Ray Bartkus Lithuanian, b. 1961
Born 1961 in Vilnius, Lithuania
Works and lives in New York, USA.
EDUCATION
1980-1986 – Department of Graphics at Vilnius Academy of Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 – 12RAMių, Ramintoja Church, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2018 – Ray Bartkus‘s Gardens, Washington Railway Station, Chicago Public Library, Kimmel Arts Centre in Philadelphia, United Nations Headquarters in New York, New York Federal Palace Memorial Museum (USA)
2016 – Bridges, Harmony Park (Lithuania)
2015 – The Globe, UN Headquarters, New York City (USA)
2015 – Hybrid War, Leopoldskron Palace, Salzburg (Austria)
2015 – Storylines, Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia (USA)
2013 – Last paintings, Neon Gallery, ASP, Wroclaw, (Poland)
2013 – Balance, Salle des Pas Perdus, UN, Geneva (Switzerland)
2013 – Landing Strip, Harmony Park (Lithuania)
2013 – Last Paintings, Cukrus club, Marijampolė (Lithuania)
2012 – Last Paintings, VAA exhibition space ‘Titanikas’, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2011 – Love/Crash, Luxon gallery, Kiev (Ukraine)
2010 – Artscape/Poland, VARTAI gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2009 – Breaking Point, Zeh gallery, Kiev (Ukraine)
2008 – Forgeries, VARTAI gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2008 – Prints, Kairė/Dešinė gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2007 – News, VARTAI Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2006 – Yesterday's News is Tomorrow's Art, Lithuanian Cultural Center in Warsaw (Poland)
2005 – Connectivity Power, OSCE, Hofburg Palace, Vienna (Austria)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 – Spectrum, VARTAI gallery (Lithuania)
2019 – An exhibition of contemporary Lithuanian artists, Espace Commines exhibition space (France)
2016 – MaLoNY, City-Wide Contemporary Arts Festival, Marijampolė (Lithuania)
2015 – MaLonNY, City-Wide Contemporary Arts Festival, Marijampolė (Lithuania)
2014 – MaLonNY, City-Wide Contemporary Arts Festival, Marijampolė (Lithuania)
2011 – Not there, Convent of St.Cecilia, Brooklyn (USA)
2010 – Lithuania.Drawing, LRAL, London (Great Britain)
2010 – IDG6, Fluxus Art Ministry, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2009 – F.R.I.K, Video Art Festival, Skopje (Macedonia)
2009 – ARCO, Madrid (Spain)
2008 – Art For Change, ArtBreak gallery, New York (USA)
2008 – IDG4NY, ArtBreak gallery, New York (USA)
2008 – Helsinki Biennale, Helsinki (Finland)
2008 – DIVA NY 08, NYC, (USA)
2007 – Cooler in the Shade, Festival of Innovative Music and Intermedia, NYC (USA)
2007 – Independent Drawing Gig #3, Quartier, Hague (Netherlands)
2006 – Independent Drawing Gig #2, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje (Macedonia)
2004 – The Art of The Times (25 Years of the illustrations In the New York Times), Society of Illustrators, NYC (USA)
2003 – Picturing The Times (Eastern European Illustrators at the New York Times), School of Visual Arts, NYC (USA)
AWARDS
2018 – American Business Award
2012 – Global Lithuanian Award
COLLECTIONS
National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC, USA
The Morehead State University, Prints Collection, Morehead, USA
National Art Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
Lewben Art Foundation, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius University Graphic Collection, Vilnius, Lithuania
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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 -
RAFAŁ BUJNOWSKI / RAY BARTKUS
ARTSCAPE: POLAND 7 Sep - 22 Oct 2010Large-scale interdisciplinary project ARTscape continues its programme throughout the year 2010. It involves contemporary art, cinema and jazz, co- organized by some of the most qualified cultural institutions: Gallery Vartai,...Read more
ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS
2019 – Karolis Vyšniauskas, “Ray Bartkaus 90-ųjų Niujorkas”, podcast, in: NARA, 2019
2012 – Kęstutis Šapoka, “Du pasauliai. Ray Bartkaus personalinė paroda Titanike”, in: Kultūros barai, Nr. 11, 2012.
2012 – Eglė Digrytė, “Dailininkas Ray Bartkus: ‘Esu vilnietis iš Niujorko’”, in: 15min.lt, 2012-07-13
2008 – Neringa Černiauskaitė, “Trys Ray Bartkaus pasai”, in: Dailė, Nr. 2(42), 2008.
2008 – “Digitally SSurreal: An interview with Ray Bartkus, iliustrator, New York City”, in: Becoming a Digital Designer: A Guide to Careers in Web, Video, Broadcast, Game and Animation Design, ed.: Steven Heller, David Womack, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.