Artist
RUTE MERK
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Rute Merk was born in Lithuania in 1991 and lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Merk received her BA in Painting from Vilnius Academy of Arts in 2013, and completed her painting diploma at Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, 2019. Her work has been featured at exhibitions at Marburger Kunstverein, Marburg; Kunstverein München, Munich; RUPERT, Vilnius; and Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius. Recent solo exhibitions include: Sprites at Downs & Ross, New York, 2019; Virtualacra at VENT Gallery, Vienna, 2018; and Spirits Within at Editorial, Vilnius, 2018.
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Rute Merk, Appaloosa, 2019
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Solo Exhibitions
2019 Sprites, Downs & Ross, New York, US
2018 Virtualacra, VENT Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2018 Spirits Within, Editorial, Vilnius, Lithuania
Group Exhibitions
2019 XVII a., Autarkia, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 L’artiste devant sa toile, Marburger Kunstverein, Germany
2018 Jahresgaben, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
2018 Jahresausstellung, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany
2018 Entangled Tales, RUPERT, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 JCDecaux Prize, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 White Walkers, curated by Kaspars Groševs, Tallinas 10, Riga, Latvia
2017 Body and Darkness, Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 Children of the New East, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2016 Žilvitis (Willow), Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016 Joy and Mirror, Galerija 427, Riga, Latvia
2016 Growing Insistence, Šiauliai Art Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania
2015 Young Painter’s Prize, RUPERT, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 Work-in-PrOgress, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 Young Painter’s Prize, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 24 Spaces – A Cacophony, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
2012 Painting in Lithuania, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 Contemporary Past: Tracking a Postcard, Nida Art Colony, Lithuania
2012 Story II – we hear same, DE KIJKDOOS, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 Sprites, Downs & Ross, New York, US
2018 Virtualacra, VENT Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2018 Spirits Within, Editorial, Vilnius, Lithuania
Group Exhibitions
2019 XVII a., Autarkia, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 L’artiste devant sa toile, Marburger Kunstverein, Germany
2018 Jahresgaben, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
2018 Jahresausstellung, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany
2018 Entangled Tales, RUPERT, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 JCDecaux Prize, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 White Walkers, curated by Kaspars Groševs, Tallinas 10, Riga, Latvia
2017 Body and Darkness, Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 Children of the New East, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2016 Žilvitis (Willow), Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016 Joy and Mirror, Galerija 427, Riga, Latvia
2016 Growing Insistence, Šiauliai Art Gallery, Šiauliai, Lithuania
2015 Young Painter’s Prize, RUPERT, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 Work-in-PrOgress, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 Young Painter’s Prize, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 24 Spaces – A Cacophony, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
2012 Painting in Lithuania, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 Contemporary Past: Tracking a Postcard, Nida Art Colony, Lithuania
2012 Story II – we hear same, DE KIJKDOOS, Amsterdam, Netherlands