Biography

1961 – Born in Ignalina, Lithuania

1986 – Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Vilnius Academy of Arts

1993–2012 – Deputy Director, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius

2012–2014 – Exhibition Architect, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius

2014 – Curator and architect of the Antanas Mončys House-Museum, Palanga

Selected Projects and Exhibitions

1988 – Competition project for the Ignalina Church of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary 

1989 – Design and implementation of a memorial cross dedicated to the memory of the Ignalina region and its residents who were deported from Ignalina railway station in 1941 and during 1944–1953

1998 – Competition project for the Church of Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis in Viršuliškės, Lithuania

1990 – Competition project for the Elektrėnai Church (co-author)

1994 – Project for the private house Villa Jogaila (co-author)

1994 – Installation Kas nori kategorijos U? (Who Wants Category U?), Arka Gallery, Vilnius

1994 – Installation Laikas arba vieno mėnesio fiksacija (Time or One Month’s Fixation), Šiaurės Atėnai Gallery, Vilnius

1995 – Installation Difuzija (Diffusion), Arka Gallery, Vilnius

1995 – Interior design of the NATO’s café (co-author), Pasažo skersgatvis, Vilnius

1995 – Project for a monument to Frank Zappa (co-author), Vilnius 

1995 – Installation Geras plienas 2 (Good Steel 2), Šiaurės Atėnai Gallery, Vilnius

1995 – Interior design of the Contemporary Art Centre café, Vilnius

1996 – Project Nowa Litwa (participant), Gdańsk, Poland 

1996 – Interior design of the Metalinė liemenė café (co-author), Vilnius 

1996 – Stage image for the rock band Rojaus tūzai (co-author)

1996 – Set design and costumes for the video performance Klinika, arba rytoj ketvirtą (The Clinic, or Tomorrow at Four) (co-author), dir. Rolandas Rastauskas

1997 – Group exhibition Ground Control, Beaconsfield, London; Baltic Four Mill, Gateshead, UK; Jutempus, Vilnius

1997 – Video installation Raudona (Red), Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius 

1998 – Group exhibition Sutemos (Twilight) (co-author), Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius

1998 – Group exhibition Cool Places, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius

1998 – Competition project for the Minolta Baltija office building in Vilnius (co-author)

1999 – Permanent exhibition project for the Antanas Mončys House-Museum in Palanga, Lithuania

2000 – Pavilion design for the World Exhibition Expo 2000 (co-author), Hanover, Germany 

2000 – Exhibition Swedish / Baltic Architecture (co-author), La Galerie d’Architecture, Paris; also shown in Naples, Italy, 2001

2000 – Group exhibition Nekaltas gyvenimas (Innocent Life) (co-author), Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius 

2000 – Group architectural project  Erdvė 0-14 (Space 0–14), Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius; also shown at “Lithuanian Artists on the World Stage”, Millennium Dome, DOMUS 2000, London, UK

2001 – Architecture for the fashion event Mados infekcija and the project Vidurio Europos vyrų mados (co-author), Lithuania

2001 – Fredericia Port Line design project (co-author), Denmark 

2002 – Installation for LUX EUROPAE Light Festival (co-author), Copenhagen Østerport Station, Denmark

2003 – Interior design for the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi

2003 – Concept for a mobile pavilion for the international project Troia (co-creator), Berlin, Germany

2004 – Exhibition (ne)lyderis ((Not) A Leader) (curator and participant), Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius

2004 – RGB, Lithuanian pavilion for the international project European Street, (co-author) Prague, Czech Republic

2005 – Project for the Lithuanian pavilion DNR at the World Exhibition Expo 2005 (co-author), Aichi, Japan 

2005 – Architecture of the Lithuanian pavilion at the 51st Venice Biennale (Jonas Mekas), Venice, Italy

2005 – Group exhibition “101.3 km: Competition and Collaboration”.
Model Žinių ekonomikos branduolio modelis (Model of the Knowledge Economy Core) (co-creator), Kaunas Picture Gallery

2006 – Interior reconstruction and redesign of the Contemporary Art Centre spaces and lobby Emisija (Emission), Vilnius

2007 – Project for a monument to Frank Zappa (co-author) in Baltimore, USA  

2007 – Exhibition Transverse (curator and participant), Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Vilnius; Kumu, Tallinn, Estonia; Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia

2010 – Group exhibition formalizmas_nesėkmės (formalism_failures) (curator and participant); installation Juoda pagalvė (Black Pillow) (co-author), Contemporary Art Centre; 2011 – Cēsis Contemporary Art Festival “Experiment and Excellence”, Latvia; 2012 – Liverpool Biennial.

2012 – Group exhibition Lietuvos dailė(Lithuanian Art), (exhibition architect and participant); project Disko metikas R. Ubartas meta diską į ŠMC sieną(Discus Thrower Romas Ubartas Throws a Disc at the Wall of the CAC), Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius

2013 – Project Lituanicos sparnas (Wing of Lituanica), Energy and Technology Museum (co-author), Vilnius

2014 – Group exhibition Pirmavaizdžiai: idėjos, eskizai, modeliai ir instrukcijos (Prototypes: Ideas, Sketches, Models, and Instructions), National Gallery of Art, Vilnius 

2014 – Exhibition Filtrai (Filters), Antanas Mončys House-Museum, Palanga, Lithuania

Awards / Recognitions

The Lithuanian Pavilion at EXPO 2000 (Hanover, Germany) was selected among the top five pavilions.

The Lithuanian Pavilion at EXPO 2005 (Aichi, Japan) was recognised for its exhibition design solutions. The group Private Ideology received the LT Identity Award, established by the Lithuanian Institute and granted for outstanding projects shaping Lithuania’s image. The project was also selected as one of the top five by international architects worldwide.

2006 – Valdas Ozarinskas was awarded the Hansabank Art Prize for the installation Transverse.