Gabrielė Adomaitytė Lithuanian, b. 1994
Gabrielė Adomaitytė (b. 1994, Lithuania) currently lives and works in Amsterdam, where, until the spring of 2019, she was an artist in residence at De Ateliers. Her work is based on researching painterly representation and its intersection with digitization. Through investigating mnemonic devices, Adomaitytė’s paintings draw on alternative systems for archiving information. By transposing this information into the slower, analogue realm of painting, these collections of imagery function as mental aids or enhancers of cultural memory. Lifting from an encyclopedia of natural history, the data manifests as multi-dimensional figures of painterly actions, colours and shapes that create a rhizome like system of meaning. By constantly questioning the possibilities of painting and the problems of visual representation, the artist investigates information systems and the collision points of the digital and actual matter in various archives. Adomaitytė’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad: Tilde (Amsterdam, 2021), Encounter Contemporary, (London, 2021), Arti et Amicitiae (Amsterdam, 2020), Swallow (Vilnius, 2020), Annet Gelink Gallery (Amsterdam, 2020), De Ateliers (Amsterdam, 2019), VARTAI Gallery (Vilnius, 2019), and Contemporary Art Centre (Vilnius, 2018), etc., and has been awarded numerous grants and prizes (Mondriaan Funds, Buning Brongers Prize, etc.)
Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands
EDUCATION/RESIDENCIES
2019 - Rupert residency, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2017-2019 - De Ateliers, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2016 - Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2013-2017 - Painting/Sculpture (BA) at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius (Lithuania)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 - Traversing Discrete Loci, Annet Gellink Gallery, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2019 - Documentary Exactness, VARTAI Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 - What Remains, Encounter Contemporary, London (United Kingdom)
2021 - Titele, Tilde, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2021 - Question Mark, Park, Tilburg (The Netherlands)
2020 - Palydos, Swallow, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2020 - Faint Light Feeds the Mainspring, Kunstkapel, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2020 - Spectrum, VARTAI Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2020 - What's Up / Twenty Twenty, curated by Lawrence Van Hagen (online)
2020 - Earthflax. Ride or Die 2.0, curated by Oda Haugerud, Gothenburg (Sweden)
2019 - What's Up/London Minimal | Maximal by Lawrence van Hagen, 22 Davies street, London (United Kingdom)
2019 - Pride & Innocence, Oosterkerk, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2019 - XVII a., Autarkija, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2019 - Offspring 2019: Once a Closely Guarded Secret, curated by Martin Herbert, De Ateliers, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2019 - DJ Bipolar Magician, Amsterdamse Bos, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2018 - JCDecaux Prize: Dignity, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2018 - Tantalus Bluff, Gallerismus, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2016 - Bots, Bodies & Beasts, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2016 - By a Whisker, VAA exhibition space 'Titanikas', Vilnius (Lithuania)
2015 - Poetics of Space, Studium P, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2015 - Contact 88, Akademija Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
AWARDS
2020 - Winner of Buning Brongers Prize
2018 - Nominated for JCDecaux Prize
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Spectrum
Group exhibition 14 Jul - 26 Aug 2020Curator Linas Bliškevičius Artists and designers: Gabrielė Adomaitytė, Jānis Avotiņš, Ray Bartkus, Kazimieras Brazdžiūnas, Jokūbas Čižikas, Adomas Danusevičius, Marija Puipaitė & Vytautas Gečas, Vytenis Jankūnas, Linas Jusionis, Žilvinas Kempinas, Mindaugas...Read more -
Gabrielė Adomaitytė
"Documentary Exactness" 5 Sep - 11 Oct 2019‘As a painter you have to consider first of all what is really important about images. In times of Instagram and informational overload, I feel the need to clarify the...Read more
2020 –“Q&A Gabrielė Adomaitytė – Amsterdam, April 2020”, in: Copenhagen Contemporary, 2020
2019 – Benigna Kasparavičiūtė, “N-18”, in: Literatūra ir menas, no. 17(3688), 2019
2019 – Dominic van den Boogerd, “Gabrielė Adomaitytė”, in: Wall Street International, 2019-09-17
2019 – Rūta Mikšionienė, “Tapytojams pravertė ir echoskopija, ir Morzės abėcėlė”, in: Lietuvos rytas, 2019
2019 – Edo Dijksterhuis, “Offspring 2019: weg van de computerwereld”, in: Het Parool, 2019
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Growing Out? Growing Up? Contemporary Art Collecting in the Baltics
Group exhibition at Zuzeum Art Centre in Riga June 15, 2022“Growing Out? Growing Up? Contemporary Art Collecting in the Baltics” exhibition at Zuzeum Art Centre in Riga introduces vibrant contemporary art collections in the Baltics...Read more -
Gabrielė Adomaitytė at Tilde Gallery, Amsterdam
Group exhibition "Titele" April 21, 2021Gabrielė Adomaitytė Rezi van Lankveld W. Rossen 17th March 2021 - 25th April 2021 One of the basic pieces of furniture, a chair, is a...Read more -
Viltė Bražiūnaitė & Tomas Sinkevičius and Gabrielė Adomaitytė at the Swallow Contemporary Art Space Opening
Group exhibition: Palydos August 18, 202006 08 2020 – 17 09 2020 Artists Viltė Bražiūnaitė & Tomas Sinkevičius and Gabrielė Adomaitytė participated in a group exhibition Palydos at the newly...Read more -
Gabrielė Adomaitytė Wins Buning Bronger Prize 2020
De Ateliers July 7, 20207 July 2020 Vartai gallery congratulates artist Gabrielė Adomaitytė for winning Buning Bronger Prize 2020! ' De Ateliers congratulates Gabriele Andomaityte, Leo Arnold, Anders Dickson...Read more -
Gabrielė Adomaitytė at Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
26 Jun - 22 Aug 2020 June 26, 202026 Jun - 22 Aug 2020 ' Annet Gelink Gallery is pleased to present Gabrielė Adomaitytė’s first solo show in The Bakery. Traversing Discrete Loci...Read more -
Gabrielė Adomaitytė On SundayS
Sunday-S Gallery Copenhagen May 1, 2020'My work responds to the informational and visual overload and circulation of imagery, especially in cyberspace. Through painting I take it to a much slower,...Read more -
Q&A Gabrielė Adomaitytė - Amsterdam, April 2020
Copenhagen Contemporary April 27, 2020Q&A at contemporary art blog 'Copenhagen Contemporary' with Lithuanian artist Gabrielė Adomaitytė! Visit her studio and learn more about the process of her creation: 'Q:...Read more -
Gabrielė Adomaitytė on the Wall Street International Magazine
Gabrielė Adomaitytė at the Galerija Vartai in Vilnius, Lithuania September 17, 20195 Sep — 11 Oct 2019 ‘As a painter you have to consider first of all what is really important about images. In times of Instagram and...Read more
