18 Notable alumni of
Academy Arts, Vilnius
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Academy Arts, Vilnius is 2075th in the world, 690th in Europe, and 5th in Lithuania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from Academy Arts, Vilnius sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Nikas Safronov
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- visual artistpainter
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Nikas Stepanovich Safronov is a Soviet and Russian artist. He has been given the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
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Togrul Narimanbekov
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- painter
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Togrul Farman oglu Narimanbekov was one of the prominent modern Azerbaijani artists., laureate of the State Prizes of the USSR and the Azerbaijan SSR, the People's Artist of the USSR and Azerbaijan, and a personal benefactor of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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Jurga Ivanauskaitė
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- writerpainterpoetessayist
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Jurga Ivanauskaitė was a Lithuanian writer.
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Kristina Sabaliauskaitė
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- novelist
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Kristina Sabaliauskaitė is a Lithuanian author and art historian. She is best known as the author of the series of historical novels Silva Rerum and Peter's Empress.
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Stasys Eidrigevičius
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- photographerdraftspersongraphic designergraphic artistpainter
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Stasys Eidrigevičius is a painter and graphic artist. His artistic name is sometimes simply used as Stasys. He is known for his surreal, poetic and symbolic works that have distinctive Stasys style and are easily recognizable. Stasys also has gained international recognition for his book illustrations and masterful posters, which often feature dreamlike imagery and deeply expressive figures.
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Valentinas Mazuronis
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- architectpolitician
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Valentinas Mazuronis is a Lithuanian politician and a member of the European Parliament.
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Algis Uždavinys
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- classical philologistphilosopher
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Algis Uždavinys was a Lithuanian philosopher and scholar. His work pioneered the hermeneutical comparative study of Egyptian and Greek religions, especially their esoteric relations to Semitic religions, and in particular the inner aspect of Islam (Sufism). His books have been published in Lithuanian, Russian, English and French, including translations of Plotinus, Frithjof Schuon and Ananda Coomaraswamy into Russian and Lithuanian.
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Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė
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- politician
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Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė is a Lithuanian politician and the incumbent Deputy Speaker of the Seimas and acting chairwoman of Homeland Union since 28 October 2024. She has served as a Member of the Seimas since 2016, and has additionally served as Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, Minister of Education, Science and Sports and as First Vice Chairwoman of the Homeland Union since 2021.
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Algimantas Nasvytis
- Enrolled in Academy Arts, Vilnius
- Studied in 1946-1952
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- politicianuniversity teacherarchitect
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Algimantas Nasvytis was a Lithuanian architect. He was active in the pro-independence Sąjūdis movement and served as Minister of Construction and Urban Development in the first four Cabinets of Lithuania after Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union.
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Kęstutis Kasparavičius
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- writerchildren's writer
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Kestutis Kasparavicius was born on 2 June 1954 Aukstadvaris, Lithuania. In 1962- 1972 studied at M.K.Ciurlionis Art School, a choir conducting class. In 1972- 1981 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vilnius, a graphic design class. Since 1984 he has been working as a children's books illustrator and author and has completed 65 books. Kestutis favorite technology is watercolour. His books have published in 22 languages: Lithuanian, German, English, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Italian, Estonian, Latvian, Bulgarian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Turkish, Chinese(Mandarin, Chinese(Simplified), Korean, Hungarian, Slovenian, Romanian, Albanian. In 1993 he was honored as Illustrator of the Year by Bologna Children's Book Fair, 2003 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition Award for Excellence and his illustrations have selected for fair's illustrators exhibition 13 times. Kestutis was also awarded the Golden Pen of Belgrade, 1990, the II Diploma Premi International Catalonia d`Illustracio, Barcelona, 1994, Diploma, Tallinn Illustrations Triennial, 2006; The Best Lithuanian Children's Book, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012; Lithuanian Children's Literary Award, 2008; The Gold Sign of Lithuanian Artists Assotiation, 2010; Baltic Sea Region Jānis Baltvilks International Prize in Children's Literature and Book Art, Riga, 2010; Atrapallibres Award for Children's Literature, Barcelona, 2011; The White Ravens list, Internationale Jugendbibliothek, München, 2013; Premio Vittoria Samarelli, Associazione Giuseppe Acerbi, Castel Goffredo, 2013; "Außergewöhnliches Buch 2015", Internationalen Literaturfestival in Berlin, 2015; German and European Garden Book Award, 2018; Kęstutis was nomined for The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2022 also for The Hans Christian Andersen Award, 2008, 2010 and 2018.
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Deimantas Narkevičius
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- film directorsculptorvideo artist
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Deimantas Narkevičius is one of the most consistent and widely recognised Lithuanian artists on the international art scene. Originally trained as a sculptor, Narkevičius has mainly worked with film and video. Employing documentary footage, voice-overs, interviews, re-enactments and found photographs, his films submit historical events to the narrative structures of storytelling and cinema. In his artistic practice Narkevičius examines the relationship of personal memories to political histories, particularly those of his native Lithuania. For the artist, history itself has become both material and methodology.
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Undinė Radzevičiūtė
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- writer
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Undinė Radzevičiūtė is a Lithuanian novelist, a winner of the EU Prize for Literature in 2015.
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Gintaras Karosas
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- sculptor
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Gintaras Karosas is an artist who founded Europos Parkas and designed its landscape.
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Ray Bartkus
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- 1961-.. (age 64)
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- artist
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Ray Bartkus is a Lithuanian-American artist. His work spans numerous mediums, including illustrations, hyperrealist paintings, and large-scale installations. He is known as the founder of MaLonNY, an annual art festival in Marijampolė, and as the designer of the Lithuanian 50 Litas bill. His works have been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, the Lithuanian National Gallery of Art, the MO Museum, and the Noewe Foundation.
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Kęstutis Krasauskas
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- 1968-.. (age 57)
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- sculptor
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Kęstutis Krasauskas is a Lithuanian artist and sculptor.
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Aloyzas Stasiulevičius
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- painter
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Aloyzas Stasiulevičius is a Lithuanian modern painter, art teacher and critic. He lives and works in Vilnius. His works are held by various museums and galleries, including Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Tretyakov Gallery, Sharjah Art Museum, Latvian National Museum of Art, Lithuanian Art Museum. In 2007, he was awarded the Order for Merits to Lithuania.
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Vytautas Tomaševičius
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- painter
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Vytautas Tomaševičius is a Lithuanian painter, creating work in Vilnius since the late 1990s. His distinctive style combines a graphite and painted image with an enlarged laser-printed graphic transferred to the painting surface. In 2019 he became the first Lithuanian artist to win the Excellence Award in the Tokyo Art Olympia Biennale.
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Laimutis Ločeris
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- graphic designerpainter
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Laimutis Ločeris was a Lithuanian monumentalist painter and graphic artist.
