Name: Karolina Kuncinaite
Location: Lithuania, Vilnius
Web: www.Baltoskandys.com
Baltos Kandys is an artistic group comprised of six textile artists (Austė Jurgelionytė-Varnė, Karolina Kunčinaitė, Miglė Lebednykaitė, Laura Pavilonytė-Ežerskienė, Rasa Leonavičiūtė, Julija Vosyliūtė) who have been working together since 1998. The group participates and is actively involved in organization of various exhibitions, symposiums, and educational initiatives. Baltos Kandys are helping to create the image of the innovative and interdisciplinary Lithuanian textile scene for worldwide audience.
From 1995 to 2001/2002 – members of the group “Baltos Kandys” studied at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Department of Textile. Holders of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree (1999) and Master of Arts (MA) degree (2001/2002).
2010 The artist group “Baltos Kandys” (“White Moths”) is awarded with the 3rd Prize and Public Prize for the art project “The Feast” at the 4th Riga Interational Textile and Fibre Art Triennial “Global Intrigue II”: Tradition & Innovation, Arsenāls Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia. [Kristine SCHERER – Representative of the International Jury, Riga, July 9, 2010; Riga, September 5, 2010].
2009 Baltos Kandys: Catalogue, Vilnius: Baltos Kandys (Riga: Citrons), 2008. Award for the second best catalogue design in the competition organized by Munken, 2009, Riga, Latvia.
2006 In the competition “LT Identity”, organized by the Institute of Lithuania the group “Baltos Kandys” was nominated in the category “Innovation”. The patron of the competition was the President of the Republic of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2005 Years debut award for the best young artist group debut in the professional field, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.
2003 Individual state scholarship for creators of art and culture, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.
2002 Individual state scholarship for creators of art and culture, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.
COLLECTIONS / WORKS IN COLLECTION OF
Rovinj Heritage Museum (Zavičajni muzej grada Rovinja), Croatia. Modern art collection. A detail of the art project “The Feast“ (2006): 12 objects of different sizes in a glass vase. Inv. Nr. 1841G2.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Art Project “To the Forest..” („Miškan..“) [with Kaspars Lielgalvis from Latvia]. Art Project “Mandala”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius
2015 Exhibition “Felted Pictures”, Alanta Manor House Museum-Gallery, Naujasodis, Alanta, Molėtai Region, Lithuania (14 11 2014–31 01 2015)
2013 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“): Pop Up Show “Soft Art Delikatessen”, Showraum Trofejas, Berlin, Germany
2012 Art Project “Mandala. Temple of Flowers” („Mandala. Gėlių šventykla“) [with Kristina Luna Dolinina and Marija Vojevudzkaja], Old Royal Palace (Hanuman Dhoka), Kathmandu, Nepal
2012 Art Project “Mandala. Temple of Flowers” („Mandala. Gėlių šventykla“) [with Kristina Luna Dolinina and Marija Vojevudzkaja], the 6th Delhi International Arts Festival, Delhi; Rabindranath Tagore Center-Gallery, Kolkata (Calcutta), India
2011 Art Project “Mandala” („Mandala“), The Academy of Arts & Design, Visual Art Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (17 09 2011–27 09 2011)
2010 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“), AMU Gallery, Tokyo (02 11 2010–08 11 2010); Higashikagura Memorial Hall Library, Hokkaido, Japan (11 11 2010–30 11 2010)
2010 Art Project “Свято” („Šventė“). Група «Балтос Кандіс», Арт-центр, Я Галерея, Kiev, Ukraine (16 02 2010–01 03 2010)
2010 Art Project “To the Forest..” („Miškan..“) [with Kaspars Lielgalvis from Latvia], Pamenkalnio Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009 Exhibition “Winter 2008–2009”, Alanta Manor House Museum-Gallery, Naujasodis, Alanta, Molėtai Region, Lithuania (17 12 2008 –14 02 2009)
2008 Exhibition of the group “Baltos Kandys”: “Mandala” („Mandala“), “The Feast” („Šventė“), “To the Forest..” („Miškan..“) [with Kaspars Lielgalvis from Latvia] at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario – MACRO), Argentina, Latin America (14 08 2008–21 09 2008)
