Donata Minderytė Lithuanian, b. 1991
Overview
Donata Minderytė (b. 1991, Lithuania) is an artist currently residing and working between Vilnius and New York. She graduated from the Painting Department of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, earning an MA degree in 2016. In 2024, Minderytė successfully defended her PhD thesis at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, further enriching her academic achievements. Her works have been acquired by various museum collections, including Kiasma (Helsinki), MOCAK (Kraków), the Noewe Foundation (Vilnius), and Mo Museum (Vilnius).
Minderytė's artistic practice revolves around the concept of visual translation, where she examines the significant changes that occur in an image as it is transferred from one medium to another. In her work, Donata Minderytė focuses on what is to be avoided in linguistic translation - moving away from the original, fading the initial meaning and altering the message. Minderytė uses photography or stills from daily life videos as a tool of memory. She translates these images into the medium of painting by creating a representation of visual entropy. Captured in paint, the images lose detail, intensity and contrast, thus leaving an interpretive space for translation. The finished painting is hardly an accurate representation of the moment that it was inspired by: deliberate translational error becomes a generalised substitute of a past event, but not its representation. The narrative of the past is replaced by new visual information that pops up, transforms, fades and dwindles to such a degree that it can become unrecognisable. A bleached painting style for Minderytė becomes an artistic method to speak about herself, one’s memory and the latter’s inevitability to become the faded past.
Works
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Donata MinderytėAndromeda laisvėje. Atsarginis išėjimas / Andromeda at large. Emergency Exit, 2023192 x 260 x 2 cm€ 9,600.00 / Starting Bid: € 7900.00More details
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Donata MinderytėKamilė ant stogo valgo bananą / Kamile on a Rooftop Eating Banana, 2019210 x 160 cmMore details
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Donata MinderytėMočiutės portretas. Rytas. Prie stalo. / My Grandmother Sitting at the Table in the Morning, 2019210 x 170 cmMore details
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Donata MinderytėIšbalinau jai plaukus/dantys / I Dyed Her Hair Blonde/Mouth, 2019127 x 175 cm / 127 x 175 cmMore details
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Donata MinderytėAr aš normali? Kamilė, 21-eri metai / Am I Normal? Kamile, 21 years old, 2019180 x 210 cmMore details
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Donata MinderytėIšbalinau jai plaukus/akys / I Dyed Her Hair Blonde/Eyes , 2019127 x 175 cm€ 4,300.00More details
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Donata MinderytėKamile as Alice Wakefield, 2023162.5 x 227 x 2 cmReserved
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Donata MinderytėSu tėčio marškiniais/rankos / Wearing Her Dad’s Shirt/Hands, 2019127 x 198 cm€ 4,900.00 ReservedMore details
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Donata MinderytėFuck It, Georgia, I Think I’m Getting Dementia, 2024110 x 110 x 2 cm€ 3,100.00 SoldMore details
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Donata MinderytėŽmogus, kuris žinojo per daug / Kamile as a Woman Who Knew Too Much, 2023194 x 221.5 x 2 cmSoldMore details
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Donata MinderytėKošmaras / Nightmare, 2022130 x 155 cm€ 3,750.00 / Starting Bid: € 3800 SoldMore details
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Donata MinderytėRichteris tai padarė/dvi rožės įrėmintos balta / Richter Did It/Two Roses Reframed With White, 201975 x 85 cmSoldMore details
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Donata MinderytėĮ krantą išmesta undinė / She Said She Was a Mermaid Washed Ashore, 2019170 x 210 cmSoldMore details
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Donata MinderytėAnd He's Hot And Those Lips mmmmm... And He Has A Lot Of Money, A Lot Of Money, 201790 x 90 cmSoldMore details
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Donata MinderytėViskas yra gerai, ačiū / Everything is fine, thank you, 2016160 x 210 cmSoldMore details
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Donata MinderytėTriptikas su indų nurinkėjų apranga/Kamilė / Triptych With Busgirl Outfits/Kamile, 2019210 x 170 cmMore details
Biography
Born 1991 in Vilnius, Lithuania
Lives and works in Vilnius and New York
EDUCATION/RESIDENCIES
2024 - Doctorate (Ph.D.), Vilnius Academy of Arts
2016 – Enrolled in Art PhD programme since 2016, Vilnius Academy of Arts
2014-2016 – Vilnius Academy of Arts, Department of Painting, Master of Fine Arts
2010-2014 – Vilnius Academy of Arts, Department of Painting, Bachelor of Fine Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Jump Cut, Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2019 – Translation Error, Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2016 – Memory Gene, Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2016 – Suitable Circumstances, Gallery Meno Niša, Vilnius (Lithuania)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Disciplines, Atletika Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2024 - XVIII International Vilnius Painting Triennial, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2024 - Flowers, fruits, and thorns, Pranas Domšaitis Gallery of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art (LNDM), Klaipėda (Lithuania)2024 - From within, MO museum, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2024 - Viennacontemporary Art Fair, Marx Halle, Vienna (Austria)
