TEXTILE'05 | NEWS

2005 11 30
Winners of TEXTILE 05 are:

Excellence award in the category of 'Idea'


Patricija Gilyte (Germany) for the work "Rucksiht / Heed 360"

Excellence award in the category of 'Place'

Fiona Kirkwood (South Africa) for the work "Survival"

Excellence award in the category of 'Technology'

Inga Liksaite (Lithuania) for the work "Double-Portrait - 7"

 

Certificates of Achievement were awarded to:


Inga Blix (Norway) for the work "Global Coverlet"


Egle Ganda Bogdaniene (Lithuania) for the work "Awakening"


Lina Jonike (Lithuania) for the work "Lie-tu-va"


Danica Maier (UK) for the work "Foin [14C] (Lit. To Thrust With A Pointed Weapon)"


Seamus McGuinness (Ireland) for the work "21 Grams - A Silent Community"


Monika Zaltauskaite-Grasiene (Lithuania) for the work "Generations"

Biennial catalogues are available at M. Zilinskas Art Gallery. For purchasing the catalogue by post please contact us at or vita_geluniene@yahoo.com or vitvirgute@takas.lt

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2005 10 13
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE OF VENUE
The exposition of Textile05 is transfered to M.Zilinskas art gallery

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2005 09 20 Press Release
Kaunas Art Biennial TEXTILE 05

From 21st October to 4th December 2005 the fifth round of Kaunas Art Biennial under the title TEXTILE 05 will take place. It will be located at M. Zilinskas Art Gallery and Kaunas Picture Gallery, Lithuania.
TEXTILE 05 will feature pieces in three categories: works produced for site specific, works using new technology and conceptually creative works. Exhibition Designer - Saulius Valius

TEXTILE 05 will consist of two main sections:

OPEN
Works, submitted by one hundred and forty five artists, from thirty countries will be awarded prizes. Three awards worth Litas 5,000 each, will be available for three different categories. The pieces will be judged by Keiko Kawashima, Director of Kyoto International Contemporary Textile Art Centre / Japan, Osvaldas Daugelis, Director of M.K.Ciurlionis National Museum of Art / Lithuania, Silja Puranen, Textile Artist and President of TEXO / Finland, Jon Eric Riis, Textile Artist / USA, Laima Kreivyte, Art Critic / Lithuania, Gailute Kazakeviciute, doctor of technology, Lithuanian Textile Institute / LT . The award ceremony will take place at the Opening of the Biennial on October 21, 4 p.m. at M.Zilinskas Art Gallery.

INVITED ARTISTS
Twenty seven artists, overseen by three curators, Keiko Kawashima, Silja Puranen and Jon Eric Riis, will present outstanding contemporary textile art works from Japan, Europe and USA.
A bilingual catalogue will be published and launched at the Biennial’s opening ceremony, available at M. Zilinskas Art Gallery.
A number of group and solo textile exhibitions will be shown at the Kaunas city galleries and streets as well as in the gallery of Kedainiai. The Biennial will hold a round table discussion The Making of the Kaunas Biennial which will take place on October 22. The discussion moderator will be Ed Carroll, Programmer, CityArts, Dublin / IRL.
The informal meetings will run at the Biennial’s Café and the Night Club.

Contacts:
Vita Geluniene, Chief Executive
E-mail: vita_geluniene @yahoo.com
Tel: +370 699 93787

Virginija Vitkiene, Deputy Chief Executive
E-mail: vitvirgute@takas.lt
Tel: +370 61256171

