Born in 1957. Lives in Vilnius.

Graduated 1982 from Vilnius State Art Institute (now Academy of Fine Arts).

Member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association since 1988.

Works at Vilnius Justinas Vienožinskis Art School and Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts.

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Personal shows

1989 – Art Exhibition Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

1993 – Arkos galerija, Vilnius, Lithuania

1995, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2007 – Lietuvos Aido galerija, Vilnius, Lithuania

1997, 1999, 2007, 2009 – Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam

1997 – Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2002 – A.Moncio namai--muziejus, Palanga, Lithuania

2003 – Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam (with Belgian artist Benoît)

2006 – Lietuvos Centras, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania,Warsaw, Poland

2006 – Lietuviu namai, Sejny, Poland

2006 – Janinos Monkutes-Marks muziejus-galerija, Kedainiai, Lithuania

2007 – Laiptu galerija, Šiauliai, Lithuania

2007 – Vilniaus Rotuše, Vilnius, Lithuania

2007 – Galerija Kaire-Dešine, Vilnius, Lithuania

2008 – The State Small Theatre of Vilnius

2009 – The Lithuanian Artists' Union Exhibition Hall

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Group exhibitions 2000-

2000 – The Baltic Art, New York, Washington, Los Angeles and Chicago, USA

2000 – Group 24, The Grosvenor House, London, UK

2001 – Probaltica 2001, Torun, Poland

2001 – Nordic and Baltic Countries Painting Biennial, Exhibition Centre and Vilunda Gallery, Väsby, Sweden

2001 – Human Image. Contemporary Lithuanian Art, Berlin, Germany

2001 – Lithuanian Energy, Kristianstad Regional Museum, Sweden

2003 – Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany

2003 – Inspired Explosions, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

2004 – Artists from Estonia and Lithuania, Artoteek Den Haag, the Hague

2006 – Lithuanian Painters. Hobby Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia and Contemporary Art Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan

2007 – Vygantas Paukste. Virtual Exhibition, SBK Amsterdam Kunstuitleen

2007, 2009 – Exposition of Art Market Agency Auction, Vilnius

2009 – Live Modernist Tradition. Exhibition Hall of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius

2009 – Abstraction and Expressionism. Lithuanian Artists' Union Exhibition Hall and Arka Gallery

2009 – Radar. Painting at Vilnius Art Academy, Warsaw and Lodz, Poland

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Award and grants

1988 Diploma of the Young Artists Visual Arts Exhibition of the Baltic Countries.

1996/97 National Grant

2000/01 National Grant

2006/07 National Grant

2009 The Golden Badge Award (Badge No 26) of the Lithuanian Artists' Union

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Works owned by

Lithuanian Art Museum and National Art Gallery, Vilnius;

M.K.Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

SBK Kunstuitleen, Amsterdam

Artoteek den Haag, the Hague

NOG Collectie, SNS REAAL Fonds

Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam

Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, USA

Private collectors in Lithuania and abroad