Vidmantas Jažauskas is a Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n painter, book illustrator, poet, and social activist.

Biography

In 1991, he graduated from the Vilnius Art Institute

Vilnius Academy of Art

The Vilnius Academy of Art in Vilnius, Lithuania, grants a variety of degrees in the arts.The academy was created as a separate entity in 1940; it had previously been part of Vilnius University. It was closed during the Nazi occupation of Lithuania, and re-opened in 1944...

. He teaches at Biržai

Biržai

Biržai is a city in northern Lithuania. Biržai is famous for its reconstructed Biržai Castle manor, and the whole region is renowned for its many traditional-recipe beer breweries.-Names:...

 Jakubėnas academy of music.

Since 1982, he has participated in exhibitions,
Solo exhibitions organized by Vilnius, Kaunas, Panevezys, Siauliai.
Since 2000, he is a member of the Lithuanian Artists' Association

Lithuanian Artists' Association

The Lithuanian Artists' Association is a creative voluntary artistic organization in Lithuania, uniting professional painters and artists. It is the official association for artists in the country...

.
Since 2001 he is a member and the leader of Biržai artists group "8+".

He is married to Eglė; they have children Justinas, Paulius, Ieva, Danielius, Augustinas.

Poetry

• "rudens pradžia"; "gegužė"; "vienintelis vasaros eilėraštis", Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos savaitraštis, 2003-07-25

Editorials

• Vidmantas Jažauskas. "Tarp Rytų ir Vakarų", 2009 07 06
• Vidmantas Jažauskas. "Neopagonybės renesansas", 2009 06 01

External links

• Artist's website
• Vidmantas Jažauskas. "Menininko kūryba nuo miesto dydžio nepriklauso", Bernardinai, 2009-05-18
• "Vidmantas Jažauskas" Lithuanian Wikipedia