severija.kriauneviciene@vda.lt
Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė (b. 1977) is one of the most prominent artists of contemporary Lithuanian textiles, she is a well-known creator in the international art arena. The artist has graduated from textile studies and obtained a VAA Art Licentiate degree. The original thinking and the author’s technique of creating artworks brought Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė wide international recognition of her work. She has received many awards (in 2020, the Lithuanian Government’s Prize for Culture and Arts was awarded to her for an important contribution to the field of Lithuanian culture and art), and is constantly invited to participate in international contemporary art exhibitions and present her art pieces at international conferences. Her creations have been acquired by the most important museums of art and design. Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė has exhibited her artistic work alongside such well-known names as Andy Warhol, Joseph Boys, Jeff Koons, Erwin Wurm, Marina Abromovich, Damien Hirst, Jenny Holzer, Banksy and others.
Severija Inčirauskaitė – Kriaunevičienė is also a curator of exhibitions and projects as well as a compiler of publications. From 2009 to 2019, she headed the Artifex Textile Gallery of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, which significantly contributed to the formation of the Lithuanian art field. Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė shares her creative experience with young creators. Since 2005, she has been teaching students at the Department of Textiles of the Vilnius Academy of Arts (in 2016, she was promoted to Associate Professor). From 2020 – head of VAA Department of Textiles Art and Design. She is often invited to share her creative and pedagogical experience at such institutions as Kingston University (London), Royal College of Art (London), École des Arts Decoratifs (Paris), Academy of Design and Crafts / University of Gothenburg HDK (Sweden), Chinese Academy of Arts (Hangzhou, China), Estonian Academy of Arts (Tallinn) and Latvian Academy of Arts (Riga). Since 2018, she has been a member of the European largest textile network ETN (European Textile Network).
Social media links: instagram: @severija_incirauskaite; facebook: Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė
Education
2004–2007 Postgraduate studies at VAA. Received the qualificational degree of Art Licentiate.
2001–2003 MA (Textiles) at VAA.
1997–2001 Studied Textiles at Vilnius Academy of Art (VAA).
Positions held
2023-2025 Member of the consortium at International textile project „Weave-Up!“ „Creative Europe“ programe.
From 2020 Head of VAA Department of Textiles Art and Design.
From 2019 Member of the Board of the VAA Textile gallery Artifex. Exhibition expert.From 2008-2019 Director (art curator and manager) of the VAA Textile gallery Artifex.
From 2018 Member of the European Textile Network ETN.
From 2016 Associate professor at the VAA Department of Textiles Art and Design.
From 2005 Lectur at the VAA Department of Textiles.
Awards
2020 Lithuanian Government’s Culture and Art Prize for merits to Lithuanian culture and art.
2017 Finalis of international Luxembourg Art Prize 2017 competition.
2016 Installation „Kill for Peace“ awarded as the best installation of Contemporary Art Fair „ArtVilnius’16 „.
2016 Main award of the competition Good Lithuanian Design 2016.
2015 Gold Badge of the Lithuanian Artists‘ Union.
2014 Main award of the competition Good Lithuanian Design 2014.
2014 Bronze medal of the International Fiber Art Exhibition From Luasanne to Beijing. Beijing, China.
2008 First award of the Textiles Biennial City Signs. „Arka“ gallery Vilnius.
2003 Special award of the exhibition The Right and the Wrong Side. Kaunas Art Biennial.
2003 3rd VAA award for MA dissertation.
1999 VAA professor emeritus Antanas Tamošaitis’s 2nd award.
Grants received from:
2007, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023 Grants of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.
