Algis Kasparavičius
Sculptor, installation artist. The works by Algis Kasparavičius are based on a philosophical and multi-layered approach to different topics which are usually centred around the inner world of an individual, modern society and ritualistic practices of the modern man. When creating installations for exhibition spaces, Kasparavičius often stages situations with elements of a detective story, manipulating images instantly recognisable by the audience as well as time and space itself. Full of inner tension, objects created by Kasparavičius are no longer part of the natural state; they thrive surrounded by past and future events, and the viewer is offered an opportunity to experience the state of being caught between reality and illusion. Another group of works by Kasparavičius – art interventions in public spaces – is defined by social content and performativity. Sometimes, these objects are accompanied by various interactions, making the work of art a part of performance or creating conditions for the viewer to take on a role of an active or passive participant of the life of artwork. Multi-layered works devoid of any logical solution often require the audience to look deeper and engage in active reflection.
Born in 1975, Lazdijai, Lithuania
Lives and works in Lazdijai
Education
2005 Master’s degree in sculpture Vilnius Academy of Arts
2003 Bachelor’s degree in sculpture, Vilnius Academy of Arts
1996 Designing engineer, Kaunas Technology College
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Sudden Memories, Tauragė region museum Santaka, Tauragė, Lithuania
2019 Sodas, CSW.AS gallery/Museum Okregowe Suwalki, Poland
2018 Distances and Destinations, Imago Mundi exhibition “Join the Dots/Unire le distanze/Identity and Otherness”, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, Italy
2015 Sculpture sypmposium Theatre, Suwałki, Poland
2015 Distances and Destination, Si:said gallery, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2015 Mozart's Detective Thriller: The Real Requiem instaliation, Church of St. Catherine, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 Ways Out (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 Ex Oriente Lux, Antanas Moncys museum- gallery, Palanga, Lithuania
2014 Night of Museums, sculpture installation, Benas Sarka performance, Antanas Moncys musem – gallery, Palanga, Lithuania
2013 After myself, St. John Street gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2007 Hofer Podium Junge kunst Europas Gefangenes Blau, Hof, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2024 POSITIONS art fair, Berlin, Germany
2021 Waiting, Kudros park, Vilnius
2021 FACT-FORM The international form art festival, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2020 ARTVILNIUS’20, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020 Now. Elsewhere, project of (AV17) gallery, Vilkaviškis-Alytus-Prienai, Lithuania
2019 ArtVilnius'19, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 Infusion, Kelmė-Telšiai-Mažeikiai, Lithuania
2018 Lithuania:Loving Art is Art, Imago Mundi exhibition “Join the Dots/Unire le distanze”, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, Italy
2017 International art project Pillars of Freedom, Lithuania, Europe
2017 Sculpture symposium Teatr, Suwalki, Poland
2017 Personal Structures/Open Borders, exhibition in the context of the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Mora,Venice, Italy
2017 International art project 10 x 12, gallery “Meno parkas”, Kaunas, Lithuania/Italy
2017 Imago Mundi, Lucian Benetton collection, Italy
2016 Exhibition 417 km/art, (AV17) gallery, Rokiškis-Ignalina-Kupiškis, Lithuania
2016 Palanga's fairy-tale park, sculpture The wolf casts a teardrop, Palanga, Lithuania
2016 Exhibition Pigeons are a lot in Ukmergė, Holy Trinity Church, Ukmergė, Lithuania
2016 Sculpture symposium, Pigeons are a lot in Ukmergė, Ukmergė, Lithuania
2016 The Path, ArtVilnius'16, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016 Exhibition Backstage, (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 Exhibition 7 objects, (AV17) gallery, Visaginas-Švenčionėliai-Šalčininkai, Lithuania
2015 Sculpture symposium Teatr, Suwalki, Poland
2015 POSITIONS art fair, Meno Nisa Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2014/15 Sculptors read Donelaitis, Parliament of Republic of Lithuania, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
2014 Ex Oriene Lux, Antanas Moncys museum- gallery, Palanga, Lithuania
2014 Night of Museums, sculpture installation, Benas Sarka performance, Antanas Moncys musem – gallery, Palanga, Lithuania
2014 The Path, ArtVilnius’14 , Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 Exhibition of Antanas Moncys and lithuanian sculptors New and tradition, CONVERSATION and Benas Sarka performance, Silkeborg Art Centre, Silkeborg, Denmark
2013 The Path, ArtVilnius’13, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 Young artists of Lithuania Synchronization, Y gallery, Minsk, Belarus
2013 After myself, St. John Street gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012/13 International exhibition Angels, J. Monkute- Marks museum- gallery, Kėdainai, Lithuania
2012 The dedicated sculpture to Saulius Tomas Kodrotas at Writers street, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 The 5th Lithuanian Textile Art Biennial I Me Mine, J.Monkute- Marks museum- gallery, Kėdainai, Lithuania
2012 The Path, ArtVilnius’12, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 The 5th Lithuanian Textile Art Biennial I Me Mine, gallery “Arka”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 Art Takes Times Squer, New York, USA
2012 Florence Design Week, Designdautore.com exposhow, Florence, Italy
2011/12 1 Gramme Gold, Meno Nisa Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 OSCE'18, Global- Local Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 VIRUS'16, Contemporary Art Festival , Šiauliai, Lithuania
2011 Sculpture symposium HBH sculpture park, Zibininkai, Lithuania
2011 International exhibition Droga do Milosza, Embassy of Republic of Lithuania, Warsaw, Poland
2011 The Path, ArtVilnius'11, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 International Plein Air and Exhibition Az do Zrodel, Nowogrod, Lomza, Poland
2009/10 International Plein Air and Exhibition Co Kochamy, Lomza, Bialystok, Ciechanonow, Poland
2008 Sculpture simposium Oak Alley, Smalininkai, Lithuania
2006 Space, Plain, Body, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
2006 Eccentric Object, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 Slow Motion, Klaipėda Art Exhibition Hall, Lithuania
2004 Biennal of Textile Art Self Comes First Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003 Veistoksia vareissa, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Dreams – Factory, Riga, Latvia
2003 Here welcome, Contemporary Art Centre of Vilnius, Lithuania
Scholarships/Awards
2015 National grant for art and culture creators
2012 National grant for art and culture creators
2003 Vilnius Academy of Arts Award for the Best Work of the Year