Algis Griškevičius was born in 1954 in Vilnius. He graduated from the Lithuanian State Art Institute (now Vilnius Academy of Arts) in 1985. Algis worked as an assistant artist at the Vilnius Opera and Ballet Theatre in 1976-1980 and senior scene-painter at the Vilnius Youth Theatre in 1980-1990. He joined the Lithu anian Artists’ Association in 1988. The artist has been exhibiting his works since 1986. Girškevičius has had 45 solo shows and participated in more than 80 group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad.

WORKS IN:

painting, sculpture, photography, poster art, book illustration and stage design.

WORKS ACQUIRED BY:

Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania

M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania

Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania

Ethnographic Museum of Alytus, Lithuania

State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

His works have been bought by private collectors in various countries.