2008 Exhibition of the group “Baltos Kandys”: “Mandala” („Mandala“), “The Feast” („Šventė“) at the Buenos Aires Museum Center (Centro de los Museos de Buenos Aires), Argentina, Latin America (18 07 2008–04 08 2008)
2008 The 10th Anniversary of the group “Baltos Kandys”, Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Lithuania (28 05 2008–15 06 2008)
2007 Art Project “Vindingrijk Vilt” (“Fertile Felt”), Museum Smallingerland Drachten, Holland
2006 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“), St. Thomas Gallery of the Rovinj Heritage Museum, Croatia
2006 Art Project “Mandala” („Mandala“), exhibition “Moths in the Museum?..”, Mouzon Felt Museum, France
2006 Exhibition “Tour of Felt”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 Exhibition “Tour of Felt. Utena”, Art House of Utena, Lithuania
2003 Exhibition “Felt Songs”, Gallery “Juodkrantė”, Juodkrantė, Kuršių Nerija National Park (Curonian Spit), Lithuania
2005 Exhibition “Tour of Felt. Klaipeda”, Art House of Klaipeda, Lithuania
2005 Exhibition “Wool Route”, Gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 Exhibition “Le Regard de la prairie” („Pieva žiūri“), “Le Pont Neuf” Gallery, Paris, France
2003 Exhibition “Veltė” at the “Mizgiris Artists house”, Pamario str. 20a, Nida, Lithuania [2-week programme on working with amber and felt]
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Art Project “The Whirlabout” („Suktinis“), 15th International Triennial of Tapestry, Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Poland
2015 Art Project “Sheep Droppings of Wool” („Spiros“). An exhibition of contemporary Baltic artists and designers “Baltic Lincs”, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2015 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“), exhibition “Absolute Textile: From the Sources Into the 21st Century”, Museum of Applied Arts (Arsenalo g. 3A), Vilnius, Lithuania (18 12 2014–31 05 2015)
2014 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2014” („Veltinis 2014“), Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Lithuania
2014 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2014” („Veltinis 2014“), Vilnius Art Academy Textile Gallery-Studio “ARTIFEX”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2014”, Panemune Castle, Pilies Village, Jurbarkas Region, Lithuania (29 08 2014–30 09 2014)
2014 Exhibition “Professional Applied Art Collection”, Palanga Art Gallery “Ramybė”, Palanga, Lithuania (17 05 2014–31 10 2014)
2014 Art Project “Felted Gardens” („Velti sodai“), co-authors: Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė, members of “Baltos Kandys” Group: Miglė Lebednykaitė, Laura Pavilonytė, 9th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, USA (07 03 2014–26 04 2014)
2013 Art Project “Felted Gardens” („Velti sodai“), co-authors: Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė, members of “Baltos Kandys” Group: Miglė Lebednykaitė, Laura Pavilonytė. Exhibition “LTextile: Contemporary Textiles from Lithuania”, The Ciurlionis Gallery (Lithuanian Youth Center), Chicago, USA
2013 Art Project “Felted Gardens” („Velti sodai“), co-authors: Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė, members of “Baltos Kandys” Group: Miglė Lebednykaitė, Laura Pavilonytė. Exhibition “LTextile: Contemporary Textiles from Lithuania”, The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, USA
2013 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“), exhibition „Viskas teisingai: 220“, Vilnius Art Academy exposition hall “Titanikas”, Vilnius, Lithuania (15 11 2013–05 12 2013)
2011 Exhibition „Su šventinėmis rogėmis iš kiemo į kiemą“, Alytus Regional Museum, Alytus, Lithuania (22 11 2011–15 01 2012)
2011 Art Project “Silk Road”, 2011 NOTCH Art Festival, Beijing Design Week: Open Studio Camp, workshop “Feedback”, Beijing, China
2010 Exhibition “Creative Felt” („Meninis veltinys“), Vilnius Art Academy exposition hall “Titanikas”, Vilnius, Lithuania (09 09 2010–09 10 2010)
2010 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“), exhibition at the 4th Riga International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial “Global Intrigue II”: Tradition & Innovation, Arsenāls Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia.
