Sigita
Maslauskaité-Mažyliene

BIOGRAPHY Born in Vilnius on December 22, 1970From 2009, membership in the Lithuanian Artists’ AssociationFrom 2005, membership in the Lithuanian Art Historians’ Society2002-2005, doctorate studies at the Vilnius Academy of Arts1997-2000, studies of church heritage at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome1990-1996, painting studies at the Vilnius Academy of Arts1980-1985, studies at Justinas Vienožinskis Art School for ChildrenInternships, studies, awards2017, state grant for a creator of culture and art2015, medal of the Order For Merits to Lithuania2013, state grant for a creator of culture and artFebruary-March, 2009, creative internship at the studio of the Vilnius Academy of Arts Cité Internationale des Arts. A state educational grantJanuary-March, 2008, academic internship at the Fondation maison des sciences de l᾿homme, Paris. Andrew W. Mellon fellowshipThe works of S. Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė belong to Mo Museum collection, Lewben Art Foundation collection.
MOST IMPORTANT SOLO EXHIBITIONS (2018 – 2008)2018Performance Partition. Niqab05/19/2018 Lithuanian Railway Museum, Vilnius2017By the Rivers of Babylon. Refugees and Exiles05/09 – 30/09/2017, Gallery Kairė–dešinė, Vilnius27/06 – 08/07/2017, Gallery Artifex, VilniusThe artistic action “By the Rivers of Babylon. Refugees and Exiles: St. Stephen’s Church, Image, Sound, and Space”, 16/06 – 17/06/2017, St. Stephen’s Church, Vilnius2015Man and the Moon. Curator Rasa Gečaitė17/02 – 04/04/2015, Gallery of Compensa concert venue, Vilnius2013The Way I Live. Characters of Monastery Frescoes and Other Heroes12/10 – 13/10/2013, The former Monastery of All Saints, Vilnius,14/10 – 26/10/2013, Gallery Akademija of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius2012Images. Curator Ms. Gražina Pajarskaitė06/03 – 30/03/2012, Gallery Pamėnkalnis, VilniusCatalogue2010Saints, Landscapes, Still-Lifes. Curator Ms. Gražina Pajarskaitė05/03 – 30/03/2010, Gallery Pamėnkalnis, Vilnius2008Painting. Curator Ms. Gražina Pajarskaitė08/07 – 30/07/2008, Klaipėda Art Exhibition Hall09/09 – 04/10/2008, Šiauliai Art Gallery
MOST IMPORTANT GROUP EXHIBITIONS (2018 – 2008)2018In the time of coil spring. Woman’s creativity. Curator Monika Krikštopaitytė03/08 – 22/04/2018, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas2016Postidea. War. Curator Laima Kreivytė06/09 – 26/09/2016, Exhibition Halls „Titanikas“, VilniusTextile: body & soul. VII Biennial of Lithuanian Textile Art. Curator Žydrė Ridulytė07/06 – 25/06/2016, Arka Gallery, VilniusCatalogue2015Let’s Inherit Our Future: On the Provocations of Sacral Spaces. With Ksenija Jaroševaitė, Andrius Kviliūnas, Saulius Mažylis and Vladas Urbanavičius.Curator Sigita Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė18/09 – 20/09/2015, Missionary Church of the Ascension, Vilnius20143rd quadrennial of Lithuanian contemporary art Q14. Event of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union 05/11 – 25/11/2014, Gallery Arka, VilniusCatalogue201315th Triennial of Vilnius Painting: Painting and Its ContextsOrganised by the Lithuanian Artists’ Association and Contemporary Art Centre14/06 – 18/08/2013, Contemporary Art Centre, VilniusCatalogue2012(How Did I Get Here?) Painting in LithuaniaOrganised by the Lithuanian Artists’ Association and Contemporary Art Centre19/09 – 14/10/2012, Contemporary Art Centre, VilniusCatalogue2011“Now the sun rose again to rouse the word...” Exhibition of Paintings in Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Kristijonas Donelaitis. Curator Ms. Arūnė Tornau06/05 – 20/05/2011, Gallery Arka, Vilnius, and gallery Meno parkas, Kaunas (2012)Catalogue2009Abstraction and Expressionism: Two Painting Traditions of Vilnius in 1960–2009. Curator Prof. Raminta Jurėnaitė04/07 – 31/07/2009, Gallery Arka, VilniusCatalogue2nd Quadrennial of Contemporary Lithuanian Fine Arts. Curator dr. Ramutė Rachlevičiūtė14/09 – 12/10/2009, Exhibition palace Litexpo, VilniusCatalogue2008Young Lithuanian Painters. Curator Ms. Aija Zarinia01/06 – 01/07/2008, Latvian Artists Union Gallery, RigaTo My Prince, InstallationVilnius – European Capital of Culture project Art in Unexpected Spaces.19/09 – 21/09/2009.