Rūta Šipalytė I Fragments
2020 10 26 - 11 23
After receiving the prestigious “Golden Pin” award from the Lithuanian Artists Union I was invited to hold a personal exhibition at the “Lauko Expo” outdoor gallery of the Vilnius Academy of Arts.
I present a selection of my artworks created over the years in the symposiums and artistic residences both in Lithuania and abroad. Ceramic artworks are displayed in chronological order with uneven intervals. This mini retrospective includes a few pieces created during masters studies under prof. Juozas Adomonis. This is a way of connecting the exhibition in the space of the academy with the beginnings of my professional artistic journey.
I use a combination of graphic lines, dabs of colour, hollow openings and basic geometric shapes to convey the shapes of urban environments. I strive to capture momentary impressions and fleeting landscapes, contemplate the impact of urbanisation and technology on our daily routine, shift in the relationship between time and space, shrunken distances and morphing of the concept of home.
It's a wander on the paths of time, casting a fragmented glance at my work on the subject of cities that is one of my leading themes.
Rūta Šipalytė
About Rūta Šipalytė
Rūta Šipalytė graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts with an MFA in Ceramics in 1998. She has mounted nineteen solo and dual exhibitions, and since 1997, has participated in many group exhibitions and symposia all over Europe, Asia, and the United States. The artist received international awards in Europe and Asia.
Among Šipalytė’s significant accomplishments are: a fully funded, four-month residency at the Nordic Artists’ Centre in Dale, Norway in 2000; the Finalist Prize at the Taiwan Ceramics Biennale in 2008; an invitation to create ceramic artwork for permanent installation of Eastern Europe Ceramic Museum in FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums in Fuping, China, in 2010; Honourable Mention at the 8thGyeonggi international Ceramic Biennale in South Korea in 2015; an International Bronze Prize at the 2ndLatvian Ceramics Biennale at the Mark Rothko Art Centre and a diploma for mastery at Vilnius 5th Ceramic Art Biennial in Lithuania in 2018; selection for the exhibition “European Ceramics Context / Curated” at Bornholm Art Museum in Denmark in 2018; in 2019 being a finalist at the 25thinternational Biennial of Contemporary Ceramics VALLAURIS 2019 at Musée Magneli, Musée de la Ceramique in France; in 2020 Rūta received the Golden Pin award from the Lithuanian Artist Association in recognition of her achievements and the main prize, professor Liudvikas Strolis award, at 6th Vilnius Ceramic Art Biennial in Lithuania.
Since 1999, Šipalytė is an active member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association. Between 2011 and 2015, she served as a lecturer in the ceramics department at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. And since 2019, Šipalytė is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics. In 2017, 2018 and 2020 she is a co-curator of the international ceramic exhibition CUP in Lithuania.
Šipalytė’s artworks reside in collections of various museums and international private collections around the world. A number of her commissioned, architectural ceramic installations can be found throughout her native Lithuania. The artist currently lives and maintains a private studio in Vilnius.
