Meet The Artist

Aiste Ramunaite

Artists statement

Name: Aiste Ramunaite
Age: 50
Date of Birth: 14.03.1957
Nationality: Lithuanian
Languages: Lithuanian, English, Russian, Polish


C.V.

Education and Awards

1975 - 1977 Naujalio School of Arts, Kaunas, Lithuania
1977 - 1983 Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania
1983 Diploma in graphic art and art teaching
1983 – 1985 Post graduate course in Lithography & Etching, Senege, Moscow, Russia
1990 Grant of Lippe district, Schwalenberg, Gerrnany
1993 Diploma, Biennale Baltisk graphic Nu, Falu, Sweden
1999 Granted status of Teaching Expert by Lithuanian Education Department
Member of Lithuanian artists union from 1990
Shareholder in Grafiken House, Manefred, Sweden since 1997

Work Experience

1983 - 1985 Kauno Stepo Zuko Applied Art Technik - teaching position
1987 - 1990 Publishing House, Sviesa - printer/designer
1990 – 2000 Art School - teaching position (13-17 yr olds)
1997 – 1999 Kauno Art Academy - teaching position (degree Course)


Personal Exhibitions

1987 Kounas Artistic Society Centre
1992 Kounas Artistic Society Centre
1993 Graphic Art for Getnuda, The Contemporary Arts Centre, Vilnius
1995 “Graphic about Birth” Kaunas Picture Gallery
1996 Graphic works on paper, Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin
1997 “40 Minds about Disappearance”, art gallery Kauno longas, Kaunas
“Second Floors” Panevezys
“Stiffed Time Ornaments” Vartai gallery, Vilnius
1998 “Polite forms graphic” Kaunas Picture Gallery
“Mystery of cosmos dusk”, art gallery Kauno longas, Kaunas
“Graphic Art” Kunstverein Rintein, Niedersachsen, Germany
1999 “Zone of Loneliness” art gallery Naujieji Skliautai
2000 “Graphic about the colour yellow” German Embassy, Vilnius
“White", Lithuanian Embassy, London
2002 “Bufferfly Room”, “Green” Swains Lane Gallery, London
2003 “Secret Garden” Swains Lane Gallery, London


Selected Group Exhibitions

1983 Graphic Art Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
1984 Graphic Art Exhibition, Vilnius
1985 Young Artist Exhibition, Moscow, Russia
1986 Senege Art Work Camp, Moscow, Russia
1987 Art of Today, 2nd International Exhibition, Budapest Art Gallery, Hungary
Small Forums Graphic Art, Riga art gallery, Latvia
Lithuanian Art Exhibition, Salzburg, Austria
1989 8th Tallinn Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
1991 Grafika Litewska, Gallery No 4, Krakow, Poland
Lithuanian Art Exhibition, Ronneby Cultural Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
Artists Exhibition, IHK Exhibition Centre, Detmold, Germany
International Graphic Exhibition, Uatalpa gallery, Nikobig Falster, Denmark
1992 9th Tallinn Graphic Triennale, Tallinn Exhibition Centre, Estonia
1993 International Book Exhibition, The Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
Graphic Art Biennale of Baltic States, Stiftefen Dalamas Musueum, Falu, Sweden
1994 Modem Uthuanian Graphic Ad! Cultural Centre Recoleta^2 Buenos Aires, Argentina
1995 Estampe '95, The Contemporary Arts Centre, Vilnius
Lithunanian Arts '95, The Contemporary Arts Centre, Vilnius
10th Tallinn Triennale, Tallinn, Estonia
2nd Intematfonal Small Forms of Graphic Art Biennale, Leskovac, Yugoslavia
Graphic Art Exhibition, Middlesex University, London, UK
Art Multiple '95, Messe, Duseldorf, Germany
Graphic Art, Gotland, Sweden
1996 16th Mini Print International Cadogues, Spain
1997 “Blue, Blue”, Egles gallery, Kaunas
“Painting and work on papers”, Berlin, Germany
First International hand-made book exhibition, Kaire-Deslne gallery, Vilnius
“Grafiken Hus”, exposition Mariefred, Sweden
Graphic art, Kaire-Desine gallery, Vilnius
Mini Print Exhibition, Vartai gallery, Vilnius
1998 “Works on Papers”, Kaunas Picture Gallery
17th Mini Print International~ Cadogues, Spain
XI Tallinn Grafik Triennale, Tallinn, Estonia
Biennale “Labyrinth” Prague, the Czech Republic
1999 9th Biennale de la gravure de Sarcelles, Paris, France
“Vartams-8”, Vartai gallery, Vilnius
2002 Kristianstad Museum, Sweden
2002-2007 Various works - Smudge Gallery, Parllax Gallery, Perrins Gallery,
Untitled Gallery, London

Grants

1986 Young artist grant, Senege, Russia
1991 Grant of Lippe district, Schwalenberg, Germany
1994 - 95 State Grant of Highest Degree, Lithuania
1998 - 99 State Grant of Highest Degree, Lithuania

Collections

Kaunas M.K. Ciurlionis State Museum of Art
Lithuanian State Museum of Art
The Contemporary Arts Centre, Vilnius
Private Collections in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Denmark, France
Roche Bobois, Pans, France
Grafikens Hus Manefred

Publications

Work shown in over 50 publications in various art magazines (including H&H).
Listed in Outstanding People of 20~ Century, first Edition 2000 Baltic Art Network
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