ARTIST RŪTA SIMUTYTĖ (KAUNAS) SELECTED FOR THE LUMO LIGHT FESTIVAL IN OULU
CreArt Organization team in Oulu has selected the following artist to participate in the next edition of Lumo Light Festival:
Rūta Simutytė (b. 1998, Kaunas)
I am a textile light artist based in Kaunas, Lithuania. In my art I develop an author technique and create biomorphic textile objects. The emotional connection between human and nature is important to me, so I base my work on the Danish hygge, Japanese wabi sabi philosophies and theories of environmental and evolutionary psychology, which emphasise the importance of nature and light in the everyday life. I do not copy nature, but use the images of memory to interpret it and form a new (un)earthly world. By experimenting with (un)traditional textile technologies and lights, I construct the aesthetic and the mood I want: a feeling-being like being in nature. In my installations I invite the visitor to join in the exploration and sensing of nature and to become an observer, an explorer, a discoverer and a protector.
EDUCATION
2021 – 2023 Vilnius Academy of Arts | Master studies of Textile Art and Design 2020 – 2021 Marmara university (Istanbul) | Erasmus+ studies of Textile
2017 – 2021 Vilnius Academy of Arts | Bachelor studies of Textile Art and Media 2009 – 2017 Kaunas High School of Arts
SOLO EXHIBITION
2024 Light installation UNRECOGNIZED OBJECT | Kaunas artist House, Kaunas, Lithuania
2023 Design installation UNINDENTIFIED OBJECT | Studio “AD interior”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2023 Light installation (SUPER)NATURAL LIGHT | Gallery “Academy”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2022 Outdoor installation HEAVEN | Kaunas artist House, Kaunas, Lithuania
2022 Installation BETWEEN EARTH AND HEAVEN“ | Gallery “101”, Kaunas, Lithuania
SELECTED GROUP EXIBITION
2024 FITE TEXTILE BIENNIAL | Michelin HQ, Clermont-Ferrand, France 2023 DESIGN WEEK 23’ | Gallery “Academy”, Vilnius, Lithuanuia
2022 REVISING CONNECTIONS | Gallery “Artifex” | Vilnius, Lithuania
2020 THE SPIRIT OF PLACE | Museum of Resistance to Soviet Occupation and the Movement, Panevėžys, Lithuania
2019 DESIGN WEEK | VAA KF gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
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