2009 Grant of the Nordic Council (Sleipnir programme).
2007 Grant of the International Art House Künstlerhaus Lukas. Ahrenshoopas, Germany.
Residences
2020 International residence Cite Internationale des Arts (February). Paris, France.
2007 International residence Kunstlerhaus Lukas (3-month scholarship). Arenshop, Germany.
Works in Museum collections
Object Objects for Comparison (2009)
acquired by Museum of Sacred Art, Anykščiai (Lithuania) in 2020;
Installation Donald Bubble Gum (2016) acquired by MO museum (Lithuania) in 2020; Installation Kill for Peace (2016) acquired by Musdienu Makslas Centrs /Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art in 2016; Installation (part) A Path Strewn With Roses (2008) acquired by Röhsska Museum for Arts, Crafts, Design and Fashion, Gothenburg, (Sweden) in 2016; Object Light Bucket Challenge (2010) acquired by New Walk Museum, part of Leicester Arts and Museums Service, Leicester (UK) in 2015; Object Every Stick has Two Ends (2012) acquired by Les Musees de la civillisation, Quebec (Canada) in 2013; Object Daily Bread Give to As Today… (2009) acquired by Les Musees de la civillisation, Quebec (Canada) in 2013.Works in private collections 2022. Art object Timeless Fragility in Mr. George Dreszer private collection (JAV). 2022. Installation Spring is in the Air in private “Lewben Art Foundation” collection; Part of installation Sports at Home from 2022 in private collection (Lithuania); Object With Love from… from 2018 in private collection (Ukraine); Installation Tourist’s Delight from 2017 in private collections (Ukraine-France, Lithuania); Object After Party from 2013 in private collection (USA); Object Rococo from 2007 in private collection (USA); Separate objects from collection Life is Beautiful are in private collections (Lithuania, Armenia); Separate objects from collection Autumn Collection are in private collections (Germany); Separate objects from collection A Path Strewn With Roses (3parts) are in private collections (Lithuania, French); Separate object from collection Between City and Country is in private collection (USA); Object Morning Trio from 2014 is in private collection (UK); Object Greed from 2012 is in private collection (United Arab Emirates); 2 objects from collection Sunflowers from 2010 are in private collections (Germany, UK).
Public art
2019 Sculpture Water Lilies in the public space of Vilnius (near Mo museum). Architect Tomas Grunskis. Sponsors: Irmantas Norkus, Vilnius City Municipality, “ArtVilnius”.
Solo exhibitions
2021 Donaldo nuotykiai . MO museum, Vilnius. 2021.06.02-11.14
2018 With Love from… exhibition space „Titanic“ of Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius.
2016. 11. 07 Donaldo nuotykiai / Donald Bubble Gum. Trivium Gallery, Vilnius.
2016 Kūrybos pristatymas. Sakralinio meno centras, Anykščiai.
2015 Daily Bread Give As Today…. Expo Milano 2015, Milano, Italy.
2014 Unravellings. VAA Textile Gallery Artifex, Vilnius.
2013/14 Unravellings. Satellite exhibition of the Kaunas Art Bienniea UNITEXT. Kaunas Picture Gallery, national Museum of M.K. Čiurlionis.
2012 Autumn Harvest. SamogitiART Gallery, Telšiai.
2011 Connected by the Past. Hop gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2010 Extraordinary Routine. Part of the Thomas Mann festival. Virginija and Kazimieras Mizgiris‘ Artists‘ House, Nida.
2008 Installation A Path Strewn With Roses in the framework of the project Art in Unexpected Spaces (part of the Vilnius – European Capital of Culture programme) Vilnius.
2008 A Path Strewn With Roses. VAA Textile Gallery Artifex, Vilnius.
2007 3 + 3. Young Art From Three Countries. Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop, Ahrenshoop, Germany.
2007 3 + 3. Young Art From Three Countries. Ystad Art Museum, Ystad, Sweden.
2007 A Path Strewn With Roses. Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas.
2007 Soft View. Šiauliai University’s Art Gallery, Šiauliai.
2005 Beauty Must Live. Academija Gallery, Vilnius.2005–2006 Greetings on… Vartai Gallery, Vilnius.
2004 Softly About Football. Klaipėda Gallery, Klaipėda.
2004 Softly About Football. Exhibited during the live broadcast of the European Football Championship’s finals. Vilnius concert and sports hall, Vilnius.
2003 Softly About Football. Lithuanian Football Federation’s event, Forum Palace, Vilnius.
2002 Skin. Akademija Gallery, Vilnius.
Art fairs
2023 International Contemporary Art Fair „ArtVilnius’23“. Vilnius. Lithuania.
2022 International Contemporary Art Fair „ArtVilnius’22“. Vilnius. Lithuania.
2021 International Contemporary Art Fair „ArtVilnius’21“. Vilnius. Lithuania.
2019 International Contemporary Art Fair „ArtVilnius’19“. Vilnius. Lithuania.
2018 International Contemporary Art Fair “Kyiv Art Week 18″ Kyiv Art Week” at project “Užupis: Responsibility for Freedem” (curator Kostiantyn Doroshenko). Ukraine. Kiev.
