10th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2024 Theme of the Triennial: “To Be” OPEN CALL for INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS The “10th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2024” is a unique non-commercial cultural project. The purpose of the Artist’s Book Triennial is to promote artist’s books, creators of artist’s books from all over the world; to […]
The Masters of Graphic Arts 11th International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts Time: 8 October 2022 – 31 January 2023 Location: Flóris Rómer Museum of Art and History, Győr, Hungary “The theme of the Masters of Graphic Arts – 11th International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts is innovation in contemporary drawing and […]
Artist’s Book Exhibition in Hagan “From A to Z – Artists’ Books in Würth Collection” Time: 3-7 July 2022 Location: Oslo, Norway Journey No. 111 In the internet I found wonderful exhibition of an artist’s book in Norway. In Norway, from where I started my travels abroad, after the collapse of the soviet union. In 1991, […]
The Artist’s Books by Kęstutis Vasiliūnas and Roberta Vaigeltaitė-V. By Dr. Rasa Janulevičiūtė Summary in English from the book “The Material Body of the Book: Between Traditions and Innovation”, published by Vilnius Academy of Arts. 2021 In Lithuania, the era of a contemporary artist’s book began with the restoration of Independence. The year […]
LRT (Lithuanian National Radio and Television). „Creative contexts“. Kęstutis Vasiliūnas conversation about art and life. Anotacijos sakinio paskutinė dalis „VDA profesorius sako, kad išgarsėti Lietuvoje didelio talento nereikia, bet išgarsėti pasaulyje – tai yra jo, kaip kūrėjo, vykdomos programos tikslas.“ – žurnalistinis “tiuningas”, siekiant pagražinti menininką… Išgarsėti pasaulyje niekada nebuvo mano „programos tikslas“. […]
Biennale Archittetura 2021. Venezia Travel time: 28-31 October 2021 Location: Venezia, Italia In the later autumn I traveled to Venezia to see the “Biennale Archittetura 2021”. The travel by plane it was not so cheaper, but after almost two years of isolation, I needed to go somewhere to see good art. And that […]
“Between the Sheets: Artists’ Books Exhibition 2021“ Time: 30 April – 22 May 2021 Location: Gallery East in conjunction with Gallery Central, (North Metropolitan TAFE), Gallery Central, Aberdeen Street, Perth, Western Australia Curators: David Forrest & Janis Nedela “Between the Sheets, Artists’ Books 2021, forms the fifth in the biennial series of exhibitions […]
Tea Book No. 10 2021, artist’s book-object, scroll book, unique, tea bags, wood, letterpress. Object measures: h 12 cm x 42 cm x 19 cm. Opened scroll “book” 94 cm The artist’s book was exhibited in the artist’s book exhibition “Between the Sheets: Artists’ Books Exhibition 2021” in Australia Time: 30 April – 22 May […]
9th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2021 Theme: “Absence” Time: 2021 Location: Nowhere Project Explanation: 1. The “9th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2021” is a unique non-commercial cultural project. 2. The “9th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2021” is a conceptual art project. 3. “Absence is presence. These are the fundamentals […]
“Critical Convening on Terminology and Contextualizing Historic Material” Time: 26 February 2021 Organizer: Center for Book Arts, New York, USA Artist’s Book Conference on “Critical Convening on Terminology and Contextualizing Historic Material” was part of the “2021 Contemporary Artists’ Book Conference” in conjunction with “Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book Fair”. “How does inadequate, […]
“Books on Places & Books From Places. An Unbalanced Equation” Time: 26 February 2021 Organizer: Center for Book Arts, New York, USA Artist’s Book Conference on “Books on Places & Books From Places. An Unbalanced Equation” was part of the “2021 Contemporary Artists’ Book Conference” in conjunction with “Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book […]
International Artist’s Book Exhibition in Reykjavik Arts Festival JAÐARLÖND | BORDERLANDS Time: 21 August – 20 September 2020 Location: The National Library of Iceland, Reykjavik Organiser: ARKIR Book Arts Group Curator: Kristin Thora Gudbjartsdottir Participants: Åse Eg Jørgensen (Denmark) Imi Maufe (Norway) Kęstutis Vasiliūnas (Lithuania) Nancy Campbell (UK) Rebecca Goodale (USA) Bożka Rydlewska (Poland) […]
