemporary Art Center|access-date=2016-10-27}} Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (Estonia), Catalogue; “From Realism to the Object. Lithuanian World Art in the Collection of the Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation.{{Cite web|url=http://artnews.lt/lietuvos-iseivijos-dailes-fondo-paroda-nuo-realizmo-iki-objekto-pasaulio-lietuviu-menas-lietuvos-iseivijos-dailes-fondo-kolekcijoje-m-zilinsko-dailes-galerijoje/|title=Lietuvos išeivijos dailės fondo paroda "Nuo realizmo iki objekto" M. Žilinsko dailės galerijoje – artnews.lt|date=2016-04-08|website=artnews.lt|language=lt-LT|access-date=2016-04-26}}" M. Žilinskas Art Gallery of M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, Kaunas (Lithuania). 2012 – “Occupy!,”{{Cite web|title = ArtSlant – August 18th, 2012 – September 30th, 2012, Governors Island, Group Show|url = http://www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/232660-occupy-from-international-center-of-photography|website = ArtSlant|access-date = 2016-01-21}} Governor's Galleries on Governors Island, New York, NY (USA). 2010 – “Independent Drawing Gig Nr 6,{{Cite web|title = Independent Drawing Gig NR. 6|url = http://idgnr6.blogspot.com/|website = idgnr6.blogspot.com|access-date = 2016-01-21}}” Fluxus ministerija, Vilnius (Lithuania). 2008 – “Independent Drawing Gig Nr 4,”{{Cite web|title = Independent Drawing Gig NR.4|url = http://idgnr4.blogspot.com/|website = idgnr4.blogspot.com|access-date = 2016-01-21}} Artbreak Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (USA). 2007 – “Independent Drawing Gig Nr 3,”{{Cite web|title = Independent Drawing Gig NR.3|url = http://idgnr3.blogspot.com/|website = idgnr3.blogspot.com|access-date = 2016-01-21}} Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatyves, the Hague (Netherlands). 2006 – “101.3 KM – Competition and Cooperation,”{{Cite web|title = 101.3 KM: competition and cooperation|url = http://www.cac.lt/en/exhibitions/past/06/1315|website = Contemporary Art Center|access-date = 2016-01-21}} Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue. 2006 – “Naujos Kaukes,”{{Cite web|title = Tarptautinė vizualiųjų menų paroda "Naujos kaukės" (Kauno paveikslų galerija)|url = http://www.muziejai.lt/prev_vers/kaunas/KPG_naujos_kaukes2006.htm|website = www.muziejai.lt|access-date = 2016-01-21}} 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,{{Cite web|title = Tallinn Print Triennial|url = http://www.triennial.ee/history/|website = Tallinn Print Triennial|access-date = 2016-01-21}} Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (Estonia), Catalogue. 2000 – “Painterly,” The 11th Vilnius Painting Triennial,{{Cite web|title = Tapybiška. 11-oji Vilniaus tapybos trienalė|url = http://www.cac.lt/lt/exhibitions/past/00/1608|website = Šiuolaikinio meno centras|access-date = 2016-01-21}} Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue; “Tradition and Future,” Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania), Catalogue. 1999 – “Lithuanian Art 1989-1999: The Ten Years,”{{Cite web|title = LITHUANIAN ART 1989 – 1999: THE TEN YEARS|url = http://www.cac.lt/en/exhibitions/past/99/1675|website = Contemporary Art Center|access-date = 2016-01-21}} 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;{{Cite web|title = Aujourd'hui les baltes : Art contemporain d'Estonie, Lettonie, Lituanie – Nuridsany, Michel|url = http://www.bibliotheques-clermontcommunaute.net/s/id_clerco_I268467.html|website = www.bibliotheques-clermontcommunaute.net|access-date = 2016-01-21}} “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).
Selected bibliography
[https://vytenisjankunas.com/dance-with-me Dance With Me].{{Cite web |title=Photography book "Dance With Me" by Vytenis Jankūnas |url=https://noewefoundation.com/leidiniai-en-us/vytenio-jankuno-fotografiju-albumas-dance-with-me-en-us/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Noewe Foundation}} Book concept and photography by Vytenis Jankūnas, [https://noewefoundation.com Noewe Foundation] (former Lewben Art Foundation), Vilnius 2021. Readdressed 2. Lithuanian and Litvak Graphics, Sculpture, Photography, Contemporary Art in the Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation. [https://noewefoundation.com Noewe Foundation] (former Lewben Art Foundation), Vilnius 2017.
Collections and Works in Public Areas
[https://noewefoundation.com Noewe Foundation] (former Lewben Art Foundation),{{Cite web |title=Vytenis Jankūnas - NoeweFoundation.com |url=https://collection.noewefoundation.com/artist/jankunas-vytenis-99159843/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=collection.noewefoundation.com}} Vilnius (Lithuania); Modern Art Center (MMC),{{Cite web|url=http://www.mmcentras.lt/autoriai/vytenis-jankunas/78351|title=Vytenis Jankūnas|website=www.mmcentras.lt|access-date=2016-05-09}} 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 US, Germany, Sweden, Hong Kong, France and Canada.
External links
- [http://vytenisjankunas.com VYTENIS JANKŪNAS - PHOTOGRAPHY + ART IN GENERAL personal web site]
- [http://vytenisjankunas.com/news/2016/conversation-with-vytenis-jankunas “The Essential Mission of the Photographer – to See” A conversation with Vytenis Jankūnas by Julija Fomina]
- [http://literaturairmenas.lt/2017-01-06-nr-3598/3698-pokalbiai/5699-vytenis-jankunas-i-situacijas-ziuriu-kaip-i-meno-kurinius Vytenis Jankūnas: „Į situacijas žiūriu kaip į meno kūrinius“ - Interview for the Literatūra ir Menas magazine] {{in lang|lt}}
- [http://artnews.lt/pagrindine-fotografo-misija-pamatyti-pokalbis-su-vyteniu-jankunu-32725 Art News] [http://artnews.lt/pagrindine-fotografo-misija-pamatyti-pokalbis-su-vyteniu-jankunu-32725 Interview: „Pagrindinė fotografo misija – pamatyti.“ Pokalbis su Vyteniu Jankūnu] {{in lang|lt}}
- [http://kultura.lrytas.lt/daile/lietuvis-paspende-laiko-spastus-niujorko-metro-keleiviams.htm "Lietuvis paspendė laiko spąstus Niujorko metro keleiviams" - Interview (Lietuvos rytas)] {{in lang|lt}}
- [http://iq.lt/kultura/erdves-ikaitai "Erdvės įkaitai" - Interview (IQ Magazine)] {{in lang|lt}}
- [http://www.cac.lt/en/exhibitions/past/15/7761 Vytenis Jankūnas. Stuck on the Train. Contemporary Art Centre (Vilnius)]
- [http://www.cac.lt/lt/exhibitions/past/94/658 Vytenis Jankūnas. Plytos. Contemporary Art Centre (Vilnius)]
- [http://www.mmcentras.lt/autoriai/vytenis-jankunas/78351 Vytenis Jankūnas in Modern Art Center Collection (Vilnius)] {{in lang|lt}}
- [http://daile.lt/artist/jankunas-vytenis-99159843/ Vytenis Jankūnas in Lewben Art Foundation Collection (Vilnius)]
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