DANUTĖ VAITEKŪNAITĖ
INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, EDUCATOR AND CULT LEADER
b. 1998 in Lithuania
Danutė Vaitekūnaitė, known to some as the Blue Foundress, works to reveal invisible systems that exploit human vulnerability. She communicates through symbols, colours, words, found elements, painting, sculpture, craft, installation, performance, workshops and video.
Danutė's work has been exhibited in France, Italy, Lithuania, and the UAE, including Jameel Arts Center, 421 Arts Campus, NYUAD Art Gallery, La Chaufferie, Syndicat Potentiel. She has curated an exhibition in Jelgava’s House of Culture and participated in residencies in France, Italy and Lithuania. She also designed and lead numerous workshops and community initiatives. To earn a living, Danutė works as educational programming coordinator at Šiauliai Art Gallery.
danute.vaitek@gmail.com
Danutė Vaitekūnaitė (b. 1998, Šiauliai, Lithuania) is an artist and educator whose work seeks to reveal invisible systems that exploit human vulnerability. Her practice combines installation, painting, sculpture, writing, design, video, and performance. Revealing the mundane and the overlooked, she focuses on relationships between objects, human and non-human.
Vaitekūnaitė graduated from New York University Abu Dhabi and La Haute École des Arts du Rhin in Strasbourg. Her work has been exhibited in France, Italy, Lithuania, and the UAE, including Jameel Arts Center, 421 Arts Campus, NYUAD Art Gallery, La Chaufferie, Syndicat Potentiel, Šiauliai Art Gallery and Pragiedruliai. Danutė currently works as educational programming coordinator at Šiauliai Art Gallery.
danute.vaitek@gmail.com
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