Tauras Kensminas
The young-generation Lithuanian sculptor and installation artist. For Kensminas, sculpture is a non-verbal way of telling a complex, multi-layered story. The thematic content for the works is created in an attempt to materialise difficult-to-describe situations, internal experiences, and the effects of different social and cultural contexts. In his work, sculptor Tauras Kensminas often looks for aesthetical links between civilisation and nature, simultaneously questioning the consequences of industrialisation and humanity’s imperialistic ambitions. By analysing the concept of changing time and the clash between the past and the future, the artist is seeking both personal and global awareness. His installations pieced together from individual elements like a puzzle stimulate the imagination without imposing a single correct interpretation of the work of art. Expanding the boundaries of an artistic object’s perception and its experience, the sculptor does not cling onto identical materials, while the abstract structures that he creates – which can sometimes also acquire concrete shapes – invite the viewer to submerge themselves in their intuitive cognition.
Born in 1991 in Vilnius, Lithuania
Lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania
Education
2014–2016 Vilnius Academy of Arts, Master’s degree in sculpture
2010–2014 Vilnius Academy of Arts, Bachelor’s degree in sculpture
2002–2010 National M. K. Čiurlionis school of arts
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Camp, Trakų Vokė Manor, Vilnius
2021 Critical Line, (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2021 Big Water, Kreatoriumas, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018 Levitation, (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 Elsewhere, (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 Triangulation, 5 Mills gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 Between, (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
Group Exhibitions
2021 Waiting, Kudros park, Vilnius
2021 POP UP show Pylimo st., Vilnius, Lithuania
2020 Tradition and Change, VAA exhibition hall Titanic, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020 Back to the Nature, symposium, Saravinci Kingdom, Sarališkiai, Lithuania
2020 State, Pakruojis Castle Park-Panemune Castle, Lithuania
2020 The Break, Chaimas Frenkelis villa, Šiauliai, Lithuania
2020 Now. Elsewhere, Vilkaviškis-Alytus-Prienai, Lithuania
2019 Visible – Invisible Me, Trakų Vokė, Lithuania
2019 Art festival Zemlika, Durbe, Latvia
2019 Visits, Planetarium of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 Meetings, St. Johns' street gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 EmEm art festival and exhibition, Trakų Vokė, Lithuania
2019 Gurrrgutis, Gallery Meno niša, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 Infusion, Kelmė-Telšiai-Mažeikiai, Lithuania
2019 Visitation, Polish sculpture center, Oronsko, Poland
2018 ArtVerona Art Fair, Verona, Italy
2018 To the West, Šilutė-Šilalė-Gelgaudiškis, Lithuania
2018 Art festival Zemlika, Durbe, Latvia
2017 ArtVilnius‘17 Art Fair, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 Project RAMINTOJA: art warehouse, Culture night 2017, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016 Behind the scenes, (AV17) galerija, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016 Faith, gallery Titanic, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016 Young Poor Artists Show, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 7 Objects, Visaginas-Švenčionėliai-Šalčininkai, Lithuania
2015 ArtVilnius‘15 Art Fair, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 Reminiscence, Gallery A, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 Triangulation, 5 Mills gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 Art cells‘ 14, gallery Titanic, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 ArtVilnius' 13 Art Fair, Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 Vibe Fabric, Kaunas, Lithuania
2012 Sculpture, Akademija gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2010 Collective exhibition of National M. K. Čiurlionis school of arts, fine art department 50 th Anniversary
Grants
2020 Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania state scholarship for creators of art and culture
2018 Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania state scholarship for creators of art and culture
2013 Lithuanian Foundation (USA), the grant of Elena Urbaitytė