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Contemporary Lithuanian Book Illustration
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Under the Patronage of
H . E . Dal ia G ry bau s kai t ė
President of the Republic of Lithuania
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f I can borrow a metaphor from science, I would like to say that just
as in researching a tiny part of a living organism we can detect complex DNA configurations, so also by getting to know a single part of
the culture of a country we can learn a lot about all of its culture.
This applies especially to the children’s book, as it embraces two
fundamental aspects of humanity: childhood and the book. There-
fore, by presenting its children’s literature, the state comes to manifest a range of key aspects
of its cultural existence: the attitude to childhood and children, the changes and developments in this attitude, and its status quo. By doing this, it points indirectly to the place of
childhood in the life of the state, and even to the country’s educational and developmental
methods. It inevitably presents the dominant idea of the book and its aesthetics, and demonstrates its artistic potential.
Lithuania is proud to be this year’s Guest of Honour at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, but
Some of these questions make no sense to the younger generation of illustrators. But it is
also feels the responsibility of coming up with a fitting presentation of this very important
extremely inspiring that this exhibition includes the work of young artists at the start of their
part of its culture, which has undergone multiple challenges and revolutions. The dramatic
careers, and showcases their interesting experiments alongside work by established Lithua-
20th century in Lithuania, just as in many other smaller European countries, was a period of
nian illustrators who are already familiar to visitors to the Bologna Book Fair. The collection
disrupted cultural development. Politics and culture went through three, or even four, roughly
has also benefited from the fact that its curators were not restricted by the decision to exhibit
defined phases: the twenty interwar years of volatile independence, the fifty years of the So-
only published artwork, as that would have ruled out many bold examples of illustrations
viet occupation, and another twenty years of independence since the fall of the Berlin Wall
which have so far failed to reach the bookshops for commercial or other reasons.
(as a symbol of the entire Communist system), the last seven of which had a new quality for
It only remains for me to thank the organisers of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair for
Lithuania as a new member of the European Union. It comes as no surprise that children’s
granting us the honour to mount a detailed presentation of our children’s books, as well as
books and their creators have been directly influenced by the changing historical winds, and
to thank the curators who went that extra mile in order to construct the DNA for the exhibi-
this is best seen in the work by designers and illustrators of different generations.
tion of children’s books. Let us hope that the exhibition will offer the joy of discovery and a
Painful political turning points often prove interesting from a cultural point of view. The
experience of different Lithuanian book illustrators, although of similar ages, has been dra-
thrilling journey into a Lithuanian childhood to the refined and demanding children’s book
experts who are participants in and visitors to this world-famous event.
matically different. Was the artist as a child a member of the “Little Octobrists”? Was the
technical presentation of his first work done manually or on a computer? Did he see his first
work come out of the obsolete Soviet printing facilities that operated Russian-made equipment, or was it produced after 1990 when printing presses started acquiring modern Western
Arūnas Gelūnas
technology?
Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania
Salve, Bologna! A City of Culture and History,
“A
the Famous Mecca of Illustrators!
nyone replete with native air will favour an opportunity to leave
their nest, to stick their head out feathered in the fashion of home,
for a breath of fresh air under foreign skies.” This is how Saliamonas
Risinskis, a famous Lithuanian humanist of the Renaissance era, described the need to visit other countries.
Thank you Bologna, for inviting us to be the special guest of the
fair, and for a “breath of fresh air under your skies”. We will put this to good use, and, having
“left our nest”, we will try to show you what we believe is most valuable in order to gain publicae utilitaris, showing oneself and looking at others.
Lithuania has brought to Bologna its Illustrarium: a collection of illustrations and artists,
illustrators and their books. You have probably already guessed that the word illustrarium was
coined by us, and embraces works of art, a country as their repository, and the creators of that
artwork. Thus, the word has a threefold meaning: a repository of learning and knowledge, a
collection, and a memory.
Many illustrated books come out every year, and open up to scores of readers the riches of
literature. What can we say about Lithuanian children’s books? Are they unique in any way?
All generations of Lithuanian illustrators dedicate their talent mainly to the illustration of
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books by Lithuanian writers. Quite a few of them write and illustrate their own books. Some
illustrate books in translation. Whatever the nature of the book, an illustration for it is not
simply a picture; it is a demanding task for the artist, requiring special preparation. It takes
ingenuity, flexibility and an understanding of different areas of life. The artist is expected to
know about everything, whether it be fashion, technological wonders, the flora and fauna of
the ocean, or even a crocodile’s teeth, depending on what the content of the book calls for.
Illustrators are chroniclers of a period, chronicling the details of our daily life. In their illustrations we can see the faces of our friends and relations, our pets and the objects surrounding us. Illustration weaves together culture, history and the immediate reality. Since ancient
times, graphic art has been employed to instruct people about the world. Illustrations have
always been associated with institutions of science and education, and belonged in the realm
of knowledge. Libraries started building collections of graphic art. Science and illustration are
mutually supportive fields, and for good reason. We could say that an illustrator is a kind of
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scientist, who understands the anatomy of animals and the biological structures of plants.
which, along with its other activities, works to advance the standards of artistry in children’s
Above all, he uses this knowledge to create fantastic and never-before-seen creatures, new
books, by selecting and awarding every year the most artistic children’s book.
characters, new beings and new plants. The greatest achievement of the illustrator has always
Thus, the exhibition has been put together with the intention of showing work that has
been his ability to enchant viewers with wondrous images.
already been noticed, recognised and praised at home. Each illustrator is presented with his
The significance of illustration in contemporary culture emerges clearly in The Mysteri-
or her own distinctive book, with only very few exceptions printed in Lithuania.
ous Flame of Queen Loana (La misteriosa fiamma della regina Loana, Bompiani, 2004) by
It was decided to present three recent books by Kęstutis Kasparavičius, the most dedicated
Umberto Eco, the celebrated writer and professor at the University of Bologna. This novel is a
and prolific of Lithuanian illustrators, and also himself a writer of children’s books. He is cer-
kind of hymn to illustration, perceived as a repository of symbols of a generation, a reservoir
tainly the best-known Lithuanian illustrator in Bologna, having participated in the Illustrators
of memory. It is important that children’s books occupy a substantial part of this repository
Exhibition thirteen times, and receiving the exhibition’s Award of Excellence in 2003.
of visual memories.
