Antanas Obcarskas
Born in Zapyškis, Lithuania, on May 27, 1958
STUDIES
1971–1973
Kaunas 4 Year Art School for Children, Lithuania
(now Kaunas Antanas Martinaitis Art School)
1973–1977
Kaunas Applied Art College, Lithuania
(now J. Vienožinskis Faculty of Arts,
Kaunas College)
1977–1982
Vilnius State Institue of Art, Lithuania
(now Vilnius Academy of Art)
since 1990
Member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association
since 1993
Member of the ‘Angis’ Artists’ Group
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
1988
Kaunas Artists’ House, Kaunas (Lithuania)
1990
Gallery “Lusiada”, Berlin (Germany)
1992
Gallery “Mikuličiūtės”, Kaunas (Lithuania)
Gallery “AL”, Palanga (Lithuania)
1993
Gallery “KIK”, Berlin (Germany)
1995
Gallery “Linal”, Hilversum (Holland)
1997
Gallery “Ruta”, Nijmegen (Holland)
1998
Gallery “Eglės”, Kaunas (Lithuania)
Embassy of Lithuania, Berlin (Germany)
2000
“Painting”, Palace of Lithuanian Artists. Vilnius Town Hall. Vilnius (Lithuania)
2004
“No Crossings”, Gallery “Meno parkas”, Kaunas (Lithuania)
Fluxus action “Air from Kaunas in Warsaw”, DAP Gallery, Warsaw (Poland)
2005
“Planes”, Gallery “Kairė–Dešinė”, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2007
“WC of European Galleries: Personal Research”, Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius (Lithuania)
“Die Segel”, Galerie Mare Liberum, Hamburg (Germany)
2009
“100 x 81”, Savickas Picture Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2010
”Painting”, Gallery ASVS, Porto (Portugal)
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
1988
Kaunas Artists’ House, Kaunas (Lithuania)
1990
Gallery “Lusiada”, Berlin (Germany)
1992
Gallery “Mikuličiūtės”, Kaunas (Lithuania)
Gallery “AL”, Palanga (Lithuania)
1993
Gallery “KIK”, Berlin (Germany)
1995
Gallery “Linal”, Hilversum (Holland)
1997
Gallery “Ruta”, Nijmegen (Holland)
1998
Gallery “Eglės”, Kaunas (Lithuania)
Embassy of Lithuania, Berlin (Germany)
2000
“Painting”, Palace of Lithuanian Artists. Vilnius Town Hall. Vilnius (Lithuania)
2004
“No Crossings”, Gallery “Meno parkas”, Kaunas (Lithuania)
Fluxus action “Air from Kaunas in Warsaw”, DAP Gallery, Warsaw (Poland)
2005
“Planes”, Gallery “Kairė–Dešinė”, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2007
“WC of European Galleries: Personal Research”, Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius (Lithuania)
“Die Segel”, Galerie Mare Liberum, Hamburg (Germany)
2009
“100 x 81”, Savickas Picture Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2010
”Painting”, Gallery ASVS, Porto (Portugal)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1982–1994
Exhibitions of Kaunas Artists, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art (Lithuania)
1986–1989
Republican Exhibitions of Visual Art, Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1988
4th Exhibition of the Baltic Artists’ Fine Arts “Youth-88”, Art Exhibition Palace, Vilnius (Lithuania)
“Youth of Country”. USSR Young Artists’ Exhibition, Central Exhibitions’ Hall, Moscow
USSR Young Artists’ Exhibition. China Art Museum, Beijing (China)
1989
Exhibition of the Young Lithuanian Artists’, Szentendre Gallery, Szentendre (Hungary)
“8 Kaunas Artists”, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
1990
Exhibition of Kaunas Artists’ Works, Gallery “Jana Seta”, Riga (Latvia)
“Installations of Kaunas Artists” (along with “Post Ars”), Exibition Hall of the Lithuanian Artist’s Union, Kaunas
1992
“Bialowieza-91”, Gallery “Arsenal”, Bialystok (Poland)
1993
Contemporary Lithuanian Art from Kaunas, Mestna Gallery, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
“Berlin–Kaunas–London”, Kunstlerhaus Schwalenberg, Schieder-Schwalenberg (Germany)
International Exhibition, Kunstmeile Portcenter, Rostok (Germany)
4th Exhibition of the Group “Angis”, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
1994
“Exhibition of Groups”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
6th Exhibition of the Group “Angis”, Panevėžys Art Gallery, Panevežys (Lithuania)
