Žygimantas Augustinas was born in Lithuania in 1973 and currently lives and works in Vilnius. He studied art at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, the Florence Academy of Art, and the Art Students League of New York. In 2015, he became the first person in Lithuania to receive a Doctorate in Art in the field of Fine Arts.
Since 1998, Augustinas has actively participated in group exhibitions and has held more than twenty solo exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. His works are held in the collections of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Lewben Foundation, the Modern Art Centre, and other private art collections.
Žygimantas Augustinas also teaches at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, gives public lectures, leads workshops, and participates in conferences in Lithuania and internationally. His artistic work and lectures focus on the relationships between image, reality, and thought.