Kasparavičius embarked on his career in the 1980s. His illustrations to The Adventures of
Lithuania is presenting thirty-two illustrators and artists, with a collection of their work, a
Baron Münchhausen (1987) by Gottfried August Bürger, and Lithuanian Folk Tales (1989) by
panorama of styles and genres, at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
Oscar Milosz were both published by the state-run publisher Vyturys, which used to special-
The exhibition shows illustrations by artists from three generations. Artists of the older
ise in children’s books. The picture book Naujieji Metai (The New Year, Vyturys, 1987) by the
generation who started their careers in the 1970s or 1980s are already well known in Bologna,
Lithuanian poet Janina Degutytė, was his first early work of illustration to be noticed interna-
as they have made their names in many countries and continued with their trade.
tionally, winning the Golden Pen of Belgrade. His talent soon attracted the interest of foreign
Artists of the middle generation might have been seen less often in Bologna: they were
publishers, and he signed a contract with Esslinger publishers. The Bremen Town Musicians
completing their studies at the time when Lithuania reemerged as an independent state, and
(Esslinger Verlag, 1990) saw nine reprints in Germany, and was soon translated into Danish,
had to start out on their careers with great ideas but few opportunities to see them appear
Japanese, French, English and Korean, and the artist’s illustrations started circulating around
in print. The disintegration of the USSR left Lithuania with the task of rebuilding its state
the world. While the Lithuanian printing industry was undergoing the trials of privatisation,
and its economy. Book publishing went into decline, with the old state-run publishing com-
Kasparavičius experienced wider acclaim abroad than at home. Only after 2000, with pub-
panies being shut down, privatised or going bankrupt, and printing equipment across the
lishing picking up, did Lithuania “reclaim” this illustrator. He has illustrated an impressive
country desperately obsolete. It was only at the turn of the century that strong private pub-
number of children’s books: about fifty titles, including children’s classics (Pinocchio by Carlo
lishers started emerging, and printing activity picked up. Representations of international
Collodi, Coppenrath Verlag, Münster, 1993; The Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Grimm
organisations were established, all together contributing to a more encouraging climate for
Press, Taipei, 1994; The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Coppenrath Verlag, Münster, 1998; The
publishing children’s books. In order to survive those times of fundamental change, artists
Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen, Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, 2002) by contem-
of the middle generation had to be Jacks of all trades: skilled draughtsmen and decent carica-
porary Lithuanian and foreign authors, and books of poetry by his father Jonas (Toj pirkelėj
turists, not infrequently taking on jobs in fields outside the arts. Now they can do it all: write,
seneliukas [A Little Old Man in That Cottage, Vyturys, Vilnius, 1989] and Ten už miško [On the
draw and design books.
Far Edge the Forest, unpublished]). He has also mustered up the courage to try his own hand at
The exhibition also includes the work of the younger generation. These artists graduated
writing: he has written and illustrated ten books for little readers, which have now been trans-
into a booming market, of job offers and demand, and of competition between private print-
lated into numerous foreign languages, winning him various awards. They are well known to
ing businesses. It is a generation whose life is unthinkable without digital technology. The
readers in Lithuania and abroad, and respected by professionals in the publishing industry.
computer ranks among their tools like a pencil, eraser, watercolour or brush.
The work of Stasys Eidrigevičius, one of the most established contemporary Lithuanian
This exhibition shows the best of the achievements of the last decade in illustration and
artists, has been a major influence on art in Lithuania. This star of illustration came to be
children’s books in Lithuania, achievements which have already been awarded or otherwise
noticed in the 1970s, with his unique vision of the world and a bottomless imagination that
recognised at home. Since 1993, the Ministry of Culture, in cooperation with the Lithuanian
combines melancholy with the grotesque. It did not take long for his talent to be recognised
Artists’ Association and Vilnius Academy of Art, has been holding The Most Beautiful Book
abroad. In Bratislava, his illustrations to Robotas ir peteliškė (The Robot and the Butterfly, Vaga,
of the Year Competition, with the goal of fostering the art of book design and promoting
1978) by Vytautė Žilinskaitė won him the Grand Prix bib ’79. Most of his illustrations for chil-
high standards in publishing. Over time, the competition grew to include children’s books
dren’s books were drawn in the 1970s and 1980s, but the best of his work that was printed in
and books for young adults as a separate nomination. The Lithuanian Section of IBBY, which
Lithuania suffered not only from the limitations imposed by censorship, but also from the
has been active at the National Martynas Mažvydas Library since 1992, is another institution
effects of obsolete printing equipment. By escaping from the Soviet Union and moving to
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Warsaw, Eidrigevičius gained better opportunities to explore his talent. Soon, in 1984, he was
included in an international encyclopaedia of illustrators of children’s books featuring 110
artists. Visitors to the fair can see his illustrations to the book Laumių pasakos (Pixie’s Tales,
Šviesa, 2008).
Rimvydas Kepežinskas, a fine calligrapher and watercolour artist, and a great dog lover into
the bargain, is another figure who has already been discovered and appreciated at Bologna.
In 1992, his illustrations to The Adventures of Cipollino by Gianni Rodari were awarded the
Unesco Prize at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The illustrations to this book are displayed
as a small digression into the past, as this beginning was very important for Kepežinskas’
career. As an illustrator, he specialises in animal, and above all, in dog characters. Burvė, a
basset hound, was the first character he presented at Bologna, in the 1991 Illustrators Exhibition. To quote the artist, “this dog had his day”, and so did the artist. The artist’s genial
illustrations, drawn with style and a mild irony, have won him the appreciation of the professional art community in Lithuania. His illustrations and calligraphy in Upside Down Stories
(Vyturys, 1994) by Donald Bisset are strong proof of his talent (recognised by The Most Beautiful Book Competition in 1994). However, when putting this book on show, we can only regret
that it, too, is an example of poor printing quality. Professor Kepežinskas heads the Department of Graphic Art at Vilnius Academy of Art: he is a popular teacher who has educated
many talented illustrators.
Other older illustrators featured in the exhibition are equally well established at the Bologna
Illustrators Exhibition. Leonardas Gutauskas, gifted with both a writer’s and an artist’s talent, a
virtuoso in using pen and Indian ink, has written and illustrated over twenty children’s books,
poems and tales. One of his first books, Vaško dvarelis (The Wax Mansion, Vaga, 1970), was rec-
commissions from abroad, others waited for a change of fortune, while today’s middle genera-
ognised with a second degree diploma in the USSR book design competition. His other books
tion, who were just out of school at the time, forged careers in other, more profitable areas of
have also won many important awards. In his illustrations, he employs stylised mythology,
graphic art and design. By way of example, Kęstutis Kasparavičius spent this sluggish period
religion, nature and fantasy, weaving all these motifs into a uniform and ornamental whole.
working on commissions from foreign publishers, and won international acclaim. There were
An artist with a uniquely distinctive style is Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis, who mostly illustrates
other artists, too, who found that Bologna gave them a great head start in an international
books for adult readers, but has also illustrated several children’s books. The exhibition shows
career. Agnes Indre, from a renowned family of artists, has not only simplified her name, but
his illustrations to Kiškelis Baltakakliukas (A Rabbit White-Neck, Žara, 2005) by Aldona Liobytė,
has also created a style of her own, and has become better known abroad than at home.
who was his aunt, a writer, translator and a champion of children’s books. Arvydas Stanislavas
Most of the middle generation of artists who work in illustration are well-established and
Každailis is well known for his work in fine art prints, heraldry, book illustration, wall painting
prolific artists, with their own idioms, individual style and form of expression. Artists such
and graphic design. He is maybe less well known as a great artist drawing for children (his first
as Laisvydė Šalčiūtė, Marius Jonutis, Ieva Babilaitė and Paulius Juodišius have also discov-
book was published in 1960) who has illustrated over twenty children’s books. His illustrations
ered a talent for writing books for children and illustrating them. Rimantas Rolia, Vaidas
to Svirplio Muzikanto kelionės (The Travels of Cricket the Musician, Lithuanian Writers’ Union
Žvirblis, Eglė Kuckaitė, Eglė Gelažiūtė-Petrauskienė and others illustrate children’s books by
Publishers, 1997) by Vytautas Tamulaitis are displayed. Irena Daukšaitė-Guobienė and Irena
other authors. As a reflection of this trend, Rimantas Rolia, one of the best-known representa-
Žviliuvienė, both older female artists, and Jūratė Račinskaitė, a younger artist, seek their in-
tives in Lithuania of the new style in children’s book illustration, is a famous cartoonist who
spiration from nature and draw its smallest shapes, reflecting the variety of the natural world
also works in animation. A skilled draughtsman, he creates devil-may-care characters and
and poeticising the relationship between nature and man.
integrates everyday life culture, customs and habits into his illustrations. Laisvydė Šalčiūtė
The first years of Lithuania’s regained independence were a difficult time for the chil-
is a prolific artist working across a range of media, and yet her talent and skill for drawing
dren’s book sector. Finding their creative ambitions thwarted at home, some artists sought
remains her greatest asset. She is also a writer of children’s books, who combines words and
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pictures naturally and seamlessly into a story. The work of Marius Jonutis, who has held numerous solo shows, is characterised by bold and stylised shapes in vibrant colours. He has
recently tried his hand at writing, with some success. Paulius Juodišius breathes life into
his characters, sometimes made from plasticine, and creates a world of fantastic vegetation
for them. The book Žmogaus žvaigždė (The Star of the Man, Žara, 2004) started out from a
series of prints by the graphic artist Šarūnas Leonavičius. His work inspired the poet Aidas
Marčėnas, and they got together to produce a new book for children. Of other artists of this
generation, Eglė Gelažiūtė-Petrauskienė stands out with her work for young adults. She likes
to make monoprints, and employs a fluid line to tell stories set against the simple, mundane
environments of home, school, the shop, or on the street. Eglė Kuckaitė indulges in extraordinary situations, evoked in unexpected detail and rendered in fine drawing. Though her style
is diverse, her consummate drawing skills, unorthodox compositions and unusual angles are
the staples of her art.
The youngest artists show the shift that is taking place in Lithuanian culture towards the
dominance of the visual. This is a generation that has been strongly influenced by the spread
of visual culture, and seeks inspiration from it. Therefore, their art has absorbed the principles
of cinema and collage, and can be seen to mix and combine different cultural experiences. In
the exhibition, the illustrations by Sigutė Chlebinskaitė to Kas kiemely daros (What’s Outside,
What’s Inside?, Gimtasis žodis, 2003) by Kazys Jakubėnas stand out with their collage style. She
is famous in Lithuania as a book designer; but she has also set up and runs creative practical
workshops for children, teaching them about the production of books. The illustrations by
Rasa Joni display cinematic qualities, and are closely connected to her cartoons. The exhibition includes illustrations from two of her books, Märklin och Turbin (Nieko rimto, 2007) by
Eidrigevičius, and that Rimantas Rolia was her best teacher. The great inspirers, virtuosos of
the Swedish writer Ulf Stark, and Žvaigždėtasis Arkliukas ir Meškiukas Panda (A Starred Horse
their trade, celebrated artists, teachers and students of illustration from Lithuania are now
and a Panda, Kronta, 2010) by the artist herself. As most young illustrators combine illustra-
all brought together under one roof at the fair.
tion with graphic design, their work resembles posters or cartoons. The unusual framing,
The exhibition for the fair is just a first impression, our smiling face that is willing to be-
unexpected angles and other qualities typical of contemporary art characterise the illustra-
come friends with you (with all of its thirty-two “teeth”). We invite you to visit other cultural
tion work by Ieva Juknytė, Vaiva Lingytė, Ula Šimulynaitė, Jurga Šarmavičiūtė, the youngest
events from Lithuania, in order to gain a deeper acquaintance with our literature, our writers
artists-illustrators.
and artists, animators and filmmakers, and famous illustrators of children’s books. Please do
Over the last decade, Lithuania has seen a revival in children’s books from the 1960s to
not be baffled by the long and difficult-to-read-and-remember Lithuanian names. Just like the
the 1980s, either in facsimile editions or as new editions with newly created illustrations.
illustrations, they are proof of the uniqueness of our nation. Thank you for taking the time
An example of such a trend is Ledinukas (The Little Ice Boy) by the Soviet-era writer Kostas
to read this, and now enjoy the pudding, the illustrations, which are more fun. Having said
Kubilinskas, and illustrated by Vaiva Lingytė, who employed the style of the Sixties.
so much, we dare not keep you any longer!
