Brigita Lastauskaite Born in 1973, Kaunas, Lithuania. email: info@birdsgallery.com.au

Educational Background:

2007 - Ceramic-Sculpture Studies with Ingrid & Klaus Dusselberg at Studio 32, Melbourne

1999-2001 - Bachelor of Media Arts, Photography & Digital Imaging, RMIT, Melbourne

1990-1996 - Master of Fine Arts, majoring in Textiles, Vilnius Art Academy - Kaunas Art Institute, Lithuania

1995 July-August - Installation Class "Place-Salt-River" with Prof. Anne 7 Patrick Porier (France), International Summer Academy of Arts, Salzburg, Austria

1994 July-August - "From Drawing to Sculpture" class with Prof. tone Fink at International summer Academy of Arts, Salzburg, Austria

1986-1990 - Kaunas School of Arts, Lithuania

Awards & Scholarships:

2004 December - 1st Prize Best Photograph, Australian-Lithuanian art exhibition at Hortl Hall, Melbourne

1994 August - International Student's Scholarship, International Summer Academy of Arts, Salzburg

Solo & Duo Exhibitions:

2007 May - "Connections" together with Marian Bosch, showing sculptural works, Bird's Gallery

2003 March - "Micro-Macro World" mixed media works at Bird's Gallery, Melbourne

1999 September - "Letters" with Vaidas Zvirblis, "CAS Space Windows" Collins St, Melbourne

2001 May - "Translucent" mixed media drawings and transparent screens, "Ripustus" gallery, Hammenlinna, Finland

1997 August - "Letters from Above", works on paper, "Egles Galerija", Kaunas, Lithuania

Group Exhibitions:

2008 February - "Four-Legged Friend" Bird's Gallery, Melbourne

2007 October - Gene Pool, DNA Gallery, Melbourne

2007 April - Art Melbourne '07

2006 April - Art Melbourne '06

2006 February - "Together" International Exhibition of small size works, Bird's Gallery

2005 April - Melbourne Affordable Art Show

2004 November - "white" International Exhibition of small sized works, Bird's Gallery

2003 February - Linden Postcard exhibition, Linden Gallery, Melbourne

2000 November - "Static", First Site (RMIT Union Gallery) Melbourne

1999 December - "The Point" International Mini Size exhibition, "Ripustus" gallery, Hammenlina, Finland

1999 July - 9 x 12 National Touring Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Steps Gallery, Melbourne

1997 August - "Textile 97" International Exhibition, M.Zilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania

1996 August - "Flax 96" International mini Size Textile Exhibition, "Arkos Galerija", Vilnius, Lithuania

1995 - Kaunas Art Institute Textile student's exhibition, Kaunas, Lithuania

Art Symposiums:

2008 July - 15th International European artist's Association art Symposium "Neverheard", Hovinkartano Hauho, Finland

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