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2017 – nominated “Garliavietis of year 2017” in the field of art and culture.

2015 – received honorary diploma from Lithuanian Artist’s Association.

2015 – received Kaunas burgomaster Jonas Vileišis brass medal (awarded for personal achievement and making Kaunas know abroad).

2003 – became a member of Lithuanian Artist’s Association.

2001 – graduated from Kaunas Art Institute of Vilnius Art Academy (Master in visual arts – sculpture).

1999 – graduated from Kaunas Art Institute of Vilnius Art Academy (Bachelor in arts – sculpture).

1995 – graduated from Kaunas Higher Art School.

Works in public places

2014

  • “Return”, Molėtai, Lithuania.

2012

  • “Bench for Violeta Urmanavičiūtė-Urmana”, Marijampolė, Lithuania.

2011

  • “Mix and Match”, Metal Sculpture Symposium, Jelgava, Latvia. Artist choice.
  • “Warm / Cold”, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2010

  • “Stone Wall”, Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • “For Mitkus”, Garliava, Lithuania.

2009

  • “Merkinė Stamp”, Merkinė, Lithuania.
  • “For Mindaugas”, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2008

  • Sculpture to commemorate pilots S. Darius and S. Girėnas, Mysliborz, Poland. I Prize.

2007

  • “For Vizgirda”, Garliava, Lithuania.

2005

  • “Ship”, Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • “Loves Me, Loves Me Not”, Kėdainiai, Lithuania.

2004

  • “Saturn”, Linkuva, Lithuania.
  • “Jazz Eaters” Award, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2003

  • “Swing”, Pärnu, Estonia.

2001

“Tulip Tulip…”, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Solo exhibitions

2023

  • “At the Turn of the Year”, Art Gallery “Drobė,” Kaunas, Lithuania.

2016

  • “Rolled In”, St. John Street Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2015

  • Personal exhibition, Christ Resurrection Church, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2005

  • Personal exhibition, “Nature and Technologies”, AICHI EXPO ’05, Aichi, Japan.
  • Personal exhibition, International Art Village, Nishiaizu, Japan.

Joined exhibitions in Lithuania

2025

Group exhibition ‘MAQUETTE DIMENSION 2.5’. Art gallery Drobė, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2018

  • Exhibition at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania.

2014

  • “Sculptors in the Castle,” Panemunė Castle, Lithuania.

2013–2014

  • “Sculptors Reading Donelaitis”: traveling exhibition, Lithuania.

2012

  • Exhibition of Kaunas sculptors’ works, St. John Street Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • “Art Fair” EXPO, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2011

  • “Kaunas in Art,” Kaunas, Lithuania.

2010

  • “Fata Morgana,” Gallery “Meno Parkas,” Kaunas, Lithuania.

2009

  • Festival “Moon of the Black Horn,” Zarasas Lake Island, Lithuania.
  • “Space for Ideas,” Gallery “Meno Parkas,” Kaunas, Lithuania.

2008

  • “Art + Art to Communicate. Sound,” Palace of Arts Exhibitions, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2006

  • International Stone Sculpture Symposium, Vepriai, Utena District, Lithuania.
  • “My Family – Maffia,” St. John Street Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • Group exhibition, Dzūkija National Park Information Center, Merkinė, Lithuania.

2004

  • Symposium dedicated to M. Menčinskas, Kaunas Zoo, Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • Sculpture Symposium, Linkuva, Lithuania.

2003

  • Exhibition of Architectural Details “Detail,” KAUNAS WINDOW Art Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania. “Lucky Debut” nomination.
  • “Strawberry Meadow – Autumn Fruits,” “Tiesa” Printing House, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • “Bernardinai Park 500 Years,” Medal Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2002

  • “Through a Smile,” Gallery ARKA, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • Felt Symposium, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • “Metal,” Medal Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • “Light,” ŠMIC Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2001

  • 8th International A. Samuolis Plein Air “Mutations,” Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • “Personal Movement,” Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • “Maffia,” Panevėžys Picture Gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania and Šiauliai Picture Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania.

