Born 1969 in Kaunas. Lives in Vilnius.
Evaldas Jansas – one of the top contemporary Lithuanian artists, who started his career in an independent Lithuania together with other pioneers of Lithuanian contemporary art of the nineties and who developed his unique inter-genre and interdisciplinary style of creation. Evaldas Jansas has lately created a divergent and expressive (in terms of contents and expression manner) paintings. The majority of Evaldas Jansas’s works open severe aspects of life of contemporary human, question conservative norms, and provoke discussion. From the very nineties, the works of Evaldas Jansas have acted on the Lithuanian art venue as an essential catalyst of critical self-awareness and self-consciousness. The artist has constantly exhibited his works at exhibitions and film reviews in Lithuania and abroad.
Education:
1988-1995 Vilnius Academy of Arts, Department of Painting
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2023
Pamokslas kelmui ir rąstgaliui, performansas, XX kamerinių teatrų ir performansų festivalis „Camera obscura“, Vilkamirgės galerija, Ukmergė, Lietuva; Jūsų neįtars bendrininkavimu, performansas, „Vilniaus pokeris“ atidarymas, Mo muziejus, Vilnius;
2022
Jūsų neįtars bendrininkavimu, performansas, „Virus“ festivalio atidarymas, Šiaulių dailės galerija, Šiauliai, Lietuva; Akcija/performansas „Galerijoje „MOrka“ dregmės surinkėju surinkto vandens ladojimas, MKK, kapavietės numeris 34, koordinatės: 55.92284N, 21.68127E, Juozo Liavio sodyba, Narvaišai, Plungės raj.; Klibinkščiavimas už spaudos laisvę ir žmogaus teises, performansas, galerija “MOrka”;
2021
Rūpintojėlis, performansas, galerija „MOrka“, Vilnius;
2020
Pieta, performansas (su Kristina Švenčionyte), galerija „MOrka“, Vilnius; Fetišas, projektų erdvė „MOrka“, Vilnius; Epitafijos: mano 90-ieji, meno projektų erdvė „MOrka“, Vilnius; Savinanatis kitą, performansas (su Kristina Švenčionyte; Juozas Milašius, gitara), meno projektų erdvė „MOrka“, Vilnius; ArtVilnius’21 mugės performansų erdvė, Vilnius; Metamarfozė: XV stacija, performansas (su Kristina Švenčionyte), meno projektų erdvė „MOrka“, Vilnius;
2019
JANSAS – Paintings, Objects, Video, Vilnius Town Hall; Siauliai Art Gallery, Lithuania; Šiaulių dalės galerija, Šiauliai;
2017
“Arrive…Depart” site specific project / exhibition at the shop, atelier “Lapės spinta” (Šiaulių Str. 5, Vilnius) the part of Vilnius gallery weekend
2016
Jansas Way, „Pamenkalnio” Gallery, Vilnius;
PARAopera,POST Gallery , Kaunas, Lithuania
2014
Fetish, „Artfex” Gallery, Vilnius;
I Have Hangover, And She Has PMS , “Meno niša” Gallery, Vilnius;
On The Stage For Too Long, Project Space ,,Malonioji 6‘‘, Vilnius
2012
The Composition For The Gas heater, For The Beer Backes and For The Audience (interactive, audiovisual installation for one evening)), Commune Art Gallery “Cmuer Omnat”, Vilnius
2011
Jansas TV, Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center, Vilnius
2009
Evaldas Jansas, ARTscape – The Project of European Cultural Capital, Vartai gallery, Vilnius;
The Premiere of The film Soundtrack, Cinema Centre ,,Skalvija‘‘, Vilnius;
Evaldas Jansas In Video Screen, Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center, Vilnius
2007
retroPERspektyve, Gallery of contemporary art, Klaipeda, Lithuania
2006
retroPERspektyve, Cinema Centre „Skalvija“, Vilnius
2005
Evaldas Jansas for CAC/TV. Contemporary Art Center/ TV 1 channel, Vilnius
