Sigitas Staniunas tel. 234-25-34, 8-688-32-481 staniunas@hotmail.com

	CURRICULUM VITAE

	NAME:	SIGITAS STANIUNAS
	DATE OF BIRTH:	04/30/1965
	Contact	Lithuania, tel. +370688-32-481
	e-mail address:	staniunas@hotmail.com
	Internet address	www.staniunas.lt
	EDUCATION:	MFA
		1985-1991 Vilnius Art Academy, Department of Visual Arts, painting and installations
		1978-1985 Kaunas Art School, Lithuania. General studies, painting, 7 year program

	EXHIBITIONS:
	2003	Painting exhibition. ArtOmi Int’l Artists’ Colony, New York, USA
	2003 May	“Romantic Misteries” – painting exhibition. Baroti Gallery, Klaipeda, Lithuania
	2003 March	“Song of the Rhine Bird” – painting exhibition. Historical Museum, Stein am Rhien, Switzerland
	2002 December	“Reminiscence of the Purple Night” – painting exhibition. French Culture Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
	2002 October	“Reminiscence” – painting exhibition. Fort Mont Serrat, Salvador, Brazil
	2002 May	“Among the Shadows” - painting exhibition. Gallery “ARTeritorija”, Kaunas, Lithuania
	2001 Nov.-Dec.	Painting exhibition. Swedish History Museum, Loviisa, Finland
	2001 October	“Among the Shadows” – painting exhibition. Helsinki Culture Center Kanneltalo, Helsinki, Finland
	2001 March – April	Int’l painting and installation project “Shul”. Sembilan Gallery, Bali, Indonesia
	2000 December	“Yellow Moon” – painting exhibition. Gallery “Jangva”, Helsinki, Finland
	2000 July – Aug.	Painting exhibition. North Nederland Contemporary Art Museum, Aalborg, Denmark
	2000 June	Aalborg Triennial. Painting and installation. Aalborg, Denmark
	2000 April	Painting exhibition. America Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
	1999 December	“Chemistry of Combustion and Illumination – Structure of Flame” – painting, installation. Cemeti Contemporary Art Center, Yogiakarta, Indonesia
	1998 May	“Mediawave” – international visual art festival. Gyor, Hungary
	1997 April - May	"Observatory" – site-specific art project in collaboration with the Chicago art-group “Walk”. Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
	1995 July - Oct.	“Stone Powder Fort York” – international site-specific art project. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	1995 May	“The Bath House” – site-specific installation project. Lincoln Park, Chicago, USA
	1995 April	“Flottille” – installation. Chicago River, Chicago, U.S.A.
	1995 April	“Needle” – site-specific installation project. Flat Iron Building, Wicker Park, Chicago, USA
	1995 March-April	“Pranciskonu 3/6” – site-specific art project. Franciscan Monastery, Vilnius, Lithuania
	1993 October	“The Arsenal” – site-specific art project, Riga, Latvia
	1992 Nov. - Dec.	“S.E.L” site-specific art project. Gallery “Getija”, Vilnius, Lithuania
	1992 Sept.	“Vilnius Artillery Bastion” – site-specific art project. Vilnius, Lithuania

	RESIDENCIES:
	1999	Cemeti Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
	2001	Artist-in-Residence, Loviisa, Finland
	2002	Sacatar Foundation, Salvador, Brasil
	2003	Chrezeturm Residence, Stein-am-Rhein, Switzerland
	2003	ArtOmi international residence program, New York, USA

	PERFORMANCES:
	2003 May	“The Fan of Piligrim – Music Has Its way with Me” – performance presentation. Gallery “ARTeritorija”, Kaunas. Lithuania
	2001 September	International Performance Festival. Odense, Denmark
	2001 March-Apr.	International installation and performance project “Shul”, Bali, Indonesia
	2001 January	“Exit” – international performance festival. Helsinki, Finland
	2000 October	“Laboratory” - int’l performance project . Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania
	2000 January	Performances at Pori Contemporary Art Museum, Pori, Finland
	1999 December	“Elements”. Cemeti Contemporary Art Center, Yogiakarta, Indonesia
	1999 May	“Time and Space Movement” – international performance festival, Paide, Estonia
	1998 October	“Left – Right” – international performance project. Vilnius, Lithuania
	1998 May	“Mediawave” – international visual art project. Vilnius, Lithuania
	1997 November	“Dimension 0” - international performance festival. Vilnius, Lithuania

	AWARDS/GRANTS:
	2002	Artist-in-Residence, Bahia, Brazil. Grant by Sacatar Foundation
	1999	Artist-in-Residence, Yogiakarta, Indonesia. Grant by UNESCO International Fund for Promotion of Culture (IFPC) and Ford Foundation.
	1998	Gulliver Connect Award. Visual Art Festival “Mediawave” . Gyor, Hungary
	1997	Lithuanian Ministry of Culture grant for int’l site-specific project “Observatory”. Vilnius, Lithuania
	1995	Chicago Artist International Program Award. Chicago, USA
	1995	United States Information Service grant for site-specific project “Pranciskonu 3/6”. Franciscan Monastery, Vilnius, Lithuania

	MEMBERSHIP:
	1999 –present	Member of Lithuanian Artists’ Association