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Arune Tornau (b. 1956), painter and art teacher. Studied in Vilnius Art Academy (1974 -1979). Member of Lithuanian Artist Association (LAA). Head of painters section of LAA (2009 - 2016). Participated in joint and personal exhibitions, worked on art education projects in Lithuania and abroad. She is the author or co-author of several textbooks, some papers and videofilms, TV and radio shows about art and art education. In 2010-2016 curated some important exhibitions of Lithuanian painters in Lithuania and abroad.
| 1991 | Contemporary Lithuanian Painting, Schwetzingen, Germany 12 Lithuanian Painters, Heppenheim, Germany |
| 1992 | Lithuanian--German exhibition, Bilker Forum gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany |
| 1993 1994 1995 | International Art Fair, Gallery Hera, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1994 | Gallery Hera, Stockholm, Sweden Contemporary Lithuanian Painting, National Gallery, Vilnius |
| 1996 | Exhibition of Lithuanian graphics, Trelleborg Art Gallery, Sweden |
| 1997 | Lithuanian painting, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arabic Emirates Sharjah International Arts Biennial, United Arabic Emirates Magic Realism, Exhibition of Lithuanian painting in Manezh, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 1999 | Contemporary Lithuanian painting, Contemporary Art Center, Ankara, Turkey |
| 2000 | Lithuanian painting, Yanhuang Art Museum, Beijing Tradition and Nowadays, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius 10 years of Vartai Gallery, Vilnius International Art Fair, Jan Linder Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2001 | Exhibition of Lithuanian Art, Lvov, Ukraine |
| 2003 | Space and magic of Nida, Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania and Gallery Caisa, Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Finland Between Vilnius and Kaunas, Vilnius Town Hall, Lithuania |
| 2004 | Vilnius-Warsaw, Days of Lithuanian Art in Warsaw, Galeria Domu Artysty Plastyka, Poland Exhibition of Lithuanian Art in Art Gallery www.art.se at Hornsgatan 64b, Stockholm, Sweden Lithuanian Art, Baltrušaitis house, Moscow, Russia |
| 2005 | Exhibition of Lithuanian Art, History and Art Museum, Kaliningrad, Russia Dialogue, Exhibition of Lithuanian painting, “N” Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 2006 | Exhibition of Lithuanian painting, Honorary consulate of Lithuania, Vienna; Town Hall, Linz, Austria |
| 2007 | Monologues, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius Exhibition of Lithuanian Art, Circullo Belles Artes, Valencia; Town Hall, Almeria, Spain |
| 2008 | Lithuanian painting: 6 artists, Art Garden, Drenthe, Netherlands |
| 2009 | Expression of silence, Meno parkas gallery, Kaunas |
| 2010 | Lithuanian season: painting, graphics, sculpture, Alex Gallery/Gallery A, Washington; Lithuanian Art Gallery Ciurlionis, Youth center, Chicago, USA Line, color, space, Arka Gallery, Vilnius Red, Arka Gallery, Vilnius |
| 2011 | Look at yourself, Arka Gallery, Vilnius; Monkute-Marks Museum, Kedainiai; Siauliai Art Gallery Artscape, Exhibition Center Litexpo, Vilnius The climbing sun is wakening the world, Arka Gallery, Vilnius |
| 2012 | Donelaitis 2012, Vilniaus Town Hall Imaginary stories, Uzutrakis Manor House LT00 Tapyba, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius Roots, Arka Gallery, Vilnius; L. Schemeliov Museum, Minsk; Art Gallery of G. H. Vashchenko, Belarus |
| 2013 | Singer of peasants, Arka Gallery, Vilnius Portrait of a century, Culture and History Museum, Goerlitz, Germany; Art Exhibition Hall, Kaliningrad, Russia International Art Fair Huntenkunst'13, Ulft, Netherlands Symbiosis, 4th Lithuanian Artist Association collection, Ulft, Netherlands Flight, Arka Galerry, Vilnius Imaginary stories. Figure, Uzutrakis Manor House Painting and its contexts, 15th International Painting Triennial, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius Town and painter, Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU, Brussels, Belgium Up and down, Lifts of European Commission, Brussels, Belgium The third Eastern Partnership summit, Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre LITEXPO, Vilnius Sinchronicity, Ulft, Netherlands |
| 2014 | The year open gates, Vilnius Academy of Arts Exhibition Hall Titanic Memory and shades of time, Exhibition Hall, Grodno, Belorus Portrait of a century, Lithuanian Cultural Center at Lithuanian Embassy, Warsaw, Poland; Lithuanian Consulate, Sovetsk, Russia; Exhibition Hall of Belorus Artist Association, Minsk; Lithuanian Embassy, Madrid; Library of Valencia University, Spain Imaginary stories. Translation, Uzutrakis Manor House Colors of freedom, Arka Gallery, Vilnius; Monkutes-Marks Museum, Kedainiai Kelias/Cels/Kett, The Exhibition of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian Artists’ Associations dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way, Arka Gallery, Vilnius; Gallery of Latvian Artists' Association, Riga; The Museum of New Art, Parnu; National Library of Estonia, Tallinn Q14: Art on a flag pole, Third quadriennial of contemporary art, Vilnius Bastion, Vilnius |
