Curriculum Vitae
Marius Strolia
Creative Biography
Education:
1992 - 1999 - Bachelor's and Master's studies at Šiauliai University (gymnasium art teacher).
2003 - 2005 - Master's studies at Vilnius Pedagogical University (special pedagogue).
Pedagogical work experience:
1998 - 1999 - teacher at Šiauliai Art School.
1998 - 2001 - art teacher at Šiauliai St. Šalkauskis secondary school.
2001 - 2002 - art and works teacher at Paberžės ,,Verdenė" secondary school.
2009 - 2017 - Head of classes at the "Art Therapy Centre".
2002 - 2024 - class teacher, non-formal education teacher at Vilnius "Vilties" special school - multifunctional centre.
Awards and prizes:
2000 - prize for debut at the annual Šiauliai Artists Exhibition.
2021 - individual scholarship from the Ministry of Culture.
Memberships:
Member of the Lithuanian Artists' Union (LDS) since 1999.
Member of the LDS painters' section "Individualists" since 2016.
The author is a member of the Lithuanian Artists' Union
The author has the official status of Art Creator granted by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture
Creative Activities
Major Solo Exhibitions
June 2018 - exhibition of objects, collages and assemblages "II" at Kairėnai Botanical Garden (Vilnius).
January 2017 - exhibition of paintings at the "Skizze" shop (Vilnius).
November 2016 - exhibition of collages, objects and installations "Re(Re)start" at Šiauliai University Art Gallery.
25 April - 15 May 2015 - survey exhibition of paintings at the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vilnius).
6 - 28 October 2015 - exhibition of drawings "Preview" at Kairėnai Botanical Garden (Vilnius).
6 - 26 October 2014 - exhibition of paintings "From the Apple Tree" at the Kairėnai Botanical Garden.
February 2012 - exhibition of paintings, drawings and objects "Cleaned" in the exhibition gallery of the Second Chamber of the Seimas.
February 2011 - exhibition of paintings at the European Information Office of the Seimas.
1 July - 30 August 2010 - exhibition of paintings "From History" at the Kairėnai Botanical Garden.
5-15 January 2010 Exhibition of paintings "From History" at Vilnius City Hall.
April 2006 - exhibition of paintings "About Flowers" at the Exhibition Hall of the Artists' Union in Vilnius.
November 2004 Exhibition of paintings at the Hotel Karolina in Vilnius.
May 2000 Exhibition of paintings and graphic works at the Martynas Mažvydas Library in Vilnius.
24 January - 14 March 2000 Exhibition of paintings, collages, assemblages and installations "All the Colours of Žalgiris" at Šiauliai Art Gallery.
8-26 July 1999 - exhibition of paintings at Panevėžys Art Gallery.
8-29 January 1999 - exhibition of paintings and collages "Variations" at Šiauliai "Laiptai" Gallery.
Group Exhibitions
2024 - Artboxy (Switzerland) art platform organised exhibitions in galleries in Switzerland, Germany, Spain and Italy.
14 December - 14 January 2024 - exhibition "Black/White" at the gallery "Drobė" (Kaunas).
13 November - 13 December 2024 - three artists' exhibition "Bardo. Three States." at VMU Gallery "101" (Kaunas).
October 2024 - exhibition of the LDS Individualist Section (graphic arts) "Artumos - tolumos" at the Bernardinai Community Centre (Vilnius).
1 August - 1 October 2024 - LDS Individualist Section exhibition (painting, printmaking, sculpture) at Užutrakis Manor.
6 February - 7 April 2024 - group exhibition "Heads, masks and masquerades" at the Museum of Energy and Technology (Vilnius).
October 2023 - virtual exhibition "Un - locked" at Gologorski Gallery (Poland).
4th - 29th July 2023 - 5th Contemporary Art Quadrennial LTQ/23 at the "Business stadium" gallery (Vilnius).
4 - 29 July 2023 - 5th Quadrennial of Contemporary Art LTQ/23 at the Titanikas Gallery of the Academy of Arts (Vilnius).
14 October - 26 November 2022 - Lds Communities Exhibition "Pre-Quadrennial'22. LDS Communities: 'Gangs', Groups and Individuals" at Panevėžys Art Gallery.
