ARTVILNIUS'18
ARTVILNIUS’18 Focus-Baltic
9th Contemporary Art Fair
Focus-Baltic curator Sonata Baliuckaitė
Date: 7-10 June, 2018
Place: Litexpo, Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre (Laisvės av. 5, Vilnius)
The 9th international contemporary art fair ArtVilnius’18 included 55 galleries and 250 artists from some 20 countries. With Focus-Baltic its main theme, the event attracted particularly many participants from Latvia and Estonia.
AWARDS
Panel of judges:
- prof. Andris Vitoliņš / Professor, Vice rector of the Art Academy of Latvia (Latvia)
- prof. dr. Raminta Jurėnaitė / Art Critic (Lithuania)
- dr. Elona Lubytė / Art Critic (Lithuania)
- Donatas Stankevičius / Photographer, Curator
- Sonata Baliuckaitė / „ArtVilnius“ Artistic Director, Art Critic (Lithuania)
ArtVilnius’18 Best Galleries (in alphabetical order
Alma (Riga, Latvia)
Contour Art Gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Foku (Tallin, Estonia)
Galerie des Petits Carreaux (Saint Briac sur Mer, France)
Kogo (Tartu, Estonia)
Piktogram (Warsaw, Poland)
The Rooster Gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)
The Best ArtVilnius’18 Artist
Ivars Drulle from Latvia, represented by Alma gallery (Riga, Latvia)
The Best ArtVilnius’18 Young Artist, under 35 (Eur 1,000 prize by Law Firm COBALT, maecenas of the Fair)
Rimas Sakalauskas, presented by gallery Meno Niša (Vilnius, Lithuania)
The Best ArtVilnius’18 Installation
Vladas Urbanavičius sculptural installation Compound 2
ArtVilnius’18 audience Select Gallery (monetary prizes from Volfas Engelman)
ARgenTum, Gallery of the Vilnius Academy of Arts (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ArtVilnius’18 audience Select Artist (monetary prizes from Volfas Engelman)
Kęstutis Svirnelis (Stuttgart, Germany – Vilnius, Lithuania)
The best female artist nomination (monetary prize from Soroptimist International (Vilnius First Club)
Laura Kuusk, presented at the art fair by Foku gallery (Tallin, Estonia)
PARTICIPANTS
GALLERIES
A GALERIJA (Panevezys, Lithuania)
AGIJAS SŪNAS ART GALLERY (Riga, Latvia)
AIDAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
AKADEMIJA, Vilnius Academy of Arts (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ALMA GALLERY (Riga, Latvia)
ARGENTUM, Vilnius Academy of Arts (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ARKA, The Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ART LIBRUM (Minsk, Belarus)
ARTIFEX, Vilnius Academy of Arts (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ARTY CUBE (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ASSEMBLY GALLERY (Poznan, Poland)
AUKSO PJŪVIS (Kaunas, Lithuania)
AVANGARD (Parnu, Estonia)
BAROTI GALERIJA. Klaipėdos apskrities dailininkų sąjunga (Klaipeda, Lithuania)
CONTOUR ART GALLERY (Vilnius, Lithuania)
FOKU. Estonian Union of Photography Artists (Tallinn, Estonia)
GALERIE DES PETITS CARREAUX (Saint Briac sur Mer, Prancūzija)
GALERIJA KRISTINA NORVILAITĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)
GALERIJA XX. The Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery (Panevezys, Lithuania)
GRAFO (Vilnius, Lithuania)
HAUS GALLERY (Tallinn, Estonia)
IMMAGINARIA ARTI VISIVE GALLERY (Florence, Italy)
KARAVAN GALLERY (France, Paris)
KAUNO LANGAS (Kaunas, Lietuva)
KOGO (Tartu, Estonia)
KOVCHEG GALLERY (Moscow, Russia)
MĀKSLA XO (Riga, Latvia)
MARIJOS IR JURGIO ŠLAPELIŲ MUZIEJAUS GALERIJA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MENO NIŠA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MENO PARKAS, The Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery (Kaunas, Lithuania)
