sigita.maslauskaite[at]vda.lt
Web page: www.maslauskaite.lt
Art historian, painter
Research interests: art and culture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 16th-18th c., written sources of art history, iconography, cult and image.
Sigita Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė studied painting at the Vilnius Academy of Arts (1990–1996) and completed the Licentiate of church heritage studies at the Pontificia università Gregoriana in Rome (1997–2000). In 2002–2005, she pursued doctoral studies at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. In 2009–2011, she had academic internship in the EU SF project Postdoctoral Fellowship Implementation in Lithuania, as well as creative internship at the studio of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, Cité Internationale des Arts (2009), and academic internship at the Fondation maison des sciences de l᾿homme (Paris), Andrew W. Mellon fellowship (2008).
Since 2003, she has been working as a lecturer at Vilnius University, and since 2012, at the Department of Art History and Theory of the Vilnius Academy of Arts. From 2009 to 2022, she worked as the head of the Vilnius Church Heritage Museum.
She is a recipient of St. Christopher’s award “For the preservation of Vilnius church art and a modern way of presenting it to the public” (2021), and the Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2019) In 2018, she received the Lithuanian Government’s Grant for a Creator of Culture and Art, and in 2015, a medal of the Order of Merit of Lithuania.
She is a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association (from 2009) and the Lithuanian Art Historians’ Society (from 2005). From 2015, she is a member of the editorial board of Religija ir kultūra, a scholarly journal of the Faculty of Philosophy of Vilnius University.
In 2020, Sigita Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė’s painting The Wall became the winner of the United Nations Office in Geneva art contest “The Future We Want”. The contest was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and attracted 44 talented artists from all over the world.
Her works are held in the collections of Mo Museum, Lewben Art Foundation, and private collections in Lithuania and abroad.
In addition to teaching, Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė publishes regularly in the Lithuanian scholarly press and works as a painter, museum advisor and exhibition curator.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (2022–2016)
Monograph. Sigita Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė, Dzieje wizerunku św. Kazimierza od XVI do XVIII wieku. Między ikonografią a tekstem, z języka litewskiego przełożyła Katarzyna Korzeniewska / The History of the Image of St. Casimir from the 16th to the 18th Century. Between Iconography and Text, translated from Lithuanian by Katarzyna Korzeniewska, Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla / Vilnius Academy of Arts Press, 2013. ISDN 978-609-447-112-4.
Monograph. Sigita Maslauskaitė, Šventojo Kazimiero atvaizdo istorija XVI–XVIII a. / History of the Image of Saint Casimir XVI-XVIII centuries, Vilnius: Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus / Lithuanian National Museum, 2010. ISBN 978-609-8039-01-6.
Publications in peer-reviewed scholarly publications
Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė, S., „Ar jėzuitai regi vizijas? Musninkų šv. Ignaco Lojolos paveikslas / Do Jesuits see visions? The painting of St Ignatius of Loyola in Musninkai“, in: Vizijos, legendos ir sapnai mene / Visions, legends and dreams in art (Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, vol. 106), edited by Rūta Janonienė, Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla / Vilnius Academy of Arts Press, 2022, p. 211–239. ISSN 1392-0316. DOI: 10.37522/aaav.106.2022.124 .
Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė, S., „Šv. Hiacinto ikonografijos istorijos bruožai ir atvaizdai Lietuvos bažnytiniame mene / Features of the History of Iconography of St. Hyacinth and His Images in Lithuanian Church Art“, in: Šv. Dominykas ir šv. Hiacintas Lietuvoje: aštuoni atminties šimtmečiai / St. Dominic and St. Hyacinth in Lithuania: Eight Centuries of Memories, edited by Birutė Valečkaitė, Vilnius: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus / Church Heritage Museum, 2022, p. 235–256. ISBN 978-609-8151-24-4.
Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė, S., „Look for the Domeykos! Images of The Lord of Good Hope from Santiago de Chile in the Vilnius Archdiocese“, in: Give My Regards to Those You Connect! Cultural Interactions Between South America and Eastern Europe / Perduok linkėjimus bendriems pažįstamiems! Kultūrinės sąsajos tarp Pietų Amerikos ir Rytų Europos (Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, vol. 105), edited by Laura Petrauskaitė, Vilnius: Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla / Vilnius Academy of Arts Press, 2022, p. 49–81. ISSN 1392-0316. https://aaav.vda.lt/journal/issue/view/aaav105
Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė, S., „Aušros Vartų koplyčios lobynas / Treasure of the Dawn Gate Chapel“, „Šnipiškių Jėzaus koplytėlė: istorija ir ikonografija / Šnipiškės Jesus Chapel: History and Iconography“, „Kryžių nešančio Jėzaus skulptūros / Sculptures of Jesus Carrying the Cross“, in: Sakralusis Vilnius. Piligrimų kelias nuo Aušros vartų iki Kalvarijų / Sacral Vilnius. The Pilgrim's Path from the Dawn Gate to Calvary, edited by Rasa Adomaitienė and Rūta Janonienė, Vilnius: Lietuvos nacionalinis dailės muziejus / Lithuanian National Art Museum, 2021, p. 77–84, 141–147, 165–168. ISBN 978-609-426-151-0.
Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė, S., „Szymon Czechowicz „Św. Jan Ewangelista“; Szymon Czechowicz „Św. Józef“; Szymon Czechowicz „Ukrzyżowanie““, in: Geniusz Baroku Szymon Czechowicz 1689–1775 / Genius of the Baroque Szymon Czechowicz 1689–1775, edited by Andrzej Betlej, Tomasz Zaucha, Krakow: Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, 2020, p. 606, 608, 644. ISBN 978-83-7581-336-4.
Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė, S., Valečkaitė, B., „Il Museo di Arte Sacra a Vilnius“, in: Dio non abita più qui? Dismissioni di luoghi di culto e gestione integrata dei beni culturali ecclesiastici / Doesn’t God dwell here anymore? Decommissioning places of worship and integrated management of ecclesiastical cultural heritage, edited by Fabrizio Capanni, Rome: Artemide, 2019, p. 195–202. ISBN 978-88-7575-328-3.
Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė, S., „Teil eines Pacificale / Part of a Pacificale“, in: Faschination Stadt. Die Urbanisierung Europas im Mittelalter und das Magdeburger Recht / Fascination Stadt. The Urbanization of Europe in the Middle Ages and Magdeburg Law, edited by Gabriele Köster, Kristina Link, Magdeburg: Sandstein Verlag, 2019, 458 p. ISBN 978-3-95498-453-4.
Masterpieces of the History of the Veneration of St Casimir: Lithuania – Italy. Exhibition catalogue, ed. by Sigita Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė. Vilnius: Church Heritage Museum, 2018, 126 p. ISBN 978-609-8151-12-1.
Collective monograph. Sveika, Mergele! Vilniaus arkivyskupijos marijinės ikonografijos aspektai / Hello Virgin! Aspects of the Marian Iconography of the Vilnius Archdiocese, edited by Tojana Račiūnaitė, Vilnius: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus, Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla / Church Heritage Museum, Vilnius Academy of Arts Press. Catalogue texts: p. 322, 324, 326, 328, 344, 346. ISBN 978-609-447-286-2.
The Crypts of Vilnius Cathedral: a guide, edited by Sigita Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė, Vilnius: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus / Church Heritage Museum, 2018, second revised edition, ISBN 978-609-8151-00-8.
Vilniaus katedros požemiai: vadovas / The Crypts of Vilnius Cathedral: a guide, edited by Sigita Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė, Vilnius: Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus / Church Heritage Museum, 2017. ISBN 978-609-95148-7-1.
Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė, S., Vaizduotės ir pojūčių klausimas: apie religinio meno suvokimą / The Question of Imagination and Sensations: About the Perception of Sacral Art, in: Vaizdų tekstai – tekstų vaizdai (Dailės istorijos studijos, t. 7) / Visual Texts - Images of Texts (Art history studies, vol. 7), edited by Lina Balaišytė, Erika Grigoravičienė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas / Institute of Lithuanian Culture Research, 2016, Mr. 12-51. ISSN 1822-228.
Maslauskaitė, S., „Modèle du piété ou guerrier victorieux? Le culte de saint Casimir en Lituanie et en Pologne du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle / "Model of Piety or Victorious Warrior? The Cult of Saint Casimir in Lithuania and Poland from the 16th to the 18th Century"“, in: Dévotion et légitimation. Patronages sacrés dans l`Europe des Habsbourg. Collection Religions. Comparatisme – Histoire – Anthropologie / Devotion and Legitimation. Sacred Patronages in Habsburg Europe. Religion collection. Comparatism – History – Anthropology, under the direction of Marie-Élizabeth Ducreux, Liège: Presses Universitaires de Liège. p. 187–195, 2016, ISBN 978-2-87562-106-1.
