SIGITAS VIRPILAITIS

Born 1961 in Saulučiai, Šiauliai distr. (Lithuania)
Education: 1979 - 1984 Estonian State Art Institute (now Tallinn Art University), Department of Jewelry Art resists in Vilnius

Solo Exhibitions:

1997, 2002 Gallery "Lietuvos aidas", Vilnius
1999 Mizgiris Amber Gallery, Vilnius
2001 Uzupio Gallery, Vilnius
2002 Gallery Lietuvos aidas, Vilnius

Selected Group Exhibitions:

1988 Baltic Art and Crafts Triennial, Tallinn
1988 1^st Exhibition of Vilnius Jewelers, Museum of Applied Art, Vilnius
1988, 1990 International Biennials of Enamel, Chapelle du Lycee Gay-Lussac, Municipal Museum, Limoge (France)
1989 Exhibition of Non-Traditional Amber, Museum of Applied Art, Vilnius
1991 Exhibition of Enamel of Baltic and Nordic Countries, Silkeborg, Frederisberg, Copenhagen (Denmark); Goteborg (Sweden); Turku (Finland)
1993 "Subject" / International Exhibition of Jewelry, Finlandian Design Forum, Helsinki
1993-1994 "From Dreams to Reality"/ Exhibition of Baltic and Scandinavian Applied Art and Design, White Pavilion, Tallinn; Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius; Exhibition Hall "Latvia", Riga; Röhsska Museum, Goteborg, Sweden; Cable Factory, Helsinki
1999 Contemporary Lithuanian Jewelry 1989-1999: Adornments and Objects, Applied Arts Gallery, Vilnius
2000 Contemporary Lithuanian Jewelry, Japanese Culture Centre Manggha, Crocow (Poland)
2000 "Tradition and Future", Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
2001 NEW: Contemporary Lithuanian Jewelry, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Ghent (Belgium)
2003-2004" Valuable Links" / Jewels from the OSCE Countries, Centre Ceramique, Maastricht (the Netherlands); Sofia
2004 La Joya Del Baltico / Contemporary Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian Jewelry, Museo Nacional De Arties Decorativas, Madrid