AURELIJA ŠIMKUTĖ

Aurelija Šimkutė (b. 1984) graduated from Telšiai in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Jewellery and Blacksmithing, and after her studies she started an active creative career. In 2009 she held her first solo exhibition in Vilnius. In 2014, he graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts with a Master’s degree in design, and in 2019 he obtained a teaching qualification. Since 2012, she has been a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union. She is currently based in Pavilniai, Vilnius, where her studio is located. Here the creative process takes place and visitors are invited to get acquainted with the works and their exposition.

She works mainly in metal – jewellery objects, small-scale sculptures, as well as drawing and painting. Her work is dominated by themes of interpersonal relationships, inner growth, letting go and maturity, visually expressed through a sensitive plastic language and a subtle relationship between forms.

Solo exhibitions:

2025 Žybsnis – Miniatures exhibition, V. and K. Mizgirių Artists’ House, Nida

2024 Tebeieškau – Miniatures exhibition, Kaunas lango Gallery, Kaunas

2021 Sculpture and Drawings Exhibition, Palanga Resort Museum, Palanga

2020 Intersection – sculpture, LDS Gallery showcase, Vokiečių g.2, Vilnius

2020 Abodu kube – sculpture (With G. Endriekums), UMI, Vilnius

2019 Intercourse – small-scale sculpture, drawings (with A. Gurevičius), Ramybės galerija, Palanga

2019 Abodu and Alphabets – sculpture, drawings (With G. Endriekis) A. and P. Galaunių House Museum, Kaunas

2018 Under the Sky – Sculpture (With G. Endriekis) V. and K. Mizgirių Artists’ House, Nida

2017 Visions – Sculpture (With G. Endriekis) V. and K. Mizgirių Artists’ House, Nida

2013 Conversations – sculpture, Peace Gallery, Palanga

2013 Wakes – Sculpture, Telšiai Arts Incubator, Telšiai

2011 Small Metal Sculpture – small-scale sculpture, jewellery, TGG, Šiauliai

2011 Earth, Planet of the People – small-scale sculpture, jewellery, Argentum Gallery, Vilnius

2009 Rutiniškės and Džiaugsmingėnai – sculptural miniatures, Argentum Gallery, Vilnius