Institute of Art Research

Dr. Aušra Trakšelytė

ausra.trakselyte[at]vda.lt

Art researcher, curator, organizer of cultural events

Research interests: contemporary visual art (environmental art, contemporary sculpture, site-specic art); contemporary art theory and criticism.

b. 1981, Plungė; lives and works in Vilnius. Since 2011 has been with VAA Institute of Art Research, since 2013 as a Researcher. 2007 graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts with MA in art history and theory. 2012 defended her PhD theses in art criticism Site-specic Art: Theoretical Discourse and Expression in Lithuanian Contemporary Art” (supervisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lolita Jablonskienė). Since 2013 in collaboration with prof. Henrik B. Andersen has co-organized Theoretical Seminars & Critical Meetings for MA students in visual art programmes at VAA, since 2014 has been lecturing on contemporary Lithuanian art for MA students of VAA.
Her interest in site-specic art is both practical and theoretical and includes curating, public lectures and contributions to various publications. Since 2003 she has actively participated in the eld of contemporary art by writing articles, essays and exhibition reviews, curating exhibitions, giving papers in conferences, and lecturing in Lithuania and abroad.
Since 2016 September hold Status of Art Creator. 

PROJECTS

2021–now – National Development Prograqmme of Lituanistics (Research Council of Lithuania): Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis. Project manager.

2019–2021 – National Development Prograqmme of Lituanistics (Research Council of Lithuania): Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis. Project manager.

Curator of Exhibitions

Parallel Projections (08 18 – 10 11 2022) at Bernardinų g. 6–12, Vilnius. Organiser: Lewben Art Foundation.

Aistė Kisarauskaitė: Sorrow, or Roses in Dad’s Memory II (10 04 – 11 26 2019 ) at SLA370 Art Space, New York.

Art Cells’18: HOPE (2018 06 15 – 07 30) at Exhibition Halls Titanikas, Vilnius.

Stanislovas Kuzma. Sculpture +5425 days (03 22 –  05 19 2013 ) at National Gallery of Art (together with Elona Lubytė).

Organiser of scientific conference

May 6–7, 2021 „Kaip pasakoti apie meną? Dailės istorija, kritika, tekstai ir pasakojimai Lietuvoje“ (Conference). Online

March 15, 2018 “Art Education: experiences and challenges” (conference) at National Gallery of Art, Vilnius.

May 10–11, 2018 “Arts in the State – The state in Arts” (International Conference) at National Gallery of Art, Vilnius.

May 21–22, 2015 “The Body: Out of Time and Without a Place” (International Conference) at Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Scientific articles

„Miesto atminties istoriniai sluoksniai ir ženklai: Plungės atvejis“ [“The Urban Memory: Its Historical Layers and Signs. The Case of Plungė”], in: Žemaitija: savivaizdžiai, reprezentacijos, atmintys [Žemaitija (Samogitia): Self-images, representations, memories], ed. Dangiras Mačiulis, Jolanta Skurdauskienė, Klaipėda: Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla, 2021, p. 227–237.

„Dviejų parodų, susijusių su požiūrio ir formos rekonstravimu, atvejai“ [The Cases of Two Exhibitions Related to the Reconstruction of Attitude and Form], in: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, 92–93: Restauravimo laboratorija / Conservation Laboratory, ed. Dalia Klajumienė. Vilnius: VDA leidykla, 2019, p. 118–139. https://leidykla.vda.lt/Files/file/Acta%2092_93/Acta_2019_170x240mm_Trakselyte.pdf

„Įvietinto meno raiška institucinėje erdvėje: Šiuolaikinio meno centro atvejis [Manifrstation Art in an Institutional Space: the Case of the Contemporary Art Centre], in: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, 75: Kai(p) idėja tampa kūriniu / When (how) an Idea becomes a Work of Art, sudarytoja Aušra Trakšelytė. Vilnius: VDA leidykla, 2014, p. 43–51. https://leidykla.vda.lt/Files/file/Acta_75/Acta_75_net_03_A_Trakselyte_43_5.pdf

„Įvietinto šiuolaikinio meno teorinis diskursas [Theoric Discourse of Site-Specific Art], in: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, 64: Vizualioji kultūra: problemos ir interpretacijos / Visual Culture: Problems and Interpretations, sudarytoja Monika Saukaitė. Vilnius: VDA leidykla, 2012, p. 123–134.

Editor of scientific books / catalogues

Conversations with nature, 2015–2020 (project catalogue), ed. Juozas Laivys, Aušra Trakšelytė. Klaipėda: S. Jokužio leidykla, 2020. ISBN: 9789986315629

Vilnius Contexts (project catalogue), ed. Stefanija Jokštytė, Aušra Trakšelytė. Vilnius: Petro ofsetas, 2020.

Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, 94: Arts in the State – The State in Arts, ed. Lina Michelkevičė, Aušra Trakšelytė. Vilnius: VDA leidykla, 2019. ISBN 978-609-447-331-9. https://leidykla.vda.lt/lt/leidinys/1293521618/menas-valstybeje-valstybe-mene-arts-in-the-state-the-state-om-arts

Art Cells18: Hope (catalogue), ed. Aušra Trakšelytė. Vilnius: VDA leidykla, 2018.

Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, 80–81: The Body: Out of Time and Without a Place, ed. Gintautė Žemaitytė, Lina Michelkevičė, Aušra Trakšelytė. Vilnius: VDA leidykla, 2016. ISBN 978-609-447-221-3, ISSN 1392-0316. https://leidykla.vda.lt/lt/leidinys/1293521618/kunas-ne-laiku-ir-be-vietos-the-body-out-of-time-and-without-a-place

Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, 75: When (how) an Idea becomes a Work of Art, ed. Aušra Trakšelytė. Vilnius: VDA leidykla, 2014. ISBN 978-609-447-167-4, ISSN 1392-0316. https://leidykla.vda.lt/lt/leidinys/1293521618/kaip-ideja-tampa-kuriniu-when-how-an-idea-becomes-a-work-of-art

Stanislovas Kuzma. Sculpture +5425 days (exhibition catalogue), ed. Elona Lubytė, Aušra Trakšelytė. Vilnius: Lietuvos dailės muziejus, 2013.