| 2015 | Exhibition dedicated to 25th anniversary of independence of Lithuania, European Parliament, Brussels; European Commission, Brussels and Luxembourg; NATO Headquarters, Brussels; Lithuanian Embassy, The Hague, Netherlands Vilnius polonaise to Lithuania (Exhibition dedicated to M. K. Oginski), Arka Gallery, Vilnius; Samogitian Museum of Art, Plunge; Lithuanian Cultural Center at Lithuanian Embassy, Warsaw, Poland Ar(t)chive, Arka Gallery, Vilnius Zakhor, Imaginations of jewish Vilnius in modern Lithuanian art, Vilnius Town Hall; Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin, Germany Ne(Riba), Pamenkalnis Gallery, Vilnius |
| 2016 | Exhibition dedicated to 25th anniversary of independence of Lithuania, Lithuanian Embassy, Berlin; Deutsche Bank Offices, Berlin, Germany Nature mortus, Arka Gallery, Vilnius Zakhor, South African Jewish Museum, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa 100% of Painting, Arka Gallery, Vilnius Textile: for soul and body, 7th Biennial of Lithuanian textile art, Arka Gallery, Vilnius Art Vilnius'16, Lithuanian Artists' Association Gallery, Exhibition Center Litexpo, Vilnius Nomadic images, 16th International Painting Triennial, Kaunas Exhibition Hall, Kaunas |
| 2017 |
Zakhor, M. Mendelson foundation, Jerusalem, Israel Art Vilnius'16, Lithuanian Artists' Association Gallery, Exhibition Center Litexpo, Vilnius Vilnius - Saltzburg. Dialog, Arka Gallery, Vilnius; art bv Berchtoldvilla, Saltzburg, Austria Nigunim project: Man to man, Galeria Rynek, Olsztyn, Poland Überkreuzung – Crossroads – Kryžkelės“, 12 litauische künstler zu gast in franken, Galerie im Eishaus, Neudrossenfeld, Germany |
| 2018 |
(Re)created, 8th Biennial of Lithuanian textile art, Arka Gallery, Vilnius Landscape in a house, house in a landscape, Užutrakio Manor House Document, Vilnius Town Hall |
| 2019 |
Q19. Memorabilia. Copy to memory, Fourth quadriennial of contemporary art, Meno parkas gallery, Kaunas Expression of silence, Siauliai art gallery LDS hundred years collection, Taras Shevchenko Nacional Museum, Kiev, Ukraine |
| 1980 | Art Foundation (Pamenkalnio) Gallery |
| 1990 | Arka gallery, Vilnius |
| 1991 | Arka gallery, Vilnius |
| 1992 | (with R. Weber) Arka gallery, Vilnius Vartai Gallery, Vilnius |
| 1993 | Hera Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1994 | Kunsthall, Solvesborg, Sweden |
| 1995 | Lora Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden Harnestadt 3:23 Gallery, Ahus, Sweden Wahlmanska Huset, Hedemora, Sweden |
| 1996 | (with J. Bagdonavičiūte) Kauno Langas Gallery, Kaunas Lietuvos Aidas Gallery, Vilnius |
| 1999 | Klaipeda Art gallery, Klaipėda Kauno Langas Gallery, Kaunas Rotunda gallery, Vilnius Presidential Palace, Vilnius |
| 2000 | Lithuanian National Philharmonic Concert Hall, Vilnius
Jan Linder Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden Vartai gallery, Vilnius |
| 2001 | Akmens ženklai Gallery, Vilnius Klaipeda Art Gallery, Klaipėda |
| 2002 | Stiklo karoliukai Gallery, Vilnius |
| 2004 | Equilibrium, Vilniaus Town Hall, Vilnius Meno niša Gallery, Vilnius |
| 2005 | 18 paintings for woman, Ruta Gallery, Vilnius |
| 2006 | Paintings, objects, Dalia gallery, Vilnius |
| 2007 | (with J. Laurušaite) Pamenkalnio Gallery, Vilnius Exhibition of graphics and collages (with N. Žukauskaite), Nordens ljus Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden Klaipeda Art Exhibition Hall |
| 2008 | Meno niša gallery |
| 2009 | Lithuanian Parliament The State Small Theatre of Vilnius Lietuvos Aidas Gallery, Vilnius |
| 2010 | Hof-Joensuu-Vilna (with P.-M. Tschoepe), Ahjo Art Center, Joensu, Finland |
| 2013 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vilnius |
| 2015 | Disappearing Images, Lithuanian Artists' Association Gallery, Vokiečių 2, Vilnius |
| 2016 | Disappearing Images II, Meno parkas gallery, Kaunas; Art Gallery of Siauliai University, Siauliai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vilnius |
| 2017 | The Barriers, Concert Hall "Compensa", Vilnius |
| 2018 | Melting forms, Kultūrų Komunikacijų Centras, Klaipėda Exhibition Hall, Klaipėda The end is the beginning, Artifex gallery, Vilnius |
| 2019 | Objects, Trivium gallery, Vilnius Unstable conditions, VDA Exhibition Hall “Titanikas”, Vilnius; Siauliai Art gallery, Siauliai Stockholm diaries, Exhibition of collages, Multicultural center, Kedainiai |