2018 International Contemporary Art Fair „ArtVilnius’18“. Vilnius. Lithuania.
2017 International Contemporary Art Fair „ArtVilnius’17“. Vilnius. Lithuania.
2016 International Contemporary Art Fair „ArtVilnius’16 „. Vilnius. Lithuania. (Installation „Kill for Peace“ was awarded as the best installation of the fair).
2015 International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects COLLECT. 2015. Saatchi Gallery, London, UK. (Art experts noted Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė as one of the most important authors of the fair.)
2015 International Design Biennial Saint-Etienne. Saint-Etienne, France.
2014 Nordic interior design fair FORMEX. Stockholm, Sweden.
2013 International applied art fair Craft Show. Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia, USA.
2009 International Gallery Fair 6th Berliner Kunstsalon. Berlin, Germany. (Featured by Kunstraum Richard Sorge Gallery).
2009 Crafts fair Creativa. Messe Westfalenhallen Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.
Selected group exhibitions
2023
2023.06.16-2023.10.01 – Guest artist at the International biennale Biennale internationale du lin de Portneuf. Quebec, Kanada.
2023.10.22 – 2024.01.14 – „Vilnius Vibes. Kunst aus der baltischen Kapitale“. Angermuseum. Erfurt, Germany.
2023.06.07 – 2323.10. 29 – International textiles exhibition „IMAGINE!“. Exhibition is part of the International Textilex Festival FITE (International Festival of Extraordinary Textiles). National Museum of Lithuania / House of Histories.
2023.06.16 – 2023. 09.17 – Seventh International Fiber Art Triennial QUO VADIS? Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Museum of Art Bourse. Riga Latvia.
2023.06.30- 2023.07.01. Electronic Music Festival „AUDRA“. Arts program. Žilinska Art Museum, Kaunas.
2022
2022.12. 30 – 23.01.29 Contemporary Lithuanian textile exhibition DUENDE. Cultural Center „Centro Cultura Casa De Vacas“, Madrid, Spain. Curators: Maria Orgeta and Vilma Mačianskaitė.
2022.11.17 – 2023.04.09 International curatorial exhibition „Archaeologists of Memory: Vitols Contemporary Art collection“. KUMU Museum, Tallinn, Estonia. Curator: Eda Tuulberg.
2022.09.19-2023.03.26 International textiles exhibition „IMAGINE!“. This exhibition is part of the International Textilex Festival FITE (International Festival of Extraordinary Textiles). BARGOIN museum, Clermont-Ferrand. (France). Organizers: HS_Projets association ir Clermont-Ferrand Council; Bargoin museum. (Curators: Simon Njami – author and international curator for contemporary art; Christine Bouilloc – director of Bargoin museum; Christine Athenor – curator, director of HS_Projets association; Charlotte Croissant – director of Textile department
at Bargoin museum; Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė – artist, curator.
2022.06.04 – 11.20 International curatorial exhibition Growing Out? Growing Up? Contemporary Art Collecting in the Baltics. “ZUZEUM Art Centre“. Ryga. Latvija; (The project was initiated and developed by Ieva Zībārte, architect, writer and curator, in collaboration with Karin Laansoo, Artistic Director at Kai, Ugnė Bužinskaitė, Art Curator and Director of Lewben Art Foundation, and Giedrė Marčiulaitė, Art Curator and Executive Director of the The Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation).
2022.10.14 Exhibition „PRESEKVADRIENALĖ 2022. LAA communities: gangs, groups and individuals“. Panevėžys City Art Gallery.
2022.06. Creative workshop „Nervus į konservus “ for students of M. Čobots University students. The workshop is part of the project initiated by Marta Frejutė, Tomas Daukša and NDG „When art helps to communicate. Meetings of older generation people and contemporary artists“. National Art Gallery. Vilnius.
2021
2021.09.18-10.03 Contemporary design exhibition Tactile Baltics of the Baltic States. „The Dray Walk“ gallery, London. Part of the London Design Festival. International Biennale of Contemporary Art Biennale Européenne des Blancs Manteaux. Le 4 Paris Art Center, Paris, France.