2000

  • Corrugated Cardboard Symposium “Origami,” G. Šibonis Workshop, Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • Contemporary Art Forum “Homo Ludens 3,” Jonava, Lithuania.

1999

  • KDI Student Art Days (SMD), Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • Contemporary Art Forum “Homo Ludens 2,” Lithuania.
  • “Paranoid Dali Houses,” Retrospective installation exhibition, KDI Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • Stone Sculpture Symposium “Panevėžys 500 Years,” Panevėžys, Lithuania.
  • “Plastic Introjection,” Land Art Projects, LDS Kaunas Gallery, Lithuania.
  • Drawing Exhibition, Gallery XX, Panevėžys, Lithuania.
  • Architectural competition “Yra yra ne yra”, Vilnius. II Prize

1998

  • “Twilight Zone” (in memory of M. Menčinskas), Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • Art Action Days “Time,” Panemunė Castle, Lithuania.

1996

  • KDI Student Art Days (SMD), Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • Action “Sign for Kaunas,” Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • Wood Sculpture Symposium in memory of M. Menčinskas, Kaunas Zoo, Kaunas, Lithuania.

1995

  • Action “Changing the Environment,” KDI Student Art Days (SMD), Kaunas, Lithuania.

Exhibitions Abroad

2025

  • Lithuanian National Pavilion: “Archi / Tree / tecture”, Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy. Team: Concept author and curator Gintaras Balčytis, sculptor Kęstutis Lanauskas, architects Paulius Vaitiekūnas and Andrius Pukis, audiovisual art installation by Lina Pranaitytė and Urtė Pakers (“Bionics”), narratives by Gvidas Kovėra.

2011

  • 54th Venice Biennale, Lithuanian Pavilion, Venice, Italy.

2006

  • “Sandwich”, Stuttgart, Germany.

2005

  • Group exhibition, S-Space Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Group exhibition, Nishiaizu, Japan.
  • Group exhibition, Aizu Wakamatsu, Japan.

2003

  • 3rd International Stone Sculpture Symposium, Pärnu, Estonia.

2000

  • Photography exhibition, Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga, Latvia.
  • Exhibition of works from the “Origami” Symposium, Skonto Palace, Riga, Latvia.

Land Art

2024

  • “Pegasus”, Residency at Marijampolė Art School, Marijampolė, Lithuania.

2023

  • “Restoration”, Moulin/Belle Residency, Mareuil-en-Périgord, France.

2021

  • “Circling”, “Park der Sinne” Symposium, Kaarst, Germany.

2019

  • “Dumb-bells”, International Land Art Festival “Land Art 2019”, Babtynas-Žemaitkiemis Manor, Kaunas District, Lithuania. Awarded the Visitors’ Prize.

2018

  • “Balcony” (Dutch team: Geert Schiks and Kęstutis Lanauskas), International Land Art Festival “LandArt Grindelwald”, Grindelwald, Switzerland.
  • Land Arts Festival (Dutch team: Geert Schiks and Kęstutis Lanauskas), International Land Art Festival “Im Dorf”, Alswil, Switzerland.

2017

  • “Strange Object” (Dutch team: Kęstutis Lanauskas and Geert Schiks), International Land Art Festival “LandArt Grindelwald”, Grindelwald, Switzerland.

2015

  • “Key” (collaborative work: Marijus Gvildys, Anastasija Gvildienė, and Kęstutis Lanauskas), Land Arts Festival “FloraFirenze”, Florence, Italy.

2014

  • “Cradle” (Lithuanian team: Lukas Šiupšinskas and Kęstutis Lanauskas), International Land Art Symposium “Land Art Raudondvaris”, Raudondvaris, Lithuania. Awarded 1st place.
  • “Music Box” (Lithuanian team: Marijus Gvildys and Kęstutis Lanauskas), International Land Art Festival “Im Dorf”, Alswil, Switzerland.

2013

“Circling” (Lithuanian team: Lina Puodžiukaitė-Lanauskienė and Kęstutis Lanauskas), International Land Art Symposium “Land Art Raudondvaris”, Raudondvaris, Lithuania. Awarded 1st place.

