About the artist
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Skaistė Verdingytė belongs to the middle generation of artists, she has actively been representing the Lithuanian artists’ community for more than a decade. The elements of surrealistic art and theatre can be found in her works. Since technics and professionalism are of major importance in painting and visual arts in general, we can track down Andrea Mantegna’s tradition in S. Verdingytė’s paintings, which reached Lithuanian art through the creative work of Stasys Ušinskas. The artist has also been influenced by the representatives of the School of Ferrara, namely, Cosimo Tura, Carlo Crivelli, Giorgio de Chirico as welll as Algimantas Švėgžda, Sofija Veiverytė and other artists’ oeuvres.
Skaistė Verdingytė is a member of Mural Art Department of Lithuanian Artists’ Association. Since 2006, she has participated in the ‘Slaptųjų piešėjų draugija’ (Secret Drawing Society - drawing human figure from life studio) of Lithuanian Artists’ Association activities.
Exhibitions
Personal
2022 – Plein Air at Bikuškis Manor, organized by Dalia and Gintaras Gruodis
2011 – International Plein Air in Şarkikaraağaç, Isparta region, Turkey
2008 – Plein Air at “Kernavės bajorynė” Homestead
Group
2024 – Fourteenth Drawing Exhibition, Slaptoji piešiančiųjų draugija (Secret Drawing Society), V. Martikonis Gallery “Autoportretas”, Vilnius
2024 –Long Drawing and Portraits with Slaptoji piešiančiųjų draugija (Secret Drawing Society), ArtCompensa International Art Fair, Stand II, Vilnius
2024 – Canvas, JUODA/BALTA Art Gallery, Kaunas
2024 – Live Drawing from Nature Culture Night, “LATGA Authors’ House” with Slaptoji piešiančiųjų draugija (Secret Drawing Society), Vingriai Square, Vilnius
2024 – LDS Monumentalist Exhibition Inner Sources of Space, Žiežmariai Synagogue, Žiežmariai
2024 – Hedonizmas.lt, Godo Gallery, Vilnius
2024 – Thirteenth Drawing Exhibition, Slaptoji piešiančiųjų draugija (Secret Drawing Society), Vokiečių g. 2, Vilnius
2023 – LDS Monumentalist Exhibition Form, Colour, Light, Biržai Regional Museum, Biržai
2023 – MICRO Inconvenient Exhibition, Godo Gallery, Vilnius
2023 – LDS Exhibition Bodies, ArtVilnius ’23, Litexpo, Vilnius
2023 – Figura metaphisica, Godo Gallery, Vilnius
2023 – LTQ’23 Communities: 5th Lithuanian Contemporary Art Quadriennial, VDA Exhibition Hall “Titanikas”, Vilnius
2023 – Canvas, JUODA/BALTA Art Gallery, Kaunas
2022 – Figura metaphisica, Užutrakis Manor
2022 – Tenth Drawing Exhibition, Slaptoji piešiančiųjų draugija (Secret Drawing Society), Vilnius
2022 – Presents of Centuries, Trakai Culture Gallery “Fojė”, Trakai
2022 –Salve Vilnius, Energy and Technology Museum, Vilnius
2021 – Résistance, Paul Conti gallery, France
2021 – Figura Metaphisica, Užutrakis manor
2021 – Portrait Studies Exhibition Portrait Mania, Vilnius
2021 – Exhibition of Slaptoji piešiančiųjų draugija (Secret Drawing Society), Mažeikiai
2021 – Ninth Drawing Exhibition, Slaptoji piešiančiųjų draugija (Secret Drawing Society), Vilnius
2020 – Salve Vilnius, Trakų Vokė Manor
2020 – FIGŪRA 2020. Drawing / Artwork, Vilnius
2020 – Virtual Exhibition Erotic Dream. Sketches of Gentle Eroticism, Trakų Vokė
2019 – 100 Percent Nude, Vilnius
2019 – Exhibition of Slaptoji piešiančiųjų draugija (Secret Drawing Society), Kaunas
2017 – Drawings ++, Slaptoji piešiančiųjų draugija (Secret Drawing Society), Vilnius
2017 – Nudes, Slaptoji piešiančiųjų draugija (Secret Drawing Society), Vilnius
2016 – Osten Biennial of Drawing, Skopje, North Macedonia
2015 – National Drawing Exhibition Through Form – Into Content, Vilnius
2012 – National Drawing Exhibition at Arka Gallery, Vilnius
2011 – About That, Women Artists’ Exhibition, Vilnius Town Hall
2011 – 2018 – Exhibitions of Slaptoji piešiančiųjų draugija (Secret Drawing Society), LDS Gallery, Vokiečių g. 2, Vilnius
2008 – Exhibition at Salzburg Summer Academy of Arts Gallery, Hallein, Austria
2008 – Exhibition at Fayoum International Art Center, Fayoum, Egypt
2007 – Exhibition at Hohensalzburg Fortress, Salzburg, Austria
International exhibitions and residencies: Austria, Egypt, Macedonia, France, Turkey.
Plein Air
2021 m. – 'The Awakening', 'Fojė' gallery, Trakai
2009 m. – 'Diaries', 'Arka' gallery, Vilnius
2008 m. – 'Fayoum', St. John's street gallery, Vilnius
2008 m. – 'ZTVA', St. John's street gallery, Vilnius
Residencies
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Contacts
+370 6 98 77 051
verdingyte@gmail.com
