Ignas Maldžiūnas

I SEE THINGS Beautiful or disgusting, simple or extraordinary things. If I don’t see them, I imagine and give a form to my imaginations. But most of the time what I see is perfect without my interruption. So it all goes on a film. I shoot on a mid format. I CREATE THINGS For more than a decade I used to work at the theatre. I love theatre. And when my passion for photography grew bigger than the rest of my interests, I started to create my own theatre. All the play fit in just one image. When I work on my “Magic” series, I take long exposure images ranging from twenty minutes to several hours of exposure. During that time I run around my object and paint it with lots of different colour flashes. So the film collects all the colourful light into one picture and gives us a possibility to see all the scene on huge format prints. I FEEL THINGS I feel a lot of love for everything. Especially for people. I think we are incredible. Every picture has to have a feel. And it does not mean, that people have to be in the image. Sometimes the touch of a human is enough to create the story. I’m very sensitive. Sometimes the surroundings with all the information and emotion take me to some sort of cosmos. I can become the spectator of the streets in NY or Peking, deserts in Morocco or Pakistan, mountains in India or South Africa, ghost towns in China, Indonesia, USA or Colombia… I put it all on a film. The Feel, that I’ve been always searching for in my journeys. But my heart always stays with my family. Love ya the most.

Education: Kaunas Art Gymnasium Vilnius Art Academy (Kaunas) Member of a Lithuanian Photographers Union Member of LATGA Ambassador of Kaunas - European Capital of Culture 2022 Laureate of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art 2022 Main Exhibitions: 2024 “LSD” solo exhibition at Azerbaijan state museum of art 2024 “Kraštai” solo exhibition at Vilnius railway station 2023 photo installation for "Les Couleurs" gallery (Art Basel Miami week), Miami, FL, USA 2023 participation in "Overseeing 6 ares" exhibition at "NDG" (National Gallery of Art, Vilnius) 2022 participation in "Sheets and Splashes" exhibition at "NDG" (National Gallery of Art, Vilnius) 2022 exposition at "The SET" gallery, Cannes, France 2022 "MAGIC" solo exhibition at "Lukiškės Prison 2.0" 2022 "WORKnFUN" solo exhibition at Vilnius Town hall 2018 "MAGIC" solo exhibition at "Santara Šviesa" festival 2018 "MAGIC Detroit" solo exhibition at "National Kaunas Drama theatre" 2017 "USA: Untitled Spaces of America" solo exhibition at "Galeria Urbana", Kaunas 2015 "WORKnFUN" site specific project at 10th Kaunas Biennial "Networked", curated by Nicolas Bourriaud. 2014 "USA: Untitled Spaces of America" solo exhibition at International Vilnius Airport 2014 "LA MA YU RU" exhibition with my father painter Jonas Maldžiūnas at "Meno Parkas" gallery, Kaunas 2013 Creative retrospective exhibition at "Studio Casa", Kaunas 2012 "China 1/5" solo exhibition at "Fluxus Ministry", Kaunas 2012 "China 1/5" solo exhibition at Technology Museum, Vilnius 2011 "Neapolis" solo exhibition at "Sufleris" gallery, Kaunas 2006 "Shanti" solo exhibition at "Rudinskas" Gallery, Kaunas