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Povilas Ramanauskas (b. 1987, Kaunas, Lithuania)

Lecturer at Vilnius Academy of Arts Kaunas Faculty since 2017.

Member of Lithuanian Artists’ Association since 2014.

Member of LATGA Association since 2017.

Participating in exhibitions and projects in Lithuania and abroad since 2006.


Education:

2014–2017 - Vilnius Academy of Arts, Education Center, Pedagogical Studies.

2010–2012 - Vilnius Academy of Arts, Kaunas Faculty, MA studies, painting.

2006-2010 - Vilnius Academy of Arts, Kaunas Faculty BA studies, painting.

2009–2010 - Macerata Academy of Arts, Macerata, IT.


Solo exhibitions:


2017 - “Flexible Painting”, Vilnius Town Hall, LT.

2017 - “Nature‘s Fool – Artist‘s Cool”, gallery “Meno parkas”, Kaunas, LT.

2017 - “Lights”, Šiauliai Art gallery, LT.

2016 - “Mode of life”, “Pamėnkalnio” gallery, Vilnius, LT.

2016 - “Beyond the Horizon”, gallery/project space “ZÖNOTÉKA”, Berlin, DE.

2015 - “Beyond the Horizon”, gallery “Meno Parkas”, Kaunas, LT.

2014 - “Horizons”, gallery “Si:said”, Klaipėda, LT.

2013 - “Dedications”, Kaunas college J. Vienožinskis faculty of arts, Kaunas, LT.

2012 - exhibition/review - “Thursday review - Povilas Ramanauskas“, gallery “Vartai“, Vilnius, LT.

2012 - “Introspection”, gallery “Meno Parkas”, Kaunas, LT.


Curatorial experience:

Since 2017 working in gallery “Meno parkas” (Kaunas, Lithuania).

- One of the curators‘ team members in gallery‘s projects.

- Coordinator of educational activities in gallery “Meno parkas”.


Curated exhibitions / art projects:


2015 - “More Light”, painters' photography exhibition, Kaunas photography gallery, Kaunas, LT.

2015 - “Same way of seeing/thinking“, Lithuanian Artists' Association Gallery, DSG, Vilnius, LT.

2014 - “Create“, gallery “Meno forma”, Kaunas, LT.

2014 - “Same way of seeing/thinking”, Lithuanian Artists' Association Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2013 - Duet exhibition - “A proper place to find” with painter Andrius Zakarauskas, gallery “101”, Kaunas, LT.


Selected group exhibitions / art projects:

2018 - “Not a Museum...”, gallery‘s “Meno parkas” 20th anniversary exhibition, Klaipėda Culture Communication Center, LT.

2018 - “Counter-Argument”, “Meno parkas“ gallery, Kaunas, LT.

2017 - “Not a Museum...”, gallery‘s “Meno parkas” 20th anniversary exhibition, “Meno parkas” gallery, Kaunas, LT.

2017 - “Young Painter Prize‘17” finalists‘ exhibition, Vilnius Academy of Arts exhibition space “Titanikas”, Vilnius, LT.

2017 - International artists’ group “KaNiBal‘HoPoX” symposium and exhibition, Antanas Mončys house-museum, Palanga, LT.

2017 - “Chorus”, Vilnius Academy of Arts exhibition space “Titanikas”, Vilnius, LT.

2017 - “Imaginarium. Beyond the visible”, “Pamėnkalnio” gallery, Vilnius, LT.

2016 - “Young Poor Artists Show”, curated contemporary art exhibition of “Young poor artists collective”, Vilnius, LT.

2016 - “Tonometer`s echo”, duet exhibition with painter Rosanda Sorakaitė, gallery „101“, Kaunas, LT.

2016 - “Notes on tomorrow”, CreArt international contemporary art exhibition, Aveiro, PT.

2016 - “Today before yesterday”, gallery “Meno parkas”, Kaunas, LT.

2016 - “Notes on tomorrow”, CreArt international contemporary art exhibition, gallery “Ekserserhuser” / “X-House”, Kristiansand city hall, Kristiansand, NO.

2016 - “Young Painting of Kaunas”, Vilnius Academy of Arts exhibition hall “Titanikas”, Vilnius, LT.

2015 - “Caution. Mind the object”, international contemporary sculpture exhibition, gallery “Post”, Kaunas, LT.

