From the Life of Mutants

• Prize
  Silver in Fine Art/Other
• Photographer
  Algis Griškevičius
• Website
  http://www.algisg.lt

This series criticizes modern image of body, its constant and exaggerated celebration. Here artist conciously deforms human body and creates unusual and unnatural context.

• Biography
  Algis Griškevi?ius was born on 1954 in Vilnius. Studied at Vilnius Art Academy from 1980 to 1985. Working as a freelance artist from 1990. Participating in exhibitions from 1986. Arranged 73 personal exhibition and participated in over 100 group exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. In recent years, besides painting Algis is making photography and makes objects from wood, copper and brass. His works have been acquired by: Danish Museum of Photography. Herning, Denmark, The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum New Jersey, USA, Modern Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
• Awards
  Awards 2017 – Silver in Fine Art/Other at the Tokyo International Foto Awards 2014 – Lithuanian Republic price for Culture and Art 2010 – Order of Special Merit for Lithuania 2009 – Second position in International Caroun Photo Club (CPC) competition, (Vancouver, Canada) 2008 – Laureate of LATGAA (Lithuanian Artists’ Rights Association). Golden Star for the most popular visual artist 2008 – Lithuanian Artists Association’s Golden Badge for the best exhibitions in 2007. 2007 – Laurynas Ivinskis premium for the best calendar of the year. 2006 – Henkel Art Award Nominee 2005 – The first place in the national contest for the best Lithuanian landscape at Klaip?da Picture Hall and Baroti gallery. 1999–2000 – Premium for painting in national exhibition ‘The Beginning of the End’ in Klaip?da Picture Hall and Baroti gallery. 1997 – Lithuanian Artists Association premium for creative continuation of Lithuanian tradition in the annual exhibition of Lithuanian painters. 1994 – Ministry of Environment of Lithuanian Republic premium for a painting work in exhibition ‘To Beautify Lithuania’.