Of the youngest illustrators, the talent of Lina Dūdaitė deserves to be mentioned. In her il-
Farewell, Bologna! Bene vale quisquis es qui haec legis.
lustrations, neat draughtsmanship, plenty of small detail, and a “non-human” perspective and
angles are employed to create her warm and attractive characters. She has illustrated Sixten
by Ulf Stark (Nieko rimto, 2007) and The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
(Nieko rimto, 2008) by Luis Sepúlveda. In 2009, these illustrations received a Baltic Illustrators
Triennial “The Power of Pictures” diploma. Subsequent to the award, Lina Dūdaitė said in an
interview that she had been drawing since childhood, that her greatest inspiration was Stasys
D r Jolita Liškevičienė
Agnes Indre 18
Ieva Babilaitė 24
Sigutė Chlebinskaitė 28
Irena Teresė Daukšaitė-Guobienė 34
Lina Dūdaitė 40
Stasys Eidrigevičius 46
Lina Eitmantytė-Valužienė 52
Eglė Gelažiūtė-Petrauskienė 58
Leonardas Gutauskas 64
Edvardas Jazgevičius 70
Rasa Joni 74
Marius Jonutis 80
Ieva Juknytė 86
Paulius Juodišius 90
Kęstutis Kasparavičius 94
Arvydas Stanislavas Každailis 104
Rimvydas Kepežinskas 108
Eglė Kuckaitė 118
Šarūnas Leonavičius 124
Daiva Lingytė 130
Aidas Paberžis 134
Jūratė Račinskaitė 138
Rolandas Rimkūnas 144
Rimantas Rolia 148
Deimantė Rybakovienė 154
Laisvydė Šalčiūtė 160
Jurga Šarmavičiūtė 166
Ula Šimulynaitė 172
Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis 176
Birutė Zokaitytė 182
Irena Žviliuvienė 188
Vaidas Žvirblis 192
Agnes Indre
Agnes Indre was born on 27 December 1963 in Vilnius into a family of artists. After graduating from the
M. K. Čiurlionis Art School in 1981, she studied at the Tallat-Kelpša Higher Music School and the Lithuanian
State Art Institute. She has participated in international illustrators’ exhibitions in B
ratislava and Barcelona.
Agnes Indre has made illustrations for children’s books published by Lithuanian (Alma littera, Valstybės žinios)
and foreign publishers (J. F. Schreiber Verlag, Germany, Grimm Press, Taiwan). Andrius Vaišnys’ book The History
of the Constitution for Kids was recognised by the Lithuanian Section of IBBY as the most artistic reference book
for children of 2003, and received an incentive award from Lithuania’s Most Beautiful Book Competition the
same year. Agnes Indre is a freelance book illustrator.
Latako g. 1-4, lt-01125 Vilnius, Lithuania
+370 652 25337 [email protected]
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The History of the Constitution for Kids by Andrius Vaišnys
Valstybės žinios, Vilnius, 2003
Mixed technique, 20.5 × 17.5 cm
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Ieva Babilaitė
Ieva Babilaitė was born on 19 September 1973 in Vilnius. She graduated from the graphic art and design department of the M. K. Čiurlionis Art School in 1990. In 1996 she gained a BA in graphic art from Vilnius Academy
of Art. A member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association since 1999, she has held ten solo exhibitions and
participated in numerous group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. She has illustrated seven books for children,
and is the author of two of them. The book Ulė and Mousie received an incentive award from Lithuania’s Most
Beautiful Book Competition of 2005.
Antakalnio g. 83-40, lt-10215 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Ulė and Mousie by Jurga Čekatauskaitė
Tyto alba, Vilnius, 2005
Mineral paint, coloured pencils on paper, 26.7 × 38.9 cm
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Sigutė Chlebinskaitė
Sigutė Chlebinskaitė was born on 4 October 1977 in Kaunas into a family of artists. Between 1996 and 2002 she
studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, the Salzburg Summer Academy of Fine Arts,
and Vilnius Academy of Art. She is a graphic artist and a book designer, a member of the Lithuanian Section of
IBBY, and of the Organising Committee of the Vilnius Book Fair. She runs the creative project The Land of Books and
the educational programme You Can Create a Book, and also acts as an exhibition curator. Chlebinskaitė designs
books for Vilnius Academy of Art Publishers, and since 2002 her work in book illustration and book design has
been recognised by awards in Lithuanian and foreign book art competitions.
Sėlių g. 72-33, lt-08109 Vilnius, Lithuania
+370 600 82899 [email protected] www.knygusalis.lt
Home-Made Pie, 32 × 42 cm
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What’s Outside, What’s Inside? by Kazys Jakubėnas
Gimtasis žodis, Vilnius, 2003
Mixed technique, collage on paper
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Jonas and his Little Pipe, 32.4 × 42 cm
Molio Motiejukas, 29.8 × 39.8 cm
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A Stork’s Illness, 34.5 × 38.6 cm
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Irena Teresė Daukšaitė-Guobienė
Irena Teresė Daukšaitė-Guobienė was born on 11 July 1942 in Kaunas. She graduated in graphic art from
the Lithuanian State Art Institute in 1966. She works in fine art printmaking, book illustration, miniatures
and drawing. She is a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association and of the Lithuanian Section of IBBY.
Daukšaitė-Guobienė has illustrated over 20 children’s books, and has held over ten solo exhibitions and
participated in numerous group shows. Her achievements in book illustration have been recognised by different awards. In 2006 she received the Lithuanian State Prize for Literature and Art.
Krivių g. 41-5, lt-01209 Vilnius, Lithuania
The Grim Reaper, 26.8 × 57 cm
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The Ancient Lithuanian Gods and Goddesses by Libertas Klimka
Žara, Vilnius, 2009
Gouache, watercolour on paper
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Sacred Fire, 26.9 × 56.5 cm
Thunder, 25 × 57.2 cm
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The Bealth-Bringing Household Spirit, 25 × 57.2 cm
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Lina Dūdaitė
Lina Dūdaitė was born on 16 July 1974 in Kaunas into a family of artists, and graduated in graphic art from the
Kaunas Art Institute of Vilnius Academy of Art in 1998. She has illustrated four children’s books. Her illustrations
for the book The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis Sepúlveda won a diploma at the 2009
Tallinn Illustration Triennial. Dūdaitė is a freelance book designer and illustrator.
