Rimantas Milkintas
Sculptor and installation artist whose work is distinguished by a combination of characteristic minimalist aesthetics and kinetic plasticity. Due to focus on the significant form of a work of art and its material properties, creations of the artist are often compared to those of Lithuanian and foreign classics of modernism. However, in continuing the tradition of modern sculpture, especially minimalist aesthetics, Milkintas also successfully develops strategies of postmodern art and the language of conceptualism. Deliberate revelation of structures and creation of the effect of apparent motion in the space allow the viewer to easily recognise the touch of Milkintas. In his sculpture compositions characterised by the tension between polarities, the artist juxtaposes physical properties of volumes such as flexibility, sturdiness, softness or fragility with individual experience, and often expresses the meaning behind his work through materials.
Born in 1977, Šilalė, Lithuania
Lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania
Since 2006 has been teaching drawing and sculpture at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, faculty of Architecture, at the School of Young Architects.
Works as a teacher at Vilnius Justinas Vienožinskis art school.
Education
2003-2005 Vilnius Academy of Fine Art, Master’s degree in sculpture
1999-2003 Vilnius Academy of Fine Art, Bachelor’s degree in sculpture
1995-1999 Telšiai Art School, sculpture studies, Telšiai, Lithuania
Solo exhibitions
2022 Diagram of time, Anykščiai art incubator, Anykščiai, Lithuania
2022 Inserts, Šiauliai art gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania
2021 Milkintas’ Exercises, Klaipėda Culture Communication Cente, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2020 1 mm makes a difference, (AV17) Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020 Connections to the Present, Telšiai Gallery of VAA, Telšiai, Lithuania
2018 HEA240, K29 business centre, Vilnius
2017 Almost noon, (AV17) Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 ArtVilnius’15, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 X, POST gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
2013 Connection, Antanas Mončys museum, Palanga, Lithuania
2012 Joist, St. Jono Street Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 2, (AV17) Gallery,Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 Ruch, National Sopot Gallery, Sopot, Poland
Group exhibitions
2022 Recollections, Užutrakis mansion, Lithuania
2021 Positions Berlin Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
2021 Place of incident, gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania
2021 Waiting, Kudros park, Vilnius
2020 State, Pakruojis Castle Park-Panemune Castle, Lithuania
2020 The Break, Chaimas Frenkelis villa, Šiauliai, Lithuania
2020 Now. Elsewhere, Vilkaviškis-Alytus-Prienai, Lithuania
2019Visits, Scholarly Communication and Information Centre of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 ArtVilnius’19, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 Infusion, Kelmė-Telšiai-Mažeikiai, Lithuania
2019 Embedded memory, Quadrennial’19, KCCC, Klaipeda, Lithuania
2017 The Belt and Road, Qingdao sculpture gallery, China
2017 Chadows 2, St. Jono street gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 ArtVilnius‘17, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 My story, Pamėnkalnio gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 Way to omega, gallery Meno niša, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016 Exchange ROCKELMANN &, Berlin, Germany
2016 417 km/art, contemporary sculpture exhibition in east Lithuania, Rokiškis, Ignalina, Kupiškis
2016 Positions Berlin Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
2016 Path, ArtVilnius‘16, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016 Behind the Scenes, (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 7 objects, Visaginas, Švenčionėliai, Šalčininkai, Lithuania
2015 Art Market Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2015 ArtVilnius’15, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 Everything is Correct: 220, exhibition hall Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 New and Tradition, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark
2012 Casanovas Traum, Werkstattgalerie, Berlin, Germany
2012 Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2012: Anatomy of Integration, the Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, Latvia
2012 Path, ArtVilnius‘12, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 Baltic Art III, Werkstattgalerie, Berlin, Germany
2011 Virus‘16, Contemporary art festival, Šiauliai Art Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania
2011 Human factor, Klaipėda Culture Communication Center, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2011 ArtVilnius‘11, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 Sculpture of the year 2010, St. Jono Street Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2010 From 1793 to 2009, Exhibition Hall Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania
2010 Sculpture of the year 2009, St. Jono Street Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009 ArtVilnius’09, Vilnius, Lithuania
2008 Vilnius Art Scene After 2000, The Arsenals of the LNMA, Ryga, Latvia
2007 Agorafolly Inside, La Centrale electrique, Brussels, Belgium
2007 Agorafolly Outside, Place de I’Eglise de la Madeleine, Brussels, Belgium
2006 Selfobjects, Museums of the Radvilas Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
2006 Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro Concorso Internazionale per Giovani Scultori, Milan, Italy
2006 Eccentric Objects, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 Post Crossroad, Kurtuvėnai, Lithuania
2005 The Exhibition of The Best Bachelors and Masters Artworks, Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 Slow Motion, Art Exhibitions House of Klaipėda, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2004 Freedom of speech. I’m a human, Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania
2004 Tetrahedron, Marl, Germany
2003 Veistoksia vareissa, Helsinki Art Academy, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Station Art, Vilnius Bus Station, Lithuania
2003 Here welcome, Contemporary Art Center,Vilnius, Lithuania
2003 The exhibition for Vilnius Art Academy sculpture departament students, Sapnu Fabrika, Ryga, Latvia
2003 16th of Febrauary, Užupis Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002 Sk-t.t, Martynas Mažvydas National Library, Vilnius, Lithuania
Artworks in public space
2020 Over Three Days, Vilnius
2015 Marker VII, Graužai burial ground, Šilalės dist., Lithuania
2014 Marker VI, Šlynakiemis, Poland
2013 Roja magnet, Roja, Latvia
2011 F#, Žibininkai, Kretinga dist., Lithuania
2010 Dialogue, Ikškile, Latvia
2010 HBH cocoon, Žibininkai, Kretinga dist., Lithuania
2008 Border, Smalininkai, Jurbarkas dist., Lithuania
2007 Balance, Brussels
2007 Without Roots, Smalininkai, Jurbarkas dist., Lithuania
2004 Direction, Marl, Germany
1999 Sleeping, Telšiai, Lithuania
Awards/Grants
2020 Golden Insignian of the LAA for active creation of sculptures and installations for public spaces
2017, 2014 Individual State Stipendium of the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture for Art and Culture creators
2013 The status of Lithuanian art creator
2011 Award for the best sculptural object, ArtVilnius‘11
2011 Grant awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania
2007 Grant awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania
2006 III award Foundation Arnaldo Pomodoro
2005 NORD/LB Bank award