adomas danusevičius

Adomas Danusevičius (born 1984) was recognized in the larger context of painting in Lithuania for his unique creative style during his first solo exhibition in 2008, where he exhibited an interest in the theme of masculinity, particularly masculinity as a social and cultural construct. His staged compositions, scenes from typically male domains – sports, the army – are a vehicle for demonstrating power and the projection of desire in his paintings and drawings.During his doctoral studies from 2012-2016, the artist gradually abandoned his staged compositions and began concentrating on sexuality as aesthetic. Danusevičius began with abstracted portraits, filled with cultural signs (flowers, beards), and using an expressionist painting style that is usually culturally associated with male spontaneity. He later moved to almost abstract compositions that depict parts of the male body or mushrooms that look like a phallus. The combination of abstraction, concreteness and materiality was important in rethinking sexuality as aesthetic, so the artist then expanded the Penis Mushroom Series (2016) to include ceramic objects.In 2016, Danusevičius completed a Ph.D. in Art at the Vilnius Academy of Art. He has had solo shows at the Atelier am Eck in Dusseldorf, LARMgalleri in Copenhagen, The Rooster Gallery and Tulips&Roses in Vilnius, and has participated in group shows at the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius, American University’s Katzen Arts Center in Washington, DC, and at the Knoll Galerie in Vienna. In 2010, he won third place in the Young Painter Prize project.

Studies:2015 – 2016 PhD internship at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts2012 – 2016 Vilnius Academy of Arts, PhD of artsPersonal exhibitions:2018 – Magical Camp, Internationales Kunstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Bamberg, Germany2017 – Eat full and descent II with Tomas Dauksa, The Rooster gallery, Vilnius 2017 – Eat full and descent I with Tomas Dauksa, Soda gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia2017 – Camouflage Masculinity and Campish Dazzle, VDA Titanic I.fl. exposition hall, Vilnius2017 – Penis Mushroom Series, The Rooster gallery, Vilnius2015 – The Camp &The Beautiful, Atelier am Eck, Düsseldorf, Germany2014 – Camouflage MasculinityIII, Oslo house space, Vilnius2014 – Camouflage MasculinityII, Vytautas Magnum University gallery 101, Kaunas2014 – Camouflage MasculinityI, Klaipėda Cultural and Comunication centre, Klaipėda2012 – Carmine II, gallery Larm, Copenhagen, Denmark2012 – Paintings by Adomas Danusevičius, gallery Vartai, Vilnius2008 – Carmine, paintings exhibition with Alina Melnikova, gallery Tulips&Roses, Vilnius



Artfairs:2017 – Artissima, The Rooster gallery, Torino, Italy2017 – YIA art fair, The Rooster gallery, Paris, France2017 – YIA art fair, The Rooster gallery, Brussels, Belgium2017 – ARTVILNIUS‘2017,contemporary art fair, litexpo, Vilnius2016 – YIA art fair, The Rooster gallery, Paris, France2015 – YIA art fair, The Rooster gallery, Paris, France2013 – Curated by Viena 2013, Viena international art fair, young painter prize, Vienna, Austria2012 – Slick Brussels, contemporary art fair, Brussel, gallery „Vartai“,Brussel, Belgium2011 – Curated by Vienna: EAST by SOUTH WEST, Knoll gallery Vienna, Austria2009 – ARTVILNIUS‘2009, Contemporary art fair, litexpo, VilniusArtists residencies:2018 – Eight months artist residency in Villa Concordia Bamberg, Germany2015 – Two months artist residency in Kulturamt in Düsseldorf, Germany


Group Exhibitions:2018 – COLLECTING HITS, National gallery, Vilnius2018 – The big picture, The Rooster gallery, Vilnius2017 – LT.art.2017: Migration, Art house gallery, Den Haag, Netherlands2017 – Belvedere, painting exhibition, Meno forma gallery, Kaunas2016 – The Rooster gallery news:exhibition, catalogue and the new space again,The Rooster gallery, Vilnius2016 – On the Table, drawing exhibition, The Rooster gallery, Vilnius2016 – Body culture, Queer aesthetics in Lithuania, Swedish embassy, Vilnius2016 – Open studios, VDA exhibition space, Titanic II fl., Phd students exhibition, Vilnius2015 – Lost and Found, American University Katzen museum, Washington, USA2014 – Development, VDA Titanic II fl.. exposition hall, Vilnius2013 – Young painter prize, Contemporary art centre, Vilnius2013 – Kaunas bienal, kaunas pictures gallery, Kaunas2013 – From dusk till Dawn, Contemporary art centre, Vilnius2013 – Jce Klaipėda 2013, Klaipėda culture comunication center (KCCC), Klaipėda2012 – (How did i get here) painting in Lithuania, Contemporary art centre, Vilnius2012 – Artist and the city, gallery Arka, Vilnius, 2011 – Upcoming, painting exhibtion, Klaipėdos cultural comunication centre, Klaipėda2011 – Zugzwang, exhibition of young Baltic states artists, „Polymer“ factory, Tallin, Estonia2010 – Young painter’s prize 2010, exhibition at VDA Titanic II fl. exposition hall, Vilnius