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We are pleased to announce the two artists selected by Artkomas and Kaunas Artists House for the Land art pleinair in Kaunas (Lithuania) between 10-14 May: 

Estela Ribeiro de Melo from Aveiro

Vitalii Shupliak from Lviv Artistic Council Dialogue

 

ESTELA RIBEIRO DE MELO

Estela Maria de Abreu Ribeiro de Melo is a Portuguese textile artist specializing in wool and contemporary felt. Since beginning her formal training in 2001 at Cearte, she has dedicated over two decades to material research, craft preservation, and contemporary textile experimentation. Since 2004, she has participated in historical reenactment projects across Portugal, Spain, and Italy, demonstrating the traditional wool cycle. Parallel to her artistic practice, she directs and coordinates advanced textile workshops nationwide and internationally.
Her work bridges craft, fashion, design, and experimental textile practices. She has collaborated with fashion designers, theatre and cinema productions, and participated as a speaker in conferences focused on design and cultural heritage.
International highlights include residencies in Seville (2019), representation of Portugal at the International Festival of Handicrafters in Kokand (2019, 2023), participation in Dutch Design Week (2022), exhibition at CentroCentro – Palacio de Cibeles (Madrid, 2023), STEAM 23/24 Residency Award, and exhibition at Textilfest Biennial (Barcelona, 2025). She regularly hosts national and international textile interns and teaches felt-making
workshops across Europe.

 

VITALII SHUPLIAK

(*1993, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian artist, based in Berlin. He mainly works with video installation, painting and performance. Vitalii Shupliak explores the potential of free expression for the creation of new values, employing methods that permeate reality and virtuality, with a focus on migration, identity, and border issues.

Education
2017-19 Braunschweig University of Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, postgraduate studies (Meisterschüler, Filmklasse), DE
2014-18 University of the Arts in Poznań, Faculty of Art Education, Faculty of Sculpture and Spatial Activities, PL
2012-13 Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Faculty of Painting, Faculty of Sculpture and Intermedia, PL
2010-14 Lviv National Academy of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Restoration, Department of Sacral Art, UA

Residencies / Stipends
2025-26 "Artist In Residence" (Stallmusem, Groß Fredenwalde), DE
2024 "Artist In Residence" (Künstlerhaus Andreasstadel, Regensburg), DE
2021-22 "Artist In Residence" (backsteinboot, Berlin), DE
2021 "Residents of the Universe" (YermilovCentre, Kharkiv), UA
2020 "Artsvit Gallery residency programme" (Artsvit Gallery, Dnipro), UA
2019 "Residency Programme" (IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Kyiv), UA
2017-18 Erasmus+ Scholarship for international students, HBK Braunschweig, DE
2017 "The Embodiment of Sculpture, 36.6 / 360" (Polish Sculpture Center in Orońsko), PL
2017 Scholarship Program of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage "Gaude Polonia", PL
2015-16 UAP Rector's Scholarship for the best students, PL

Individual exhibitions
2025 "Sensitive Soap" (AG92 Kunsthaus, Berlin), DE
2025 "It must go on, because it goes on” (Stallmusem, Groß Fredenwalde), DE
2024 "Periscope" (neunkubikmeter, Regensburg), DE
2019 "Wearing out trousers" (IZONE, Kyiv), UA
2019 "Message to heaven" (Konsumverein, Braunschweig), DE
2018 "ID, please" (Rodriguez Gallery, as part of the Malta festival, Poznań), PL
2018 "Rotational speed" (einRaum, Braunschweig), DE
2017 "Signals" (Vozdvizhenka Arts House, Kyiv), UA
2017 "Skraj/ność" ("OKO/UCHO" Gallery, Poznań), PL
2015 "Philosophy of Art" ("Pi" Gallery, Poznań), PL
2014 "θάθαρσις (Katharsis)" (LNAA, Lviv), UA
2014 "Practical Action" ("Detenpyla" Gallery, Lviv), UA

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