Snow and Ice sculptures (among others)

2024

  • International Snow Sculpture Festival, Sapporo, Japan – “Let the Dream Come True” (Lithuanian team: Kęstutis Lanauskas, Artūras Burneika, Tomas Petreikis). Awarded 5th place.
  • International Snow Sculpture Festival, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA – “Warn(m)ing Clouds Intersect”(Lithuanian team: Kęstutis Lanauskas, Artūras Burneika, Tomas Petreikis, Mindaugas Jurėnas).

2020

  • International Snow Sculpture Festival, Sapporo, Japan – “Home” (Lithuanian team: Kęstutis Lanauskas, Artūras Burneika, Tomas Petreikis).

2018

  • International Snow Sculpture Festival, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA – “On the Wave” (Lithuanian team: Kęstutis Lanauskas, Artūras Burneika, Tomas Petreikis, Mindaugas Jurėnas).

2015

  • International Snow Sculpture Festival, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA – “Wind of Eternal Change” (Lithuanian team: Kęstutis Lanauskas, Artūras Burneika, Tomas Petreikis, Mindaugas Jurėnas). Awarded 1st place.

2013

  • International Snow Sculpture Festival, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA – “Once Upon a Time Here Was a Forest”(Lithuanian team: Kęstutis Lanauskas, Artūras Burneika, Tomas Petreikis, Mindaugas Jurėnas).

2012

  • International Snow Sculpture Festival, Sapporo, Japan – “Careful: Beauty is Fragile” (Lithuanian team: Kęstutis Lanauskas, Artūras Burneika, Tomas Petreikis). Awarded 3rd place.

2011

  • International Snow Sculpture Festival, Sapporo, Japan – “The World is Our Beehive” (Lithuanian team: Kęstutis Lanauskas, Artūras Burneika, Tomas Petreikis). Awarded 1st place.

2010

  • International Snow Sculpture Festival, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA – “Milite est Vita” (Lithuanian team: Kęstutis Lanauskas, Artūras Burneika, Tomas Petreikis). Awarded 1st place and the Children’s Prize.
  • Ice sculpture “The Spring”, Druskininkai, Lithuania.

2009

  • Snow sculptures at Town Hall Square, Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • Ice sculpture gallery “Ice Baroque”: “Gates of the Holy Trinity Uniate Church”, Town Hall Square, Vilnius, Lithuania. Tallest ice sculpture in Lithuania.

2008

  • International Snow Sculpture Festival, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA – “Who’s First?”

2007

  • Ice Sculpture Symposium, Druskininkai, Lithuania – “Bear”

2006

  • Ice Sculpture Symposium, Druskininkai, Lithuania – “Car”
  • International Snow Sculpture Festival, Sapporo, Japan – “There Is…”. Awarded 5th place.
  • International Ice Sculpture Symposium “Vaasa 400 Years”, Vaasa, Finland – “Ship”

2005

  • Sculpture Competition “Stars of the Sky, Come Closer to Earth”, Sapporo, Japan

2004

  • International Ice Sculpture Symposium “Pizza Jazz 11 Years”, Kaunas, Lithuania – “Cadillac”
  • Ice Sculpture Symposium, Druskininkai, Lithuania – “…And the Ship Sails”

2003

Ice Sculpture Symposium “Pizza Jazz”, Kaunas, Lithuania – “The Nurturer”

Scenography for dance

2023

  • “Glass” (choreographer: Lina Puodžiukaitė-Lanauskienė), Contempo Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2015

  • “Blackbirds” (choreographer: Lina Puodžiukaitė-Lanauskienė), National M.K. Čiurlionis School of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2011

  • “BETWEEN” (choreographers: Lina Puodžiukaitė and Marijanas Staniulėnas), Fishermen’s Hall, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

2010

  • “Distant Border” (choreographers: Lina Puodžiukaitė and Marijanas Staniulėnas), Courtyard of the Communications Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania.

2009

“Coat Stories” (VDU Academic Movement Theatre), Foyer of the VDU Great Hall, Kaunas, Lithuania.