Sakartvelo 2023 Printmaking symposium and exhibition in the Ozurgeti Modern Fine Art Center “Creative Travel in Ozurgeti – 2023”. 2-9 July 2023 Journey No. 116 Evaldas Mikalauskis, Roberta Vaigeltaitė-Vasiliūnienė and Kęstutis Vasiliūnas from Lithuania were invited to participate in a Graphics Symposium in Georgia. The Symposium was followed by a joint exhibition at the Ozurgeti Modern Fine Art […]
Printmaking Workshop “Anthropocene” Time: 18-28 October 2022 Location: Department of Visual Arts and New Media, New York State University at Fredonia, US Project coordinator Prof. Timothy Frerichs The New York State University at Fredonia invited Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas to give a lecture and lead a workshop on large-format relief printing on the topic “Anthropocene”. 16 […]
Printmaking Workshop “Anthropocene” Time: 18-28 October 2022 Location: Department of Visual Arts and New Media, New York State University at Fredonia, US Project coordinator Prof. Timothy Frerichs The New York State University at Fredonia invited Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas from the Vilnius Academy of Arts for two-week residency. From Oct. 16 to Oct. 30, in the Department of […]
“Internationally acclaimed artist Kestutis Vasiliunas will bring a wealth of experience and history of art to Fredonia during a two-week residency, Sunday, Oct. 16 to Oct. 30, in the Department of Visual Arts and New Media, working with students in relief printing workshops and presenting a lecture and exhibition of his work. Erasmus Visiting Professor […]
Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas gave a Lecture “You are watched“ in the US Time: 21 October 2022 Location: New York State University at Fredonia, US About 250 students and professors attended the lecture. The lecture is accompanied by 2 weeks printmaking workshop for the students and solo exhibition of Kestutis Vasiliunas “Lily and the Bird” in the Emmit […]
2Cent Has Come to America! Journey No. 113 Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas (2Cent) has come to the US. At the State University of New York at Fredonia he gave the lecture “You are watched“, has make the big size printmaking workshop on theme “Anthropocene” and had the solo exhibition “The Lily & the Bird” in the Rockefeller Arts Center. […]
1-30 April 2022 Artist in Residence, Kyoto, Japan Journey No. 110 – Cancelled After two years of waiting for the corona virus to finally run out and I will be able to travel, I bought airplane tickets to Osaka, hoping to go to an Art Residency in Kyoto. But few weeks before fly, I got the information from Finnair, […]
International Printmaking Exhibition in China Printmaking Museum Location: China Printmaking Museum, Shenzhen, China Time: 2020 “Prints by international artists from the Chinese National Academy of Arts’ “Win-Win Cooperation: Belt and Road International Printmaking Exchange Project” are on display at the China Printmaking Museum in Longhua District. Entry is free but booking is required through the […]
Location: China Printmaking Museum, Shenzhen, China Time: 2020 “In order to memorize the 40th anniversary of Reform and Opening Up in China, Chinese National Academy of Arts, as the highest academic research institution in China, together with Shenzhen Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, specially plans “Win-Win Cooperation/ Belt and Road International Printmaking Exchange Project”, to strengthen communication of international culture […]
1-30 April 2020 Artist in Residence, Kyoto, Japan Journey No. 106 – Cancelled In April 2020 I was invited to take part in Art Residency in Kyoto, in Japan. It had to be wonderful time, as sakura blooms in April… Here I wanted to create my big print, in size 3 metros x 1 metre on canvas in Japanese printing method […]
Woodcut Workshop: “Water-Based Woodcut: Ukiyo-e Techniques” Professor’s Ryuta Endo (Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan) visit at the Graphic Art Department, Vilnius Visit Time: 19-27 October, 2019 Location: Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania Prof. Ryuta Endo with colleagues Hikaru Yamada, Akihiro Tokoro and students from the Musashino Art University, from Tokyo come to Vilnius. […]
2018 Lectures & Workshop “Making copperplate print(intaglio) printed on plaster cubes“. Prof. Toshiya Takahama, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2018 Artist‘s Book Lectures & Workshop “pli selon pli“. Patrizia Meinert, Germany . . . . . . […]
Journeys with Personal Car: Antwerp & Brussels 2019 9-10 August 2019 Museum de Reede, Antwerp Magritte Museum, Brussels Journey No. 103 Artist in Residence “Frans Masereel Centrum”, Kasterlee 1999 28 January – 14 February 1999 Journey No. 13
Some journeys with personal car: Helsinki 2017 13-15 February 2017 Lectures in the Helsinki Art Academy Journey No. 85 Finland, Jyväskylä 2014 24-29 September 2014 Driving through all Finland to North Cape in Norway Journey No. 72 Ekenas 2002 28 August – 7 October 2002 Artist in Residence, Solo Exhibition Journey No. 28 Jyväskylä […]
Time: 18-23 April 2019 Distance: 3864 km Das Auto: Toyota Rav4 Hybrid 2018 The purpose of our journey was to celebrate the Holy Easters with our daughter Agota and my friends Vincent and Joseph. We started our journey to The Netherlands in the evening of 18th of April. It is always better to cross […]
Prof. Toshiya Takahama (Japan) Workshop ‘Making copperplate print(intaglio) printed on plaster cubes’ Time: 7-10 December 2018 Location: Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania Prof. Toshiya Takahama from the Musashino Art University, from Tokyo arrived in Vilnius to give the lectures and to lead the printmaking workshop in the Graphic Art Department, in Vilnius Academy of […]
“Lucas Cranach the Elder: Eva & Apple” 2017 Edition 21, paper, coloured woodcut, wooden stamps, 8 colours, 58 x 119 cm Print was created in the Art Residency in Tianjin, in China in 2017 Print was exhibited in 2017 in the Exhibition “1st Binhai International Print Camp“, Tianjin . . . . . . . […]
