Vitalij Strigunkov (Vitalijus Strigunkovas)

born in Lithuanialives and works in Vilniusvitalijst@gmail.com 

Education

Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, BAVilnius Academy of Arts, MAVilnius Justinas Vienožinskis School of Art

Selected Exhibitions

2024

Incurabile, luogo_e, Bergamo, Italy

2023

Offshore Eyes: Commission, Tech ZIty, Vilnius, Lithuania

2022

Lithuanian Videospritz, Trieste Contemporanea, Trieste, Italy225, VDA Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania

2020

Head With Many Thoughts, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

2019

Rituals of the Contemporary, Cittadellarte, Biella, ItalyXVII c., Autarkia, Vilnius, LithuaniaLoose Ends, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania

2018

CCC, Kulturhauz, Toruń, Poland - Solo exhibitionAV Festival: Meanwhile, what about Socialism? (Part Two), Baltic 39, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

2017

Open lab, Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, ItalyAccreditation, Titanikas Exhibition Halls, Vilnius, Lithuania Decent, Titanikas Exhibition Halls, Vilnius, Lithuania

2016   

Random Rapid Heartbeats, Tallin, EstoniaThe Body of the Letter, Sodu 4, Vilnius, LithuaniaNo Escape For Now, Rupert, Vilnius, LithuaniaXII Baltic Triennial, Dailes teatris, Riga, Latvia

2015   

XII Baltic Triennial, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LithuaniaSubstitution, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania - Solo exhibitionThe Madurodam, Vilnius, Lithuania

2014   

Cosmic Odyssey, VDA DIC Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania

2013   

Art Cells, VDA DIC Titanikas, Vilnius, LithuaniaInfo Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

2012   

And Thanks for All the Fish, WDKA, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsThe Madurodam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Solo exhibitionPassport, Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas, LithuaniaPassport, Vilnius Graphic Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

2011  

International workshop: Signs of Vilnius, Town Hall, Vilnius, LithuaniaYoung painters to Justinas Vienožinskis, Rokiškis Region Museum,  Rokiškis, Lithuania   Cuttery, Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania

Residencies

2021

Home Workspace 2021 program (open year), Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon

2020

Alserkal Arts Foundation, Dubai, UAE

2019

UNIDEE – University of ideas at Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, ItalyRituals of the Contemporary. Curated by Fiamma Montezemolo

2018

Kulturhauz, Toruń, PolandDepartment of Alternative Tourism

2017

UNIDEE – University of ideas at Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, ItalyTrauma & Revival: Contemporary Encounters. Cultural relations between Eastern and Western Europe.Kim?, Riga, LatviaTrauma & Revival: Contemporary Encounters. Cultural relations between Eastern and Western Europe.

2016

Rupert, Educational Program, Vilnius, Lithuania

2015

UNIDEE – University of Ideas at Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, ItalyRecipe for a Stone Soup: How to Let Time Cook Us All. Precedures for Conversational Practice in Contemporary Art. Curated by Monica Narula ( Raqs Media Collective) and Rasmus Nielsen (Superflex)                          

Awards

2019

Fondazione Zegna residency grant

2011  

The Justinas Vienožinskis prize