Deimantas Virgilijus Narkevičius was born in Utena in 1964. He currently lives and works in Vilnius.
He graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts in 1994. Since 2012, he has been teaching at the Department of Sculpture at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, where he has held the position of Professor since 2016.
In 2008, Narkevičius was awarded the Vincent van Gogh Award for Contemporary Art in Europe and the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts.
Narkevičius’s work has been presented at 25 international art biennials and major exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale, São Paulo Biennial, Istanbul Biennial, Gwangju Biennale, and Skulptur Projekte Münster 2007. He has held 40 solo exhibitions at internationally renowned art institutions. His work has been presented in nearly 300 exhibitions and at 50 international film festivals.
Narkevičius’s works have been acquired and exhibited by numerous art institutions and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Tate Modern, London; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; the French National Collection; the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk; and the Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius.
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