SOLO EXIBITHIONS (2022–2017)
„Neapleidžiančios istorijos / Gripping Stories“ (2022 06 23 – 07 31). A. Mončys House-Museum, Palanga.
„Balerinos efektas / The Ballerina Effect“ (2022 02 04 – 03 03). Pamėnkalnio Gallery, Vilnius.
„Grumstai, dumblas, lipalas ir molis / Clods, Sludge, Adhesive and Clay“ (2021 06 08 – 07 04). Trivium Gallery, Vilnius.
„Acheiropitos / Acheiropitos“ (2021 03 30 – 04 17). Artifex Gallery of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius.
„Eremas / A Hermit’s Cell“ (2020 06 11 – 06 14). St. Philip and St. James Dominican Monastery, Vilnius; (2020 06 19 – 07 24) Kunstkamera Gallery, Vilnius.
„Šventieji, kankiniai ir herojai / Saints, Martyrs and Heroes“ (2019 05 04 – 08 31). Curator Aistė Gabrielė Černiūtė. Videniškiai Monastery Museum; (2020 12 11 – 2021 01 30) Laiptai Gallery, Šiauliai .
„Kartotės ir pirmavaizdžiai / Replicas and Prototypes“ (2019 01 19 – 02 16). Curator Simona Makselienė. Kunstkamera Gallery, Vilnius.
„Prie Babilonijos upių. Pabėgėliai ir tremtiniai / At the Rivers of Babylon. Refugees and Deportees“ (2017 09 05 – 09 30). Kairė–dešinė Gallery, Vilnius. Catalogue.
„Prie Babilonijos upių. Pabėgėlių laiškai / At the Rivers of Babylon. Letters of Refugees“ (2017 06 27 – 07 08). Artifex Gallery of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius.
„Prie Babilonijos upių. Pabėgėliai ir tremtiniai: Šv. Stepono bažnyčia, vaizdas, garsas, erdvė / At the Rivers of Babylon. Refugees and Deportees: St. Stephen’s Church, Image, Sound and Space“ (2017 06 16). Project – artistic action of The Culture Night. In cooperation with the Gregorian choir of the Vilnius Archcathedral Basilica “Schola Gregoriana Vilnensis” and Syrian art researcher Farah Mohammed. St. Stephen’s Church, Vilnius.
MOST IMPORTANT GROUP EXHIBITIONS (2022–2017)
„Kaunas–Vilnius: nuversti kalnus / Kaunas-Vilnius: To Move Mountains “ (2022 04 23 – 08 28). Curators: Tomas Vaiseta, Justina Juodišiūtė, Kotryna Lingienė, Ernestas Parulskis, Miglė Survilaitė, Rasa Žukienė. MO Museum, Vilnius.
„Šv. Dominykas ir šv. Hiacintas Lietuvoje: aštuoni atminties šimtmečiai / St. Dominic and St. Hyacinth in Lithuania: Eight Centuries of Memories“ (2021 08 17 – 2022 01 08). Curator Birutė Valečkaitė. Church Heritage Museum, Vilnius.
„Ateitis, kurios norime / The Future We Want“ (2020 10 22 – 11 12), Palace of Nations, Geneve; (2020 12 15 – 2021 01 15) D10 Art Space Gallery, Geneve. Catalogue.
„Drama žmogaus širdyje: netektis, cinizmas ir aistra / Drama in the Human Heart: Loss, Cynicism and Passion“ (2019 07 07 – 07 31). Curator Mindaugas Slapšinskas. St. Philip and St. James Dominican Monastery, Vilnius.
“In Art We Trust”: Faith and Contemporary Art in the Lewben Art Foundation exhibition (2019 05 30 – 06 02). Curators: Ugnė Bužinskaitė, Francesca Ferrarini, Vilius Kavaliauskas, Virginijus Kinčinaitis, Sigita Maslauskaitė. Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre Litexpo, Vilnius.
“1+1 = 1” (2019 03 20 – 04 07), with Saulius Mažylis, Pamėnkalnis Gallery, Vilnius.
Performance “Partition: Niquab” (2018 05 19).
„Spyruoklės laiku / Counting the Time by the Mainspring“. Women’s works from the Lewben Art Foundation collection. (2018 03 08 – 04 22). Curator Monika Krikštopaitytė. M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas. Catalogue.