YAC Print Workshop, Tianjin, China 21 September – 16 October 2017 I arrived in Tianjin Printmaking Workshop from Dunhuang, where was the opening of the exhibition and conference. It’s about 2000 km by airplane. It was early morning and the sun only started to illuminate the mountains, and the fog slowly disappearing from the […]
Agne Biliunaite, the Lithuanian culture attaché in China, wrote and published the article about Kestutis Vasiliunas art residencies in China in the official webpage of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania. Info in the “Lietuvos žinios” / “Lithuanian News” Info in the main website of Lithuania – Alfa.lt © […]
21 September – 16 October 2017 Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in China Tianjin Printmaking Workshop – the First Print Exhibition “1st Binhai International Print Camp”, Tianjin 2017 Prints created in the Tianjin Printmaking Residency 2017
Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts During our stay in Tianjin Print Workshop we had the possibility to visit Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. It’s about one and a half hour driving from the workshop. Yes…, it is not the same Art Academy like in Europe. We visited Chinese painting class, where students learning from […]
In Guanlan International Print Workshop artists lives in Artist’s Village near Half-Moon Pond. Especially beautiful at night. For creating the next print I have found another paradoxical topic with the title – “Zheng He VS Columbus”… So we should look on facts. Zheng He (1371–1433) was a Hui Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and […]
I am invited in Guanlan International Print Workshop for two weeks, and during this short time I have to create two prints. Prints have to be printed in edition 5o. As I am invited for the international printmaking artists exchange program and the exhibition “The Belt & Road”, I have to create prints based on China culture. For […]
1–18 September 2017 Artist in Residency in China 2017 The First Week in Printmaking Workshop in Guanlan The Second Week in Printmaking Workshop in Guanlan Artist’s Book in China Printmaking Museum in Guanlan .
1 September – 18 September 2017 I am invited in the International Print Workshop – Guanlan Original Printmaking Base in China. Here I have to create few woodblock prints for the international printmaking artists exchange program and the exhibition “The Belt & Road”. Even I have been here with my wife Roberta in 2011, it is […]
International Print Workshop, Guanlan 20 December 2010 – 15 February 2011 Calligraphy Festival in China Sunday in China Lin Family Reunion during Spring Festival in China One Day in China Guilin in China Journey to Yangshuo, China . . .
Prof. XiaoFei Li (China) Workshop “Print As A Way For Seeing” Time: 6-13 October, 2016 Location: Graphic Department, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania My friend, an artist’s book creator and printmaker from China Ph.D. XiaoFei Li gave the lecture and makes the Printmaking Workshop “Print As A Way For Seeing”. XiaoFei Li is […]
In February 2016 I have been invited to create in the Artist in Residency in Lapland in Sweden. It was my second time for creating prints and artist’s book in this wonderful village in winter time. Snow and cold – what can be more nice? What can be more nice then long beautiful mornings and […]
ArToll Sommerlabor 2015 Time: 27 July – 15 August, 2015 Location: ArToll , Bedburg-Hau, Germany Organizer: ArToll Kunstlabor e.V. Curators: Maren Rombold & Marco Henkenjohann The ArToll invited international artists in residence in a special summer workshop for printmaking. After a period of communal living and a mix of collaborative and individual work, the project […]
Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania Assistants: Alicja Habisiak Matczak, PhD and Magdalena Kacperska, Academy of Fine Arts Lodz, Poland Time: 10 – 22 August, 2015 Location: Academy of Fine Arts Lodz, Poland A print can be “flat”, two-dimensional – a simple, small picture to hang in the kitchen or on an exhibition. […]
Von Freitag bis Freitag (From Friday until Friday) 2013, edition 4, in the workshop found printed paper, letter press, rope, size closed: 27 x 22 x 5 cm / opened: 47 x 22 x 17 cm This artist’s book was made in […]
Time 29 July – 23 August 2013 Location: Spinnerei, Leipzig The Bund Bildender Künstler Leipzig e. V. (Leipzig Association of Artists) invited five artists to participate in the “Hochdruck-Grafik-Symposion – edition carpe plumbum” (2nd Relief Printing Symposium) in Leipzig in time 29 July – 23 August 2013. Symposium was in the “Spinnerei”. After the Symposium, […]
Time: 8 July – 25 August 2012 Location: KAUS Urbino, Italy Curators: Giuliano Santini and Cecilia Giampaoli Kestutis Vasiliunas was invited to participated in the “Progetto ROS / Rossini Opera Stampa” in 11 – 25 July 2012 in Urbino, Italy. Artists had to create and to print the posters for one of the opera of […]
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 […]
3 January – 29 January 2008 Ricklundgarden Art Workshop I have been as Artist in Residence in Ricklundgarden, in Lapland. I never have seen such wonderful nature. I was feeling myself like I am in the move of National Geography TV. Yes, it was very extreme and very beautiful.
Theme: “Between Tradition and Digital Media Processes” Time: 19-21 June 2009 Location: Bentlage, Rheine, Germany Prof. Davida Kidd from Canada in Symposium in Bentlage © Photos: Kestutis Vasiliunas © Artist’s Book Creators 2009
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20 December 2010 – 15 February 2011 In 2010 I have been invited with my wife Roberta to create in the International Print Workshop in Guanlan in China. The International Print Workshop – wonderful artists village with the galleries village and very big workshop for printing. Invited artists lives in 300 years old village in […]
20 December 2010 – 15 February 2011 In 2010-2011 I have been invited with my wife Roberta first time to visit and to create in the International Print Workshop in Guanlan in China. Here I met many good people, good artists and new friends. Here I found wonderful China with old, very old culture. Chine […]