Laurynas Skeisgiela Lithuanian, b. 1994

Overview
Laurynas Skeisgiela is a Vilnius-based artist, curator, photographer, and filmmaker. He studied at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, Photography and Media Art Department, from 2013 to 2017, and at the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts. Laurynas is one of the founders of Lokomotif meeting room in Lentvaris.
Alongside Milda Dainovskytė, he is part of a curatorial duo and an alternative urban cultural body that encourages us to question, remember, and reimagine local identities. Collaborating with creators from various disciplines, Laurynas works in the fields of film, photography, and curating, while his individual practice usually focuses on moving pictures and light installations.
Works
  • Laurynas Skeisgiela, Liump! Nuodingos meškutės / Tiger Moths (Tyria jacobaeae), 2024
    Laurynas Skeisgiela
    Liump! Nuodingos meškutės / Tiger Moths (Tyria jacobaeae), 2024
    75 x 85 cm
    € 2,800.00
    Laurynas Skeisgiela, Liump! Nuodingos meškutės / Tiger Moths (Tyria jacobaeae), 2024
    € 2,800.00
  • Laurynas Skeisgiela, Liump! Nuodingos meškutės / Tiger Moths (Arctia Caja), 2024
    Laurynas Skeisgiela
    Liump! Nuodingos meškutės / Tiger Moths (Arctia Caja), 2024
    75 x 85 cm
    € 2,800.00
    Laurynas Skeisgiela, Liump! Nuodingos meškutės / Tiger Moths (Arctia Caja), 2024
    € 2,800.00
  • Laurynas Skeisgiela, Liump! Nuodingos meškutės / Tiger Moths (Callimorpha Dominula), 2024
    Laurynas Skeisgiela
    Liump! Nuodingos meškutės / Tiger Moths (Callimorpha Dominula), 2024
    75 x 85 cm
    € 2,800.00
    Laurynas Skeisgiela, Liump! Nuodingos meškutės / Tiger Moths (Callimorpha Dominula), 2024
    € 2,800.00
  • Laurynas Skeisgiela, Liump! Slowly Flashing, 2021
    Laurynas Skeisgiela
    Liump! Slowly Flashing, 2021
    31cm x 30cm x 8cm
    € 2,200.00
    Laurynas Skeisgiela, Liump! Slowly Flashing, 2021
    € 2,200.00
  • Laurynas Skeisgiela, Liump! (a series of slowly flashing objects), 2021
Biography

Born 1994 in Kaunas, Lithuania
Lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania

EDUCATION
2019 Rupert, Alternative education programme, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016 State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, Prof. Ricarda Roggan, Stuttgart, Germany
2013 – 2017 Vilnius Academy of Art, FAMM, Vilnius, Lithuania


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Liump! Ultraviolet Gobelin & Wine, Improper Walls, Viena, Austria
2020 Small Town Murder Songs, Atletika, Vilnius


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Begalinis Pulsas, Palanga Art Weekend, Palanga, Lithuania
2024 Spectrum 2, Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius, Lithuania
2023 Fragile Balance, Atletika, Vilnius, Lithuania 

Christmas Potluck, Top E.V, Berlin, Germany
Mediaramos, Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania

2021 L'ÉTREINTE - EMBRACEMENT - GLAMONÉ, Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 Bus nutarta / Details Will be Ours, Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018 <35, TSEKH, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 Beyond, Allanheads Contemporary Arts, Allenheads, United Kingdom

Meilė. Geriausi, Vilnius Academy of Art, Vilnius

2016 The Great Infinity Pool Vol. 2, Eigen + Art, Leipzig, Germany


COLLECTIONS
Private Collection, Vilnius, Lithuania


RESIDENCIES
2025 Akee, Aleknaičiai, Lithuania
2023 Top.E.v, Berlin, Germany

AIR - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Niederösterreich, Krems an der Donau, Austria

2017 Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Allenheads, United Kingdom


CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2021 The Key, The Tower and The Crown, group exhibition, Lokomotif, Lentvaris, Lithuania
2020 Warowland, group exhibition, Lokomotif, Lentvaris, Lithuania

Answers, Gintautas Trimakas solo exhibition, Lokomotif, Lentvaris, Lithuania

The Red Stars, Alex Stockburger solo exhibition, Lokomotif, Lentvaris, Lithuania

2019 2 0 9 0, group exhibition, Lokomotif, Lentvaris, Lithuania

Men With a Dark Hair In The Background Of a Sunset, Paulius Petraitis solo exhibition, Lokomotif, Lentvaris, Lithuania
Resort, group exhibition, Lokomotif, Lentvaris, Lithuania


SCREENINGS
2025 Experiments on Urban Grounds, National Gallery of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania
2024 Experiments on Urban Grounds, Cesure, Paris, France