MENŲ TILTAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
NACIONALINĖ MIKALOJAUS KONSTANTINO ČIURLIONIO MENŲ MOKYKLA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
NB GALLERI (Viborg, Denmark)
NIVET-CARZON (France, Paris)
NULINIS LAIPSNIS. Architektūros galerija (Vilnius, Lithuania)
OKAPI GALLERY (Tallinn, Estonia)
PANEVĖŽIO MIESTO DAILĖS GALERIJA (Panevezys, Lithuania)
PIKTOGRAM (Warsaw, Poland)
POSITIIV (Tallinn, Estonia)
POST GALERIJA (Kaunas, Lithuania)
RAMYBĖ (Palanga, Lithuania)
THE ROOM (Vilnius, Lithuania)
THE ROOSTER GALLERY (Vilnius, Lithuania)
SLA307 ART SPACE (New York, US)
ŠV. JONO GATVĖS MEDALIŲ GALERIJA, The Lithuanian Artists’ Association Gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)
TERRA RECOGNITA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
TIFĀNA ART GALLERY (Riga, Latvia)
TITANIKAS, Vilnius Academy of Arts Exhibition Halls (Vilnius, Lithuania)
TRIVIUM. GALERIJA NAMUOSE (Vilnius, Lithuania)
TSEKH (Kiev Ukraine)
VILKAMIRGĖS GALERIJA (Ukmergė, Lithuania)
VILNIAUS FOTOGRAFIJOS GALERIJA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
VILNIAUS VAIKŲ IR JAUNIMO MENO GALERIJA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
TAKAS
Large scale sculptures, installations and performances exhibition
JONAS ANIČAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
SOPHIE BLET (Nice, France)
ANDRIUS ERMINAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
INGA GALINYTĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)
PATRICIJA GILYTĖ (Neu-Ulm, Germany)
KĘSTUTIS GRIGALIŪNAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MARIJA GRINIUK (Vilnius, Lithuania; Copenhagen, Denmark)
JON IRIGOYEN (Helsinki, Finland)
ŽANETA JASAITYTĖ-BESSONOVA (Klaipėda, Lithuania)
ANDRIUS JOONAS (Pernu, Estonia)
TAURAS KENSMINAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
IVETA LAURE (Riga, Latvia)
EDWARD VON LÕNGUS (Tallinn, Estonia)
EGLĖ LEKEVIČIŪTĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)
DOMAS MYKOLAS MALINAUSKAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
INDRA MARCINKEVIČIENĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)
JULIJA MATULYTĖ IR VYTAUTAS STAKUTIS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
MINDAUGAS NAVAKAS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
EGONS PARŠĒVIS (Liepaja, Latvia)
PETRO PYROHOV (Vilnius, Lithuania)
CASPAR REUTER (Cologne, Germany)
PETER RISS (Munchen, Germany)
RAIMONDA SEREIKAITĖ-KAZIRIA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
LUKAS ŠIUPŠINSKAS (Kaunas, Lithuania)
JELENA ŠKULIENĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania)
DŽIUGAS ŠUKYS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
VLADAS URBANAVIČIUS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
ROKAS VALIAUGA (Vilnius, Lithuania)
AUDRA VAU (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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PROJECTS
LEWBEN ART FOUNDATION
Curator Francesca Ferrarini
Presented artists:
Reza Aramesh (Iran-UK)
Andrea Crespo (US)
Vadim Fishkin (Russia-Slovenia)
MOCAK. Museum of Contemporary Art (Krakow, Poland)
Presented artists:
Boaz Arad
Victor Lind
Dan Perjovschi
Józef Robakowski
Nikita Shalenny
Janek Simon
Łukaz Surawiec
Krzysztof Wodiczko
JONAS MEKAS VISUAL ARTS CENTER (Vilnius, Lithuania)
JURGA BARILAITĖ
GINTARAS MAKAREVIČIUS
CATALOGUE
You can download ArtVilnius’18 catalogue PDF here.