1995
“Under the Gemini Sign”, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
1996
“Angis-96”, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
1997
The Exhibition “Far and Near” of IV International Painting Symposium, dedicated to the memory of
A. Samuolis, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
“Bridges of Europe”, Gallery “Zamecek”, Pribram (Czech Republic)
1998
“The Exhibition of the Six Cities”, Polish Culture Institute Gallery, Berlin (Germany)
“Generation of the Break”, Gallery “Fjosangersamlingene”, Bergen (Norway)
“Rezus + / – ”, Šiauliai Art Gallery, Šiauliai (Lithuania)
Action “River”, Zapyškis (Lithuania)
1999
“Artists from Lithuania”, Gallery “Huset i Asnaes”, Asnaes (Denmark)
“Exhibition of Six”, Gallery “Studio”, Warszawa (Poland)
“Exhibition of Six”, Gallery “EL”, Elblag (Poland)
“Angis 1989–1999”, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
“The Beginning of the End”, Art Exhibition Palace, Baroti Gallery, Klaipėda (Lithuania)
“Angis 1989–1999”, Art Gallery, Šiauliai (Lithuania)
2000
“Rezus + / – “, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
Westdeutscher Kunstlerbund Exhibition “Von Haus zu Haus”, Museen der Stadt Ludenscheid, Ludenscheid (Germany)
“Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW Dusseldorf”, Dusseldorf (Germany)
“The Last Christmas Haiku of XX c.”, LAA Kaunas Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
“Angis 2000”, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2001
“Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW Dusseldorf”, Dusseldorf (Germany)
“The Best Artwork of 2000”, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
“Water and Color. Self-portrait: I’m an Artist”, LAA Kaunas Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
“Krakow–Kaunas 2001”, D. Rostworowski Gallery, Krakow (Poland)
The International Exhibition “Mysterium Magnum”, LAA Kaunas Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2002
“Entre deux mondes”, Chapelle des Penitents, Aniane (France)
Takako Saito and Lithuanian Artists, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2002
“Journeys”, Westbury Gallery, Milton Keynes (England)
“Angis” Group project “Erase the Marked Place”, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
The International Exhibition “Ars longa vita brevis”, LAA Kaunas Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2003
“At First Sight”, TPK Tecla Sala, Barcelona (Spain)
“Sees”, Linna Gallery, Parnu (Estonia)
Project “Insert”, Savanorių 168, Kaunas (Lithuania)
Fluxus Action “Drifted Art”, Kaunas Sea (Lithuania)
“Between Vilnius and Kaunas”, Town Hall, Vilnius (Lithuania)
“Kaunas–Krakow–Vilnius”, Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius (Lithuania)
“Painting today”, Gallery “Meno parkas”, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2004
“Seven Rules of Painting”, 12th Vilnius Painting Triennial, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
“Art LT”, ABC Treehouse Gallery, Amsterdam (Holland)
Fluxus Action “Drifted Art. Letter”, Kaunas Sea, (Lithuania)
“Meeting”, Gallery DOXA, Cesky Krumlov (Czech Republic)
The International Exhibition “Unsupportable Reality”, Gallery “Meno parkas”, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2005
“The Best Artwork of 2004”, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
“Reality in X Abstract”, Gallery “Intro”, Vilnius. Šiauliai Picture Gallery, Šiauliai. Klaipėda Art Exhibition Palace, Klaipėda (Lithuania)
“Artists from Kaunas”, Gallery “Havnen”, Saeby (Denmark)
1st Lithuanian Contemporary Art Quadriennale, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Fluxus Action “Drifted Art. A Fish, Called Jurgis (Maciunas)”, Kaunas Sea (Lithuania)
Westdeutscher Kunstlerbund Exhibition “Lohn der Arbeit”, Stadtische Galerie im Schlosspark Strunkede, Herne (Germany)
„Geometrisch – Konkret X“, Galerie Kunen, Dulmen (Germany)
“Postcard”, Gallery “Meno parkas”, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2006
