3. Preis, Flaggenausstellung, 2. Internationale Triennale der Textilkunst, Szombathely, Ungarn
2002
Zweimonatiger Aufenthalt an der "Cité Internationale des Arts" in Paris aufgrund eines Stipendiums der Kunstakademie Vilnius
1999
Diplom, "Line", Internationale Textilkunst-Biennale, Kaunas, Litauen
1993
Folge-Stipendium der Stadt und des Landes Salzburg zur Teilnahme an der "Internationalen Sommerakademie" in der Klasse "Fluxus" bei Prof. Dick Higgins
1992
Stipendium der Stadt und des Landes Salzburg zur Teilnahme an der "Internationalen Sommerakademie für Bildende Kunst Salzburg" in der Klasse "Paradoxon Papier" bei Prof. Andreas von Weizsäcker
Education and professional career
2002
Lectureship for Textile Art at the Academy of Arts of Lithuania
1993 - 2001
Assistant professor at the Kaunas Art Institute, Vilnius Art Academy, Department of Textiles, Lithuania
1987 - 1993
Studies at the Kaunas Art Institute, Vilnius Art Academy, Department of Textiles, Lithuania
1984 - 1987
Studies at the Polytechnic for Applied Arts "Stepas Zukas", Kaunas, Lithuania
Selected exhibitions and projects
2011
"Energheia - 2011 Miniartextil", Como, Italy
8th International Art Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania
Solo exhibition, Galeria X, Bratislava, Slovakia
"Lithuanian Identity", group exhibition, European Commission - Berlaymont building, Brussels, Belgium
2010
Solo exhibition, Galerie mare Liberum, Hamburg, Germany
"auf + ab / up + down", Europe in dialogue, Seifenfabrik, Lauterach, Austria
"Genius loci", group exhibition, Galeria X, Bratislava, Slovakia
"Working Girls", solo exhibition, Swarovski Flagship Store, Vienna, Austria
2009
"The Passionate Textile of Lithuania", group exhibition, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
"Via Baltia" - International Textile Design Project, Gallery artifex, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Litauen / Contemporary art from Lithuania", Sammlung Aichhorn, Salzburg, Austria
Curator of the special exhibition "Moderne Textilkunst des Baltikums / Modern Textile Art from the Baltic States" at the Creativa, Dortmund, Germany
2008
Curator of the exhibition "Textile Art from Lithuania", Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany
"niedenfadenverlieren / never lose the fibre", group exhibition, Tapetenwerk, Leipzig, Germany
"Threading Trends Berlin", group exhibition, Alte Post, Berlin, Germany
"Keliaujančios raidės / Travelling letters", group exhibition, Consulate General of Lithuania, St. Petersburg, Russia
"Schürzen / Aprons", solo exhibition, Münsterland Festival, Burg Vischering, Lüdinghausen, Germany
Director of the International Textil Art Symposium, Kaunas, Lithuania
2007
"A look behind-under-through the apron", solo exhibition, Gallery Akademija, Vilnius, Lithuania
"Global Intrigue", 3rd European Textile and Fibre Art Triennial, Riga, Latvia
Blacklight Exhibition, Místodržitelský palác (Governor's Palace), Brno, Czech Republic
2006
2nd International Textile Art and Flag Triennial, Szombathely, Hungary
"The Route", 2nd Textile Art Biennial, Vilnius, Lithuania
1st International Mini Textile Triennial, Szombathely, Hungary
2002
"Bound Between Order and Chaos", 7th International Mini Textile Triennial, Jean Lurçat Museum, Angers, France
2001
"Tradition and Innovation", European Textile Art Exhibition, Riga, Latvia
1999
"Line", 2nd International Textile Art Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania
Awards
2007
Merit Prize, “Global Intrigue”, 3rd European Textile and Fibre Art Triennial, Riga, Latvia
2006/07
Lithuanian State Grant
2006
3rd Award, 2nd International Flag Triennial, Szombathely, Hungary
2002
Two-month scholarship from the Vilnius Art Academy for the"Cité Internationale des Arts" in Paris, France
1999
Diploma, “Line”, 2nd International Textile Art Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania
1993
2. Scholarship from the Provincial Capital of Salzburg, Austria for the "International Summer Academy of Fine Arts" for the course "Fluxus" with Prof. Dick Higgins
1992
Scholarship from the Provincial Capital of Salzburg, Austria for the "International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg" for the course "Paradoxon Papier / Paradox Paper" with Prof. Andreas von Weizsäcker