SetP Stanikas Lithuanians, b. 1961 and 1962
Svajone was born in 1961, Paulius in 1962 in Vilnius, Lithuania
They both live and work in Paris, France
EDUCATION/RESIDENCIES
SVAJONĖ:
1987 – Ceramics at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius (Lithuania)
PAULIUS:
1985 – Economics at Vilnius University Vilnius (Lithuania)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 - Jūros / Les mers, KKKC, Klaipėda (Lithuania)
2018 – Art Cologne 2018, Cologne (Germany)
2018 – ArtVilnius’18, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2017 – spring / le printemps, VARTAI Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2017 – Code Art Fair, Copenhagen (Denmark)
2016 – Hurricane Theresa, Prospekto gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2015 – Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes, Sobering galerie, Paris (France)
2015 – Viennacontemporary 2015, Vienna (Austria)
2014 – Voyage vers Mars, Malonioji 6, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2014 – Lit Double, Museum Marija and Jurgis Slapeliai, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2014 – And I Don't Know How To Slow It Down, Special project at ArtVilnius, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2013 – Day.Night, In situ, Lublin (Poland)
2012 – L'ouvrier, la paysanne et l'aigle, Jardins du Trocadéro, Nuit Blanche, Paris (France)
2011 – Accordion and Fortepiano, Laznia Contemporary Art Centre, Gdansk (Poland)
2011 – Altars, Other Gallery, Shanghai (China)
2010 – S&P Stanikas. Jesper Just. Art scape, VARTAI Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2009 – S&P Stanikas. Films and Drawings, Linq, Ghent (Belgium)
2009 – Magda Goebbels, Vilnius Art Fair, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2007 – Queen of the Peace, Volitant Gallery, Austin, Texas (USA)
2007 – S&P Stanikas, Clay Studio, Philadelphia (USA)
2005 – End of a Millennium, White Box, New York (USA)
2005 - S&P Stanikas, Konstepidemi Gallery, Goteborg (Sweden)
2004 – Inferno, Galerie Vu, Paris (France)
2003 – World War, The 50th Venice Biennale, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice (Italy)
2003 – Rencontres Arles, Arles (France)
2001 – S&P Stanikas, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2001 – Kristianstad Landsmuseum, Kristianstad (Sweden)
2001 – Observatory, Moletai Sculpture Park, Moletai (Lithuania)
1999 – Sketches.Winter 1999, Art League, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1998 – Your Father, Your Sons and Your Daughter, Lietuvos Aidas Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1998 – 7th sense, Cinema Nova, Bruxelles (Belgium)
1997 – Giedre Bartelt Galerie, Berlin (Germany)
1996 – Visions, Jutempus Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1996 – Change of Rules: Frames, Wasteras Art Museum, Wasteras (Sweden)
1996 – Wyspa Gallery, Gdansk (Poland)
1996 – Will-o'-the-wisp, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1995 – 2000 of Angels, Pamenkalnio Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1995 – Fire poems, Jutempus Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1994 – Sonnets, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 – Spectrum, VARTAI Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2019 – Rūšių atsiradimas. 90-ųjų DNR, Mo Museum, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2019 – Signs Taken for Wonders, JMVMC, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2016 – The Enemy Within, Area Lugar de proyectos, Caguas (Puerto Rico)
2016 – Žilvitis, Vartai gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2016 – Acts of Sedition, Whitebox Art Centre, New York (USA)
2016 – Inferno, Pristine Galerie, Monterrey (The Netherlands)
2014 – Time:Code, White Box Art Center, New York (USA)
2013 – The name, The Nose, Museo laboratorio, ex manifatturata tabacchi, Citta Sant'Angelo (Italy)
2013 – Kestutis Sapoka. Looking at the Fire, Akademija gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2013 – Mindwalk, VARTAI Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2012 – Paris-Vilnius, Chapelle des Petits-Augustins, ENSBA, Paris (France)
2012 – Body Snatchers, White Box Art Center, New York
