Eglė Ridikaitė CV

Born in 1966. Kupiškis, Lithuania
Currently lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania

Education:

1997

MA of painting, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania.

1995

BA of painting. Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania.

1986

Art glass processing. Technical St.Zukas Art College, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Solo Exhibitions

2018

You Came, You Saw, You Left: Cultural Floor. KKKC Exhibition Hall, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

2017

Heritage: Grandma’s Scarfs. Museum of Ethnography. Kupiškis, Lithuania.

2016-2017

You Came, You Saw, You Left: Cultural Floor. Titanikas Exhibition Halls. Vilnius Art Academy, Lithuania.

You Came, You Saw, You Left: Cultural Floor. Artifex gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania.

2015

The Last Meeting. Artifex gallery. Vilnius, Lithuania.

Heritage. Grandma’s Scarfs. Panevėžys Picture Gallery, Lithuania.

Heritage. Grandma’s Scarfs. Gallery Kairė-Dešinė, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2014

Heritage. Grandma’s Scarfs. The Gdansk City Gallery/Gdańska Galeria Miejska, Poland

2011

The painting. 2008-2009. XX Gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania.

2009

Landscapes. Kaunas Picture Gallery, Lithuania.

2007

Persecuting images. Gallery Vartai, Vilnius. Lithuania.

2002

City Library Hall, Marijampolė, Lithuania.

2000

Savickas art gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1999

Gallery Kairė-Dešinė, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Group Exhibitions

2019

The Sweet Sweat of the Future. National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania

EXTENSION.LT: Parallel Narrations. Arsenal, Kremlin, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

EXTENSION.LT: Parallel Narratives. Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Animal – Human – Robot. Mo Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania

Recommendation. Culture Communication Centre (KCCC), Klaipėda, Lithuania

PARADE extract. Lewben Art Foundation, Vilnius, Lithuania

2018

All Art Is About Us. Mo Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania

Chronometers. Culture Communication Centre (KCCC), Klaipėda, Lithuania

MAGMA. Body and Words in Italian and Lithuanian Women’s Art from 1965 to the Present. Istituto Nazionale

per la Grafica, Rome, Italy.

2017

Lithuanian Art: Thinking through Landscape. National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

M/A\G/M\A Body and Words in Italian and Lithuanian Women’s Art from 1965 to the Present. National Gallery

of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Post idea – the war. Titanikas Exhibition Halls. Vilnius Art Academy, Lithuania.

2015

Post idea – free area. Panevėžys City Exhibition Hall, Panevėžys, Lithuania.

Open Studios. Interdisciplinary Artists Union’s project space’s Malonioji 6, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2014

International Contemporary Art Fair Art Vilnius’14, Exhibition and Congress Centre LITEXPO, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Shroud of time. Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Post idea – free area. Gallery Kairė-Dešinė, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2013

Post idea – restoration works. Titanikas Exhibition Halls. Vilnius Art Academy, Lithuania.

Post idea – restoration works. Panevėžys Art Gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania.

Post idea – restoration works. Klaipėda City Exhibition hall, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

Post idea – restoration works. Kaunas Picture Gallery, Lithuania.

Post idea – restoration works.  Šiauliai Art Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania.

2012

Post idea. Titanikas Exhibition Halls. Vilnius Art Academy, Lithuania.

Post idea. 101 Gallery, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Post idea. Panevėžys Art Gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania.

(How did I get here?) Painting in Lithuania. Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2010

Contemporary painting. Post evolution, KKKC Exhibition Hall, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

Contemporary Lithuanian Art. European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany.

14th Vilnius Painting Triennial: False Recognition. Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2009

Beauties of suburbia, gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania

Decentered / Margins 1 meter beyond the painting. Vilnius Railway Station, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Abstraction and Expressionism – two traditions of painting in Vilnius. 1960-2009, Gallery Kairė-Dešinė, Vilnius,

Lithuania.

Lithuania is the best. Gallery Cech, Kiev, Ukrain.

2nd Quadriennale of Lithuanian Contemporary Art, Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre LITEXPO, Vilnius,

Lithuania.

Europe/4 points. Nordkapp (Norway), Istanbul (Turkey), KultFlux platform, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2008

Contemporary Lithuanian Art – A new, City Gallery BWA, Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Experiment. Exhibition of the 20th–21st century Lithuanian Art. National Museum of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania

Europe/4 points.  Punta de Tarifa (Spain), Cabo da Roca (Portugal), Tangier (Maroc)

Vilnius art scene after 2000. Latvian Art museum, Arsenal, Riga, Latvia.

2007

Independent Drawing GIK No 2. Contemporary Art Museum, Skopje, Macedonia.

Nostaldžy. Šiauliai Exhibition Hall, Lithuania

Lithuanian art today. Embassy of Lithuania in Warsaw, Poland.

Point silence.  Gallery point, Gediminas Castle Tower, Vilnius, Lithuania.

KoViKaVi postblablu. Kaunas Picture Gallery, Lithuania.

