Vitalis Čepkauskas
In Lithuania, Vitalis Čepkauskas who works across many different visual media is best known for his work as a sculptor, installation artist, and experimental fashion designer. His artistic practices also include collages, paintings and toys. A considerable part of his body of works is comprised of compositions of used, found or acquired items. Čepkauskas believes that old things carry memories, energy, connections to the past and owners who are long gone. Through their use in his installations, the artist makes them part of the presence and a new narrative based on personal experiences. In his works, the artist reflects over stories inspired by human existence and various existential experiences and explores such topics as memory, temporariness, cycle of life, creative work and authenticity. Masks are among the most significant motifs of the work of Čepkauskas: they serve as a symbol of human identity, vulnerability and duality. The artist’s paintings and collages are characterised by expressive language, contrasts between the high and the popular art, the use of aesthetic elements of Pop Art and Dadaism close to the world-view of the artist.
Born in 1964 in Kėdainiai, Lithuania
Lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Concersation, (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 True Story, V&K Mizgiriai Artist Residency, Nida, Lithuania
2015 Nomad, (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 Conversions/Collection, (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 Time Flow, Photography gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania
2012 Out of Manor and About It, Sliziai manor, Kultuvėnai, Lithuania
2012 Rastai, Artifex gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 Time Flow, Portfolio gallery, Biržai, Lithuania
2010 11, Actus Magnus Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2010 Who are You? Where are You?, Kėdainiai Multicultural centre, Kėdainiai, Lithuania
2009 From Yesterday to Today, Kėdainiai multicultural centre, Kėdainiai, Lithuania
2009 Space, Petkevičaites-Bitės public library, Panevėžys, Lithuania
2008 Sinned Angels, Gallery XX, Panevėžys, Lithuania
2008 To the light, Rutos galerija, Vilnius, Lithuania
2008 Emotional moments, Something unexpected, New York City, USA
2008 Emotional moments, Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago, USA
2008 Emotional moments, Consulate of Lithuania in New York, USA
2006 X-icons, ARTima, Vilnius, Lithuania
2006 Vitalis, Galerie Lefor Openo, Paris, France
2002 Liza, Art-Teritory, Kaunas, Lithuania
2002 Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002 Gallery Alternance, Hardelot, France
2002 Gallery Baroti, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2002 M+T, Kėdainiai culture center, Lithuania
2001 Gallery R.Treger, Paris, France
2001 Galerie Ovadia, Nancy, France
1999 1+1=3, Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
1996 Craft and Folk Art Museum, San-Francisco, USA
1996 Gallery R.Treger, Paris, France
1994 Gallery Šiaurės Atėnai, Vilnius, Lithuania
1994 Gallery Kauno Langas, Kaunas, Lithuania
1994 Galerie Fasade, Paris, France
1994 Le Troisieme Bureau, Paris, France
1994 Lu Paskalo, Paris, France
1994 Galerie st. Charles de Rose, Paris, France
1993 Gallery Šiaurės Atėnai, Vilnius, Lithuania
1993 Gallery Kauno Langas, Kaunas, Lithuania
1991 Gallery Šiaurės Atėnai, Vilnius, Lithuania
Group Exhibitions
2016 Slow down… look, OLIVA CREATIVE FACTORY, Madeira, Portugal 2015 Behind the Scenes, (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 World Ningyo Exhibition, Maruzen Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Born in 1960s…, Billiken gallery,Tokyo, Japan
2011 Kukly Mira, CVZ Manezh, Moscow, Russia
2010 20 ans, Lefor Openo gallery, Paris, France
2010 70 years to Academic Drama Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania
2010 Felt 2010, Artifex gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009 Plainair 2009, Gallery XX, Panevėžys, Lithuania
2009 LT Identity, Portfolio gallery, Biržai, Lithuania
2009 Fiesta, travelling exhibition, various Lithuanian museums and galleries
2008 100% RECUP, La ville d’Aulnay, France
2008 Global Warming Christmas, Something unexpected, New York City, USA
2007 Work security, Artima, Vilnius, Lithuania
2007 Work security, Artima, Ryga, Latvia
2006 Lithuanian Days in Valencia, by Mažoji Galerija, MuVIM, Valencia, Spain
2004 Jewellery in the suitcase, by Lithuanian institute and Meno niša, Trizio Caiti, Bari, Italy
2004 House of J.Baltrušaitis, Moscow, Russia
2003 Art Paris, Karusell de Luvre, Paris, France
2003 Art Paris, Lefor Openo, Paris, France
2003 Life is beautiful, Meno niša, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003 Pax Vobiscum, Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002 Scale, Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002 Soiree cannibale, R.Treger, Paris, France
2002 Gold in Art, Meno niša, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002 Les peintres tournent autour du pot, Lefor Openo, Paris, France
2002 Lineart Gent, Gent, Belgium
2002 Re/forms, by Vartai gallery, Union Nations Palace, Geneva, Switzerland
2002 Fashion days, Hall 4, Luxemburg
2001 Project- the chair, Klaipėda Gallery of the Artists‘ Union, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2001 The Tenth Anniversary of the Vartai gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2001 Jocondisima, Les Zavat’arts de Monna Lisa, Musee d’Art et d’Histoire, Cholet, France
2001 Lithuanian Art, by Vartai gallery, Gallery at the Gildenburg, Peterborough, UK
2001 Episodes, by Vartai gallery, Oscar Wilde Museum, Dublin, Ireland
2001 The Third Austrotel Art Fair, by Vartai gallery, Viena, Austria
2001 Erotica: photography by the artist, by Vartai gallery, Nitra Gallery, Slovakia
2001 Erotica: photography by the artist, by Vartai gallery, Town Gallery, Bratislava
2001 European perspectives, Art Fair, Vartai gallery, Innsbruck, Austria
2001 Miniature Works by Lithuanian Artist, by Vartai gallery, Herning Museum, Denmark
2001 Lithuanian Art, by Vartai gallery, David S.Gordon & Margareth M.Gordon Gallery, London, UK
2001 French Connection, by R.Treger gallery, Diederik Storms, Bellingwolde, Holland
Fashion Shows
2001-2011 Fashion infection (16 collections), Vilnius, Lithuania
2003 Pret-a-porter, Riga, Latvia
2002 Fashion days – expo, Luxemburg