2015 - “The Relevance of Reality”, contemporary painting festival ”Generations XY.Z?”, gallery “Meno parkas”, Kaunas, LT.

2015 - “Before/After/Now”, contemporary painting festival “Generations XY.Z? ”, Picture Gallery of the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas, LT.

2015 - “More Light”, Kaunas Photography Gallery , Kaunas, LT.

2015 - “The same way of thinking/seeing”, Lithuanian Artists' Association Gallery, Vilnius, LT.

2014 - “// lines”, gallery “Meno forma”, Kaunas, LT.

2014 - “Q14” / “Quadrennial‘14 – Art on a flagpole”, 3-rd Lithuanian contemporary art quadriennial, Bastion of Vilnius city, gallery “Arka”, Lithuanian Artists Asociation gallery, Vilnius, LT.

2014 - “Myth and Art”, contemporary art festival “Kaunas in art”, gallery “Meno Parkas”, Kaunas, LT.

2014 - “Strange stories”, gallery “Stalowa”, curators Krzysztof Stanisławski and Arvydas Žalpys, Warsaw, PL.

2014 - “Create”, gallery “Meno forma”, Kaunas, LT

2014 - “Same way of thinking/seeing”, gallery “101”, Kaunas, LT.

2013 - “Carrément”, gallery “4 Barbier”, Nîmes, FR.

2013 - Scenography at National Drama Theatre of Kaunas,  A. Chekhov‘s  “The Cherry Orchard”, director A. Areima, Kaunas, LT.

2013 - 9th “Kaunas Biennial / Unitext”, emerging artists exhibition, Kaunas, LT.

2013 - “Myth and Art”, gallery “Barrel”, Zagreb, HR.

2013 - “Myth and Art”, gallery “Meno Parkas”, Kaunas, LT.

2013 - duet exhibition “A proper place to find”, with painter Andrius Zakarauskas, gallery “101”, Kaunas, LT.

2013 - “27 thursdays”, “Vartai” gallery, Vilnius, LT.

2012 - “Young Painter Prize‘12”, finalists‘ exhibition, Vilnius Academy of Arts exposition hall “Titanikas”, Vilnius, LT.

2012 - “Young Paiting of  Kaunas‘12”, Kaunas picture gallery, Kaunas, LT.

2012 - international artists‘ symposium  “Sympozjum Rzeczpospolitej‘12”, curators Krzysztof Stanisławski and Arvydas Žalpys, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, PL.

2012 - “Opus Nr. 2”, “Fluxus ministry”, Kaunas, LT.

2012 – Vilnius Academy of Arts Kaunas Faculty retrospective artworks exhibition collected from Kaunas Faculty fonds, organized for “Kaunas  School of Art 90th”. Kaunas picture gallery, Kaunas, LT.

2012 - “Passport”, project “Youth, Green Counsciousness 2”, “Meno Parkas” gallery, Kaunas, LT.

2012 - “Passport”, graphics gallery “Kairė-Dešinė”, Vilnius, LT.

2011 - group exhibition “Art + art to communicate. Ecosphere”, Kaunas picture gallery, Kaunas LT.

2010 - “Art Erasmus”, Macerata, IT.

2010 - International Panathlon exhibition “Fair play”, Macerata, IT.


Art fairs:

2019 – “London Art Fair”, London, UK.

2018 - International contemporary art fair “Art Vilnius’18”, Vilnius, LT.

2017 - International contemporary art fair “Art Vilnius’17”, Vilnius, LT.

2014 - International contemporary art fair “ArtVilnius`14”, Vilnius, LT.


Awards:

2017 - “Young Painter Prize'17” special jury mention, Vilnius, LT.

2017 - “Art Vilnius’17” best young artist of international contemporary art fair “ArtVilnius’17”, Vilnius, LT.

2017 – Lithuanian association LATGA young artist grant.

2017 - Lithuanian Council for Culture, State Grant for Culture and Art Creators.

2016 - Grant of Kaunas City Municipality, Kaunas, LT.

2015 - Lithuanian Council for Culture, State Grant for Culture and Art Creators.

2015 - Grant of Kaunas City Municipality, Kaunas, LT.

2013 - Grant of Kaunas City Municipality, Kaunas, LT.

2009 - Second place award at International Panathlon exhibition “Fair play”, Macerata, IT.