Basanavičiaus g. 20-8, lt-50273 Kaunas, Lithuania
+370 616 28433 [email protected] www.dudaite.com
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly, 26 × 23 cm
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The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis Sepúlveda
Nieko rimto, Vilnius, 2008
Coloured pencils on paper
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Hatching Cat, 25.8 × 22.9 cm
Meow, 24 × 20.9 cm
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Endless Perils, 25.3 × 22.1 cm
Learning to Fly, 23.3 × 20.8 cm
Joyless Night, 22 × 19.5 cm
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Stasys Eidrigevičius
Stasys Eidrigevičius was born on 24 July 1949 in Mediniškiai, Lithuania. He studied graphic art at the Lithuanian
State Art Institute between 1968 and 1973. Eidrigevičius has lived in Warsaw since 1980. He makes children’s
book illustrations, designs posters and is involved in a range of contemporary art projects. He has created fine art
prints, ex libris, miniature graphic works and book covers, and has illustrated around 40 books, mostly children’s
books (most of them were published outside Lithuania). Eidrigevičius has held over 100 solo exhibitions in different countries, and won over 40 international awards, primarily for his illustrations to children’s books and for his
posters. In 2001 his work was recognised when he won the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Art.
[email protected] www.eidrigevicius.com
Nearly off to Cut it
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Pixie’s Tales
Šviesa, Kaunas, 2008
Acrylic on coloured paper, 24 × 22 cm
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Lina Eitmantytė-Valužienė was born on 24 September 1970 in Kelmė, Lithuania. She studied graphic art at
Vilnius Academy of Art from 1989 to 1997. She has illustrated 14 children’s books, and has held four solo shows.
Eitmantytė-Valužienė takes part in group exhibitions, and participates in meetings with children. She is a staff
artist with the publishers Nieko rimto, and editor-in-chief of Laimiukas children’s literary magazine, published by
the same publisher.
Žirmūnų g. 35-22, lt-09106 Vilnius, Lithuania
+370 674 01389 [email protected] [email protected]
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Eglė Gelažiūtė-Petrauskienė
Eglė Gelažiūtė-Petrauskienė was born on 14 January 1974 in Kaunas. She received her BA from the Department
of Graphic Art at Vilnius Academy of Art in 1995, and her MA from the Photography and Media Art Department
at the same institution in 1997. Gelažiūtė has produced video works, has held four solo exhibitions, and has
shown work at a number of group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. She is a freelance illustrator, working for
children’s books and magazines, and has illustrated over 20 children’s books, several textbooks, and volumes of
poetry for different Lithuanian publishers. Her work has been recognised by several prizes and diplomas.
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Leonardas Gutauskas
Leonardas Gutauskas was born on 6 November 1938 in Kaunas. He studied scenography at the Lithuanian State
Art Institute from 1957 to 1965. Endowed with a double talent, he is an artist and a writer, he paints, illustrates,
writes poetry and prose for adults and children, and writes musical compositions. He is a member of the
Lithuanian Artists’ Association and the Lithuanian Writers’ Union. He has written 11 books of poetry and seven
novels, and is the author and illustrator of 17 children’s books. His achievements in literature and art have been
recognised by numerous prizes. Gutauskas has held 15 solo (mostly anniversary) exhibitions, and participated in
numerous group shows in Lithuania and abroad. In 2001 he received the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture
and Art. His book The Dwellers of the Ancient Tower received an incentive award from Lithuania’s Most Beautiful
Book Competition of 2010.
L. Sapiegos g. 3-4, lt-10312 Vilnius, Lithuania
+370 5 2343941
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Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers, Vilnius, 2010
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Victoria Regia
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Edvardas Jazgevičius
Edvardas Jazgevičius was born on 2 October 1969 in Vilnius. From 1988 to 1994 he studied graphic art at Vilnius
Academy of Art. A book designer and illustrator, he has participated in numerous shows in Lithuania and
abroad. His illustrations for the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz won the title of the Most Beautiful Lithuanian
Children’s Book of the Year awarded by the Lithuanian Section of IBBY. Jazgevičius is a staff book designer with
Alma littera publishers.
Architektų g. 132-76, lt-04200 Vilnius, Lithuania
+370 689 45112 [email protected] [email protected]
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Alma littera, Vilnius, 2000
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Rasa Joni
Rasa Joni was born on 21 July 1984 in Kaunas. She received her MA in audio-visual arts from the Photography
and Media Art Department of Vilnius Academy of Art in 2007. She has illustrated six children’s books, and
made several cartoons. Her work has been showcased in several group exhibitions. Joni runs an animation
studio and makes illustrations for children’s books and cartoons.
Birželio 23-iosios g. 1-19, lt-03205 Vilnius, Lithuania
+370 670 60287 [email protected] www.rasajoni.com
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Marius Jonutis
Marius Jonutis was born on 1 February 1965 in Vilnius. He studied graphic art at Vilnius Academy of Art from 1983
to 1991. His work includes colour woodcuts in relief, and other objects, paintings and book illustrations. He is
a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association. Between 1990 and 2010, he and his wife, the artist Nomeda
Marčėnaitė, held 50 solo exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. He has illustrated eight children’s books, and is the
author of some of them. Jonutis has received different awards, including the Lithuanian Section of IBBY’s award for
the Rudnosiukas’s Stories by Vytautas V. Landsbergis (Vaga, 2004), as the most artistic book of the year for young
adults. The Worm Bird by Jonutis was recognised by a special prize for its originality.
Rokantų k., Mickūnų paštas, lt-13111 Vilniaus r., Lithuania
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Ieva Juknytė
Ieva Juknytė was born on 15 January 1981 in Kaunas. She studied for her MA in graphic art at the Kaunas Art Faculty
of Vilnius Academy of Art from 2005 to 2009, and in 2007 and 2008 she also studied at the L’Ecole Supérieure
d’Art et de Design in Amiens. She is a freelance illustrator and a graphic designer.
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Paulius Juodišius
Paulius Juodišius was born on 7 August 1969 in Vilnius. He studied stone sculpture at the Higher School of
pplied Arts in Telšiai from 1985 to 1989. As an artist and a writer, he has illustrated 18 children’s books since
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2000, and is also the author of most of them. His book Bug’s Cake was recognised by the Lithuanian Section
of IBBY as the most artistic children’s book of 2006. Juodišius works as a freelance artist, and organises meetings
with little readers.