2021.09.30-2022. 01. 09 International textiles exhibition Asia-Europe 5. “Poikilo” museum, Kouvola, Finland.
2021.03.19-06.26 International exhibition Spirit. Galerija TSEKH. Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021.11.18- 12.11 Exhibition curated by Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė. Exhibition „Vladislovas Daujotas (1921-2009). Textile Artist’s Portfolio”. VAA Exhibition space „Titanikas“, Vilnius.
Exhibition curated by Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė. Exhibition „Vladislovas Daujotas (1921-2009). Textile Artist’s Portfolio”. Museum of Mažeikiai Town.
Personal exhibition during creative workshop ARDYK, PAŽINK, SUKURK at Anykščiai Art Center.
2020
2020-2021.04 Exhibition Love Etc at International Festival of Extraordinary Textiles (FITE)
“Bargoin” museum, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Organized by HS_Projets association and Clermont-Ferrand Council. Lithuanian conceptual design collection Rase with Nature (curated by Audronė Drungilaitė) was presented at the international design exhibition Virtual Design Destination at the London Deign Festival. The project was organized by Design Gallery Adorno in cooperation with the Lithuanian Cultural Institute and the Lithuanian Cultural Attache in the United Kingdom. Lithuanian art and design innovations at the exhibition Reborn Lithuania -30. Brussels, Belgium. Liuxembourg. The exhibition was initiated by the Permanent Representation of Lithuania at the European Union (curated by Sonata Baliuckaitė).
International textiles exhibition Contemporary Thinking, Textile Seeing at the virtual gallery IRGI www.irgigalerija.lt during international conference TEXTILE FOR FUTURE.
International mini textile art exhibition Pop Up. Beffroi in Montrouge, Paris, France.
2019
Baltic Textile Art. Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Inner Child. Vaikų ir jaunimo galerija. Vilnius. Lithuania.
Garden of Eden, Neuhaus Castle. During the 19th ETN Conference: Garden of Eden in Haslach, Austria.
The Mr. Stitch Guide to Cross Stitch. British Textile Bienial. Towneley Art Gallery and Museum, Burnley, Great Britain.
International mini textile art exhibition Pop Up. Ex church of San Francesco, Spazio Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy.
The Origin of Species: 1990s DNA. Mo museum, Vilnius.
2018
Design Lithuania exhibition in the North countries festival Les Boreales. L Artotheque, Espaces d, art contemporain, Palais Ducal (Impasse Due Rollan 14000), Caen, France.
2018.12.08-2019.01.16 Contemporary Spoleto Fiber Art Biennial. Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, Spoleto, Italy.
Curated by Maria Giuseppina Caldarola and Margherita Labbe.
Hats off to hats! From everyday object of around 1750 to today’s designer creations. Spielzeug Welten Museum. Basel.
Exhibition of female artists Arsenal ( curated by Erica Hess). Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
The 6th Riga International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial. Tradition & Innovation, „Arsenal“ exhibition space. Riga. Latvia.
The 6th Riga International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial. Tradition & Innovation, exhibition space „Titanic“ of Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius.
Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian artists‘ exhibition „3 Free“. KKC. Klaipėda. Lithuania.
Applied Art and Design 1918-2018. Applied Art and Design Museum, Vilnius.
2017
International exhibition „Luxembourg Art Prize 2017 finalists exhibition“. Herve Lancelin gallery. Luxembourg.
International exhibition „Figures of the City“. „Zhejiang Art Museum“, Hangzhou. China.
International exhibition „Sutur Ihopa Sytt“, Algarden gallery. XVIII ETN Conference „Crossover“, Boras, Sweden.
Lithuanian design exhibition „Design Lithuania“ Paris Design Week. France.
International exhibition „Guide to Cross Stitch“. Farnham Pottery. Great Britain.2016
Kill for Peace. International Contemporary Art Fair „ArtVilnius’16 „. Vilnius. Lithuania. (Installation „Kill for
Peace“ was awarded as the best installation of the fair).
Textile exhibition PHOTO-VIDEO-MEDIA textile. The exhibition was held in Ukraine: Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk,
Odessa.
