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Redas DIRŽYS

Born 29th Sept 1967, Alytus, Lithuania
Nationality: lithuanian
Studies: 1986-1991 Tallinn Art Academy (Estonia); metal crafts
Employment: Alytus Art School, Principal from 1995, teacher from 1991
Artistic activities: sculpture, graphics, installation, performance, writing, lectures, books, curatorship.
Positions, membership: lifetime expert for the North of Eastern Europe at ZCCA-Libušin; IAPAO (International Asociation of Performance Art Organizers) member.

Solo Exhibitions

2004 - Let's Be Part of the System!, Town Hall Tower gallery, run by Kaskada Cultural Centre, Bilina, Czech Republic.
2003 - Target: Mass Media, Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
2002 - The Portraits (together with Kęstutis Grigaliūnas ), Exhibition Palace, Klaipeda.
1999 - Impossible to see (together with Martin Zet, curator Jonas Valatkevičius), Pictures Gallery, Kaunas.
1999 - Pol Pot. With Love for Town and the Citizens, Alytus Museum, Alytus
1998 - The Portraits, Gallery Kairė.Dešinė, Vilnius
1997 - Redas Diržys'97, Gallery Langas, Vilnius.
1997 - Exhibition Hall, Cesis, Latvia.
1996 - The Leg and a Ball, Gallery Langas, Vilnius.
1995 - Gallery Kauno Langas, Kaunas.
1994 - Gallery Jasmin, Wildeshausen, Germany.
1993 - Graphics and Ceramics, Photo gallery, Marijampole.

Group Exhibitions selected

2004 - Un-Staged curated by Charlie Citron at Arti & Armicitae, Amsterdam, Holland.
2004 - The Way the World Is, curated by Stephanie Benzaquen, Iasy, Romania.
2004 - Fluchtlinien at Sacrow Schloss, Berlin, Germany.
2003 - Tirana Biennale 2, Tirana, Albania.
2003 - Sculptures in the River Neris, project organized by AICA Lithuanian section, Vilnius
2003 - ZCCA-Libušin and it's Left Lithuanian Wing, Gallery Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland.
2003 - Graphic Art 2003. Print, CAC, Vilnius.
2003 - Beeing Kaunas Citizen, Event of Social Art, Kaunas City and Gallery Arteritorija, Kaunas.
2002 - FIX02, 5th International Biennial of Performance and Time Based Art (together with Martin Zet), Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2002 - Art Descent, Experimental Art Event, Klaipėda.
2002 - The Survey of Development in Lithuanian Graphic Art, Gallery "Akademija", Vilnius.
2002 - I-YOU, int-l exhibition-symposium, Bitola, Macedonia.
2001- Kolmo k Ose II, Exhibition Hall, Opava; former church St. Vaclav, Opava; Dul Michal, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
2001- Fluxus at Art in General, Gallery Art in General, New York, N.Y., USA
2001- Grindys, Lubos, Sienos, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius.
2001- XII International Tallinn Triennial of Graphic Art, Roterman's Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia.
2001- Odysee 2000+1, Flensburg, Germany.
2001- Walls for NATO, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius.
2001- Interaction (as one of two martins zets), Int'l Performance Art Festival, Piotrkov-Trybunalsky, Poland.
2001- New York City Art auction, Sculpture Space, 323 West 39 str., NYC.
2001- Too Close, Too Distant, Grand Hall of Riga Stock Exchange, Riga, Latvia.
2000 - VI International Biennial of Graphic Art, Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kaliningrad, Russia./1ST AWARD WINNER/
2000 - Intrigue - Provocation, M.Žilinskas Art Gallery and Pictures Gallery, Kaunas
2000 - N.E.W.S. International Contemporary Art Exhibition Under the Tatchanka Principle, Gallery Noass, Riga, Latvia; Baltic Art Center and Gotlands Konstmuseum, Visby ,Sweden.
2000 - No-Yes, International Exhibition - Symposium, Bitola, Macedonia.
1999 - N.E.W.S. Castle of Pomeranian Princess, Szczecin, Poland
1999 - Fairy-Tales, Centre for Metamedia, Plasy, Czech Rep.
1999 - How to Be Happy, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.
1998 - Things Unchained, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.
1998 - River and Communication, Art Event (with Peter Schrader, Kęstutis Grigaliūnas and Jonas Valatkevičius), Alytus. /organizer of the event/
1998 - ART/OMI 1998, Ghent, N.Y., USA
1998 - Everything That is Human and Necessary, "Lietuvos Aidas" Gallery, Vilnius.
1998 - Mass Media - Concert, Multidisciplanary Art Show, Alytus Theatre Building, Alytus.
1997 - The Plane, Pictures Gallery, Kaunas.
1997 - GI, Art Lygue Gallery, Vilnius.
1996 - Conversations (with Peter Allik, Kęstutis Grigaliūnas, Vytautas Stanionis), M.Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas.
1996 - 4th International Biennial of Sculptural Drawings, Vigado Gallery, Gallery of the Goethe Institute,Csontvary Hall, Saint Christophe Jazz Gallery, Budapest, Hungary /PRIZE/
1996 - Unwanted, Pictures gallery, Kaunas.
1996 - 2nd Int-l Biennial of Art Book, Centre of Absolute Art, Polack, Belarus.
1995 - Box'95, M.Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas.
1994 - S.O.F.A. International Art Event, Nyborg, Denmark.
1994 - Fly'94 Musė, M.Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas.
1993/94/95/96 - Straight. Section, Art Events, Alytus.
1989 - Estonian Applied Art Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia.

Works in Public Spaces

2003/04 - The Chess Player, bronze, stone; Panevėžys.
2002 - George Maciunas and Jonas Mekas (together with Kęstutis Grigaliūnas and Kazys Venclovas), The Unity Square, Kaunas. (since July 2003 moved to the hall of M. Žilinskas Art Gallery - The branch of National M.K.Čiurlionis Art Museum in Kaunas)
2000 - The Scaterman - Lukashenko # 16, Tawn Hall Square, Alytus
1997 - Memory of the Form, Renavas Park, Mažeikiai dstr.
1996 - Gates of Hares, Alytus City Park, Alytus.
1994 - Democracy and Water, Nyborg, Danemark.

Awards, stipendiums and residencies

2004 - Stipendium for working period in the Frans Masereel Centrum. Belgium.
2000 - Stipendium from Pollock-Krasner Foundation.
2000 - The State Stipendium for Emerging Artists - Lithuania
2000 - 1st Award of 6th Int-l Graphic Art Biennial, Kaliningrad, Russia.
2000 - Funded residency from Sculpture Space Inc., Utica N.Y., USA.
1998 - ART/OMI International Artist Residency, Ghent N.Y., USA.
1997 - Alytus City Culture and Arts Award.
1996 - The State Stipendium for Emerging Artists - Lithuania.
1996 - Hungarian Sculptors Society Award in 4th Int-l Biennial of Sculptural Drawings.

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