The artist will give a talk on his project called "BAXT" and the Roma in Lithuania. "Baxt" is a Romani word for fate, destiny, and fortune. In the series of environmental portraits, Miksys explores the living history of the Lithuanian Roma, who are mostly known in English-speaking countries as gypsies. Andrew Miksys will discuss his nearly 20-year project, "BAXT", about the Roma in Lithuania, and his upcoming book.  

Andrew Miksys (b. 1969) is an American-Lithuanian photographer. In 2002, he was selected by US professional photographers’ magazine "Photo District News" as one of the "Top 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch", and in 2006, he was featured in "Slate" magazine as "Slate’s Artist of the Month". Miksys has also been the recipient of prestigious grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (2000) and the J. William Fulbright Program (1998 and 2002). He currently divides his time between Seattle, Australia and Vilnius, Lithuania.