Simaniškės k., Strūnaičio paštas, lt-18133 Švenčionių r., Lithuania
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Kęstutis Kasparavičius
Kęstutis Kasparavičius was born on 2 June 1954 in Aukštadvaris district. He graduated from the M. K. Čiurlionis
School of Art as a choir conductor in 1972. From 1972 to 1981 he studied graphic design at the Lithuanian State
Art Institute. Since 1984, watercolour has been his favourite medium for illustrating children’s books, of which
he has produced 50. He is the author of ten of these. He has illustrated books published by most Lithuanian
publishers and numerous foreign publishers. Books illustrated and written by him have been translated into
22 foreign languages. His illustrations have won multiple awards: in 1990 he was awarded the Golden Pen of
Belgrade; in 1993 he was named illustrator of the year in Bologna; in 1994 he won a 2nd degree diploma at the
International Catalonia Illustrators’ Exhibition in Barcelona; in 2003 he was awarded the Bologna Children’s
Book Fair diploma; and in 2006 he won a Tallinn Book Illustration Triennial diploma. His books were recognised
as the best children’s books produced in Lithuania in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009. In 2008 he was named the
best illustrator of children’s books, and in 2010 he received the International Janis Baltvilks Prize. He has several
times been nominated for the international Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2005 and 2006) and the Hans
Christian Andersen Award (2008 and 2010).
Karačiūnų g. 7, lt-10151 Vilnius, Lithuania
+370 624 43211 [email protected] kestutis-kasparavicius.artistwebsites.com kestutis.multiply.com
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Arvydas Stanislavas Každailis
Arvydas Stanislavas Každailis was born on 4 April 1939 in Baisiogala, Lithuania. From 1957 to 1962 he studied at
the Lithuanian State Art Institute. Between 1965 and 1989 he taught in the art department at the M. K. Čiurlionis
Art School. He works as a graphic artist and illustrator in the field of fine art prints and heraldry, book illustration,
murals, decorative wood reliefs and advertising design. He is a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association and
the Lithuanian Heraldry Commission. He has exhibited in Lithuania and abroad since 1968, has held over 20 solo
exhibitions, and has illustrated 18 children’s books. He has received many awards: his 54-illustration cycle for the
book The Ways of the Ancient Lithuanians, Lowlanders and Samogitians by Simonas Daukantas received in 1987 the
Great Amber Prize of the 3rd Baltic Art of the Book Triennial in Vilnius, and the Andrei Goncharov Prize in the Art
of the Book Competition of the Soviet Association in Moscow in 1989, and a 1st degree diploma and medal in the
Most Beautiful Book Competition of the Baltic countries and Belarus. His achievements have been recognised by
several official awards: in 1999 he received the fifth class Order of Grand Duke Gediminas, and in 2002 he won the
Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Art; in 2003 in Tallinn he was decorated with the Medal for the Preservation of Estonian Cultural Monuments.
Šv. Jono g. 5-5, lt-01123 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Rimvydas Kepežinskas
Rimvydas Kepežinskas was born on 26 January 1956 in Kaunas. Between 1974 and 1980 he studied graphic
art at the Lithuanian State Art Institute in Vilnius. He has been a member of the academic staff of Vilnius
Academy of Art since 1993, has headed the Department of Graphic Art since 2003, and has been a professor
since 2007. He is a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association and the Graphic Design Association. He has
exhibited in Lithuania and abroad since 1979, working in the fields of book illustration, posters, calligraphy,
printmaking and graphic design. He is a book illustrator and calligrapher with a distinct style. He has illustrated around 50 books, published by Lithuanian (Vaga, Vyturys, Kronta, Gimtasis žodis) and foreign publishers
(Michael Neugebauer Press, Grimm Press). His work has been recognised by the award of a number of prizes,
such as a Unicef award in 1992 at the Children’s Book Fair in Bologna for his illustrations to The Adventures of
Cipollino by Giovanni Rodari, a prize at the Biennial of European Book Illustrators in Aki in Japan in 2001, and a
medal at the Tallinn Print Triennial. In 2006, he won the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Art.
Ašmenos g. 6-2a, lt-01135 Vilnius, Lithuania
+370 69804076 [email protected]
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Eglė Kuckaitė
Eglė Kuckaitė was born on 24 September 1969 in Kupiškis, Lithuania. She studied graphic art at Vilnius Academy
of Art from 1991 to 1995. She is active across a range of media: fine art printmaking, photography, painting, contemporary art projects, book design and illustration. Kuckaitė is a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association,
has held 15 solo exhibitions, and shown her work at numerous group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. She has
illustrated 15 children’s books. In 2007, The Summer of the Pike by Jutta Richter (Alma littera, 2006) was awarded a
prize by the Lithuanian Section of IBBY for the most artistic black-and-white illustrations for children.
Savanorių pr. 11-48, lt-03116 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Šarūnas Leonavičius
Šarūnas Leonavičius was born on 20 February 1960 in Kaunas. After graduating from the M. K. Čiurlionis Art
School in 1979 he studied graphic art at the Lithuanian State Art Institute from 1979 to 1985. He works in the
fields of book illustration, book cover design and posters, and makes fine art etchings. Since 1986, his work has
frequently appeared at exhibitions, and he has held over 20 solo shows. His illustrations inspired a poet to write
the book The Star of the Man. The book won the first prize in Lithuania’s Most Beautiful Book Competition in
2004, and was selected by the Lithuanian Section of IBBY as the most artistic children’s book of the year.
Krivių g. 43a-27, lt-01209 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Vaiva Lingytė
Vaiva Lingytė was born on 25 July 1976 in Tryškiai, Lithuania. She studied knitwear and costume design at the Telšiai
Faculty of Vilnius Academy of Art. In 2002 she graduated from Vilnius Academy of Art in monumental painting,
fresco and mosaic, and from 2002 to 2004 she studied part-time in the Photography and Media Art Department.
Lingytė is a member of the Lithuanian Graphic Design Association, and works as a graphic designer in the creative
duo PoraOro together with Paulius Jautakas.
Savanorių g. 52-87, lt-03136 Vilnius, Lithuania
+370 684 69730 [email protected] www.poraoro.com
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Aidas Paberžis
Aidas Paberžis was born on 7 November 1965 in Vilnius. He graduated from the M. K. Čiurlionis Art School in
1984, and from 1984 to 1992 studied graphic art at Vilnius Academy of Art. Between 1994 and 1999 he worked
on the teaching staff of the M. K. Čiurlionis Art School. He is a book illustrator and designer, and has shown his
work at several exhibitions. Since 2006 he has worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.
25 rue des Courcieux, 78570 Andresy, France
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Jūratė Račinskaitė
Jūratė Račinskaitė was born on 18 May 1955 in Zima, Irkutsk into a family of Lithuanian deportees to Siberia.
