Marija Puipaitė Lithuanian, b. 1987

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Photo by Gedvilė Tamošiūnaitė
Marija Puipaitė is a Lithuanian designer living and working in Vilnius. She received a BA of Arts in Product design from Vilnius Academy of Arts in 2010 and completed her MA in the Contextual Design at Design Academy Eindhoven in 2014, later obtained her Ph.D. in Design at Vilnius Academy of Arts. Her research field is the perception of the human body with the rise of scientific anatomy practice in Early Modern Europe. Marija Puipaitė uses the human body as a starting point for her designs. Whether furniture or jewelry, her
designs always possess an intimate, organic connection with their user, aiming to provide a sensual experience. Marija views the design process as a ritual where all contributing factors and coincidences aect the result. Marija is a mentor at the Vilnius Academy of Arts Design Department, works as a product designer, curates design exhibitions. Vartai gallery represents their works.
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Photo by Gedvilė Tamošiūnaitė

MARIJA PUIPAITĖ 

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 in 2010

EXHIBITIONS

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

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

2021 - Personal Scale, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius (Lithuania). Curator together with Vytautas Gečas

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

2020 – Spectrum, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius (Lithuania)

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

2019 – Budapest Design Week festival, Budapest (Hungary)

2019 – Designsalon 2019, Europe’s Designing Women, Landesgalerien, Linz (Austria)

2019 – Envisioned Comfort, A-piece gallery, Do the Right Thing, Titanikas, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2018 – Abstract Expressions – Explorations in Jewellery Designs, Zaha Hadid Gallery, London (United Kingdom)

2018 – Le Off, Paris Design Week, Ground Control - 81 rue du Charolais, Paris (France)

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 – Selected 2018, Out of the Frame, Neue Galerie Graz at Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz (Austria)

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

2018 – Applied Arts and Design 1918-2018, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2017 – Fantasy, Vol. 4, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, (The Netherlands)

2017 – London Design Fair, Old Truman Brewery Hall S5, London (United Kingdom)

2017 – Mint design gallery, London Design Festival, 2 North Terrace, London (United Kingdom)

2017 – Age of Man, Milan Design Week, Ventura Lambrate, Milan (Italy)

2017 – Central Textile Museum in Lodz (Poland)

2017 – Muzeum Miasta Gdyni (Poland)

2017 – Museum of Applied Art and Design, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2017 – Nordic House, Reykjavík (Iceland)

2017 – Latvian National Museum of Art / Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga (Latvia)

2017 – Estonian Museum of Applied Arts and Design (Tallinn)

2016 – Form/Design Center, Malmö (Sweden) 

2016 – Embracing Touch (solo), ARgenTum Jewellery Art gallery of Vilnius Art Academy, Vilnius (Lithuania)

2016 – Dutch Design Week, Sectie C, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

2015 – January, Generation 2015, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

2014 – Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius (Lithuania)

Exhibitions
Art Fairs
Bibliography
Photo by Gedvilė Tamošiūnaitė
Photo by Gedvilė Tamošiūnaitė

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

2020 – Valdas Puteikis, “Dizainerė Marija Puipaitė – apie prarastą tėvą ir jo įtaką : ‘Mudviem su mama jis gyvas tarp šeimos daiktų“, in: Žmonės, 2020-01-01

2017 – Emma Tucker, “Marija Puipaitė‘s Embracing Touch jewellery “puddles” on the body”, in: dezeen.com, 2017-01-22

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

2017 – “Marija, jos objektai ir intymumas”, in: Namas ir aš, 2017-01

2014 – Katie Treggiden, “Marija Puipaitė shapes Embracing Touch seats with outline of her legs“, in: dezeen.com,2014-11-29

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

2013 – Emilija Švobaitė, “Pokalbis su Marija Puipaite”, in: Ore.lt, 2013-02-28

 

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