“Geometrisch. Concreet. X”, Mondriaanhuis Museum voor Constructieve en Concrete Kunst, Amersfoort (Holland)
“Kaunas Artists in Tartu”, Tartu Kunstimaja, Tartu (Estonia)
“Bitė’s Art Spaces”, Town Hall Square. Kaunas (Lithuania)
„KoViKaVi Conference“, Kunsthallen Braenderigarden, Viborg (Denmark)
“Carrement”, Gallery “4, Barbier”, Nimes (France)
2007
“Kaunas Artists at Edmundas”, Klaipėda Art Exhibition Palace, Klaipėda (Lithuania)
“Brücke” Manifest – 100 years, Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius (Lithuania)
“KoViKaVi-Postblablu”, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
“Zeitgenossische Kunst aus Litauen”, ThyssenKrupp Steel AG. Bildungszentrum, Duisburg (Germany)
“Sieben Kunstler aus Litauen”, Brigitte Bailer Gallery, Dortmund (Germany)
“Art + Art of Communication. Photo Intentions”, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
“Pro Forma”, Gallery “Pamėnkalnio”, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2008
“WC of European Galleries: Personal Research”, The 4th Triennial of Photography Hamburg, Galerie
Mare Liberum, Hamburg (Germany)
“The Best Artwork of 2007”, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Picture Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
„Geometrisch – Konkret X“, Gallery “Meno parkas”, Kaunas (Lithuania)
TPK Art Centre and Arts Plastiques Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery “TPK Art Centre”, Barcelona (Spain)
“Contemporary Lithuanian Art – Anew”, Municipal Gallery BWA, Bydgoszcz (Poland)
“Lithuanian Humour in Photography 1993–2008”, 5th Festival of Art Photography “Kaunas Photo 08”, Fujifilm Photography Gallery, Kaunas (Lithuania)
“Contemporary Lithuanian Art – Anew”, Gallery “Szyb Wilson”, Katowice (Poland)
Exhibition of the Group “Angis” “Urgentum praecipitatum sulfur”, Gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius (Lithuania)
“Baltic Landscapes”, Pranas Domsaitis Gallery, Klaipėda (Lithuania)
Contemporary Art Festival “Kaunas in Art: Contexts”, Gallery “101”, Kaunas (Lithuania)
2009
“Contemporary Lithuanian Art – Anew”, Gallery BWA, Olsztyn ( Poland)
“Blue”, Savickas Picture Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
“Contemporary Lithuanian Art – Anew”, Klaipėda Art Exhibition Centre, Klaipėda (Lithuania)
“Art Vilnius‘09”, International Art Fair, Litexpo Exhibition Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
“Soutine Days 2009”, LAU Exhibition Hall, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2nd Quadrennial of Lithuanian Contemporary Art, Litexpo Exhibition Centre, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2010
“Kaunas – on this Side of Painting“, Klaipėda Art Exhibition Centre, Klaipėda (Lithuania)
“Contemporary Art from Latvia and Lithuania”, Gallery “Art Promotion02“Liebshausen, (Germany)
“6. International Contemporary Art”, Plassenburg Castle,Kulmbach, (Germany)
“Contemporary Modern Lithuanian Painting”, Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius (Lithuania)
“Carrement”, Gallery “4, Barbier”, Nimes (France)
“Contemporary Modern Lithuanian Painting”, Gallery “Pylimo”, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2011
“Angis-20”, Retrospektive Exhibition of Artist group. Exposition Hall of Vilnius Academy of Art “Titanikas”, Vilnius (Lithuania)
AWARDS, ACHIEVEMENTS
1990
1st prize for the installation “12 m2 Hay (Crib)” during the Exhibition “Image”, Gallery AL in Kaunas (Lithuania)
1993
Stipendium of Lippe County Culture Institute, Schwalenberg (Germany)
1997
Highest Scholarship of the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York (USA)
2000
Prize of Kaunas City Municipality, Department of Culture for the installation “Intervention” during the Exhibition “The Best Artwork of 2000 in Kaunas” at the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art (Lithuania)
2000
1st prize of Nida Municipality during the 6th International Nida plain-air of painting “Nida Space 2000” (Lithuania)
2002