2010 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2010” („Veltinis 2010“), Vilnius Art Academy Textile Gallery-Studio “ARTIFEX”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2010 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2010” („Veltinis 2010“), Alanta Manor House Museum-Gallery, Naujasodis, Alanta, Molėtai Region, Lithuania
2009 Exhibition “Forms of Narrative”, Birnam Art & Conference Centre, Perthshire, Scotland (03 10 2009–30 102009)
2009 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“), exhibition at the Kaunas Biennial “TEXTILE 09”, Gallery “Meno Parkas”, Kaunas, Lithuania
2009 Art Project “To the Forest..” („Miškan..“), exhibition at the 2nd Quadriennale of Lithuanian Contemporary Art, Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre LITEXPO, Vilnius, Lithuania
2008 Exhibition at the Jurgis Baltrušaitis house, Moskow, Russia (13 12 2008–30 012009)
2008 Exhibition of the International Visual Art Symposium “Changing Felt 2007”, „Mazajā New York. Mazaja Rīgā“, former factory VEF 7, Ūnijas str. 4 [VEF 7. korpusā, Ūnijas ielā 4], Riga, Latvia
2008 Exhibition „Aitu vilnas spiriņas“, Art Days 2008, „Tirgus māksla. Mākslas tirgus“, Riga, Latvia
2008 Jewelry and art accessories exhibition “Art-To-Wear”, Contemporary Art Gallery “Something Unexpected”, Nyack, New York, USA
2007 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2006” („Veltinis 2006“), Molėtai Area Museum, Molėtai, Lithuania (11 03 2007–18 04 2007)
2007 Art Project “Sheep Droppings of Wool” („Spiros“), exhibition at the 3rd European Textile and Fibre Art Triennial “Global Intrigue I”: Tradition & Innovation, exhibition at the Arsenāls Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2007 Exhibition “Lithuanian Textile 2006”, Culture Center by Lithuanian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland
2006 Art Project “Mandala” („Mandala“), The Cultural Summer of Saint Tropez: exhibition “ART’FAB: l’Art la Femme l’Europe”, Salle Jean Despas, France
2006 Ramunė Strazdaitė & Baltos Kandys. Annual fashion festival “Fashion Infection” („Mados infekcija“). Collection “Skrido oro lėktuvėlis”, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
2006 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2006” („Veltinis 2006“), Anykščiai Chapel Gallery, Anykščiai; Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Panevėžys; Gallery “Akademija”, Vilnius; Janina Monkutė-Marks Museum-Gallery, Kėdainiai, Lithuania
2005 Ramunė Strazdaitė & Baltos Kandys. Annual fashion festival “Fashion Infection” („Mados infekcija“). Collection “Jei ne grybai ir ne uogos”, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
2005 Exhibition “Att Varai I Centrum”, Krapperups Kounsthall, Hogan, Sweden
2005 Art Project “Sheep Droppings of Wool” („Spiros“), the 1st Lithuanian Contemporary Art Quadriennale,Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
2004 Exhibition “Bocca della Verità” (The Mouth of Truth), Art Building in the Bodenburg Castle Garden, Bodenburg, Germany. Curator: Hans-Werner Kalkmann
2004 Exhibition “Day of Welcome”, Kilkenny, Ireland
2004 Exhibition of the Textile Art Biennial “Near Is My Shirt but Nearer Is My Skin” („Savi marškiniai arčiau kūno“), Janina Monkute-Marks Museum-Gallery, Kėdainiai, Lithuania
2004 Textile Art Biennial “Near Is My Shirt but Nearer Is My Skin” („Savi marškiniai arčiau kūno“), Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003 Exhibition “We are here”, Gallery “Maironio 3”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003 International exhibition “Soft Lawn. Autumn’s Harvest”, is occasional for the 5th jubilee of the group “Baltos Kandys”, Gallery “Intro”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003 Exhibition „Vyrai apie meilę ir „Baltos kandys“, Gallery „Meno Niša“, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003 Art Project “Mandala”, Right and Wrong Sides: 4th International Textile Art Exhibition, Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas, Lietuva
2003 Art Project “Mandala”, exhibition “Grosse Kunstausstellung Düsseldorf NRW“, Museum Kunstpalast (Ehrenhof 4), Düsseldorf, Germany. Curator: Heinz-Hermann Jurczek
2003 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2002” („Veltinis 2002“), Gallery “Meno Parkas”, Kaunas, Lithuania
2002 Exhibition of the Applied Art 2002, Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2002” („Veltinis 2002“), Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Lithuania
2002 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2002” („Veltinis 2002“), Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2002” („Veltinis 2002“), Gallery “Akademija”, Lithuania
2002 Contemporary textile exhibition “The Objects Which Could be Touched”, Janina Monkute-Marks Museum-Gallery, Kėdainiai, Lithuania
2002 Takako Saito's (Japan) Installation „You+Me Shop“ (The kiosk was created together with Lithuanian artists), Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
2001 Exhibition of the group “Baltos kandys” and Panevėžys' textile artists, Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania (December, 2001–12 01 2002)
2001 Art Project “Hide” („Skūra“), exhibition “New Old Town Clothes” („Nauji senamiesčio rūbai“) organised by the Textile Artists' Guild, Kaunas, Lithuania
2001 Art Project “Hide” („Skūra“), Students Art Days, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania
2000 Exhibition “Naphtaline Love” (together with Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė), Gallery “Meno Parkas”, Kaunas, Lithuania
1999 Exhibition “Selfportraits” (together with Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė), International Textile Days “Line”, Gallery “Meno Parkas
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