
Eglė Ridikaitė
Photo by Butautas Barauskas
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, 54O50,00’N014O27,00’, 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.