Education

1985-1996  Jonavos J.Ralys school and high school, Jonava, Lithuania  

1996-2000  Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania. Bachelor degree in Finance.

2000-2002 Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania. Master degree in Quality management.

2004 - 2009  Film and TV school (FAMU), Praha, Czech Republic. Bachelor in Photography.

2008             Erasmus Socrates exchange program (winter semester) in Istanbul Bilgi University.

Main personal exhibitions

2001          Touring exhibition with modern dance project “New Form”, Vilnius, Klaipeda, Kaunas.

2004-2005 Dance Photo Exhibition. National Drama Theatre of Lithuania.

2006          Personal exhibition series ”Double self-portraits”. FAMU, Prague, CZ.

2007          Personal exhibition series “Dublin 3337”, FAMU, Prague, CZ.

2009          Personal exhibition series “Haraam - not allowed”. GAMU, Prague, CZ.

2010 04     Exhibition “Harram / Not Allowed”. Vilnius Gallery of Photography. Vilnius. LT.

2010 06     Exhibition “Harram / Not Allowed”. Klaipeda Gallery of Photography. Klaipeda. LT.

2010 09     Exhibition in Photography festival “Kaunas Photo ‘10”. Dublin 3337. Kuanas. LT.

Main group exhibitions

2001   International competition of young photographers “What I would like to save?” (1st place)

2001   Exhibition of young photographers “Debute”. Gallery of Lith. Union of Photographers, Vilnius. LT

2002   Anniversary exhib. of KTU-FOTO studio. FUJI gallery of Lith. Union of Photogr. Kaunas. LT.

2004   Theatre photography. FAMU, Praha (Film and TV school, Czech Republic)

2006, 2007   FAMU group exhibition “66”. Velryba Gallery. Prague. CZ.

2007    JKF (Exhib. of Young Lith. Photographers), Gallery of Lith. Union of Photographers, Vilnius. LT.

2007    “Children of  the World”. Photo Center, Akropolis, Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda. LT.

2008-2009  Intimate revolt. the collection. Group project and traveling exhibition. Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Turkey, Lithuania, USA.

2009    Group exhibition “Lithuania without Utopia”. Croatia, Austria, Germany.

2010    Group Art Exhibition by “En Raat” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

2011   “Elswhere" Group exhibition as part of the Symposium “Mobility and Fantasy in Visual Culture” in Bahceşehir University, Istanbul (Turkey)

Projects, grants and workshops

1997-2002  Kaunas University of Technology photography studio.

2002           Member of Lithuanian Photo Artists Union.

1999-2000 Jurnalist in the student newspaper “SAVAS”.

2000    International Student art workshop in Ivrea (Italy).

2004, 2005   Art director in short films “Once upon the time..”, “Everestas”, dir. J. Samulionyte.

2004-2005    Educational grant of Cultural Ministry of Lithuania for Studies in Prague.

2006, 2007   Photographing cruise ship workers on Crystal cruises boat “Crystal Symphony”. 

2007    Grant from the City of Prague (Czech Republic) for exhibition “Intimate revolt. the collection”.

2008    Grant from Cultural Ministry of Lithuania for exhibition Intimate revolt. the collection.

2009    Seminar “Re-tooling residencies”, Warsaw, Poland.

2010    Grant from Cultural Ministry of Lithuania for exhibition “Harram / Not Allowed”.

2011    Mentor in photography festival “PhotoPub’11”, Nove mesto, Slovenia.

2011    Mentor in Photography Week in Vilnius Design College, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Publications

One day of Kaunas 2001 10 19. Catalogue.

A.Jonusaite. “Vilma Samulionyte”. Nemunas, 2003, January.

I.Vilkeviciene. “Dancing Photography”. Uz remu, nr. 9-1. 2001, May.

Calendar from exhibition “What I would like to save?”

Catalogue FamuFest ’21.

Catalogue FamuFest ’06

Catalogue of JKF (Exhibition of Young Lithuanian Photographers)

Almanac “Photography Yesterday, Today ‘07”

Almanac “Photography Yesterday, Today ‘10”

Catalog of “EnRaat” Riyadh Art exhibition.

Almanac “Photography Yesterday, Today ‘11”

Work experience

2003 - 2004  Vilnius University Student Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania. Project manager.

2007 - 2008  Malameh Alfan Photo studio. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photographer.

2009             Residency program DOCRES VNO (Vilnius,LT) coordinator.

2009           Photographer in the Project “When People meet”. Part of “Vilnius – European Cultural  Capital 2009” event.

2010             The Union of Lithuanian Art Photographers.

2009 - 2010  Leading Photography course in Mediateque “Meno avilys”

2010 - 2011  Malameh Alfan Photo studio. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photographer.

2011 - now   The Union of Lithuanian Art Photographers.

2011 - now   Leading Photography course in Mediateque “Meno avilys”.