SetP Stanikas Lithuanians, b. 1961 and 1962
Svajonė Stanikienė (b. 1961, Lithuania) lives between Paris and Vilnius. In 1987 she graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts obtaining a degree in ceramics. Since 1991 Svajonė is a member of Lithuanian Artists’ Association. In addition to that, from 2004 she became a member of Lithuanian Photographers’ Association. Between 2003 and 2004 she taught in Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, France. In 2005 lectured in London Goldsmiths College and from 2013 until 2014 - in Ecole supérieure d‘art des Rocailles in Biarritz, France.
Paulius Stanikas (b. 1962, Lithuania) also lives between Paris and Vilnius. In 1985 he graduated from Vilnius University obtaining a degree in economics. Since 1991 Paulius is a member of Lithuanian Artists’ Association and as of 2004 he is a member of Lithuanian Photographers’ Association. Between 2003 and 2004 he taught in Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, France. In 2005 he lectured at London Goldsmiths College and from 2013 until 2014 in Ecole supérieure d‘art des Rocailles in Biarritz, France.
The duo's work is often described as controversial - it is abundant of themes like eroticism, death, aggression, through which allegorical, associative stories are told. Artists began their creative journey by making sculptures, and over time started combining them with drawings and photographs, in which they often pose, thus creating a greater effect - causing shock, psychological discomfort to the viewer. SetP Stanikas are participating in shows since 1988 and are one of the most active Lithuanian artists, their creative collaboration spanning for more than three decades. They have represented Lithuania in the world's most prestigious exhibitions and projects, like international Venice, Liverpool, Moscow and Beijing Biennales, the Pompidou center and world renowned galleries such as “Vu” in Paris and “White Box“ gallery in New York. After success in Venice Biennale, SetP Stanikas were invited to lecture in prestigious French contemporary art school Studio national des arts contemporains.
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 2011Read more
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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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Les Origines SetP Stanikas | PARIS, FRANCE
12 SEPTEMBET, 12 DECEMBER 2024 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, 2024 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 -
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
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Les Origines SetP Stanikas | PARIS, FRANCE
12 SEPTEMBET, 12 DECEMBER 2024 Sep 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, 2024 Aug 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 -
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...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 -
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
