ramute.rachleviciute[at]vda.lt
Art historian, curator
b. 1955, Kaunas. 1978 graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts with MA in art criticism. 2012 PhD in art criticism for thesis “The Surreal in Lithuanian Art During the Second Half of the Twentieth Century” (supervisor dr. Laima Laučkaitė-Surgailienė). Since 1991 has lectured on Western Modernism, Russian avant-garde: Art and Architecture, Lithuanian Art during the Twentieth Century and Art of Soviet Union at the VAA. Contributes to interdisciplinary cultural, research and publishing projects. Member of Lithuanian Association of Art Historians, Lithuanian Artists’ Association, International Association of Art Critics (AICA), European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies. President of AICA Lithuanian Section (2004-2018). Awarded Culture and Art Award by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (2021).
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2009-2010, 2012-2013: project leader, project “Publication of Barbora Didžiokienė`s autobiographical texts with scientific articles and comments”. Funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture. Implementing institution: Gender Studies Centre of Vilnius University.
2016-2018: project leader, project “Autobiographical Texts of Two Interwar Artists: translation, research, publication”. Funded by the Research Council of Lithuania. Implementing institution: Vilnius Academy of Arts.
2018-2020: project leader, project “When the Hand Surpasses the Thought: the surreal cycles of “Psychodelicos” and “Mimicrios” drawings” [compiler, author of scientific article, catalogue]. Funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture. Implementing institution: International Association of Art Critics (AICA) Lithuanian Section.
2019-2020: project leader, project “Publication of Collective Monograph on Olga Dubeneckienė-Kalpokienė”. Funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture. Implementing institution: Vilnius Academy of Arts.
2020-2021: project leader, project “Proffesor Stasys Ušinskas”. Funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture. Implementing institution: Lithuanian Artists’ Association.
2021-2022: project leader, project “Dr. Halina Kairiūkštytė-Jacinienė”. Funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture. Implementing institution: Vilnius Academy of Arts.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2008). Saulė Kisarauskienė. Vilnius: artseria.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2012). Audrius Puipa: gyvenimo ir meno virtuozas [Audrius Puipa - a virtuoso of life and art]. Vilnius: artseria.
Book chapters
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2019). Futurist traditions in different countries: Lithuania. In G. Berghaus, Handbook of international futurism (669-683). Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2022). Autobiografinis Olgos Dubeneckienės-Kalpokienės mitas ir jos užveidrodinės zonos paslaptys [Autobiographic Myth of Olga Dubeneckienė - Kalpokienė and the Secrets of Her Beyond-mirror Zone]. In R. Rachlevičiūtė Olga. Schwede. Švedė. Ra. Deo. Dubeneckienė. Kalpokienė = Ольга. Шведе. Schwede. Ра. Део. Дубенецкене. Калпокене (52-129). Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla.
Edited volumes
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2010). Raimundas Sližys. Vilnius: Tyto alba.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2010). Birutė Stančikaitė. Vilnius: R. Paknio leidykla.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2010). Mina Levitan-Babenskienė. Vilnius: Žydų kultūros ir informacijos centras.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2015). Panevėžio bitlas Stasys Petrauskas (1950-2010). Vilnius: Stasio Petrausko atminimo įamžinimo fondas.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2017). Šarūnas Sauka. Vilnius: Maldžio fondas.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2018). Algimantas Švėgžda. Laimės šulinys. Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2021). 142 atvertys: Lietuvos menininkių autobiografijos. Two books. Vilnius: Tarptautinės dailės kritikų asociacijos (AICA) Lietuvos sekcija.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2022). Olga. Schwede. Švedė. Ra. Deo. Dubeneckienė. Kalpokienė = Ольга. Шведе. Schwede. Ра. Део. Дубенецкене. Калпокене. Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla.
Compilation of Scientific Publications
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2009). Grafika šiuolaikinių menų kryžkelėje / Graphics at the Crossroads of Contemporary Arts. Vilnius: Tarptautinės dailės kritikų asociacijos AICA Lietuvos sekcija, 2009.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2011). Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis Vol. 62: Moters savastis dailėje / The Female Self in Art. Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2013). Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis Vol. 68: Moteriškoji tapatybė ir dailė / Female Identity and Art. Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2017). Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis Vol. 85: Moteriškumo reprezentacijos ir dailė / Representation of Femininity and Art. Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla.
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2008). Contemporary Redefinition of Trends in Modernism: Scope and Significance of Terms. Acta Historiae Artium XLIX (2008), 49, p. 82-85.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2011). Alfredos Venslovaitės‑Gintalienės lunapoliai / Lunapolises by Alfreda Venslovaitė – Gintalienė. Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis: Moters savastis dailėje / The Female Self in Art, 62, p. 137‒160.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2012). Siurrealizmas ir erotiškumo daigai Vytauto Kalinausko tapyboje / Surrealism and Hints of Eroticism in the Art of Vytautas Kalinauskas. Colloquia, (29), p. 127-137.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2017). Kolombina, Pjero ir Arlekinas: Olgos Dubeneckienės-Kalpokienės vaidmenys gyvenime, teatre ir dailėje / Colombina, Pierrot and Harlequin: Olga Dubeneckienė-Kalpokienė's characters in life, theatre and art. Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis: Moteriškumo reprezentacijos ir dailė / Representation of Femininity and Art, 85, p. 81-97.
Rachlevičiūtė, R. (2022). Muralistų dailė – egzotiškas sovietmečio dailės inspiracijų šaltinis ir žvalgybininkai: dailininkai ir jų kūrybos tyrinėtojai / Muralist Art as an Exotic Source of Inspiration for Soviet-era Art and for Intelligence Officers: The Artists and the Explorers of Their Work. Lituanistica, 68(3(129)), p. 197-215.
PAPERS IN CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA
“Contemporary Redefinition of Trends in Modernism: Scope and Significance of Terms”. International CIHA Conference „How to Write Art History – National, Regional or Global?”. The Committee for Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, in partnership with the Research Institute for Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Budapest, Hungary, 21-25 November 2007.
“Memorial museums in Lithuania: such important past, weak present and no future?”. Conference “Memorial museums at the cross-roads”. Romans Suta and Aleksandra Beļcova Museum, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia, 15 October 2009.
“Reflections of Fate and Creation in Elvyra Kairiūkštytė’s Engravings and the Diary”. International Conference 2010 “The Last Volumes of the Collection: Trajectories of Autobiographical Writing”. Vilnius University, Vilnius, 6-8 October 2010.
ORGANISED CONFERENCES
Project leader of 9 conferences (2008-2018) „Mano teritorija: moteriškoji kūrybos erdvė“ [“My Territory: Female Creative Space”]. Implementing Institutions: AICA Lithuanian Section and Vilnius Academy of Arts.
CURATORSHIP
Was in charge of 50 exhibitions, including 10 in art institutions with national status.
EXPERT ACTIVITY
Projects of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (since 1996).
2020-2022 projects funded by The European Structural Funds. Implementing Institution: National Education Agency. No. 09.2.1-ESFAV-726-03-0001 „Skaitmeninio ugdymo turinio kūrimas ir diegimas“
