COOLTŪRISTĖS

A group of anonymous artists Coolturistes was founded in 2005 in Vilnius.
The title refers to “cool”, culture, tourism, and female body builder (“kultūristė” in Lithuanian)
Works on Vimeo: ​Coolturistes

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Selected exhibitions and performances:

   2018
M/A\G/M\A, Body and Words in Italian and Lithuanian Women’s Art from 1965 to the Present, L’Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Rome, Italy

   2017
11th Kaunas Biennial, Coming or going, exhibition at Kaunas Picture Gallery, Lithuania
When the Sea Looks back. A Serpent’s Tale, exhibition at District-Berlin, Germany
When the Sea Looks Back. A Serpent’s Tele, exhibition at Nida Art Colony, Lithuania M/A\G/M\A, Body and Words in Italian and Lithuanian Women’s Art from 1965 to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania

   2016
Lietuva cinema, exhibition, MMC, Vilnius, Lithuania
Postidea IV, exhibition hall Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania

   2015 February – July
District-Berlin Studio grant, Berlin, Germany

   2014
Rauma Biennale Balticum Crime Scene, Rauma Art Museum, Finland 
Waterpieces, 14th International Contemporary and Video Art Festival, Riga, Latvia
Antropology of the Underground, Nida Art Colony Q14, Quadriennale of Contemporary Lithuanian Art, Vilnius 
Postidea III, Kaire-Desine Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

   2013 
Meeting. Stolent Past, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kaliningrad, Russia;
Laznia Contemporary art Center in Gdansk, Poland 
Re.Act Feminism 2: A Performing Archive, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany 
Space Travelers, AR/GE KUNST Gallery-Museum, Bolzano, Italy
Postidea II, exhibition hall Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania

   2012
Another Way, Laznia Contemporary Art Center, Gdansk, Poland
Re.Act Feminism 2, Tallinn Art Hall Galley, Tallinn, Estonia
Lithuanian Art: 18 Exhibitions, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
NGA is not UFO, performance at the National Gallery of Art, Vilnius
Quite Queer Lab, Thealit, Bremen, Germany
Postidea, exhibition hall Titanikas, Vilnius
Facing the Other, Pamenkalnio gallery, Vilnius

   2011
Mary’s Para-pavilion, a performance in the Lithuanian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy
Angled Towards the Other, City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

   2010
Lithuanian Art 2000-2010, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

   2009
1st International Artist Initiatives Istanbul Meeting, “Istanbul 2010” Art Production Center Kadirga
Saison Video 2009, Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, France
Ban Male Hero, performance at Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Transit, Kaire-Desine Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

   2008
European Exhibition of Young Artists No Borders. Just N.E.W.S. * La Centrale Electrique, Brussels, Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki, Greece, Museu de la Festa in Cuenca, Facultad de Bellas Artes/ Universitad de Castilla-la-Mancha, Spain
Another City, Another Life, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw. Poland
Kitur. Elsewhere, exhibition of Lithuanian artists working in the UK. London
Migrating Reality, GdK Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1907:2007. Private Conversations, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

   2007
Biennale of Young Artists Consequences and Proposals, Tallinn, Estonia
III Prague Biennale. Baltic Mythologies, Prague, Czech Republic
Sabotage, Kaire-Desine Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

   2006
Selfobjects, Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
Double game, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

   2005
Kaunas Art Biennial, Mykolas Zilinskas Art Gallery, M.K. Ciulionis National Art Museum, Kaunas
I Quadrennial of Contemporary Art. Site specific project in the St.Catherine’s church, Vilnius
Jump from Yourself: Identity of an Artist, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania