Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė (1998) is a visual artist, curator and writer who uses texts, sculptural objects and drawings to explore the image of villains shaped by popular culture. By giving dreamlike qualities to various underground signs spotted in the city streets she creates fragments of distorted worlds placing them in gallery spaces and publications. In her curatorial practice, she focuses on artists' texts and conversations, which are presented in the zines that accompany the exhibitions.

Currently, Stankevičiūtė writes texts and exhibition reviews for contemporary art newspapers online, and also works in the field of cultural communication, as a project manager for communication and digital channels at Rupert. Since 2023 she has been a member of the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association.

Her work has been shown at the Contemporary Art Centre (Vilnius, Lithuania), Rupert Residency (Vilnius, Lithuania), Podium Project Space (Oslo, Norway), EXPO Chicago (Chicago, USA) and other international exhibitions of contemporary and modern art.

Art fairs:

2024 ArtVilnius'24, represented by Galerie Nivet-Carzon (Paris, France). 

2022 I am Sitting in a Room, EXPO CHICAGO, Navy Pier, Chicago. rupert.lt 

Communication

2024 – now Communication & Digital Content Manager at Rupert.

2024 Communications Coordinator for All the Good Things, Akee.

2024 Communications Coordinator for Experiments’ platform project, Architektūros fondas.

2024 Communications Coordinator for The Lingering Linden event, Akee.

2024 Communications Coordinator for Clay–ground, Akee.

2024 Texts presenting Lithuanian artists in London for Made in Shoreditch magazine, London, UK.

2023 Communications coordinator at Videograms'23, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2023 Communications coordinator at Architektūros fondas, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2022 – 2023 communications coordinator at SODAS 2123, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Curatorial

2023 Minčių skaitytojai / Mind Readers: Anton Karyuk, George Finlay Ramsay, Ieva Rižė, Jogintas Čepulis, Marija Šnipaitė, Sophie Durand, Atletika gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Education

2022 - 2024 MA Sculpture, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania.

2021 Rupert's Alternative Education Programme.

2017 - 2021 BA Photography and Media Arts, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania.

Solo shows

2023 Palaidi galai / Loose Tails, Atletika gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania. artnews.lt

2020 Ausys Laižo Lūpas / Ears Lick Lips, ARTIFEX Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania. echogonewrong.com, artnews.lt 

Scenography & costume design

2023 Scenography for L. yra S., State Small Theatre of Vilnius, Lithuania.

2022 Scenography and costumes for Fountain, performance (directed by Greta Štiormer, performed by Jūra Elena Šedytė, Dainora Aleksaitė, Ieva Haja Parnarauskaitė), Muzika erdvėje festival, Washington Square, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2020 Scenography for The Ringing of the Plains (Jaan Kruusvall), The Fount festival, Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania

Residencies:

2024 Pro Šešėlius, Loupillon, France.

2022 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.

2021 Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Selected group shows

2022 How Heat Slides Across Surfaces, Hawerkamp 31, Münster, Germany.

2021 Heavy Centre, Podium, Oslo, Norway. osloartguide.no

2021 Heavy Centre, Gallery Tech Arts, Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2021 Whirlpools, Titanikas Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania. artnews.lt, echogonewrong.com

2020 JCDecaux Prize 2020: The Words I Have, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania. artnews.lt 

Other work

2021 – 2022 teacher, Contemporary workshops, youth club Šatrija, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2020 – present writing for Echogonewrong.com 

2019 – present writing for Artnews.lt 

Grants

2024 Lithuanian Council for Culture

2022 Lithuanian Council for Culture

2021 Lithuanian Council for Culture

2020 Lithuanian Council for Culture