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2005 09 15
PARTICIPANTS

  1. RABIA AHMAD (PAKISTAN)
  2. INGER ANDERSON ( SWEDEN)
  3. SUSAN TABER AVILA ( USA)
  4. EGLE BABILAITE SITAS ( LITHUANIA)
  5. ELENA BALSIUKAITE-BRAZDZIUNIENE (LITHUANIA)
  6. RAMINTA BALTRUSYTE (LITHUANIA)
  7. HENRIKA BARTKUTE (LITHUANIA)
  8. AIJA BAUMANE (LATVIA)
  9. DANGUOLE BECELYTE-CACHAVICIENE ( LITHUANIA)
  10. MARGARITA BENITEZ (USA)
  11. ULRIKA BERGE ( SWEDEN)
  12. INGA BLIX (NORWAY)
  13. IRISA BLUMATE (LATVIA)
  14. WANG BO (CHINA)
  15. EGLE GANDA BOGDANIENE (LITHUANIA)
  16. RUNA BOGER ( NORWAY)
  17. PIP BRANT ( USA)
  18. ANNA-KARIN BYLUND (SWEDEN)
  19. LIng chen ( CHINA)
  20. SHU-YEN CHEN ( TAIWAN)
  21. GEORGE CHIH-YU CHEN ( CANADA)
  22. SARAWUT CHUTIWONGPETI (THAILAND)
  23. KRISTINA CYZIUTE ( LITHUANIA)
  24. VLADAS DASKEVICIUS ( LITHUANIA)
  25. FENELLA DAVIES ( UNITED KINGDOM)
  26. VIRGINIJA DEGENIENE ( LITHUANIA)
  27. MILDA DULKYTE ( LITHUANIA)
  28. ILZE EGLE ( LATVIA)
  29. MACIEJ FISZER (FRANCE)
  30. JOANNA FOSLIEN ( USA)
  31. NAOKO FUJII ( JAPAN)
  32. ELÎNA GIBIETE ( LATVIA)
  33. PATRICIJA GILYT E ( GERMANY)
  34. REN GUANGHUI ( CHINA)
  35. ELONA GUTAUSKAITE-LINKEVICIENE (LITHUANIA)
  36. LUCIE HAENTJENS ( Belgium )
  37. BRITT HENNIE HALVORSEN ( NORWAY)
  38. SUGANE HARA (JAPAN)
  39. TONE HELLERUD (NORWAY)
  40. EVA HENNEBERRY (USA)
  41. SEVERIJA INCIRAUSKAITE-KRIAUNEVICIENE (LITHUANIA)
  42. ZITA INCIRAUSKIENE (LITHUANIA)
  43. KAKUKO ISHII (JAPAN)
  44. FELIKSAS JAKUBAUSKAS (LITHUANIA)
  45. RAN JIANG ( CHINA)
  46. LINA JONIKE (LITHUANIA)
  47. RITA – JURATE JOSELOVICIENE (ISRAEL)
  48. XIAO JUN (CHINA)
  49. JURGITA JUODYTE (LITHUANIA)
  50. KEN KAGAJO (JAPAN)
  51. YA-CHU KANG (TAIWAN)
  52. SUNNA KANGAS (Finland)
  53. KRISTINA KARVELYTE (LITHUANIA)
  54. HELEN KAUKSI (ESTONIA)
  55. MARE KELPMAN ( ESTONIA)
  56. Tiina KIRSI KERN ( GERMANY)
  57. FIONA KIRKWOOD (SOUTH AFRICA)
  58. VIRGINIJA KIRVELIENE (LITHUANIA)
  59. AUSRA KLEIZAITE (LITHUANIA)
  60. SIRKKA KÖNÖNEN (FINLAND)
  61. MARIKA KÖÖBI (ESTONIA)
  62. LAIMUTE KOZLOVIENE (LITHUANIA)
  63. ROLANDS KRUTOVS (LATVIA)
  64. MARITA LAPPALAINEN (FINLAND)
  65. KRISTA LEESI ( ESTONIA)
  66. SKAIDRITE LEIMANE ( LATVIA)
  67. SAULIUS LEONAVICIUS (LITHUANIA)
  68. INGA LIKSAITE (LITHUANIA)
  69. ZHANG LIN ( CHINA)
  70. RUTA LIN Î TE (LATVIA)
  71. GOU LIPENG (CHINA)
  72. JIGUO LIU (CHINA)
  73. MONIKA LOSTER (THE NETHERLANDS)
  74. DANICA MAIER (UNITED KINGDOM)
  75. MERJA ANNELI MARKKULA ( ITALY)
  76. LIGITA MARCINKEVICIUTE (LITHUANIA)
  77. GRAZINA MARTINKEVICIUTE (LITHUANIA)
  78. ASTA MASIULYTE ( SPAIN / LITHUANIA)
  79. KARINA MATIUKIENE ( LITHUANIA)
  80. LIZZY MAYRL ( AUSTRIA)
  81. SEAMUS McGUINNESS (IRELAND)
  82. MENG JIE (CHINA)
  83. KEIKO MIZUTANI (JAPAN)
  84. JANINA MONKUTE – MARKS (USA / LITHUANIA)
  85. CECILIA NATALE (Italia)
  86. NITHIKUL NIMKULRAT ( FINLAND)
  87. MIYAKO NOJI (JAPAN)
  88. ODON (FRANCE)
  89. BEATRIZ OGGERO ( BOLIVIA)
  90. AET OLLISAAR ( ESTONIA)
  91. OLOOP Design Tjaða Bavcon, Katja Burger, Elena Fajt, Jausmina Ferèek, Jan Mrðnik (SLOVENIA)
  92. LAIMA ORZEKAUSKIENE (LITHUANIA)
  93. KADI PAJUPUU (ESTONIA)
  94. KATHRYN PANNEPACKER (USA)
  95. EGLE PETRAITYTE-TALALIENE (LITHUANIA)
  96. JURATE PETRUSKEVICIENE (LITHUANIA)
  97. CHRISTINE PEYRET (FRANCE)
  98. LILIANE PLOSKOVA (AUSTRIA)
  99. SEIKO ATSUTA PURDUE ( USA)
  100. annette quentin-stoll ( germany)
  101. VAIDA RAKAITYTË ( LITHUANIA)
  102. JURATE REKEVICIUTE ( LITHUANIA)
  103. ZYDRE RIDULYTE ( LITHUANIA)
  104. BAIBA RITERE ( LATVIA)
  105. MICHAEL ROHDE (USA)
  106. PATRICIA RUIZ de las CUEVAS (MEXICO)
  107. ISMINI SAMANIDOU (UK)
  108. BIRUTE SARAPIENE (LITHUANIA)
  109. HEIDRUN SCHIMMEL ( GERMANY)
  110. PAMELA SCHLOFF ( USA)
  111. BARBARA SCHNEIDER ( GERMANY)
  112. PETERIS SIDARS ( LATVIA)
  113. MARIJONA SINKEVICIENE ( LITHUANIA)
  114. AURELIJA STAPONKIENE (LITHUANIA)
  115. EMMA STRENG (THE Netherlands )
  116. LYUDMILLA SVARCHEVSKA (ESTONIA)
  117. MARIKA SZARAZ (BELGIUM)
  118. LINA SADUIKYTE ( LITHUANIA)
  119. JOLANTA SMIDTIENE (LITHUANIA)
  120. LORETA SVAIKAUSKIENE (LITHUANIA)
  121. AUNE TAAMAL ( ESTONIA)
  122. MINNAMARINA TAMMI ( FINLAND)
  123. ERIKA TAMMPERE ( ESTONIA)
  124. MILVI THALHEIM ( ESTONIA)
  125. HANNA TIIDUS ( ESTONIA)
  126. SONJA TOPLAK ( Slovenia)
  127. GINTAUTAS VAICYS ( LITHUANIA)
  128. DANUTE VALENTAITE ( LITHUANIA)
  129. ELS VAN BAARLE (NETHERLANDS)
  130. REGULA VERDET-FIERZ ( SWITZERLAND)
  131. AUDUR VÉSTEINSDÓTTIR (ICELAND)
  132. ERLE V?SA-TANGSOO (ESTONIA)
  133. JAN-RU WAN (USA)
  134. ALMYRA WEIGEL ( GERMANY)
  135. KATARINA WIKLUND (SWEDEN)
  136. GERARD WILLIAMS ( UK)
  137. MARIE-THERESE WISNIOWSKI ( AUSTRALIA)
  138. PEI-SHAN WU ( TAIWAN)
  139. WAKAKO YAMAGUCHI , JUNKO YOSHIDA (JAPAN)
  140. AMAYOKASIM YAMAMOTO (JAPAN)
  141. XIAO YANG ( CHINA)
  142. YUNBIN YU (CHINA)
  143. MARIUS ZAVADSKIS ( LITHUANIA)
  144. DAIVA ZUBRIENE (LITHUANIA)
  145. MONIKA ZALTAUSKAITË-GRASIENE ( LITHUANIA)