2015
Participation in the project Dismaland of the street artist Banksy. Weston Super Mare. Great Britain.
Internatiol textile exhibition Tradition and Innovation. Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia.
Baltic design exhibition Baltic links. Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
Swedish design exhibition Svenska. Bonhoga gallery. Scotland.
Contemporary textile exhibition Embroidery: Vision and Witness. Röhsska Museum. Gothenburg, Sweden.
International exhibition Tunais, tuning, tu meurs. Musée d’Art et d’Industrie. Saint-Etienne. France.
2014
Competition and exhibition Good Lithuanian Design 2014.
International Fiber Art Exhibition From Luasanne to Beijing. Beijing, China.
Lithuanian Textile exhibition Art versus Design? Contemporary Art Center LAZNIA. Gdansk, Poland.
Internacionale Textile Biennial Contextile. Cosa Da Memoria. Guimaraes, Portuga.
Lithuanian Mini Textile exhibition Aukso fondas. Gallery SVU. Bratislava, Slovakia.
Lithuanian Textile exhibition Laiko drobulė. Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas.
Lithuanian Textile exhibition Absolute Textiles. From the Source to the Twenty-First Century. Applied Arts Museum.
Vilnius.
2013
Contemporary Lithuanian textile exhibition From a Statement to a Monument. Lithuanian Culture Centre at the
Lithuanian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland.
Contemporary Lithuanian textile exhibition LTextile. Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, USA.
International Competitive Contemporary Art Biennial JCE. The Young European Artists Network. Amadeo de
Souza-Cardoso Museum, Amarante, Portugal.
Portneuf International Flax Biennial Biens de famille. Quebec, Canada.
2012
International exhibition Knitting and Stitching Show. Alexandra Palace, London; Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton
Keynes, Great Britain.
International textile exhibition Needleworks. Handwerk Gallery, Munich, Germany.
International Competitive Contemporary Art Biennial JCE. The Young European Artists Network. Amadeo de
Souza-Cardoso Museum, Amarante, Portugal; Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Bratislava City Gallery,
Bratislava, Slovakia; Zsolnay Kulturális Negyed, Pécs, Hungary; La Fabrique, Paris, France.
International exhibition Source of Light. Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia.
Inčirauskai Project – 40. Šiauliai Art Gallery, Šiauliai.
2011
International exhibition Similar Threads. Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales.Lithuanian textile exhibition Lithuania is the Best – 2. Cex Contemporary Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine.
International competitive exhibition of miniature textile A Day of Happiness. My Own Gallery, Milano, Italy; Hôtel
de Ville de Montrouge, Paris, France; Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice, Italy.
Lithuanian textile exhibition Passionate Lithuanian Textile. Headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels
(Berlaymont), Brussels, Belgium.
2010
A Table Full of Art. Voorburg Visual Arts Foundation Gallery, Voorburg, Netherlands.
Vilnius (European Capital of Culture) in Gdansk. PiTiPa Gallery, Gdansk, Poland.
13th international textile triennial. Central Textile Museum, Łódź, Poland. Selected to represent Lithuania.
Beijing international art biennial. National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China. Selected to represent Lithuania.
2009
Cloth & Culture Now – Lithuania. Lithuanian Embassy in the UK, London.
Lithuanian and Austrian artist exchange project Salzburg–Litauen. Traklhaus Gallery, Salzburg, Austria.
International exhibition Strich & Faden – Heimat, Folklore & Travesty. Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Berlin, Germany.
International textile exhibition It Is Beautiful Here. Fiskars, Finland.
2nd Lithuanian Contemporary Art Quadrennial. Lithuanian Exhibition and Convention Centre Litexpo, Vilnius.
Food in Art. Traklhaus Gallery, Salzburg, Austria.
7th International Kaunas Biennial Textile 09. Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas.
Cheongju International Craft Biennial Pressing Matter. Cheongju, South Korea.
2008
3rd Lithuanian Art Biennial City Signs. Arka Gallery, Vilnius.
International Textile exhibition Cloth & Culture Now. Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; Sainsbury Art Centre,
Norwich, Great Britain.
Lithuanian textile exhibition Textile Kunst aus Litauen. Women’s Museum, Bonn, Germany.
