About

Jurgita Gerlikaitė is a visual fine artist, art historian, and author.

For information about me and my family, please see blog posts on my grandmother painter and textile artist Petronėlė Gerlikienė, father, painter and portraitist Pranciškus Gerlikas, and brother, jewellery designer and educator Darijus Gerlikas.

 
 

Education & memberships

  • Art History & Theory, (BA, 1998) – Vilnius Academy of Arts.

  • Printmaking & Visual Fine Arts – Lithuania, Iceland (Nordic Council of Ministers Scholarship), Denmark.

  • UNESCO Cultural Management & Cultural Policy, (MBA, 2009) – Vilnius Academy of Arts.

Started to participate in exhibitions as an art student;

independent artist since 2003, member of Lithuanian Artists' Association since 2006;

member of Factory for Art & Design, printmaking studio in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2003-2006;

member of Association LATGA (Lithuanian Copyright Protection Association) since 2018.

 

Publications

  • Petronėlė Gerlikienė, Vilnius, LTS, 2005. Compilers Jurgita Gerlikaitė, Darijus Gerlikas; text: Jurgita Gerlikaitė. 154 p.: in English and Lithuanian., illust. – ISBN 9986-9189-6-0

  • Jurgita Gerlikaitė, Vilnius, 2009. – 59 p.: in English and Lithuanian., illust. – ISBN 978-609-95040-0-1

  • Gerlikaitė J., A Gift from Fate // Lithuania in the World, 2007, Vol. 15, Nr. 6, p. 48–53.

  • Gerlikaitė J., Petronėlė Gerlikienė ‒ gyvenimas ir kūryba // Liaudies kultūra. 2018, Nr. 3.

  • Gerlikaitė J., Petronėlė Gerlikienė: savos tiesos žinojimas // Šiaurės Atėnai, 2005, Nr. 22, p. 3.

  • Gerlikaitė J., Septyneri metai Danijoje // Krantai, 2006, Nr. 2, p. 48–55.

  • Gerlikaitė J., Skaitmeninės grafikos galimybes riboja tik fantazija // Kultūros barai, 2007, Nr. 12, p. 45–47.

Curated Exhibitions

  • 2011–2013 Creative Solutions Art Gallery, London, UK

  • 2008 Embroidered Myths and Everyday Stories, Chicago Cultural Centre, Chicago, USA

  • 2008 The Sun Altar, paintings by Norwegian artist Torild Rødland, Darijus Gallery, Vilnius

  • 2006 Deadly Sins, Danish Intaglio, Gallery ArtShare, Copenhagen & Darijus Gallery, Vilnius

Selected Personal and Group Exhibitions, Collections

  • 2024 Value/s of Printmaking, LAA (Lithuanian Artists’ Association) project space, Vilnius

  • 2023 Vilnius – my city, 700th birthday (solo show), Gallery Vilnensis, Vilnius

  • 2022 Art Needs No Roof, Municipality of Vilnius, Vilnius

  • 2021 Art Needs No Roof, Municipality of Vilnius, Vilnius

  • 2021 Jurgita Gerlikaitė (solo show), V. Statkevičius’ Museum, Šilalė, Lithuania

  • 2018 Contemporary Art Quadrennial: Memorabilia, The Artillery Bastion, Vilnius

  • 2017 Selected works (solo show), EG, West Sussex, UK

  • 2015 Spring again (solo show), Darijus’ Gallery, Vilnius

  • 2014 Contemporary Art Quadrennial: Art on the Flagpole, The Artillery Bastion, Vilnius

  • 2013 Jurgita Gerlikaitė (solo show), Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London, UK

  • 2013 London Series. Parliamentary Art Collection, UK Parliament. London, UK

  • 2012 Cityscapes (solo show), Creative Solutions Gallery, London, UK

  • 2011 Jurgita Gerlikaitė (solo show), Svanekegaarden Arts Centre, Bornholm, Denmark

  • 2011 About it, Vilnius’ City Hall, Vilnius

  • 2010 Jurgita Gerlikaitė (solo show), WAFI, Dubai, UAE

  • 2010 Time and space (solo show), Darijus’ Gallery, Vilnius

  • 2010 Lithuanian Season, Alex Gallery, Washington DC, USA

  • 2010 Reflective Mirror, UN Headquarters, New York, USA

  • 2009 Lithuanian Millennium, Radvila Palace Museum of Art, Vilnius

  • 2009 Generations, Panevėžys’ Civic Art Gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania

  • 2009 Art Vilnius’09, LITEXPO, Vilnius

  • 2009 Female Fantasy, Gallery View, Oslo, Norway

  • 2009 Metaphysical Reconstruction (solo show), Darijus’ Gallery, Vilnius

  • 2009 Intaglio 2008, Gallery Kairė-dešinė, Vilnius

  • 2008 Secret Worlds (solo show), Something Unexpected Gallery, New York, USA

  • 2008 Lithuanian Art 2008, Panevėžys, Birštonas, Lithuanian House, Seinai, Poland

  • 2008 Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the United States of America, Washington, DC, USA

  • 2008 The Other Side, Lithuanian Printmaking, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the Russian Federation, Jurgis Baltrušaitis’ House, Moscow, Russia

  • 2008 Generations, (Petronėlė Gerlikienė, Pranciškus Gerlikas, Jurgita Gerlikaitė), Lithuanian Čiurlionis Art Gallery, Chicago, USA

  • 2008 Art-line, Minsk International Printmaking Exhibition, National Library of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

  • 2008 Meetings in Time (solo show), Darijus’ Gallery, Vilnius

  • 2008 Across – Lithuanian Printmaking in Oslo, Norwegian Printmakers’ Gallery, Oslo, Norway

  • 2007 Parallel Spaces (solo show), Darijus’ Gallery, Vilnius

  • 2007 Spring Equinox (solo show), Darijus’ Gallery, Vilnius

  • 2007 Intaglio 2006, Gallery Kairė-dešinė, Vilnius

  • 2006 Seven Years in Denmark (solo show), Darijus’ Gallery, Vilnius

  • 2006 Deadly Sins, Art Share Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark & Darijus’ Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

  • 2006 Space, Plane, Body. Lithuanian Printmaking & Sculpture 2006, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

  • 2006 Intaglio 2005, Gallery Kairė-dešinė, Vilnius

  • 2005 Games (solo show), Darijus’ Gallery, Vilnius

  • 2004 Wave-length (solo show), Darijus’ Gallery, Vilnius

  • 2003 Woman's World (solo show), Gallery Meno niša, Vilnius