Point Horizont. Gallery point, 54^O50,00’N014^O27,00’, Baltic sea.

Outline of experience. Lvov, Ukraine.

Contemporary painting biennale Nostalgie. Klaipėda exhibition centre, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

About replica. Gallery Kairė-Dešinė, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Experiment. The Radvilas Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2006

KoViKaVi Conference – Exhibition. Viborg Kunsthalle, Viborg, Denmark.

Here – there. Drawings. Lithuanian Architects’ Association, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Nostaldžy. Klaipėda City Exhibition hall, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

2005

Reality X Abstrakte, INTRO gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1st Quadriennale of Lithuanian Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Second Beijing International Art Biennale, China.

Nature. Gallery Kairė-Dešinė, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Fairy tale – not fairy tale. Dedicated to H.K. Andersen, UNESCO hall, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Fairy tale – not fairy tale. Dedicated to H.K. Andersen. Mažoji Galerija, Druskininkai, Lithuania.

Fairy tale – not fairy tale. Dedicated to H.K. Andersen, Unfinished block of new buildings Green valley, Klaipėda,

Lithuania.

2004

Salt of Life.  Contemporary Art from Baltic States, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

XII Vilnius painting triennial Seven rules of painting. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.

In My Own Juice, Contemporary Lithuanian Art. Rottermann Saltstorage and in Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.

European Union Artists from Estonia and Lithuania. Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatives, Hague, Netherlands

Here, But Not Now, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

N+1. Old Town Dominion, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2003

Y.M. Antanas Mončys House-Museum, Palanga, Lithuania.

Y.M. Šiauliai Exhibition Hall, Šiauliai, Lithuania.

2002

Fears. Act 1. Šiauliai Exhibition Hall, Šiauliai, Lithuania.

Fears. Act 2. Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Fears. Act 7. Painting. Antanas Mončys House – Museum, Palanga, Lithuania.

Tracing. Gallery at Maironio 3, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Erase marked area. Kaunas Exhibition Hall, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Diverse art. Antanas Mončys House – Museum, Palanga, Lithuania.

Baroti Gallery 10 Years Exhibition. Klaipėda City Exhibition hall, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

Baroti Gallery 10 Years Exhibition. Baroti Gallery, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

2001

Painting exhibition in IV francophonie Olympics. Ottawa, Canada and Hull, Canada.

Four. Gallery of Kaunas Artists Associacion, Kaunas, Lithuania

2000

Rh + –, Kaunas Exhibition Hall, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Painterly. The 11th Vilnius Painting Triennial, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania.

About That. Antanas Mončys’ House-Museum, Palanga, Lithuania.

Later, you will come in.  Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany.

Mountains Sun. Fire-sculpture Symposium, Ischgl, Austria.

Fire-sculpture Championship, Halekis, Sweden.

1999

About That. Gallery Lietuvos Aidas, Vilnius, Lithuania.

The End of the Beginning. Klaipėda Exhibition Hall, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

1998

Open European Championship in Fire Sculpture. Stckholm, Sweden.

Rh + -. Šiauliai Exhibition Hall, Šiauliai, Lithuania.

1997 

Snow Sculpture Sympozium, Valloire, France.

Hinsiel- Ruckspiel New Gallery Hdk, Berlin, Germany

Žuvys- Men’as, International Visual Art and Music Project, Šiauliai, Lithuania.

200-th Aniversary of the Dpt. of Painting, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania.

200-th Aniversary of the Dpt. of Drawing. Kazys Varnelis House, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1996

Students Art Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1995

Students Art Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Painting Exhibition. Gallery Akademija, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1994

Situation/Bridge. United artists project. Jutempus gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1993

Painting Exhibition. United artists project. Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Awards:

2018

The Lithuanian Government Culture and Art Award, given by the Lithuanian government for special merits

and a significant contribution to culture and arts.

2017

Award by mayor of Vilnius city for series of works “Cultural floor” dedicated to Vilnius.

2014

The Best ArtVilnius’14 Lithuanian Artist. Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre Litexpo, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2012

LT00TAPYBA (LT00 Painting). Vilius Kavaliauskas Foundation Prize – for the transformation of memory. Vilnius,

Lithuania.

2000

Diploma. Painterly. The 11th Vilnius Painting Triennial, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Diploma. Open European Championship in Fire Sculpture with R. Alminas, V. Simutis, A. Garbačiauskas. Stckholm,

Sweden

1998

Grand Prix. Open European Championship in Fire Sculpture. Stckholm, Sweden.

1996

Diploma. Students Art Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania.

 

Grants and Scholarships:

2013

First Grade Lithuania State Award.

2007

First Grade Lithuania State Award.

2006

First Grade Lithuania State Award.

1999

State Grant for Young Artists, Ministry of Culture of Lithuania.

1998 

Scholarship of Ministry of Culture of Lithuania.

 

Collections:

National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania

MOMuseum (Former Modern Art Center), Vilnius, Lithuania.

Lewben Art Foundation, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Lithuanian Embassy in Tallinn, Estonia.

Works held in private collections in Lithuania and abroad.