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Arunė Tornau

Selected lithuanian artists presented by ARKA gallery

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.

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Gray moss
Stone wall
Intervention
Head
Waterfall
Autumn
Separations
End of summer
Sunflower
Water plants

MAIN GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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 Vilnius 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, Arka Gallery, Vilnius
Art Vilnius'16, Lithuanian Artists' Association Gallery, Exhibition Center Litexpo, Vilnius PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

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

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