Vytas Sakalas was born in 1951 in Newark, New Jersey. He received an
Associate of Arts Degree in Cinema from the Los Angeles City College in
1974 and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Arts from the York College
of the City University of New York in 1977. At present, Vytas lives and
works in Tucson, Arizona. He describes his work as "largely abstract,
with occasional forays into neo-Cubism, with a Fractal
Tranceformationist bent."
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000 - "Chthonic Djin", Imagine Art, Sedona, Arizona
1999 - "Between Calls", RAW Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1998 - "Cowbizm and the Legend of Zeke and Clem", Temple of Music and Art, Tucson,
Arizona
1995 - "Tranceformations: 25 Years of Work", U. of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1993 - "New Paintings", Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1993 - "Mushroom Peace", Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
1993 - "Prints and Drawings", Siauliai Art Gallery, Siauliai, Lithuania
1993 - "Mushroom Peace", Center for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
1993 - "Prints and Drawings", Kedainiai City Hall Gallery, Kedainiai, Lithuania
1993 - "Prints and Drawings", Zilinskas Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
1991 - "Vytas Sakalas: 20 Years Retrospective Exhibition", Lithuanian Museum of Art, Vilnius,
Lithuania
1990 - "Tentacle Foam", Lannon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1989 - "Lines of Fate", Lannon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1989 - "Lines of Fate", Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1988 - "An Esthetic Anesthetic", Gordon College, Essex, Massachusetts
1987 - "Tranceformations", The Wet Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1986 - "Recent Work: Paintings and Cutouts", Gallery on the Green, Lexington, Massachusetts
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 - Arizona Biennial Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2003 - "7 Thoughts", Lithuanian Museum of Art, Lemont, Illinois
2000 - "For Pete's Sake", U. of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2000 - Yellow House Gallery, Ft. Worth, Texas
1999 - Yellow House Gallery, Ft. Worth, Texas
1998 - Tucson Artists: 1970-1997, Selections from the Permanent Collection, University of
Arizona Museum of Art
1993 - "Color, Texture, Detail", Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1993 - Takada Fine Arts, San Francisco, California
1993 - Congress Street Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1993 - Redstone Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1992 - Congress Street Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1992 - Redstone Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1990 - Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1990 - Lee/Lanning Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1989 - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1988 - "On the Floor and More", Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1988 - "Boston Drawing Show", Boston, Massachusetts
1988 - "Micro Phobia Macro Logia", Lannon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1988 - "Inaugural Exhibit", Lannon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1988 - "Boston Now: Works on Papaer", Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
1987 - "Triennial", Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts
1987 - "Illusion in Art: Perception/Description/Deception", Boston U. Art Gallery, Boston, Mass.
1987 - "Invitational", Stux Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1987 - "Abstract Drawing", Westby Art Gallery, Glassboro State College, Glassboro, New Jersey
1986 - "Selections 34", The Drawing Center, New York, New York
1986 - Design Studio A, Boston, Massachusetts
1977 - Razor Gallery, New York, New York
REVIEWS
Margaret Regan, "Basics and Beyond," Tucson Weekly, Jan. 14-20, 1999
Raina Wagner, "Airport Sculptures are Eye-catching and Functional," Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 30, 1996
Sarah R. Marino, "Bilingualism in the Visual Arts," The Baltic Observer, Jan. 8-14, 1993
Charles Giuliano, "Lines of Fate by Vytas Sakalas," Art New England, April, 1989
Christine Temin, "The Paper Chase at the ICA," Boston Globe, July 24, 1988
Robin Hardman, "Paper Chase," South End News, July 30, 1988
Charles Giuliano, "Paper Trail," The Patriot Ledger, July 26, 1988
Mark Caro, "Seeing is Disbelieving," The Boston Phoenix, Nov. 27 - Dec. 23, 1987
Robert Taylor, "BU Show Offers More Than Meets the Eye," Boston Globe, Nov. 22, 1987
Carolyn Green, "Vytas Sakalas: Beyond Post Modernism," Art New England, April, 1986
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
U. of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts
Lithuanian Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
Ciurlionis Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
Center for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
Siauliai Art Gallery, Siauliai, Lithuania
United States Embassy, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
Dorchester Courthouse Annex, Dorchester, Massachusetts
Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
MetLife Insurance, Corporate Center, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Gillette Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts
Putnam Companies, Boston, Massachusetts
Lochridge and Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Coopers and Lybrand, Boston, Massachusetts
Cabot Company, Boston, Massachusetts
World Data Business, Kaunas, Lithuania
Nolan & Nolan, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts
Lithuanian Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
COMMISSIONS
The Boston Globe Newspaper Company, Boston, Massachusetts
One Mifflin Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts
Alcon Surgical, Irvine, California
Lithuanian Bank of Commerce, Kaunas, Lithuania
Limited Editions, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DMR Group, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
James and Shirley Koster, Tucson, Arizona
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
"Silver Linings," Acrylic on plasma-cut aluminum, 72' x 6', Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Arizona, 1996
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1992-93 Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
1992-93 Lithuania Academy of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
1992-93 Kaunas Art Institute, Kaunas, Lithuania
COLLABORATIONS
1995-96 with Edwards/Tanz Collaborative: Tucson International Airport Concourse Divider
1993 with Nijole Stunskaite: Banner Series
1993 with Algirdas Baranauskas, Ginutis Dudaitis, Rimantas Gailiunas: Distaff Series
1993 with Simas Miliunas, Architect: Commissioned Diptych Painting
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