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Contacts

email: marijonas.verbel@gmail.com
instagram: @marijonasverbel | @iambluehelen
facebook: Marijonas Verbel

Based in Vilnius ~

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Education

Sculpture at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, LT
2023 - present

“Kūrybinės jungtys” training “How can I create an educational activity? Creative Learning Essentials”, SODAS 2123, LT
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2023

Motion expression seminar "Bodies and contexts" by Andrius Mulokas, Kirtimai cultural center, LT
more info
2023

Education programme for VAA & VU IIRPS students organised by Contemporary Art Center (CAC), LT
more info
2022

Textile art and design at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, LT
2021 - 2023

Residencies

Verpėjos residency, LT
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September 2024

Narva Art Residency, EE
more info
August 2023

Awards

Antanas Tamošaitis award for the interpretation of folk traditions in creativity with the work “Warp. Weft. Shuttle – The Three weavers”
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August 2023


Exhibitions

Group exhibition “Austėja”, Titanikas, LT
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September 2023

Virtual group exhibition “Menas be stogo”, project by Vilnius Municipality, LT
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August 2023

Group exhibition in art festival “Kvadratu”, Tauragė castle,  LT
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June 2023

Duo exhibition “Shaping the Unknown”, 5 MALŪNAI, LT
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November 2022

Co-curator of the “Where are the people?” exhibition, National Gallery of Arts, LT
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February 2021 - February 2022

Co-maker of the “Where are the people?” exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Arts, LT
more info | online version
November 2021 - September 2022

Projects

Performer in “Un dzeja dzimst” (directed bySamuels Ozoliņš) performance, LV
more info
September 2023

Scenographer of “Atraitnes dēls” (directed by Samuels Ozoliņš) show, KĀPNES
teātra studija, LV
more info
Janurary - July 2023

Performer in “Masāža mammai - drošās rokas“, festival LAMPA, LV
Performative event ‑ a massage for parents or anyone who has ever longed to be one.
more info
June 2023


Experience


Recurring weaving workshops comissioned by Sapieha Palace, LT
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October - November 2024

Intern at Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association (LIAA)
February - May 2024

Assisting with the production of an installation “holy wells and trees & other faith-healing sites” by Kamilė Krasauskaitė, Rupert AEP’s final exhibition, LT
November 2023

Assisting with the production of an exhibition “Anatomy of the Fetish” by Goda Palekaitė & Marija Puipaitė, Galerija Vartai, LT
more info
November 2023

Creative workshop mentor / artist at day camp organised by Contemporary Art Center (CAC), LT
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June & August 2023

Art teacher in a kindergarten, LT
September - November 2022

Assistant at day camp organised by Contemporary Art Center (CAC), LT
June 2022

Assistant at day camp organised by Contemporary Art Center (CAC), LT
June - July 2021

Volunteer in the art education program at the Baltic Triennial '14 (CAC), LT
June - September 2021