Prize of Kaunas City Municipality, Department of Culture for the object “Cucumber I–II” during the
Exhibition “The Best Artwork of 2002 in Kaunas” at the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art (Lithuania)
2005
Individual State Stipendium of the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture for Art and Culture creators
PLAIN-AIRS, SYMPOSIUMS
AND RESIDENCES
1991
“Bialowieza-91”, International plain-air of painting (Poland)
1992
“Pogranicze”, International plain-air of painting, Wygry (Poland)
1997
4th International plain-air of painting for the memory of A. Samuolis, Kaunas (Lithuania)
1998
“River”, International action, Zapyškis (Lithuania)
1999
“Jažwiny-99”, International plain-air of painting, Wroclaw (Poland)
“Alaušas-99”, plain-air of painting, Sudeikiai (Lithuania)
2000
“Paraphrases of Classics”, International plain-air of graffiti for the memory of J. M. Basquiat, Kaunas (Lithuania)
“Space of Nida”, 6th International plain-air of painting (1st prize), Nida (Lithuania)
“Rumšiškės-2000”, International plain-air of painting, Rumšiškės (Lithuania)
“Between Earth and Sky”, 2nd plain-air of painting, Cimaniūnai (Lithuania)
2001
“John’s plain-air”, plain-air of painting, Veliuona (Lithuania)
“Chilli”, International plain-air of painting, Pedvale (Latvia)
2002
“Bikuškis-2002”, International plain-air of painting, Bikuškis Manor, Utena district (Lithuania)
“Time”, International plain-air of painters, Žemaitkiemis Manor, Kaunas district (Lithuania)
“Journeys”, 2nd International symposium of painters, Milton Keynes (England)
2003
“Dipoly”, 5th plain-air of Kaunas and Vilnius painters, Bikuškis Manor, Utena district (Lithuania)
2004
“Live Road of Nida Expressionists“, International plain-air of painting, Nida (Lithuania)
“Dipoly-2“, Plain-air of Kaunas and Vilnius painters, Bikuškis Manor, Utena district (Lithuania)
2005
“Dipoly-3”, plain-air of Kaunas and Vilnius painters, Bikuškis Manor, Utena district (Lithuania)
“Panevėžys 2005”, International plain-air of painters for the memory of K. Naruševičius, Duokiškis, Rokiškis district (Lithuania)
1st plain-air of painting, dedicated for the memory of A. Vaitkūnas, Šilavotas, Prienai district (Lithuania)
2006
“Dipoly-4”, plain-air of Kaunas and Vilnius painters, Bikuškis Manor, Utena district (Lithuania)
“Nida Expression 2006”, 12th International plain-air of painting, Nida (Lithuania)
2007
“Between Vilnius and Kaunas Towers”, plain-air of painters, Bikuškis Manor, Utena district (Lithuania)
“Silence”, plain-air of Kaunas painters, Šilavotas, Prienai district (Lithuania)
“Regina 2007”, plain-air of painting, Druskininkai (Lithuania)
2008
“Between Vilnius and Kaunas Towers,” plain-air of painters, Bikuškis Manor, Utena district (Lithuania)
“Space of Manor”, plain-air of painters, Bikuškis manor, Utena district (Lithuania)
“Parallel Realities”, plain-air of Angis Group, Šilavotas, Prienai district (Lithuania)
2009
“Between Vilnius and Kaunas Towers”, plain-air of painters, Bikuškis Manor, Utena district (Lithuania)
“Manor Space”, plain-air of painters, Bikuškis Manor, Utena district (Lithuania)
“Soutine Days 2009“, International plain-air of painters, Minčia village, Utena district (Lithuania)
“Window to Eternity”, International Art Residency, Mumbai, Delhi (India)
2010
“Space of Manor”, plain-air of painters, Bikuškis Manor, Utena district (Lithuania)
“Urok”, International plain-air of painters, Miasteczko Galicyjskie, Nowy Sącz (Poland)
“Seven dwarfs”, International plain-air of painters, Palanga (Lithuania)
“Raigardas 2010”, International plain-air of painters, Druskininkai (Lithuania)
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius (Lithuania),
M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas (Lithuania)
Modern Art Center, Vilnius (Lithuania),
Lippe Land Municipality, Detmold (Germany),
Emschertal – Museum, Herne (Germany),
Museum Okręgowe w Nowym Sączu (Poland),
Das kleine Museum – Kultur auf der Peunt, Weissenstadt (Germany)
Organizations and private collectors in Lithuania and abroad