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Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė

Is one of the most prominent artists of contemporary Lithuanian textiles, she is a well-known creator in the international art arena. The artist has graduated from textile studies and obtained a VAA Art Licentiate degree. The original thinking and the author's technique of creating artworks brought Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė wide international recognition of her work.

Biografía y obra de la artista lituana Severij Inčirauskaitė Kriaunevičienė
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She has received many awards (in 2020, the Lithuanian Government’s Prize for Culture and Arts was awarded to her for an important contribution to the field of Lithuanian culture and art), and is constantly invited to participate in international contemporary art exhibitions and present her art pieces at international conferences. Her creations have been acquired by the most important museums of art and design. Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė has exhibited her artistic work alongside such well-known names as Andy Warhol, Joseph Boys, Jeff Koons, Erwin Wurm, Marina Abromovich, Damien Hirst, Jenny Holzer, Banksy and others.

Bio

Severija Inčirauskaitė - Kriaunevičienė is also a curator of exhibitions and projects as well as a compiler of publications. From 2009 to 2019, she headed the Artifex Textile Gallery of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, which significantly contributed to the formation of the Lithuanian art field.

Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė shares her creative experience with young creators. Since 2005, she has been teaching students at the Department of Textiles of the Vilnius Academy of Arts (in 2016, she was promoted to Associate Professor). From 2020 - head of VAA Department of Textiles Art and Design. She is often invited to share her creative and pedagogical experience at such institutions as Kingston University (London), Royal College of Art (London), École des Arts Decoratifs (Paris), Academy of Design and Crafts / University of Gothenburg HDK (Sweden), Chinese Academy of Arts (Hangzhou, China), Estonian Academy of Arts (Tallinn) and Latvian Academy of Arts (Riga). Since 2018, she has been a member of the European largest textile network ETN (European Textile Network).

Awards

2020 Lithuanian Government’s Culture and Art Prize for merits to Lithuanian culture and art.
2017 Finalis of international Luxembourg Art Prize 2017 competition.
2016 Installation "Kill for Peace" awarded as the best installation of Contemporary Art Fair "ArtVilnius'16 ".
2016 Main award of the competition Good Lithuanian Design 2016.
2015 Gold Badge of the Lithuanian Artists' Union.
2014 Main award of the competition Good Lithuanian Design 2014.
2014 Bronze medal of the International Fiber Art Exhibition From Luasanne to Beijing. Beijing, China.
2008 First award of the Textiles Biennial City Signs. „Arka“ gallery Vilnius.
2003 Special award of the exhibition The Right and the Wrong Side. Kaunas Art Biennial.
2003 3rd VAA award for MA dissertation.
1999 VAA professor emeritus Antanas Tamošaitis's 2nd award.

Works in Museum collections

Object Objects for Comparison (2009) acquired by Museum of Sacred Art, Anykščiai (Lithuania) in 2020; Installation Donald Bubble Gum (2016) acquired by MO museum (Lithuania) in 2020; Installation Kill for Peace (2016) acquired by Musdienu Makslas Centrs /Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art in 2016; Installation (part) A Path Strewn With Roses (2008) acquired by Röhsska Museum for Arts, Crafts, Design and Fashion, Gothenburg, (Sweden) in 2016; Object Light Bucket Challenge (2010) acquired by New Walk Museum, part of  Leicester Arts and Museums Service, Leicester (UK) in 2015; Object Every Stick has Two Ends (2012) acquired by Les Musees de la civillisation, Quebec (Canada) in 2013; Object Daily Bread Give to As Today... (2009) acquired by Les Musees de la civillisation, Quebec (Canada) in 2013.

