Tadas Gutauskas TaDas

Education

1981 – 1988 M.K. Ciurlionis High School of the Arts, Vilnius

1989 – 1995 Vilnius Art Academy, sculpture class, M.F.A., Vilnius

1995 Salzburg Summer Academy, Prof. Hermann Nitsch's class, Zalcburg

1995 – 1996 Royal Academy of  Fine Arts, Prof. Ann  Edholm's class, Stockholm

1996 The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavik

Employment

1997 – 1999 Art expert in the Lithuanian Artists' Association gallery

Since 1999 Director of the public institution Sound and Vision Project Centre

1999 – 2002 Teacher at G.Fledzinsiene's College of Arts

Since 2002 Curator of the International Symposium of sculpture Curonian Art Week

Since 2004 Established  art gallery TaDas 

Since 2004 Minister  for  Culture of  Uzupis Republic

Since 2004 Member of Rotary club Perkunas, Vilnius

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2006 Form & Colour, Consulat of Lithuania, New York, USA

2005 Sun of the North, Target Gallery,  Alexandria,Washington DC, USA

2004 New works, gallery TaDas, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003 Painting, Litexpo Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003 Painting, sculpture, Etten Leur, Nedherlands

2003 TaDas, Opsteker Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2003 Painting, objects. Savickas Picture Gallery, Palanga, Lithuania

2003 TaDas, Vasby Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

2003 Painting, sculpture, Lithuanian Art Museum, Chicago,USA

2003 The Sun of the Noth, Ciurlionis Art Gallery, Chicago,USA

2002 Painting, Gallery Cristiane Charles, Paris, France

2002 Painting, sculpture, show-rooms Charles-Tombolini, Paris, France

2002 Sound and vision installation Four ways of life, Vilnius, Lithuania

2001 Perfect World, Vartai gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2001 Shining Bodies, Ulrik Witt's Gallery, Arhus, Denmark

2000 Shining Bodies, Teko Center gallery, Herning, Denmark

2000 Park of the Ice Sculptures", Archicathedral Squere,Vilnius, Lithuania

2000 Runes, Barotti gallery, Klaipëda, Lithuania

2000 Collection of Symbols", hotel Radisson SAS-Astoria, Vilnius, Lithuania

1999 Archetypes, Krebsen gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

1999 Carpe Diem gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

1998 Sound and vision installation Forgotten signs, Art Centre Replica, Stockholm

1998 Fantasy forces nature, Embaixada Mineira, San Paulo, Brazil

1997 Painting, Lietuvos Aidas gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

1997 Fire and Earth, Arka gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

1996 Painting, Häsellby castle, Stockholm, Sweden

1996 Sculpture, Trelleborg Art Gallery, Trelleborg, Sweden

1995 Tree of Knowledge, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden

1994 Painting, Lietuvos Aidas gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2005 Carpets, National Drama Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania

2004 White, Bird's Gallery, Melburne, Australia

2004 Green Deco “, Litexpo Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania

2004 Lifestyles, Fukuoka Museum of Art , Fukuoka , Japan

2004 Lifestyles, gallery TaDas,Vilnius,Lithuania

2004 Infection of Fashion", collection  ( with Julian Fedo ), Forum Palace, Vilnius

2003 Annual Exhibition, Savickas Picture Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003 Painting, Vilnius City Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003 Biannial of Painting, Vasby Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

2003 Curonian Art Week 2003, Ventė  village, Lithuania

2003 Aquarium, Barotti Gallery, Klaipëda, lithuania

2003 Infection of Fashion, collection (with Julian Fedo), Forum Palace ,Vilnius

2002 Curonian Art Week 2002", Vente village, Lithuania

2002 Friendship,  Infra  gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2002 Human and Nature, Minami Aoyama gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2002 Without Shadows, Burglinster Castle, Luxemburg

2002 Luleå Winter Biannial, Luleå, Sweden

2001 5 Artists from Lithuania, Gallery Ett, Uppsala, Sweden

2001 Painting,  Gotene Commune, Gotene, Sweden

2001 Konstframjandet gallery, Uppsala, Sweden

2001 Ekogaleriet, Uppsala, Sveden

2001 Painting, Krebsen gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2001 Meetings, Vilnius Town Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania

2001 Without Shadows, Europe Parliament gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2001 Artyp gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2001 Polish Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

2001 00:24. Various motives, Artist's Space gallery, Berlin, Germany

2000 Sand Games", syposium of sand, Klaipeda, (first prize), Lithuania

2002 Intrigue-Provocation, M.K.Ciurlionis National Museum of Art,Kaunas

2000 Contemporary Lithuanian artists, May gallery, Karise, Denmark

1999 Without Shadows, Vartai gallery, Vilnius

1999 Four=4, Eurogates, Taipei, Taivan

1999 Sound+vision. Laboratory", Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

1999 International Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden

1999 Artists of Lithuania, 9 + 9, Aachen Town Hall galery, Germany

1998 The Red Book, sound-vision installation, EXPO '98, Lisbon, Portugal

1998 Two Oceans, Funarte gallery, San Paulo, Brazil

1997 Lithuanian painting, Central Exhibition Pallace, Manege, Sankt Peterburg, Russia

1997 Lithuanian Art '97" /  Galleries present", Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius

1996 Konst Pris Ekologi, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

1996 Skånska Konstmuseum Pictura, Lund, Sweden

1995 Lithuanian Art 95, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

1995 Painting, Fortress, Salzburg, Austria

1995 2 x 2, M.K Ciurlionis National Museum of Art, Pictures Gallery, Kaunas

1994 Installation The Plant-louses, Jutempus gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

1994 The 1st and 2nd International symposium of sculpture Europe Park, Vilnius

SCULPTURES IN PUBLIC SPACES:

1993 Sculpture  Triumph Arch, Europe park, Vilnius

1994 Sculpture Vault,  EuropePark, Vilnius

1995 Sculpture Sharp,  Europe park, Vilnius

2002 Sculpture The Tree of  Life, hotel Holiday Inn, Vilnius

2003 Fontain  The Box of Feelings, Forum Palace, Vilnius

2005 Mozaic Life in the Sea, Telecom sport club, Vilnius

2006 Sculpture Twins, Bussiness Triangle, Vilnius

2006 Monument for Adolfas Ramanauskas – Vanagas, Nemencine

2007 Monument Lithuanina basketball, beside  Siemens Arena, Vilnius

2009 Sculpture  The Tree of Unity, for Milenium of Lithuania, Vingis park, Vilnius

2010 Sculpture  Children of the Sun, Augustinas Rakauskas Mound, Vaizgakiemis, Prienai

2010 Sculpture  The Road of Freedom, Konstitucijos Avenue, Vilnius

2012 The monument for Jonas Maciulis- Maironis, Raseiniai Town park, Raseiniai

2013 Sculpture The Gates of  Hospitality, Druskininkai

2015 Sculpture Suomis, Vilnius

2016 Sculpture Golfi, Europe center golf club, Vilnius district

2016 Monument for Lithuanian deportees, Tomsk, Russia

2016 Sculpture Firewaterman, Valciunai, Vilnius district, Lithuania

2019 Memorial Sign for Lithuanian architect Antanas Vivulskis , ( arch. prof. Gintaras Caikauskas ) , Vilnius

2020 Partisan Memorial in Kryzkalnis, Raseiniai district ( architect Saulius Pamerneckis ) 

AWARDS

2007 Duke Gediminas the First Degree Award

2007 For the creator of sculpture for Lithuanian Basketball, Lithuanian Basketball Federation

2009 St. Christopher statuette, Vilnius City Award

2009 Millennium Song Festival 2009 " Centuries Award " Millennium Star

2010 Lithuanian Freedom Fighters Union Order For Homeland Freedom

2019 Award of Bila Tsirkva City ( Ukraine ) for the best Architectural and Urbanistic Projects

2021 Award of Raseiniai Municipality Sign of Honor " ( For Merits to Raseiniai Region )

CATALOGUES

1998 Forgotten Signs

1999 Without Shadows

1999 The Red Book

2001 Possibilities and Probabilities

2002 TaDas

2005 TaDas 2 “ Art of Interior Design