2024 - Hotel Warszawa Art Fair, Hotel Warszawa, Poland (Warsaw)
2020 – Spectrum, Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2020 – Menas be stogo, Vilnius city (Lithuania)
2020 – Kontr-argumentas III, Gallery Meno parkas, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2019 – Carnival, Pamėnkalnio Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2018 – Mokslas ir gyvenimas, Titanikas, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2018 – Tapybos maršrutizatoriai, Vilnius public transport (Lithuania)
2017 – Viennacontemporary Art Fair, Marx Halle, Vienna (Austria)
2017 – Summer Show, Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2017 – Imago Mundi, Project "10 x 12, Gallery Meno parkas, Kaunas, (Lithuania)
2016 – Laiko vaizdų gaudytojai. (Trys scenarijai), Gallery Meno parkas, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2016 – Wundercameraden, Gallery Meno forma, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2016 – Parallel Vienna, Vienna Contemporary Art Exhibition, Vienna (Austria)
2016 – 38. Duisburger Akzente, Culture festival, Duisburg (Germany)
2016 – Belvedere, Gallery Meno forma, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2016 – Videofest/Terrortory, Studium P Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2015 – Kartos (nesi)kartoja (antrą kartą), Gallery Meno forma, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2015 – Šventė, Šv. Jono Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2015 – International Contemporary Art Fair ArtVilnius'15, LITEXPO, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2014 – Kartos (nesi)kartoja, Gallery Meno forma, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2014 – Kosminė odisėja/Performanso labaratorija, Titanikas, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2014 – Meno celės, Titanikas, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2014 – Screenings weekend: Points of You, Gallery Centrala, Birmingham (United Kingdom)
2013 – Jaunieji. Žalia sąmonė - 3 arba kaip nesikartoja istorija, Gallery Meno parkas, Kaunas (Lithuania)
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA (Finland)
Museum of Contemporary Art MOCAK, Krakow (Poland)
Mo Museum, Vilnius (Lithuania)
the Noewe Foundation, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Private collections
Exhibitions
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Spectrum 2
Summer Group Show 2 Jun - 30 Oct 2024Artists and designers featured in the group show SPECTRUM 2: Gytis Arošius / Kotryna Butautytė / Daydreaming Objects / Vilius Dringelis / Kiki van Eijk / Faktura / Govert Flint...Read more -
Donata Minderytė
'Visual Translation / Jump Cut' 20 Mar - 17 May 2024When we were newborns, we instinctively knew how to read smiles and kisses, we could recognise worry wrinkles, bright colours, and different shapes. And that was enough for us. Later,...Read more -
STAND WITH UKRAINE
Auction exhibition 26 Apr - 31 May 2022Photos by Audrius SolominasRead more -
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 -
Donata Minderytė
"Translation Error" 24 Oct - 29 Nov 2019Vartai gallery is pleased to present the exhibition “Translation Error” / “Vaizdinis vertimas” by a painter of the young generation Donata Minderytė. The error in translation evident in the bilingual...Read more -
Summer Exposition
Group exhibition 18 Jul - 31 Aug 2017Our gallery’s spaces have once again been filled with new works. We invite you to be our guest and join us on Tuesday at 6:00 pm to look around our...Read more -
Margarita Božkaitė ir Donata Minderytė
Duo exhibition 7 - 11 Jun 2016The exhibitions of paintings by Donata Minderytė and Margarita Božkaitė, both Master’s students at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, open at Galerija VARTAI on 7 June. Their creative work will...Read more
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Art Fairs
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Viennacontemporary 2024
Representing Neringa Vasiliauskaitė, Donata Minderyte, Monika Radžiūnaitė, and Mantas Lesauskas 12 - 15 Sep 2024We are thrilled to return to Viennacontemporary Art Fair , where we will be presenting a curated selection of new works by Donata Minderytė, Neringa...Read more -
Hotel Warszawa Art Fair 2024
Representing Neringa Vasiliauskaitė, Donata Minderytė, Monika Radžiūnaitė 7 - 8 Sep 2024We are thrilled to be back at Hotel Warszawa Art Fair , presenting a curated selection of new works by Donata Minderytė, Neringa Vasiliauskaitė, and...Read more -
Hotel Warszawa Art Fair 2023
Representing Donata Minderytė, Robertas Narkus and Vita Zaman 8 - 10 Sep 2023We are delighted to announce that we have received an invitation to participate in the 'Hotel Warszawa Art Fair ', scheduled to take place from...Read more -
Viennacontemporary 2022
Representing Donata Minderytė and Dominykas Sidorovas 8 - 11 Sep 2022Galerija VARTAI at viennacontemporary - Stand: B 09 8 - 11 September 2022 Represented artists: Donata Minderytė and Dominykas Sidorovas. Donata Minderytė (b. 1991, Lithuania)...Read more -
viennacontemporary Art Fair 2017
Vienna, Austria 21 - 23 Sep 2017Presented artists: DONATA MINDERYTĖ IEVA ROJŪTĖ Architect: IEVA CICĖNAITĖRead more -
Parallel Vienna 2016
Vienna, Austria 21 - 25 Sep 2016Presented artist: DONATA MINDERYTĖ MINDAUGAS LUKOŠAITISRead more
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