2004
Repudiated Realities, CAC, Vilnius;
In My Own Juice, Lithuanian Contemporary Art, part of exhibition, Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
2000
New Works, CAC, Vilnius
1999
Please Tie a Knot into the Bag, Kunstlerhaus, Boswill, Switzerland
1996
From Life’s Illustrations, Jutempus Gallery, Vilnius
1995
Jutempus Gallery, Vilnius
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2023
Erotika kaip naracija, galerija “MOrka”, Vilnius; Vilniaus dvasia 700, Vilniaus rotušė; Išplaukęs tapatumas: tarp atpažįstamo atvaizdo ir abstrakcijos, Meštrović Pavilion – Bačva Gallery, Zagrebas, Kroatija; Vilniaus pokeris, Mo muziejus, Vilnius;
2022
Baltic Art/Baltijos šalių menas, Grace parodų erdvė, MORUS muziejus, Niujorkas, JAV; Lutum Magnum, Taikomosios dailės ir dizaino muziejus, Vilnius; ALEDOIA FOREVER, galerija “Metropol”, Talinas;
2021
Atgal į ateitį, galerija „MOrka“, Vilnius; Pašto menas, galerija „MOrka“, Vilnius; Ar tik kūnas?, LDS šv. Jono galerija, Vilnius; Saugok savyje žmogų, galerija „MOrka“, Vilnius;
2019
90-jų DNR. Rūšių atsiradimas, Mo muziuejus, Vilnius; Saldus ateities prakaitas, Nacionalinė dailės galerija, Vilnius; Animal – Human – Robot, MO Museum, Vilnius;
2018
MO Museum’s inaugural exhibition “All Art Is About Us”, MO Museum, Vilnius;
International Contemporary Art Festival. KAUNAS IN ART VIII. 2018, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania;
ARTAPES. FAST-FORWARDED. SELECTED LITHUANIAN VIDEO WORKS SINCE THE 1990S, MAXXI, Roma; MATTA, Pescara, Italy;
2017
Man, Woman and the Sea, The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia;
Futures, CAC, Vilnius
2016
Another Crossroads of Epochs Contemporary Lithuanian Art from the Collection of the Lithuanian Art Museum: 1989-2007,National Gallery of Art, Vilnius
2015
Attention! Beware Of The Object #2 , POST Gallery , Kaunas, Lithuania;
In General, I Am Brave In Art… „Laznia” contemporary Art Centre, Gdansk, Poland;
A Brief History of Wasted Time – Artists’ Association Gallery Vilnius, Vilnius
2014
Prototypes. Ideas, sketches, models and instructions, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius;
Shifts – Galerie Prospekto, Vilnius
Enter 12, media arts festival, Šiauliai, Lithuania;
Gypsies are found near Heaven, Pärnu City Gallery, Pärnu, Estonia;
Wide Angle. The Time Limit,“Arka” Gallery, Vilnius;
Attention! Beware Of The Object , POST Gallery , Kaunas, Lithuania
2013
Summertimes Readings, Selected works from the exhibition from Cesis, CAC, Vilnius;
Summertimes Readings International Exhibition of Contemporary Art The Cesis Brewery and various urban venues Cesis, Latvia;
Revelations and Illusions, Pärnu City Gallery Pärnu, Estonia
2012
VIRAGES – GALERIJA VARTAI, Vilnius
How did I get here Painting in Lithuania CAC, Vilnius;
Lithuanian Art 2012 18 th exhibitions CAC, Vilnius;
HUMAN NATURE, Rauma Art Biennale Balticum 2012, Rauma Art Museum, Finland;
God’s Medman, Pärnu City Gallery Pärnu, Estonia
2011
A Walk around Vilnius MONUMENTS THAT ARE NOT, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius
2010
500 Newton, Studio Gallery, Budapest;
Lithuanian Art 2000 – 2010: Ten Years, CAC, Vilnius;
Friend Ship, International Performance Art Project, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Klaipeda;
e-flux video rental – Fondazione Giuliani, Rome
FROM ARTISTS WORKSHOPS, VARTAI gallery, Vilnius
2009
Urban stories, The X Baltic Triennial of International Art, CAC, Vilnius