It was morning. I was sitting in the local restaurant in Evanston with two gentlemen for business meeting. One of them, Mr. Bob Tanner, had one of the first artist’s book, printed in USA. The second was Mr. Stephen Murphy, an artist and photographer. At night, the rain stopped raining. So, it was beautiful sunny […]
The Annual Contemporary Art Festival Survival Kit 11 Exhibition Time: 4 September – 4 October 2020 Location: former building of the Museum of Literature and Music, Riga, Latvia Address: Terbatas Str. 75, Riga Travel time with car: 3-5 September 2020 Journey No. 107 During our autumn trip to Riga to visit the “RIBOCA2” […]
Masahiro Hasunuma – Flip Artist’s Books in the National Art Center, Tokyo 21st “DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow” Exhibition . During our travel to participate in the Final Exams in the Musashino Art University in Tokyo, we with our friend an artist Koichi Kiyono visited National Art Center, Tokyo. On this time they had wonderful […]
Dailininko knygos dilema: Kas ji yra ir kas nėra? Lietuviškoji dailininko knyga pasaulio kontekste Kęstutį Vasiliūną kalbina Eglė Petreikienė Papildytas žurnalo „Nemunas“ 2019, No. 4 tekstas Pradžioje patikslinkime žanro pavadinimą. Konceptuali dailininko sukurta knyga, kaip meno objektas, užsienio šalyse vadinama „artist’s book“ (artist arba artists’ book). Lietuvių dailėtyroje ir spaudoje randame įvairių terminų: „autorinė“, „menininko“ […]
10 Evils 1993, artist’s book object, unique, wood, 14,8 x 137 x 2,4 cm
The Dilemma of an Artist’s Book: What is it and What is it Not? Lithuanian Artist‘s Book in the World Context Eglė Petreikienė interviews Kęstutis Vasiliūnas Expanded text of the magazine “Nemunas” 2019, No. 4 In the beginning let’s clarify definition of the genre. A conceptual book created by artist as an object of […]
The Creation. Genesis 1:11-13 1993, unique, artist’s book object, wood, hinges, nails, oil colour, 59 x 38 x 1,3 cm
The Creation. Genesis 1:1-2 1993, unique, artist’s book object, wood, hinges, nails, oil colour, 49 x 49 x 1,7 cm Text in the artist’s book: “O žemė buvo pusta ir tuščia, ir buvo tamsu ant gilybės”. Free translation: “And the earth was dark and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep”. […]
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018 in Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia Theme: Memento Mori Time: 1 November – 4 December 2019 Location: Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, U.S.A. The Open Lecture: November 1st, at 6 pm Organiser of the Triennial: Circle […]
8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018 in Evanston Art Center Theme: Memento Mori Time: 25 August 2019 Location: Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, U.S.A. On 25th of August, Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas gave the lecture on artist’s book in the Evanston Art Center. After the lecture was the special artist’s book viewing with […]
Tea Book No. 9 – “The Full Moon” 2019, unique, artist’s book object, wood, teabags, rope, 9 x 9 x 76 cm Text, cut on the wood: “I drink tea, rain falls on the leaves of trees, the full moon of the moon descended”. – Kestutis Vasiliunas In 2019 the artist’s book was exhibited in […]
Flay over Greenland to Fredonia, U.S.A. 29th October 2019 Journey No. 105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flay over Baffin Island, Canada 29th October 2019 . . . . . . . . . […]
“Between the Sheets: Artists’ Books 2019“ Time: 30 August – 21 September 2019 Location: “Gallery Central”, Perth, Western Australia Curators: David Forrest & Janis Nedela Participating Artists: Australia: New South Wales: Lee Bethel; Caelli Jo Brooker; Lisa Giles; Avril Makula; Jane Simon; Yvette Sullivan; Marama Warren. Queensland: Rhi Johnson; Lorraine Lamothe; Sue Poggioli. South […]
Artist’s Book Exhibition in Oslo 2022 3-7 July 2022 Oslo, Norway Journey No. 111 North Norway with Personal Car 2014 14-26 August 2014 Finland, North Norway Journey No. 72 Lithuanian Art Exhibition “Myter og Legender” 1999 12–19 February 1991 Oslo, Bergen Journey No. 1
Flay over Greenland to U.S.A. 20th August 2019 Journey No. 104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the “8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Evanston Art Center 21st-22nd August 2019 […]
Dieter Roth. “Le pagine“ At the Fiera Libro Arte Torino / FLAT Time: 2–4 November 2018 Location: La Centrale, Nuvola Lavazza, Turin, Italia Address: via Ancona 11/a, Torino, Italy Curator: Elena Volpato We can’t stay in silence when such wonderful artist like Dieter Roth is exhibited in the Art Book Fair, in Torino. And […]