ARTISTS INVITED BY THE CURATORS

CURATOR: KEIKO KAWASHIMA ( JAPAN )
1. MACHIKO AGANO
2. TOMOKO BABA
3. SHIHOKO FUKUMOTO
4. MASAKO KITAGAWA
5. SUZUMI NODA
6. TOHRU OHTAKA
7. REIKO SUDO
8. HARUE TAKAMI
9. MITSUOTOYAZAKI

CURATOR: JON ERIC RIIS ( USA)
1. LIA COOK
2. MICHAEL JAMES
3. GYÖNGY LAKY
4. JUNCO SATO POLLACK
5. FRAN REED
6. JON ERIC RIIC
7. CYNTHIA SCHIRA

CURATOR: SILJA PURANEN ( FINLAND)
1. NIRAN BAIBULAT ( Finland)
2. FERNANDO MARQUES PENTEADO ( PORTUGAL)
3. KRISTVEIG HALLDORSDOTTIR ( ICELAND)
4. PETTER HELLSING ( SWEDEN)
5. AINSLEY HILLARD ( GREAT BRITAIN)
6. EVA HOLUBIKOVA(SLOVAKIA)
7. ASTRID KROGH ( DENMARK)
8. JOHN K. RAUSTEIN ( NORWAY)
9. SNEÞANA SKOKO ( SERBIA)
10. ISOLDE VENROOY ( NETHERLANDS)
11. SALLY WILLIAMS ( GREAT BRITAIN)