2012 – Under the Volcan, Andromeda Contemporane, Andromeda Contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica
2012 – Prestige: Phantasmagoria now, Klaipeda Culture Communication Centre (Lithuania), Other Gallery, Shanghai (China)
2012 – Aesthetics vs Information, Klaipeda, Klaipeda Culture Communication Centre (Lithuania)
2011 – The Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow (Russia)
2010 – City Without Walls, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (United Kingdom)
2010 – The Metamorphosis, Other Gallery, Shanghai (China)
2010 – Ars Homo Erotica, National Museum, Warsaw (Poland)
2010 – The Wasteland, White Box, New York (USA)
2010 – Ese oscuro objeto del deseo, Pristine Galerie Contemporary Art, Monterrey (Mexico)
2009 – Beijing 798 Biennale, Beijing (China)
2009 – Never Dance Alone, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing (France)
2009 – Tout l'univers..., Galerie Vu, Paris (France)
2009 – 80+80, photo graphisme, Pavillon Carre de Baudoin, Paris (France)
2008 – Traces du sacre, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France)
2008 – Oriente dessin, Anne de Villepoix gallery, Paris (France)
2008 – Garden of delights, Yeosu International Art Festival, Yeosu (South Korea)
2008 – Dans le nuit des images, Grand Palais, Paris (France)
2008 – Vilnius art scene after 2000, The Exhibition Hall Arsenals of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga (Latvia)
2007 – Theater of Cruelty, White Box, New York (USA)
2006 – MRKS and SPNCR, Delfina Studio, London (United Kingdom)
2006 – Apocalypse Now, White Box, New York (USA)
2006 – Body Double, Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan, (Poland)
2006 – My Mother, the Nazy, Artist Network, New York (USA)
2006 – Galerie Vu, Paris (France)
2005 – Los retratos de Dorian Gray, Galeria del arte mexicano, Mexico City (Mexico)
2005 – Langhaus Gallery, Prague (Czech Republic)
2005 – Paris photo, Paris (France)
2004 – Panorama 5, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing (France)
2004 – Un inventaire contemporain II, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris (France)
2004 – Dfoto 2004, San Sebastian (Spain)
2004 – European Space, Ryga Quadrennal 2004, Ryga (Latvia)
2004 – EU Positive, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin (Germany)
2004 – Rencontres Arles, Arles, France (France)
2003 – Paris photo 2003, Parisoto 2002, Paris (France)
2003 – Public Relations, Art Moscow, Moscow (Russia)
2003 – Airborne, Midlanda Konsthalle, Timra (Sweden)
2002 – Paris photo, Paris (France)
2001 – Model.Modelles, Casino Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
2001 – Self-respect, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2000 – Innocent Life, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2000 – Articulation, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz (Austria)
AWARDS/GRANTS
2017 – Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts
2005 – Delfina foundation Prize (United Kingdom)
2005 – Artslink Prize (USA)
2003 – State Prize of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
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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 -
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 -
S&P Stanikas
spring | le printemps 2 May - 10 Jun 2017Danse de singe Aux sons d’une petite musique narquoise, sautillante, Essoufflée, — tandis qu’il pleut, tandis qu’il pleut de la pluie pourrie, Saute, saute, mon âme, vieux singe d’orgue de...Read more -
Group show Žilvitis (Willow)
25th Vartai gallery anniversary marking exhibition 19 Feb - 9 Apr 2016From its very establishment in 1991, Galerija Vartai has been a prominent cultural centre, attracting a wide and diverse following both within and outside Lithuania. In addition to exhibitions of...Read more -
MINDWALK
Group exhibition 29 Nov 2013 - 18 Jan 2014Artists Ştefan Constantinescu Gintaras Didžiapetris Žilvinas Kempinas Jonathan Monk S&P Stanikas Erwin Wurm Collectors Lewben Art Foundation Vilma Dagilienė Boris Symulevič Rolandas Valiūnas Audronė and Marius Vaupšas Irina and Maris...Read more -
JESPER JUST / S&P STANIKAS
ARTscape: DENMARK 14 Dec 2010 - 4 Feb 2011
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Art Cologne 2018
