Vytautas Gečas Lithuanian, b. 1987

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Vytautas Gečas
Vytautas Gečas is a designer of objects. He graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts with a bachelor’s degree in product design and the Design Academy Eindhoven with a master’s degree in contextual design. The designer has been participating in exhibitions since 2012. Mentor at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and the Vilnius College of Design. Member of the Lithuanian Design Council. Works in the field of conceptual design. Playing with the context and the perception of the subject, he employs complexity, fragmentation, layering, and mixed references. Gečas is currently studying for a PhD in design at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. His design objects are presented in international exhibitions, and he also curates various contemporary design exhibitions in Lithuania.
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Vytautas Gečas

VYTAUTAS GEČAS

Born 1987 in Vilnius, Lithuania

Lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania

EDUCATION/RESIDENCIES

2018 – Cite Internationale Des Arts, Paris (France)

2013 – Contextual Design (MA) at the Design Academy Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

2006-2010 – product design (BA) at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius (Lithuania)

EXHIBITIONS

2023 - Collectible Design fair, with Galerija Vartai, Brussels (Belgium)

2022 - The Invisibles. Historic Furniture from a Contemporary Design Perspective, the Lithuanina National Museum of Art, Vilnius (Lithuania). Curator together with Marija Puipaitė and Monika Lipšic

2021 - Personal Scale, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius (Lithuania). Curator together with Marija Puipaitė

2020 – Collectible Design fair, with Galerija Vartai, Brussels (Belgium)

2020 – Spectrum, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2020 – Head With Many Thoughts, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2019 – Alert objects, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius (Lithuania). Participant and curator together with Marija Puipaitė

2019 – Envisioned Comfort, A-piece gallery, Do the Right Thing, VAA exhibition space ‘Titanikas’, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2018 – Design Lithuania 2018, Palais Ducal, Caen (France)

2018 – now! le off, Paris design week, Paris (France)

2018 – Stories of Things Lithuanian Design 1918 - 2018, National Art Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2018 – 4 a change, Vilnius design week 2018, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2018 – Ventura Future, Milan design week, Milan (Italy) 

2018 – LITHUANIA 100 ESTONIA, Museum of New Art, Parnu (Estonia)

2017 – Whats next 2017, Art factory LOFTAS, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2017 – Maison & Objet, Paris design week, Paris (France)

2017 – La terrasse vol.4, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

2016 – Maison & Objet, Paris design week, Paris (France)

2015 – Maison & Objet, Paris design week, Paris (France)

2015 – Žilvinas Landzbergas. Crown Off, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2014 – Nida Action, Design Innovation Center, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2014 – Maison & Objet, Paris design week, Paris (France)

2014 – Personal exhibition together with Tauras Stalnionis, Design Week, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2013 – TAC (Temporary Art Centre), Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

2013 – Eindhoven Design Academy Graduation show, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

2012 – Our enviroment - our nature - Eindhoven Design Academy, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

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ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS

2020 – Sonia Dutt and Sakshi Rai, “#TrendAlert Alliteration: String a design symphony with recurrent elements and motifs”, in: ELLE décor India, 2020-12-02

2020 – “Lietuva – Leipcige rengiamos tarptautinės dizaino mugės garbės viešnia”, in: SwO magazine, 2020-10-20

2020 – Natashah Hitti, “Envisioned Comfort furniture collection pairs velvet seats with wooden frameworks,” in: dezeen.com, 2020-07-05

2017 – „Kuriu žmogui, kuris ieško“, in: Created in Lithuania, no.1, 2017

2013 – Maisie Skidmore, “Introducing: Furniture Designer Vytautas Gecas on his innovative work”, in: It’s Nice That, 2013-10-24

 

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