2007
Kaunas art biennial Textile 07. Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas.
Art for Sustainability. Abbekås Gallery, Abbekåsas; Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
International mini textile art exhibition Weaving Time. Como, Italy.
2006
Exhibition of contemporary Lithuanian painting and textile Spaces of Metaphysics. Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia.
Exhibition of Estonian and Lithuanian textile Needles and Pins. Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design,
Tallinn, Estonia.
4th Tallinn Applied Art Triennial Two Close Ones. Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia.
2005
New Lithuanian Textile. Körnerpark Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
New Lithuanian Textile. Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia.
Kaunas Art Biennial Textile 05. Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas.
2003 International exhibition Black and White. Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.2002–2003 Parallel Progressions 3. Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.
2001
International textile exhibition Traditions and Innovations. Latvian National Museum of Art’s Exhibition Hall
Arsenals, Riga, Latvia.
International textile exhibition Soft World. Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas.
Contemporary Lithuanian Textile. Art and Culture Centre Caermersklooster, Ghent, Belgium.
International Lectures / Conferences
2023 ELIA Leadership Symposium. Manchester School of Art.
2022 Lecture / presentation of artworks / discussion at L’École Supérieure d’Art de Clermont Métropole (ÉSACM)
(Clermont-Ferrand School of Fine Arts). Clermont-Ferrand, France.
2020 Presentation titled Uncertainty. An Advantage or Disadvantage? at the internationale remote conference
Textile for Future organized by Kaunas Textile Art and Media department, Vilnius Academy of Arts.
2020 Lectures titled Teaching Subjects and Methods in Textile Art and Design Department / Vilnius Academy of Arts
at the Textile and Material Design department. Ecole nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. Paris, France.
2019 Lectures / Workshop Deconstruction, Function-Antifunction, Object and personal story at the Latvian
Academy of Arts, Textiles department.
2018 Presentation titled From Dismaland to Kill for Peace at the Kingston Unversity, London. UK.
2018 Presentation titled An Object as a Witness of Daily Life at the International conference Tradition & Innovation
(during the 6th Riga International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial). Art Museum RIGA BOURSE. Riga. Latvia.
2017 Presentation titled An Object as a Witness of Daily Life at the International conference „Figures of the City“.
Cina Academy of Arts. Hangzhou. China.
2016 Presentation titled Exhibition Space for Young Artists – „Artifex“ Textile Gallery / Vilnius Academy of Arts at
the Estonian Academy of Arts. Estonia.
2015-03-15 Lectures at the Royal College of Art: 1. Teaching Subjects and Methods in Textile Department / Vilnius
Academy of Arts; 2. Exhibition Space for Young Artists – „Artifex“ Textile Gallery / Vilnius Academy of Arts. 3.
Presentation of Textile Artist Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė’s creative works; London. UK.
2013-01-29 Lectures at the Estonian Academy of Arts: 1. Presentation of Textile Artist Severija Inčirauskaitė-
Kriaunevičienė’s Creative Work (ten-year retrospective); 2. Teaching Subjects and Methods in Textile Department /
Vilnius Academy of Arts; 3. Exhibition Space for Young Artists – „Artifex“ Textile Gallery / Vilnius Academy of Arts.
Tallinn, Estonia.
2011-09-24 Presentation titled Space for Young Artists – Textile Gallery ARTIFEX / Vilnius Academy of Arts at the
international conference Rewind into the Future: Celebrating the ETN’s 20th anniversary, organized by the European
Textile Network. Kaunas.
2011-11-11 Presentation titled The First Decade of Creative Work. Remarks and Comments. Chronological
Presentation of Personal Work. Main Ideas, Strategies, Inspirations at the conference/seminar My Territory: The
Feminine Space in Art, organized by Vilnius Academy of Art and the Lithuanian section of the International
Association of Art Critics. VAA, Vilnius.
2009 Presentation at the International conference Textile and Clothing Design Programmes and Their Change,
organized by the Cumulus association. Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia.
2008-11-28 Presentation at the international interdisciplinary conference Art and the Construction of Identity.
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, Great Britain.
2005 International interdisciplinary artists‘ convention and symposium/conference Europe, Artists, Open Your Heart
as a Carpet, organized by the European Council of Artists. Garikula, Georgia.