Private collections

2022. Art object Timeless Fragility in Mr. George Dreszer private collection (JAV). 2022. Installation Spring is in the Air in private “Lewben Art Foundation” collection (Lithuania); Part of installation Sports at Home from 2022 in private collection (Lithuania); Object With Love from... from 2018 in private collection (Ukraine); Installation Tourist’s Delight from 2017 in private collections (Ukraine-France, Lithuania); Object After Party from 2013 in private collection (USA); Object Rococo from 2007 in private collection (USA); Separate objects from collection Life is Beautiful are in private collections (Lithuania, Armenia); Separate objects from collection Autumn Collection are in private collections (Germany); Separate objects from collection A Path Strewn With Roses (3parts) are in private collections (Lithuania, French); Separate object from collection Between City and Country is in private collection (USA); Object Morning Trio from 2014 is in private collection (UK); Object Greed from 2012 is in private collection (United Arab Emirates); 2 objects from collection Sunflowers from 2010 are in private collections (Germany, UK).

Solo exhibitions

2021 Donaldo nuotykiai . MO museum, Vilnius. 2021.06.02-11.14
2018 With Love from... exhibition space „Titanic“ of Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius.
2016. 11. 07 Donaldo nuotykiai / Donald Bubble Gum. Trivium Gallery, Vilnius.
2016 Kūrybos pristatymas. Sakralinio meno centras, Anykščiai.
2015 Daily Bread Give As Today.... Expo Milano 2015, Milano, Italy.
2014 Unravellings. VAA Textile Gallery Artifex, Vilnius.
2013/14 Unravellings. Satellite exhibition of the Kaunas Art Bienniea UNITEXT. Kaunas Picture Gallery, National Museum of M.K. Čiurlionis.
2012 Autumn Harvest. SamogitiART Gallery, Telšiai.
2011 Connected by the Past. Hop gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2010 Extraordinary Routine. Part of the Thomas Mann festival. Virginija and Kazimieras Mizgiris' Artists' House, Nida.
2008 Installation A Path Strewn With Roses in the framework of the project Art in Unexpected Spaces (part of the Vilnius – European Capital of Culture programme) Vilnius.
2008 A Path Strewn With Roses. VAA Textile Gallery Artifex, Vilnius.
2007 3 + 3. Young Art From Three Countries. Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop, Ahrenshoop, Germany.
2007 3 + 3. Young Art From Three Countries. Ystad Art Museum, Ystad, Sweden.
2007 A Path Strewn With Roses. Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas.
2007 Soft View. Šiauliai University's Art Gallery, Šiauliai.
2005 Beauty Must Live. Academija Gallery, Vilnius.
2005–2006 Greetings on... Vartai Gallery, Vilnius.
2004 Softly About Football. Klaipėda Gallery, Klaipėda.
2004 Softly About Football. Exhibited during the live broadcast of the European Football Championship's finals. Vilnius concert and sports hall, Vilnius.
2003 Softly About Football. Lithuanian Football Federation's event, Forum Palace, Vilnius.
2002 Skin. Akademija Gallery, Vilnius.

Art fairs

2022 International Contemporary Art Fair "ArtVilnius'22". Vilnius. Lithuania.
2021 International Contemporary Art Fair "ArtVilnius'21". Vilnius. Lithuania.
2019 International Contemporary Art Fair "ArtVilnius'19". Vilnius. Lithuania.
2018 International Contemporary Art Fair “Kyiv Art Week 18" Kyiv Art Week” at project “Užupis: Responsibility for Freedem” (curator Kostiantyn Doroshenko). Ukraine. Kiev.
2018 International Contemporary Art Fair "ArtVilnius'18". Vilnius. Lithuania.
2017 International Contemporary Art Fair "ArtVilnius'17". Vilnius. Lithuania.
2016 International Contemporary Art Fair "ArtVilnius'16 ". Vilnius. Lithuania. (Installation "Kill for Peace" was awarded as the best installation of the fair).
2015 International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects COLLECT. 2015. Saatchi Gallery, London, UK. (Art experts noted Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė as one of the most important authors of the fair.)
2015 International Design Biennial Saint-Etienne. Saint-Etienne, France.
2014 Nordic interior design fair FORMEX. Stockholm, Sweden.
2013 International applied art fair Craft Show. Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia, USA.
2009 International Gallery Fair 6th Berliner Kunstsalon. Berlin, Germany. (Featured by Kunstraum Richard Sorge Gallery).
2009 Crafts fair Creativa. Messe Westfalenhallen Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.