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EDUCATION

MFA, Fine Art’16 at Glasgow School of Arts (Distinction)

BA(Hons), Sculpture '13 at Camberwell College of Arts (1st)

 

SELECTED SHOWS

SOLO

2018   No more than vodka & kebabs, DasThe, Casablanca, Morocco

         BRUT, 101 Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania

           BRUT, Glasgow International Biennial 2018, Fairfield Shipyard Heritage Centre, Glasgow, Scotland

           How to bake a swan, CCA ‘Cooking Pot’ events, Glasgow, UK

2017   How to bake a swan, Nida Art Colony Project Space, Nida, Lithuania

           Sticky Business, Kaunas Artists’ House, Kaunas, Lithuania

2013   Between modernity and tradition, Ultra Laboratory, Casablanca, Morocco

GROUP

2018    Ivanka Cay with Rowan Markson for Berlin Project Space Festival; Kabinetas Project Space, Berlin, Germany

2017    Common Characters, Mint Collective, Marrakech, Morocco

            MFA Selected, Citizen M Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland

            Keir Street Kitchen, Glasgow Open House Festival, Glasgow, Scotland

2016    Members Video Show, Transmission, Glasgow, Scotland

            Silainiai Project, Kabinetas, Kaunas, Lithuania

            Squashing Vibes, Peckham Pelican, London, UK

            MFA Degree Show, Glue Factory, Glasgow, Scotland

            Pulses and Pauses, Philippines Art Month, Manila, Philippines

            Pulses and Pauses, VI Marrakech Biennial, Marrakech, Morocco

2015    Look About Ye! at Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland

            MFA Interim Show at the Reid Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

            Home away from Home, Glasgow Open House Festival, Anderson's Hair, Glasgow, Scotland

2014    Perfect Day at Kinlochard village hall, Kinlochard, Scotland

            Reflecting Sesimbra II at MAE, Sesimbra, Portugal

            Flat Packed/ Wrapped/ Stacked at Punk and Sheep, London, UK

2013    Camberwell Degree Show at Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK

            Chain Reaction at The Bear Project Space,London, UK

            dArty South at Flying Dutchmen, London, UK

2012    And you, what do you worship?... at The Crypt Gallery, London, UK

2010    Invasion at V&A, Victoria and Albert museum, London, UK

            Everything ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK

 

RESIDENCIES

2018    Nida Art Colony, Nida, Lithuania

2016    Šilainiai project, Kaunas, Lithuania

2013    The Ultra Labarotaory, Casablanca, Morocco

 

AWARDS

2018    European Commission in the UK; Europe Day Tender winner; London, UK

            Glasgow Heritage Trust Award, Glasgow, UK

2017    Shortlisted artist, Delfina Foundation Residency, London, UK

            Eaton Trust Award, Scotland

            Shortlisted Young Lithuanian Artist Prize with JCDecaux, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania

            Art Incubator Studio, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow, Scotland

2016    Hope Scott Trust bursary, Glasgow, Scotland

2015    GSA Students´ Association Funding Bursary, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland 

2013    European Cultural Foundation travel bursary, London, UK

 

ARTIST EDUCATOR POSITIONS

2018    Volunteer artist educator, Project Ability, Glasgow

2017  - Present – Freelance artist educator, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow   

2017    Selfies without selfies, workshop, Nida Gymnasium, Nida, Lithuania

            Screen-printing workshop, L’École Supérieure des Arts Visuels de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco

            Red sandstone printing, walking tour and site specific printing workshop, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow, Scotland

            Freelance Artist Educator, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

            All that glitters is not gold,  screen-printing workshops, Kaunas City Library, Kaunas, Lithuania

2016    Teaching experience, BA (Photography), Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

2015    Visiting artist; BA (Scultpure), Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK

 

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

2018    BRUT Europe symposium; Artistic director and coordinator, Glasgow, Scotland

2017    Zahwa, Assistant Director for artist moving image work with Rowan Markson, Marrakech, Morocco

            Rights and Plight: cultural counter narratives, presenting participant, University of Westminster

2016    Silainiai Project: decentralizing art institutions, round table discussion, Kabinetas, Kaunas, Lithuania

            Silainiai Project; Marija Nemcenko artist talk, Kaunas city library, Kaunas, Lithuania

            Benjamin in Palestine conference, presenting artist, Birkbeck University,  London, UK

2015    Benjamin in Palestine workshop/conference, presenting artist, Academy of Arts Palestine, Ramallah, Palestine

PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS

2018    BRUT: an exhibition uniting Glasgow and Lithuania through Brutalism; Calvert Journal, UK.

            Available at: https://www.calvertjournal.com/news/show/9918/brut-the-exhibition-uniting-glasgow-and-lithuania-through-brutalist-buildin

            Marija Nemcenko on exhibition and event series BRUT; The Skinny print and online, May 2018.

            Available at: http://www.theskinny.co.uk/art/emerging-artists/being-brutal-ist

2017    Kur atveda netikro pazinimo kelias?; Kauno diena online; 15 May; Lithuania.

            Available at: http://kauno.diena.lt/naujienos/kaunas/menas-ir-pramogos/kur-atveda-netikro-pazinimo-kelias-811781

2016    Squashing Vibes, Emergency meeting. Publisher: Kiosk: London, UK       

            Purchase from: http://emergencymeeting.info/

            Tyrimu laukas – Silainiu mikrorajonas; Kauno diena newspaper, 19 September; Lithuania.

MARIJA NEMČENKO ARŽANYCH

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