LAURA GARBŠTIENĖ
Curriculum vitae
1973 born in Vilkija, Lithuania
Lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania
Education
1994 - 2000 Vilnius Art Academy, MA
Membership
L'abominable – associative non-profit artist-run film labi n Paris
Solo exhibitions
2010
Berries, VDU gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
2009
Artscape, gallery ‘Vartai’, Vilnius, Lithuania
What should I do so that the unicorn would come and lay it’s head on my lap?, Ladyfest Vilnius,
VDA gallery ‘Akademija’, Vilnius, Lithuania
2008
Tundra, gallery ‘Meno parkas’, Kaunas, Lithuania
2006
What should I do so that the unicorn would come and lay it’s head on my lap?, Künstlerhaus
Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria
Blind Messages, gallery ‘ARTima’, Vilnius
2005
Blind Messages, USF, Bergen, Norway
Group exhibitions
2009
URBAN STORIES, The X Baltic Triennial of International Art, Vilnius
NEW CITY FACE. 2nd Quadrennial of Contemporary Lithuanian Fine Arts, Vilnius
ΟΠΑ 0.2 (on πerformance art) "RE-THINK / RE-USE / RE-MAKE", Bios, Art Athina, Athens
DOPUST, performance art festival, Aquarium Bacvice, Split, Croatia
2008
Foreign to Familiar, Cite Des Arts, Paris
Video Art from Poland and Lithuania, Klaipėda Art Hall, Lithuania
Dialogues, Vilnius University botanic garden, Kairėnai, Lithuania
It Happens To Be This, Künstlerhauser Worpswede, Germany
2007
Prague Biennale 3, Prague
2420Čiurlionis, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Migration, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, UK
Koli Cantata, gallery Tyko, Nurmes, Finland
Signs, Vilnius University botanic garden, Kairėnai, Lithuania
2006
Selfobjects, Lithuania Art Museum, Vilnius
Video Art from the Baltic, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Germany
festival Her Position in Transition, KosmosTheater, Vienna, Austria
The Route, II Textile Art Biennial, Gallery ‘Arka’, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005
Enthusiasts, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
2004
International theatre project ‘Learning Europe’, dir. Armin Petras; Thalia Theater Hamburg,
Scauspiel Frankfurt, Slovenske narodne divadlo Bratislava, Lietuvos Nacionalinis Dramos
Teatras Vilnius, Slovensko Narodno Gledalisce Drama Ljubljana, Les theatres de la ville de
Luxembourg
2002
Parallel Progressions 3, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Objects, which could be touched, Janina Monkutė Marks museum-gallery, Kėdainiai, Lithuania
Stop!, former printing house, Vilnius
Applied Art 2002, gallery ‘Arka’, Vilnius
2001
New: Contemporary Lithuanian Textile, Caermersklooster- Provincial Centre for Art and
Culture, Gent, Belgium
Contemporary Art Exhibition on Advertising Stands, Vilnius, Kaunas, Lithuania
Art Primeur, Pictura gallery, Dordrecht, the Netherlands
Soft World, M.Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
2000
Classical Tapestry, Applied Art gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
Textile Art Days, VDA gallery ‘Akademija’, Vilnius, Lithuania
Student Art Days, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania
1999
Insecure, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Student Art Days, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania
1998
Unchained Things, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Grants
2009
The Nordic-Baltic Mobility grant, Kulturkontakt Nord
2008
Residency at Cite des Arts, Paris, France
A grant from the Ministry of Culture, Vilnius, Lithuania
Residency at Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, Germany
Stipendium des Landes Niedersachsen
2007
Residency at Kolin Ryynanen Centre for Arts and Culture, Koli, Finland
Sleipnir (travel grant), The Nordic Council of Ministers, Vilnius, Lithuania
2006
Residency at Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria
A grant from KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria
A residency at the state of NRW studio, Düsseldorf, Germany
A grant from the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany
Travel grant from Lithuanian Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania
Residency at Kolin Ryynanen Centre for Arts and Culture, Koli, Finland
2005
Nordic AiR residency at Hordaland Art Centre, Bergen, Norway
A grant from NIFCA, Helsinki, Finland
Sleipnir (travel grant), The Nordic Council of Ministers, Vilnius, Lithuania
MoKS International Summer Art Symposium “PostsovkhoZ 5 - public / private”,Mooste,
Estonia
Study grant from the Ministry of Culture, Vilnius, Lithuania
Break the ICE – international artist meeting – symposium in Reykjavik, Iceland
Sleipnir (travel grant), The Nordic Council of Ministers, Vilnius, Lithuania
2000
Residency at Cite des Arts, Paris, France
II Student Art Prize, Vilnius Art Academy, Lithuania
1999
Residency at Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
II Student Art Prize, Vilnius Art Academy, Lithuania
G-Lab (Laura Garbštienė and Arturas Bumšteinas) exhibitions
2008
Salon Of The Revolution, HDLU artists house, Zagreb, Croatia
Space*Earth*Wo/Men. In the age of atom smasher and space tourism, ACC Galerie Weimar,
Germany
2006
Attempt to talk about collaboration, info lab, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
101,3 KM: competition and collaboration, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius and Kaunas
Picture gallery, Lithuania
Invazija, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany
Sleeping With Cars, Skuc gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
audiovisual project KETUBAH, Musuem of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
2005
audiovisual project KETUBAH, Kristupas Summer Festival, Russian Drama Theatre, Vilnius,
Lithuania
Music, dance and theatre festival Sensoralia/Romaeuropa, Roma, Italy
ProveRommet, BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway
2004
Procedures (Stream), Druskininkai Town Museum, Lithuania
Somewhere Near Europa, Cultural Center Strombeek, Brussels, Belgium
In My Own Juice, Tallinn, Estonia
Rauma Biennale Balticum 2004: Talking To Me?, Rauma, Finland
Mirrors and Copulations, Rael Artel Gallery, Parnu, Estonia
Remains of Innocence, Chapter gallery, Cardiff, UK
Tallinn XIII Graphic Triennial: In Exile, Tallinn, Estonia
Art+Communication: Trans Cultural Mapping, Riga, Latvia
Blick'04, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
I Textile Art Biennial, Gallery ‘Arka’, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003
New music festival Maerz Musik, Berlin, Germany
festival E-muzika, Vilnius, Lithuania
festival Artacts, St.Johann in Tirol, Austria
festival Launch Option Berlin, Germany
One Minute Video Festival, Amsterdam
2Show, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
festival Avanto, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland