Shota Kotake was born in Niigata, Japan 1988 and is currently based in Dublin, Ireland. Lithuanians were able to see his work in Vilnius at Now Japan festival 2016 and this will be his first visit to Kaunas. 2000th self-portrait in Manga style Ryuichi Hoshino, Hitoshi Hirano style Artist Statement Version 2.0 (January 2017)…
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Šilainiai [Fortas] Project
ŠILAINIAI [FORTAS] PROJECT 2019 This year we collaborated with Kaunas Fortress festival “Battery” and Vestfold county, Norway to bring Norwegian performance to Šilainiai, Fort no. 8. It was a two day event 3-4 August, 2019. Almost 1000 people visited the event in two days, which broke all records of community participation at cultural events in the…
Arata Mori
Arata Mori will be visiting Silainiai 23 – 24 July 2016. He will be showing one of his films and giving a talk in Silainiai library 23 July 2pm. Arata Mori is a Japanese Film Director, Editor, Video Artist, currently based in Berlin. His focus is mainly on creating moving image that crosses the border of…
The Lake Twins
The Lake Twins will be Artists In Residence in Šilainiai 15 – 24 August 2016. Artists profile: We are London based identical twin artists who have a degree in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Our practice is predominantly site specific and multi-disciplinary, consisting of drawing, painting, film, installation and text based…
Francis Olvez – Wilshaw
Artist Francis Olvez – Wilshaw will take part in Šilainiai residency 30 July – 6 August 2016. These are his initial plans for the residency: My work firstly looks at the financial crash of 2007/08 and the models/institutions that underpinned and caused the crisis. Currently I appropriate the motifs, symbols and architecture used by the…
Brooke Carlson
Artist Brooke Carlson will take part in Šilainiai residency 21 – 28th July 2016. These are her initial plans for the residency: For the past few years my practice has been dedicated to the performativity and materiality of the drawing discipline. The new project, beINg (working title), will extend on my recent performances which investigate drawing…
Milda Gailiūtė
Milda Gailiūtė is a young Lithuanian painter who lives and works in Šilainiai. Sense of place is an important part of her work. She captures details with photography and then makes paintings based on them in the studio. Milda chooses to work with one colour, which is different for each location. Her latest series ‘Viena’ was…
Evelina Šimkutė
Artist Evelina Šimkutė will be resident in Šilainiai June – August 2016. Evelina will be continuing making work for her ‘Object’ sculpture series and engaging with the local community in Silainiai Photo project. About the artist I am a visual artist working with sculpture, photography and performance. My inspiration comes from the Šilainiai estate…
Marija Nemčenko
[Lietuviškai skaitykite žemiau] Artist Marija Nemčenko has worked in Šilainiai in January and August 2016. Marija Nemčenko was born in Lithuania and has recently graduated from Glasgow School of Art. She did a residency in Morocco which was funded by the European Cultural Foundation. Marija has exhibited works in England, Lithuania, Scotland and Morocco. Her…
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