Deimantas Narkevicius

Born in 1964, Utena, Lithuania
Lives in Vilnius, Lithuania

Returning theme in the work of sculptor and filmmaker Deimantas Narkevicius is history seen from a subjective and contemporary view. By using interviews, archive materials, animations and photography Narkevicius brings into focus authentic and existential coloured biographical experiences. Inspired by contemporary themes he reveals historiographic processes and summons questions around cultural identity. Narkevicius often uses technique anachronism in his work by deliberately choosing the use of antiquated attributes such as camera’s and visual and sound recordings from the communist era. This is how he creates an aesthetic who does not respond to the era he lives in but it reflects the time in which the illustrated events take place.

Education

1987-1994
Lithuanian State Art Institute-Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania

Recent solo exhibitions (selection)

2007
Programme, Jan Mot, Brussels, Belgium

2006
Instead of Today, GB Agency, Paris, France
Deimantas Narkevicius. Once in the XX Century, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, United Kingdom
Deimantas Narkevicius, Galerie für Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
This Not What You See, Gallery of Contemporary Art Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków, Poland

2005
Once in the XX Century, Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany
Residency DAAD, Berlin, Germany

2004
Two Sculptures, CAC, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
Film screening, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Deimantas Narkevicius Screenings, Rooseum Contemporary Art Center, Malmö, Sweden
Legend Coming True, Museum of Jewish Art and History, Paris, France; Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Tirol, Austria

2003
The Role of a Lifetime, Art and Sacred Places, St. Peters Church, Brighton, United Kingdom
Either true or fictitious, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, France
Déplacements, ARC Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville, Paris, France

For more informotion: www.janmot.com

Matrioskos, 2005, Deimantas Narkevicius, film video beta cam SP transferred on to DVD,
colour and sound, Lithuanian spoken, English subtitles, 23 min., 5 + 2 AP
Courtesy Jan Mot, Brussels and GB Agency, Paris

Deimantas Narkevicius, Kaimietis, 2002
16mm film, colour, optical sound, English subtitles; 19 min
Edition: 5 + 2 AP, Courtesy Jan Mot, Brussels and GB Agency, Paris

Energy Lithuania, 2000, Deimantas Narkevicius, film super 8mm transferred on DVD, colour and sound, English subtitles, 17 min, 5 + 2 AP, Courtesy Jan Mot, Brussels and GB Agency, Paris

Deimantas Narkevicius, His-story, 1998
part 1: film 35mm, 7 min, black and white, sound; English subtitles,
part 2: film 16 mm en loop, 30 sec, black and white; silent; double screening
Edition: 5+ 2 AP, Courtesy Jan Mot, Brussels and GB Agency, Paris