From 1974 to 1980 she studied scenography at the Lithuanian State Art Institute. She is a member of the
Lithuanian Artists’ Association, and shows her work at solo and group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. She
works in the field of book illustration, and has illustrated over 15 children’s books, which have won numerous
awards. In 1998, the book A Letter to Sunday by Ramutė Skučaitė (Vaga, 1998) received a diploma in Lithuania’s
Most Beautiful Book of the Year Competition and the Baltic Book Fair. In 2000 it received a special Unesco award
at the international Leipzig Book Fair; and in 2003, a diploma at the Tallinn Illustration Triennial. The illustrated
book The Path Starts Once Again by Ramutė Skučaitė has also won several awards: a diploma award from the
Baltic Book Fair in Riga in 2002, an incentive prize in the Most Beautiful Book of the Year Competition, and a
diploma from the Lithuanian Section of IBBY as the most beautiful children’s book of the year. Other works by
her have also been recognised by special diplomas.
S. Skapo g. 5-3, lt-01122 Vilnius, Lithuania
+370 5 2120741 +370 614 01437 [email protected]
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Rolandas Rimkūnas
Rolandas Rimkūnas was born on 26 June 1963 in Kaunas. From 1983 to 1990 he studied at the Lithuanian State
Art Institute in Kaunas, graduating as a glass artist. Between 1991 and 1998 he studied graphic art at Vilnius
Academy of Art. Since 1994 he has taught at the Kaunas Art Faculty of Vilnius Academy of Art, and is currently
an assistant professor. Rimkūnas is a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association and the Lithuanian Graphic
Design Association. He works in the fields of printmaking, graphic design, book design and illustration, and heraldry. He has held several solo exhibitions, and shown his work in more than 20 group exhibitions in Lithuania
and abroad.
Laisvės al. 97b-5, lt-44291 Kaunas, Lithuania
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Rimantas Rolia
Rimantas Rolia was born on 26 April 1970 in Ignalina, Lithuania. Between 1986 and 1990 he attended Kaunas
Higher Art School, and studied graphic art at Vilnius Academy of Art from 1991 to 1997. He was on the academic
staff of the Kaunas Art Faculty of Vilnius Academy of Art from 1997 to 2000. He has participated in numerous
exhibitions (Paris, Kyoto, New York, Lisbon). In 2000, 2002 and 2004 he received special prizes from the panel of the
Kyoto Biennial. He has illustrated eight children’s books, published in Lithuania (Šviesa, Kronta, Alma littera), and
abroad (Random House). Rolia works as a freelance illustrator of children’s books and as a graphic designer.
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Deimantė Rybakovienė
Deimantė Rybakovienė was born on 5 April 1970 in Kaunas. Between 1977 and 1988 she attended the Juozas
Naujalis Art School in Kaunas, and from 1988 to 1994 she studied at the Department of Graphic Art at Vilnius
Academy of Art. She works as a book designer and an illustrator for different Lithuanian publishers, and
has made book covers and designs for over 100 publications. The book Lithuanian Fables won a diploma in
Lithuania’s Most Beautiful Book Competition of 2010.
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Laisvydė Šalčiūtė
Laisvydė Šalčiūtė was born on 2 February 1964 in Kaunas. She graduated from the M. K. Čiurlionis Art School in
1982, and in 1989 she completed studies in graphic art at Vilnius Academy of Art. Producing work across a range
of media, including printmaking, painting, photography, installation, objects and the artist’s book, Šalčiūtė has
excelled as a conceptual artist with a distinctive and bold voice. In 20 years she has held 30 solo shows in Lithuania
and abroad, and taken part in over 100 group exhibitions. She is the author and illustrator of four children’s books.
Her book Elf’s Hat (Baltos lankos, 2005) was recognised by the Lithuanian Section of IBBY as the best book of 2005
for the smallest reader. The same year, her book A Red Ball received an incentive award from Lithuania’s Most
Beautiful Book Competition.
Tverečiaus g. 4-38, lt-10215 Vilnius, Lithuania
+370 650 63499 [email protected] www.l.salciute.com
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Jurga Šarmavičiūtė
Jurga Šarmavičiūtė was born on 1 November 1975 in Šilutė, Lithuania. Between 1994 and 1998 she studied design
at the Klaipėda Visual Design Department of Vilnius Academy of Art. From 1998 to 2005 she studied graphic art
at Vilnius Academy of Art. She is a freelance illustrator of children’s books. In 2008, the Lithuanian Section of IBBY
recognised her illustrations to the Healing Tales by Maria Molicka as the most artistic work of the year.
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Ula Šimulynaitė
Ula Šimulynaitė was born on 30 November 1983 in Vilnius into an artists’ family. Between 2003 and 2006 she
studied graphic design at Vilnius College of Construction and Design. She writes and illustrates books, and has
created several stories about a private ghost. Her book Cotons à Paris won a diploma in Lithuania’s Most Beautiful
Book Competition of 2010.
Lobio g. 11b, lt-08413 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis
Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis was born on 3 May 1944 in Vilnius into an artists’ family. Between 1963 and 1970 he
studied graphic art at the Lithuanian State Art Institute. In 1970 he took a serigraphy course at the Experimental
Printing Institute in Kiev. He works on fine art prints, posters and book illustration. A member of the Lithuanian
Artists’ Association, he has held over ten personal shows and participated in numerous group exhibitions in
Lithuania and abroad. He has been a member of the academic staff of Vilnius Academy of Art since 1989, where
he teaches silkscreen printing and fine art printmaking. In 2004 he won the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture
and Art.
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Birutė Zokaitytė
Birutė Zokaitytė was born on 14 March 1968 in Vilnius. Between 1987 and 1995 she studied graphic art at Vilnius
Academy of Art. A member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association, she works mostly in the field of fine art prints.
She has exhibited since 1994, and has given seven solo exhibitions and shown her work at numerous exhibitions
in Lithuania and abroad, winning several awards. She has illustrated four children’s books.
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Irena Žviliuvienė
Irena Žviliuvienė was born on 24 January 1944 in Tuitai, Lithuania. She graduated from the Stepas Žukas Applied
Arts Technical School in Kaunas, and studied graphic art at the Lithuanian State Art Institute from 1965 to 1971.