„Kelias. 3 fragmentai. Iš dailės parodų Lietuvos geležinkelių muziejuje kolekcijos / The Way. 3 fragments. From the collection of art exhibitions at the Lithuanian Railway Museum“ (2017 09 05 – 09 23). Curator Rasa Noreikaitė-Miliūnienė. Arka Gallery of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union, Vilnius.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Participant, „Sveika, Mergele! Vilniaus arkivyskupijos marijinės ikonografijos aspektai / Hail, Virgin! Aspects of Marian Iconography of the Vilnius Archdiocese. Supported by the Lithuanian Research Council (2016–2018)
Projects implemented by the Church Heritage Museum (2017–2022)
2021, 2022: Participant: Exhibition „Šv. Dominykas ir šv. Hiacintas Lietuvoje: aštuoni atminties šimtmečiai / St. Dominic and St. Hyacinth in Lithuania: Eight Centuries of Memories“. Supported by the Lithuanian Research Council.
2020, 2021, 2022: Participant: „Corpisanti. Katakombų relikvijos-skulptūros Valkininkų ir Buivydžių bažnyčiose / Corpisanti. Catacomb Relic-Sculptures in the Valkininkai and Buivydžiai Churches“. Supported by the Lithuanian Research Council.
2019: Project leader: Exhibition „Šiuolaikinio meno keliai į bažnyčias: 1990–2019 / The Ways of Contemporary Art into Churches: 1990–2019“. Supported by the Lithuanian Research Council.
2019: International exhibition „Dvasiniai Fribūro vaikai: Fribūro universiteto lietuviai ir jų reikšmė Lietuvai“ / Spiritual Children of Fribourg: Lithuanians in the University of Fribourg and Their Significance for Lithuania“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2019: Exhibition „Atradimai: Markučių Šv. Barboros koplyčios fasado ikonos / Discoveries: Icons on the Façade of St. Barbara’s Chapel in Markučiai“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2018: International exhibition dedicated to the centenary of the restoration of the Lithuanian state „Šv. Kazimiero gerbimo istorijos šedevrai: Lietuva – Italija / The Masterpieces of the History of Veneration of St. Casimir“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2018: Programme of Getting to Know the Tangible Cultural Heritage „Šv. Kazimieras Vilniuje / St. Casimir in Vilnius“. Partly supported by the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.
2018: Exhibition „Trakų Dievo Motina – Lietuvos globėja. Trakų bažnyčios lobynas XV–XX a. / Our Lady of Trakai, a Patron Saint of Lithuania. The treasury of the Trakai Church in the 15th–20th c.“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2018: Exhibition „Misijų stotelės. Lietuvių misionierių šimtmečio kelias / Mission Stations. The Centenary Way of Lithuanian Missionaries“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2018: Interdisciplinary forum „Krikščioniškas menas sekuliariame pasaulyje / Christian Art in the Secular World“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2018: Conservation and Research of Wooden Sculptures „Šnipiškių Jėzaus, Šv. Jono Matiečio su angelu ir Paluknio Rūpintojėlio atvaizdai / The Images of the Jesus of Šnipiškės, St. John de Matha with an angel and the Pensive Christ of Paluknys“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2018: Audiovisual display in the Bell Tower of Vilnius Cathedral „Animacinė istorija / History in Animation“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2018: Long-Term Exhibition, catalogue publication and education „Vilniaus vienuolijos ir jų lobynai / The Religious Orders of Vilnius and Their Treasuries“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2017: Exhibition of early liturgical textile, catalogue publication and education „Siuvinėtas Dangus / The Embroidered Heaven“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2017: Exhibition „Per kryžių į žvaigždes: palaimintasis Teofilius Matulionis / Through the Cross to the Stars: The Blessed Teofilius Matulionis“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2017: Exhibition „Užtarėjai ir globėjai. Restauruoti paveikslai iš Vilniaus arkivyskupijos bažnyčių / Intercessors and Patrons. Conserved Paintings from the Churches of the Vilnius Archdiocese“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2017: Interactive presentation of the history of the Bernardine convent „Už vienuolyno mūrų / Behind the Monastery Walls“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2017: Exhibition and conference „Medinės architektūros paveldo saugojimas, problemos ir svarba: Ceikinių bažnyčios istorija / Protection, Problems and Importance of the Heritage of Wooden Architecture“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2017: „Vilniaus Šv. Jurgio bažnyčios altorinių paveikslų restauravimas / Conservation of the Altarpieces of Vilnius St. George’s Church“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
2017: „Elektroninio istorinės tekstilės kūrinių katalogo sukūrimas / Building an electronic catalogue of historical textile works“. Partly supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