8th International Artist‘s Book Triennial in Urbino Theme: Memento Mori . Time: 18–20 May 2018 Location: “Data”, Urbino, Italy “8th International Artist‘s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” was exhibited in the Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, in Urbino, Italy. More info and photos: Main Sponsor of the Travel to Urbino: Lithuanian Council […]
Artist’s Book Exhibition The Book: Vol.3 . Time: 16-28 April 2018 Location: Gallery Saoh, Tokyo, Japan Curator: Director Mrs. Yoshiko Yokojima Artists: Ryoko Adachi, Yuko Ebina, Toshihiro Hattori, Jin Hirosawa, Kazumi Ohgose, Yoko Takahashi, Yuko Wada & Kestutis Vasiliunas. More info and photos: © Photos: Kestutis Vasiliunas © Artist’s Book Creators Community
Artist’s Book Lectures & Workshop in Urbino Lectures: “Manu Factus: Struttura e forme del libro”. The theme of the artist’s book workshop “Segni di città” (“Signts of the town”). Time: 14-17 May 2018 Location: ISIA Urbino (Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche), Italy More photos and info … Main Sponsor of the […]
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala “The First New Chronicle and Good Government“ During our art journey to Denmark we have visited The Royal Library in Copenhagen where was exhibited Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala “The First New Chronicle and Good Government” (“El primer nueva crónica y buen gobierno”). Wonderful Book, I can’t only share […]
Journey with Personal Car: Monaco 2015 7 September 2015 Monaco. Travel from the “7th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius” in Vercelli Journey No. 78
Time: 13-16 March 2014 Location: “Leipziger Messe”, Leipzig, Germany The “IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter” invited students from Graphic Department, Vilnius Academy of Arts to show artist’s books, book art and prints in Leipzig Book Fair 2014. This was the second time when the Graphic Department had the exhibition space in Leipzig Book […]
24-26 March 2014 Rome University of Fine Arts Lectures and the Artist’s Book Workshop
Time: 24-26 March 2014 Location: RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts, Rome, Italy Rome – cradle of Christianity, where St Peter and St Paul were martyred, where tortured and killed many Christians. Roma – is not only wonderful city with antic architecture, old castles and churches. Rome – it is something much more […]
Artist’s Book Workshop and Lectures with Kestutis Vasiliunas “Mistake” in RUFA, in Roma. Time: 24-26 March 2014 Location: RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts, Italy
Kestutis Vasiliunas was invited to participate in the “Progetto ROS / Rossini Opera Stampa” in 11 – 25 July 2012 in Urbino, Italy. After the project he with family was in holiday in Italy. 9 – 11 July 2012 On the road to Urbino, in Berg im Drautal, Austria 12 July 2012 Discussing with […]
26 Gasoline Station 2011, edition 12, foil-paper, woodcut, letterpress, ink jet print, rope, 12,3 x 27,5 x 0,9 cm Statement: In time 2 October – 31 October 2010 I was invited to make an artist’s book workshop in the “Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia”, also to exhibit the “5th International Artist’s Book Triennial” in […]
Journeys with personal car: Venezia 2021 28–31 October, 2021 Trip by airplane La Biennale Architettura di Venezia Fondazione Prada, Venezia Journey No. 109 Venezia 2019 2–6 June, 2019 58th International Art Exhibition / La Biennale d’Arte di Venezia Jannis Kounellis in Fondazione Prada, Venezia Journey No. 102 Vercelli & Venezia 2019 7–17 March, 2019 Transportation of the […]
Theme: “Text” Time 8 October – 29 October 2010 Location: “Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venice, Italy © Photos: Kestutis Vasiliunas © Artist’s Book Creators 2010
36 giorni in Urbino (36 Days in Urbino) 2006, unique, paper, ink, colour woodcut, fabric, 30,2 x 81,2 cm © Photo: Kestutis Vasiliunas © Artist’s Book Creators 2006
Where is Rabbit? Why House? 2006, unique, foil, pencil, coloured woodcut, letterpress, rope, 25,2 x 24,2 cm © Photos: Kestutis Vasiliunas © Artist’s Book Creators 2006
Tea Book No. 2 2002, unique, artist’s book object, tea bags, rope, woodcut, size: closed 29 x 31 x 1,7 cm, opened 29 x 56 x 1,2 cm © Artist’s Book Creators 2002
Guten Tag 2000, unique, pasteboard, acrylic colour, 30 x 31,5 x 1,4 cm © Artist’s Book Creators 2000
Apocalypse 1 2000, edition 1/12, paper, coloured woodcut, typography, on the cover – wooden plate, rope, 32,5 x 24 x 4 cm © Artist’s Book Creators 2002
Book of Creation 1993, unique, artists-book object, wood, hinges, nails, oil colour, 48 x 59 x 4,5 cm © Artist’s Book Creators 1993