Žviliuvienė is a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association. She has exhibited her work since 1972 in Lithuania
and abroad. Her work embraces fine art prints, book illustration and decoration, including children’s books and
ex libris. She has illustrated over 25 children’s books, with most of them seeing several reprints. In her work, she
frequently collaborates with her daughter Živilė Žviliūtė (b. 1971). Books illustrated by Žviliuvienė have repeatedly
been commended as the most beautiful Lithuanian books of the year.
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Vaidas Žvirblis
Vaidas Žvirblis was born on 5 September 1964 in Kaunas. He graduated from the Juozas Naujalis Art School in
Kaunas in 1982, and from 1983 to 1991 he studied glasswork at the Kaunas Art Institute of Vilnius Academy of
Art. Since 1991 he has participated in exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad (mostly in Australia), and has held five
solo exhibitions. His work embraces ceramic sculpture, painting and drawing. He has illustrated five children’s
books. The Moose Eugenijus by Vytautas V. Landsbergis was selected by the Lithuanian Section of IBBY as the most
beautiful book of 2007, and won a diploma in the Lithuania’s Most Beautiful Book Competition of 2008.
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Giedrė Jankevičiūtė (b. 1960) is an art historian and critic. She works as a chief research fellow
at the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute and is an associate professor at Vilnius Academy
of Art. She is a member of the Lithuanian Society of Art Historians, International Association of
Art Critics and Lithuanian Artists’ Association. Her main field of interest is art and artistic life
in the second half of the 19th–20th centuries. Jankevičiūtė has edited various paper collections
and catalogues of exhibitions of 20th-century Lithuanian art. She has published a series of articles, based on her
research, in American, Czech, German, Polish, Latvian, and Taiwanese journals, as well as academic reviews and
paper collections. She has published the study Art and State: Artistic Life in the Republic of Lithuania in 1918–1940
(2003), and a bilingual illustrated publication Lietuvos grafika / Graphic Art in Lithuania in 1918–1940 (2008).
Ingrida Korsakaitė (b. 1938) is an art historian and critic, a member of the Lithuanian Artists’
Association, Lithuanian Society of Art Historians, International Association of Art Critics, and
Lithuanian Section of the International Board on Books for Young People. She is a winner of the
Lithuanian Government Award for Culture and Arts. She graduated from the Repin Institute
of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad (St Petersburg), Russia. The main fields of
her interest are 20th-century graphic art, the history of children’s book illustration (especially picture books), and
Lithuanian exile art. She has published numerous monographs on Lithuanian graphic artists, as well as albums,
exhibition catalogues and research papers in Lithuania and abroad. Korsakaitė has participated in various scientific
conferences and symposia (among them the Bratislava Illustration Biennial) and was the recipient of a grant
from the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany. She is a co-author of the bio-bibliographical thesaurus
Lithuanian Children’s Book Illustrators (2009).
Jolita Liškevičienė (b. 1970) is an art critic. She works as a senior research fellow at the Institute
of Art History at Vilnius Academy of Art, is a lecturer at Vilnius Academy of Art and VilniusUniversity, and a member of the Lithuanian Society of Art Historians. She studied at Vilnius Academy
of Art, acquired the qualification of an art critic (1989–1994) and defended her thesis Emblems
in 17th Century Prints in Vilnius (2002). Liškevičienė is the winner of a special Martynas Mažvydas
Award granted by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture and Education for her contribution to the Lithuanian language,
literature and book art (2004). She has published articles on book art in the Lithuanian and foreign press, produced
several publications, and held some scientific conferences. She has also published the monographs 16th–18th
Century Book Graphics: Coats of Arms in Old Lithuanian Prints (1998) and Mundus Emblematum: 17th Century Print
Illustrations in Vilnius (2005).
Members of the Jury
Dr Gi edrė Jan keviči ūtė
Art critic, associate professor at Vilnius Academy of Art
Romas Orantas (b. 1949) is an illustrator and graphic artist, one of the most famous book art artists in Lithuania, and a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association. In 1976 he graduated from
Vilnius Academy of Art. For many years Orantas has cooperated with various publishing houses,
and has designed and illustrated dozens of books. He takes part in Lithuanian and international
book illustration and drawing exhibitions and book art competitions. His works are regularly
acknowledged with various awards and diplomas. He has acted as a jury member for various book art competitions,
and has curated several illustration exhibitions.
Dr I ngri da Korsakaitė
Art critic, member of the International Board on Books for Young People
Dr Jolita Liškeviči en ė
Art critic, research fellow at the Institute of Art History of Vilnius Academy of Art
Nijolė Šaltenytė (b. 1946) is a graphic artist and illustrator, a member of the Lithuanian Artists’
Association and president of its Graphic Department, and a member of the Lithuanian Section
of the International Board on Books for Young People. Currently she works on prints and ex libris,
illustrates books and organises Lithuanian and international graphic art exhibitions, as well as
international mini print triennials. Šaltenytė has held about 30 solo exhibitions in Lithuania,
Austria, Japan, the USA and Canada, has participated in many international print and ex libris exhibitions and won
a number of awards. She has illustrated about 10 books.
Romas Orantas
Graphic artist, book designer
N ijolė Šaltenytė
Graphic artist
Dr Dan utė Zovi en ė
Art critic, director of the publishing house of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association
Danutė Zovienė (b. 1954) is an art critic, director of Artseria, the art publication and information
centre and publishing house of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association, a doctor of humanities, and
a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association and International Association of Art Critics.
She graduated from the State Institute of Art, specialised in art theory and history (1972–1977),
and defended the doctoral thesis Peculiarities of Contemporary Lithuanian Book Art (2009).
Zovienė actively participates in organisational activities: she has prepared a cycle of radio talks, coordinated various
exhibition cycles and an international exhibition exchange project. Currently she works as a compiler and editor
of the magazine Dailė (Art), and is also a manager of many editorial projects.
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Members of the Jury
Illustrarium
Catalogue edited by Jolita Liškevičienė
Texts by Jolita Liškevičienė
Translation and editing by Irena Jomantienė, Joseph Everatt
Graphic design by Jokūbas Jacovskis
Design and layout by Inter Se, Lithuania
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Published by the International Cultural Programme Centre, Lithuania
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isbn 978-609-8015-08-9
Author’s photographs by Arūnas Braziūnas (p. 90, 160), Gintaras Česonis (p. 144), Rimantas Dichavičius (p. 64),
Ignacy Eidrigevicius (p. 46), Jokūbas Jacovskis (p. 24, 108, 124, 138), Nomeda Marčėnaitė (p. 80) and Juozas Matonis (p. 104)
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