Exhibitions
Bibliography
PUBLICATIONS
2022 – Milda Dainovskytė, Laurynas Skeisgiela & others, Lokomotif in Lentvaris, New media design studio Surikatos, Vilnius. (Printed catalogue of curatorial activities in Lentvaris from 2019 to 2021)
2022 – Vytautas Michelkevičius, Karolina Rybačiauskaitė, Kęstutis Šapoka, (In)dependent Contemporary Art Histories. Artist-run initiatives in Lithuania, 1980–2022, 3rd volume, MENE / LTMKS, Vilnius. (Printed book, conversations with artists)
2021 – Linas Bliškevičius & Yates Norton, „L’Étreinte – Embracement – Glamonė“, Gallery Vartai, Vilnius. (Printed exhibition catalogue)
2021 – Alice Maselnikova, AIM Network, AIM Network/Foringen Candyland, Tallinn. (Printed catalogue)
2016 – Klasse Rogan, The Great Infinity Pool Vol.1, ABK Stuttgart. (Printed catalogue)
2016 – Klasse Rogan, The Great Infinity Pool Vol.2, ABK Stuttgart. (Printed catalogue)
 
ARTICLES/ INTERVIEWS
2024 - "Exhibition: LIUMP: Ultraviolet Gobelin and Wine by Laurynas Skeisgiela at the Proper Walls in Vienna, Austria": https://echogonewrong.com/exhibition-liump-ultraviolet-gobelin-and-wine-by-laurynas-skeisgiela-at-the-iproper-walls-in-vienna-austria/
2024 - "Experiments on Urban Grounds: Terrestrial Urbanities in Dialogue between France and Lithuania": https://exp.archfondas.lt/en/post/experiments-on-urban-grounds-terrestrial-urbanities-in-dialogue-between-france-and-lithuania/

2023 - Sophie Durand, "Pink Mornings as Lilac Evenings": https://echogonewrong.com/pink-mornings-as-lilac-evenings/

2023 - Submission: https://kubaparis.com/submission/370061

2023 - Lina Rukevičiūtė, Vaida Stepanovaitė, "Independent Initiatives Baltics: A lot of Questions and an Attempt to Join up the Moving Dots": https://echogonewrong.com/independent-initiatives-baltics-a-lot-of-questions-and-an-attempt-to-join-up-the-moving-dots/

2022 - "Mildos Dainovskytės ir Lauryno Skeisgielos pranešimas Artnews.lt neformalių susitikimų cikle Doppelganger SMC skaitykloje": https://artnews.lt/renginys/mildos-dainovskytes-ir-lauryno-skeisgielos-pranesimas-artnews-lt-neformaliu-susitikimu-cikle-doppelganger-smc-skaitykloje

2022 - "Išleistas bene pirmasis Lentvario": https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/kultura/12/1624927/isleistas-bene-pirmasis-lentvario-

2021 - Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė, "Užmiršti miesto istorijos naratyvai: pokalbis su Lokomotif kuratoriais": https://artnews.lt/uzmirsti-miesto-istorijos-naratyvai-pokalbis-su-lokomotif-kuratoriais-66166

2020 - "Šiuolaikinio meno kuratoriai įkvėpimo semesi iš Lentvario praeities: savirefleksijos treniruotės ir kolekcionavimas": https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/kultura/12/1180202/siuolaikinio-meno-kuratoriai-ikvepimo-

2020 - "Photo Reportage: Exhibition Small Town Murder Songs: Laurynas Skeisgiela, Atletika Gallery": https://echogonewrong.com/photo-reportage-exhibition-small-town-murder-songs-laurynas-skeisgiela-atletika-gallery/

2020 - "A Lecture Evening in Nida with Lokomotif at Eduardo Jonuso House in Nida": https://echogonewrong.com/a-lecture-evening-in-nida-with-lokomotif-at-eduardo-jonuso-house-in-nida/

2020 - "Lokomotif Presents Its 2020 Programme: From Self-Reflection Training to a Deeper Look into Collecting": https://echogonewrong.com/lokomotif-presents-its-2020-programme-from-self-reflection-training-to-a-deeper-look-into-collecting/

2017 – Agnė Narušytė, "Būsena be uosto": https://www.7md.lt/fotografija/2017-06-16/Busena-be-uosto

2017 – Jogintė Bučinskaitė, “On Newness”, in: Nida Art Colony, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Neringa, Lithuania.

2017 – Agnė Narušytė, “Būsena be uosto”, in: 7md, Nr. 24 (1218), Vilnius.

 

ONLINE SOURCES

Sophie Durand, "Pink Mornings as Lilac Evenings": https://echogonewrong.com/pink-mornings-as-lilac-evenings/

"Exhibition: LIUMP: Ultraviolet Gobelin and Wine by Laurynas Skeisgiela at the Proper Walls in Vienna, Austria": https://echogonewrong.com/exhibition-liump-ultraviolet-gobelin-and-wine-by-laurynas-skeisgiela-at-the-iproper-walls-in-vienna-austria/

"Photo Reportage: Exhibition Small Town Murder Songs: Laurynas Skeisgiela, Atletika Gallery": https://echogonewrong.com/photo-reportage-exhibition-small-town-murder-songs-laurynas-skeisgiela-atletika-gallery/

 

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