2008
Vilnius Art Scene After 2000, The Arsenāls Exhibition Hall of the LNMA, Ryga;
e-flux Video Rental / 1st Floor of the Foundation central building – Centro de Arte Moderna – CAM – Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
Lithuanian Art’08 Photography, CAC, Vilnius
2007
STILL HERE: humour in post-communist performative video, gallery Artspace, Sydney Australia
2006
101.3 KM: competition and cooperation, Picture gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania;
CAC Vilnius stand, Vienna Fair the International Art Fair Focused on CEE, Vienna
2004
The Young Artists’ Biennial – Images of Violence/ Violence of Images – META Cultural Foundation, Bucharest;
The Others Are Me, Gallery Bunkier Sztuki, Krokow, Poland; RAM 6, CAC, Vilnius;
From the Centre to the Edge, Kilkenny, Ireland
2003
RestCycling Art Festival, Berlin;
Baltixplatation, Hunter College, New York;
Parallel Progressions 3: etc., CAC, Vilnius
2002
SEX (Social Exhibitionism), Railway Museum, Riga
2001
Self-esteem. Lithuanian Art ‘01, CAC, Vilnius;
Walls for NATO, CAC, Vilnius;
Male, Gallery of Contemporary Art Celje, Celje, Slovenia;
Exotica, CAC, Vilnius; Human Project, Bac – Presence Balte, Ileana Tounta CAC, Athens
2000
Human Project, Bac – Presence Balte, Baltic Art Centre, Visby; Metronome, Barcelona;
Innocent Life, CAC, Vilnius; ArtGenda, Helsinki;
Part of The System, <rotor> association for contemporary art, Graz, Austria;
Dialog 2: Articulation, OK Centre for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
1999
View Assistences, Bazel, Switzerland;
Lithuanian Art 1989-1999: The Ten Years, CAC, Vilnius;
Apartment’ 99, Vilnius
1998
Cool Places, CAC, Vilnius;
International Performance Festival, Gallery Rigth-Left, Vilnius;
After Painting, CAC, Vilnius;
Twilight, CAC, Vilnius;
The Different – The Same, Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway
1997
Dimension O, International Performance Festival, CAC, Vilnius;
Ground Control, Beaconsfield, London
1995
Mundane Language, Vilnius;
1995: Art in Lithuania, CAC, Vilnius
Selected Film/Video Festivals:
2018
KuFF – Kumu Art Film Festival, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
2014
Recontres Internationals, Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Tokyo Palace, Paris
2011
Ad Hoc: Inconvienient Films, Human Rights Festival, Vilnius,
Vilnius Documentary Film Festival, Cinema Centre Skalvija, Vilnius,
Kino pavasaris, Vilnius International Film Festival, Vilnius
2007
Recontres Internationals Paris/Berlin, Pompidou centre, Paris
Nets, International Short Film Festival, Klaipėda, Vilnius
2006
Pulsar, Cinemateca Nacional, Carakas, Vensuela
2005
Recontres Internationals Paris/Berlin, Screenings at city space, Paris
Invideo 2005. Short film festival, Milan, Italy
2004
Recontres Internationals Paris/Berlin. The Grand Halle of la Villette, Paris
19th Brest European Short Film Festival, Brest, France
Short Film Festival in Nevers, France
Nets, International Short Film Festival, Klaipėda, Vilnius
Politically Incorrect Film Festival, Ljubljana
20th International Short Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany
2003
Wide World Video Festival, Amsterdam
2002
Nets, International Short Film Festival, Klaipėda, Vilnius
Special:
2000
Ode rutinai (Ode to Routine). Book by Evaldas Jansas (in Lithuanian). Publisher: Contemtorary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania.
