Algis Griškevičius
Biography:
1954 born in Vilnius
1973 - 1975 army
1976 - 1980 artist‘s assistant in Opera and Ballet House
1980 - 1985 studied at Vilnius Art Institute
1980 - 1990 worked as senior artist - scene painter in Vilnius Youth Theatre
since 1990 working as a freelance artist
since 1986 52 personal exhibitions and 95 group exhibitions
Awards:
2010 order of Special Merit for Lithuania
2009 2. Position | Caroun Photo Club competition | Vancouver | Canada
2008 Laureate of LATGAA | Golden Star | most popular visual artist
2008 Lithuanian Artists Association’s Golden Badge | best exhibitions 2007
2007 Laurynas Ivinskis premium | best calendar of the year
2005 First price | national contest | best Lithuanian landscape at Klaipeda Picture Hall
and Baroti gallery
1999–2000 Premium for painting in national exhibition ‘The Beginning of the End’ in Klaipeda
Picture Hall and Baroti gallery
1997 Lithuanian Artists Association | premium for creative continuation of Lithuanian
tradition in the annual exhibition of Lithuanian painters
1994 Ministry of Environment of Lithuanian Republic | premium for a painting work in
exhibition ‘To Beautify Lithuania’