Robertas Narkus (g. 1983) – ekstravagantiškiausias Lietuvos tarpdisciplininis kūrėjas, kurį būtų galima vadinti „menininku–institucija“. R. Narkus aktyviai dalyvauja vietos ir tarptautiniuose meno projektuose, parodose ir rezidencijose. 2022 m. jis atstovavo Lietuvai Venecijos bienalėje su projektu „Gut Feeling“. Jis yra menininkų dienos centro „Autarkia“ ir maisto organizacijos „Delta Mityba“ įkūrėjas. Autoriaus kūrinius įsigijo ne tik Lietuvos, bet ir užsienio muziejai, tarp jų – Lenkijos „Mocak“, Lietuvos MO muziejus, „Noewe Foundation“.

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Robertas Narkus (b. 1983, Lithuania) is an interdisciplinary artist, he graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in photography and media art and later continued his studies at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam.

Robertas Narkus describes his art practice as contingency management in changing economic circumstances. By hyperbolizing and lightly ironizing the existing nebulous neoliberal world systems of power, entangled by other mechanisms as well, and often generously using the tools they offer, Narkus creates his own unique new order.
Leveraging existing systems of societal functioning, he uses them as strategies aimed at creating an aesthetic, relational, or performative product. His creative work can be understood as independent art objects, different media projects, or as a social sculpture as a whole.