Robertas Narkus (born 1983, Vilnius) describes his practice as the ‘management of circumstance in an economy of coincidence’. Employing performance, new media, language, humour and entrepreneurship he brings together the ordinary and the absurd to explore notions of technology and human desires. He exhibited, performed or had screenings of his works at the CAC Vilnius, XII Baltic Triennial, KIM?(Riga) de Appel art center, Stedelijk museum, Whitechapel gallery, Ballroom Marfa (Texas), David Dale gallery (Glasgow) and others. Narkus is the founder of the Institute for ‘Pataphysics in Vilnius and artist day care center “Autarkia”. He holds an MFA from Sandberg Institute fine arts department, currently he is part of a collective practice research course at the Royal Institute for Arts, Stockholm. In 2022 Narkus will represent Lithuania at the 59th Venice biennale.
Solo exhibitions:
The board, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius 2020
Prospect Revenge, David Dale gallery, Glasgow, 2019
Sphynx, Editorial project space, Vilnius 2019
Träger, Contemporary Art Center Vilnius, 2017
Guest, KIM? Riga, 2017
Doghme, “Neverland” gallery Amsterdam, 2016
easy CUTZ, Juliette Jongma gallery, Amsterdam, 2015
Turbulence-3, Tenderpixel gallery, London, 2014
Selected group Exhibitions:
Encounters biennale, Timissoura 2021
Ars Electronica Festival 2021 - A New Digital Deal, 2021
XIV Baltic Triennial, Vilnius, 2021
Seventeenth century, group show, Autarkia, 2019
I had amnesia once or twice - Polansky gallery, Prague, 2019
Waiting for Another Coming - Ujazdowski Castle,Warsaw, 2018
How can large mountains enter small ice - Delfina foundation, London, 2018
Artist film international (video screenings) - Whitechapel gallery (London), “Ballroom Marfa” (Texas), 2018
Future is certain it’s the past which is unpredictable, - Blaffer museum, Houston, 2018
Unresolved - de Apel art center, Amsterdam 2016
Economy is spinning - Onomatopoeia gallery, Eindhoven, 2016
XII Baltic Triennial, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, 2015
Spell to Spelling Spelling to Spell, de Apple Art center, Amsterdam, 2015
A Day in a Life of Thomas, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2015
Making sense, Juliette Jongma Gallery, Amsterdam 2015
Ex Libris for a library not yet begun - Podium, Oslo (NO) 2014
a Cab, Kunsthalle Athena, Athens (GR) 2014
Elusive Earths, Etablissement d' En Face Projects, Brussels (BE) 2014
WeberWoche, Stroom Den Haag art center, Hague (NL) 2014
Father can’t You See I’m Burning, De Appel Art Center, Amsterdam (NL) 2014
Porn for the Blind, Juliette Jongma Gallery, Amsterdam (NL) 2014
Marrakech biennale 5th edition, ‘Half Hotel, Marrakech (MA) 2014
ANNE , Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius (LT) 2013
FAST FLUX, Studio - X, New York, (USA ) 2013
Talks, performative presentations:
A Day in a Life of Thomas, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2015
“Survival K(n)it” contemporary art festival, Riga (LV) 2015
WeberWoche, Stroom Den Haag art center, Hague (NL) 2014
Residencies:
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Changdong Residency upcoming (Seul) 2022 (upcoming)
IASPIS Stockholm, 2021
Amant foundation residency (Siena) 2021
Delfina foundation residency (London) 2018
FACT artist in residency (Liverpool) 2018
Skaftfell Art Center residency program (Iceland) 2016
Performing Arts Forum, St.Erme, (FR) 2014
Nida art colony AIR, Nida, (LT) 2011
“Bregenz Kunsthaus AIR” Bregenz, (AU) 2012
POT Kassel, (DE) 2012
Education:
2019- PHD candidate Vilnius Academy of arts
2013 -2015 MFA at “Sandberg institute”, Amsterdam
2012 “Rupert” project-based, para-academic educational program.
2006 BA Photography and Media Art, Vilnius Academy of Fine arts.
Awards:
“Young Artist Award” from Ministry of Culture of Lithuania 2014
State scholarship for the artist by Ministry of Culture of Lithuania 2013
“Vilnius City Mayor award for emerging artists” 2010
Press:
“The New Wave of Anti-Authority Performing Artists” Frieze Magazine, Mimi Chu, 2019
“If exhibition would be a factory it would be producing glue” - Mousse Magazine, Elvia Wik, 2017
“Postcards from Vilnius”, Frieze magazine, 2017
“The New Wave of Anti-Authority Performing Artists” Frieze magazine, 2019, Mimi Chu
“All options are better options. Robertas Narkus in conversation with Borbála Soós” - www.echogonewrong.com
Robertas Narkus 1983 (LT)
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