RIMAS CIURLIONIS

 

Born:        Kaunas, Lithuania, 1959

Resides: 3132 S. Euclid Avenue

Berwyn, Illinois   60402

708.749.8565

 

Selected Exhibitions

2008        Galerija XX2, Solo Show, Vilnius, Lithuania

 

2007        Riverside Art Center, Solo Show, Riverisde, IL

Galerija AVJazz, Solo Show, Kaunas, Lithuania

 

2003        Flatfile Gallery, A Global Language, Group Show, Chicago, IL

 

2003        SOFA - Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Chicago, IL

                  Katie Gingrass Gallery representing

 

2003        Katie Gingrass Gallery, Group Show, For the Office, Milwaukee, WI

 

2003        Don OÕMelveny Gallery, 2 Group Shows, West Hollywood, CA

 

2002        Collins Fine Art, Solo Show, Surfaces, Chicago, IL

         Gallery Enormous, Design Show, St. Petersburg, FL

 

2001        Collins Fine Art, Solo Show, Memories, Chicago, IL

 

2000        Collins Fine Art, Solo Show, Balance, Chicago, IL

                  Lakeside Gallery, Residency Show, Lakeside, MI

                  Palm Springs Art Expo, Palm Springs, CA

 

1999        Gallery 224, Solo and Group Shows, Laguna Beach, CA

                  Galeria Amalia Mahoney, Chicago, IL

                  Linda Warren Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

                  Belloc-Lowndes Gallery, Chicago, IL

                  Lakeside Gallery, Lakeside, MI

 

1998        Riverside Art Center, Riverside IL

                  Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL

 

1997        Loyola University Medical Center, Solo Show, Maywood, IL

                  Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Solo Show, Chicago, IL

 

1996        Riverside Arts Center, Solo Show, Riverside, IL

                  Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL

                  The Trickster, Juried Show, Chicago, IL

 

1993        Bertoncini Gallery, Solo Show, Chicago, IL

 

1991        Kaunas Art Center, Solo Show, Kaunas, Lithuania

 

1990        Schwalenberg Kunstlerhaus, Schwalenberg, Germany

                  Lemgo Art Competition, Lemgo, Germany

 

1989        Lippische Kreishaus, Solo Show, Detmold Germany

 

 

Selected Collections and Commissions

 

Harris Bank/Bank of Montreal (2008), Chicago, IL

Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago, IL

Lippische Kreishaus, Detmold, Germany

Berzelis Pharmacy, Kaunas, Lithuania

Pazaislis Monastery, Kaunas, Lithuania

Cathedral of Telsiai, Telsiai, Lithuania

 

 

 

Reviews and Publications

 

2000        Art Scene Chicago 2000, ed. Ivy Sundell

1998        The Chicago Art Scene, ed. Ivy Sundell

1994        Lithuanian Artists in North America, ed. Algimantas Kezys

1993        Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune, August 20

1993        Marja Hagborg, The Sun, August 10

1990        Kunstler Sehen die Alte Hansestadt Lemgo, exhibition catalog

 

 

 

Honors

 

2007        Lithuanian Society Cultural Award for Art

2000        Lakeside Studio, Lakeside, MI, Residency

1999        Midway Airport Terminal Art Competition, Chicago, IL, Finalist

1990        Kunstlerhaus Schwalenberg, Schwalenberg, Germany, Residency

1989        800 Year Anniversary Art Competition, Lemgo, Germany, Second Prize

 

 

 

Education

 

1980        Stepas Zukas Art College, Kaunas, Lithuania

1976        Jonas Naujalis Art Academy, Kaunas, Lithuania