Cologne, Germany 19 - 22 Apr 2018Presented artists: S&P STANIKASRead more -
Code Art Fair 2017
Copenhagen, Denmark 31 Aug - 2 Sep 2017Presented artists: S&P STANIKASRead more -
viennacontemporary 2015
Vienna, Austria 24 - 27 Sep 2015Presented artists: S&P STANIKAS VYTAUTAS VIRŽBICKAS LILLI THIESEN ANDRIUS ZAKARAUSKAS RŪTENĖ MERKLIOPAITĖ IGNAS KRUNGLEVIČIUS JULIJONAS URBONAS ROBERTAS NARKUSRead more -
Contemporary Istanbul 2014
Istanbul, Turkey 13 - 16 Nov 2014Presented artists: S&P STANIKAS ŽILVINAS KEMPINASRead more
PUBLICATIONS
2015 – SetP Stanikas, ed.: Svajonė & Paulius stanikai, Vilnius: Inter Se, 2015
2005 – Svajonė Stanikienė, Paulius Stanikas, “Photography”, in: LOGOS, no. 41, 2005
BOOKS/CATALOGUES
2012 – (Ne)priklausomo šiuolaikinio meno istorijos: savivaldos ir iniciatyvos Lietuvoje 1987–2011 m., ed.: Kęstutis Šapoka, Vytautas Michelkevičius, Vilnius: LTMKS, 2012
2005 – Pažymėtos teritorijos, ed.: Rūta Stanevičiūtė-Goštautienė, Lolita Jablonskienė Vilnius: Tyto Alba, 2005
2000 – Articulation: Fadi Dorninger, Evaldas Jansas, Artūras Raila, S & P Stanikas, John Tylo, O.K Centrum für Gegenwartskunst Oberösterreich, 2000
ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS
2020 – “The Inseparables.”, in: Zefyr Life, 2020
2019 – “Svajonės ir Pauliaus Stanikų 90-ieji: dvilypis laikas, kai sumišo džiaugsmas ir bjaurastis”, in: LRT.lt, 2019-10-31
2019 – Erika Grigoravičienė, “Istorija estetiniu režimu. Paroda ‘Rūšių atsiradimas: 90-ųjų DNR’ MO muziejuje, in: 7 meno dienos, no. 34 (1313), 2019-10-25
2016 – Agnė Narušytė, “Nekritę kovoje už būvį. Žodinis pasivaikščiojimas po ‘Vartų’ galerijos parodą ‘Žilvitis”, in: 7 meno dienos, no. 11 (1163), 2016-03-18
2014 – Monika Krikštopaitytė, “Galerijų ‘dainų šventė’. Pasivaikščiojimas po Vilniaus meno mugę ‘ArtVilnius ’14’, in: 7 meno dienos, no. 25 (1086), 2014-06-2
2014 – Kristina Urbaitytė, “Ką reiškia suneštinis ‘Vartuose’? Parodai ‘MindWalk’ galerijoje ’Vartai’ pasibaigus”, in: 7 meno dienos, no. 3 (1064), 2014-01-24
2011 – Kęstutis Šapoka, “Apie mafiją, rutiną ir kūrybą. Svajonę ir Paulių Stanikus kalbina Kęstutis Šapoka”, in: Literatūra ir menas, no. 3313, 2011-01-07
2010 – Kęstutis Šapoka, “Mirti scenoje. Jesper Just ir S & P Stanikų kūryba ‘Vartų’ galerijoje”, in: artnews.lt, 2010-12-27
2007 – Pawel Leszkowicz, Tomasz Kitliński, “Towards a philosophy of affective alterity. A reconnaissance”, in: Filosofija. Sociologija, no. 1/2, 2007
2005 – Antanas Andrijauskas, “Body and Face Topology by S.& P. Stanikai”, in: LOGOS, no 41, 2005.
2004 – Danutė Zovienė, “Paryžius – Vilnius”, in: Dailė, no. 2, 2004
2003 – Daubaraitė Jurga, Lyčių trauka ir seksualumo išviešinimas, in: 7 meno dienos, no. 576, 2003-07-11
2003 – Caujolle Christian, “Pasaulinis karas: Paulius ir Svajonė Stanikai Venecijos bienalėje”, in: Dailė, no. 2, 2003
2001 – Agnė Narušytė, “S&P Stanikai: baimėtroška”, in: Dailė, no. 1, 2001
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Auction Stand With Ukraine: €134,300 raised!
Collaboration with Stiprūs Kartu and Demus Asset Managment November 27, 2024Sharing moments from a successful art auction for aid to Ukraine: €134,300 raised! In collaboration with artists, Demus Asset Management, and 'Stiprūs kartu' (Strong Together),...Read more -
SetP Stanikas: 'Les Origines'
12 SEPTEMBER - 12 DECEMBER | Lithuanian Culture Season in France | Paris, France September 11, 2024Les Origines 'Origin' is a solo exhibition by Svajonė and Paulius Stanikas, which will both launch and frame the program of the Lithuanian Culture Season...Read more -
Vilnius Gallery Weekend 2024
5 September - 8 September August 20, 2024On the 5-8th of September, the 9th edition of Vilnius Gallery Weekend (VGW) invites residents and guests of Vilnius to get to know the contemporary...Read more -
Art After Hours
4 OCTOBER | Galerija VARTAI | Vilnius, Lithuania June 30, 2024On October 4th (Friday), we invite you to Art After Hours – a gallery festival for night owls. Galerija VARTAI presents the exhibition 'SPECTRUM 2':...Read more -
Charity Auction: Stand With Ukraine
May 2, 2022On May 5, Galerija Vartai and National volunteer support coordination center 'Strong Together' will hold a charity auction of contemporary art and design - STAND...Read more