7 May - 2 June 2022 - exhibition of drawings by members of the Individualist Section of the Lithuanian Artists' Union "Oh - that drawing" at the Dusetai Art Gallery (Zarasai district).
25 January - 28 March 2022 - Painting and sculpture exhibition "Salve, Vilnius" at the Lithuanian Energy and Technical Museum (Vilnius).
January - February 2021 - painting and sculpture exhibition "Salve, Vilnius" at the Bernardinai Community Centre (Vilnius).
7 - 30 October 2021 - 9th Lithuanian Biennial of Textile Art "Border #30" at the "Arka" Gallery (Vilnius).
29 September - 19 October 2021 - Individualist group exhibition "The (In)perfect Garden" at St. John’s galery (Vilnius).
2020 - Virtual space and Vilnius city project "Art without a roof (Go Vilnius)".
February 2020 - exhibition "Salve, Vilnius" at Trakai Voke Manor.
February 2020 - exhibition "Figure 2020. Drawing/Creation." Figure 2020 at "Arka" Gallery (Vilnius).
January 2020 - Exhibition of Vilnius painters at the Alytus Exhibition Hall.
August 2019 - exhibition of paintings, drawings and photography "Being in everything..." in Palanga Public Library.
January 2019 - exhibition of graphic art "Daugtaškis" at the LDS Exhibition Hall (Vilnius).
October 2018 - "Individualist" group exhibition in memory of Father Stanislovas at the Kėdainiai Multifunctional Cultural Centre.
November 2017 - exhibition of dadaist works at the "Skizze" salon (Vilnius).
2 April - 1 May 2016 - Exhibition "Mostra Eastern front/Eastern meridian" at Casarsa della Delizia (Italy).
8 September - 28 October 2015 - Earth Art Exhibition "The Journey" at Kairėnai Botanical Garden (Vilnius).
28 May - 13 June 2015 - survey exhibition "Drawing 2015/Through form to content" at the gallery "Arka" (Vilnius).
21 February - 1 April 2015 - Exhibition of the Art and Citizenship Campaign "Freedom is Us" in Vilnius Bastion.
12 November - 12 December 2014 - "Quadrennial 2014 - Art on the Flagpole" exhibition at the gallery "Arka" (Vilnius).
6 - 26 November 2014 - joint art exhibition "From the Village" at the gallery "Beepart" (Vilnius). Participant and organiser.
18 July - 18 August 2014 - Exhibition of paintings, graphics and sculpture "Portrait of the Centenary" at the Minsk Exhibition Hall.
20 February - 11 March 2014 - exhibition of paintings "Memory and Reflections of Time", dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of K. Donelaitis, at the Grodno (Belarus) Exhibition Hall.
4 - 30 September 2012 - exhibition of paintings "Donelaitis - 2012" at Vilnius Town Hall.
28 March - 24 April 2012 - exhibition "New Avant-Garde Object" at gallery "AV17" (Vilnius).
March 2012 - exhibition "Piešinys 2012" at gallery "Arka" (Vilnius).
23 August - 13 September 2011 - exhibition "Self-Portrait of the 21st Century" at gallery "Arka" (Vilnius).
February 2010 - exhibition "Drawing 2010" at gallery "Arka" (Vilnius).
December 2009 - exhibition of the project "Artwork based on Lithuanian fairy tales" at the "Arts Centre" (Kaunas).
15 September - 15 October 2009 - group exhibition of earth art "Utopia" at Kairėnai Botanical Garden.
20 September - 10 October 2008 - Group exhibition of earth art "Dialogues" at the Cairene Botanical Garden.
4 June - 27 August 2008 group exhibition "1+1" at Gallery "A" (Vilnius). Participant and organiser.
14 May - 1 June 2008 group exhibition "Opus II" at gallery "Laiptai" (Šiauliai). Participant and organiser.
1-4 August 2007 International plein-air exhibition "Šiauliai Monmartro Respublika" at the gallery "Laiptai" (Šiauliai).
February 2006 exhibition on the occasion of Valentine's Day "Didžioji paslaptis" (Big Secret) at gallery "Kairė - dešinė" (Left - Right) (Vilnius).
4 - 21 October 2005 exhibition "Signs of the Road" at ARTima Gallery (Vilnius).
Exhibition of paintings "Vilnius Greeting" at "Arka" gallery (Vilnius), January 2005.
7 December 2004 - 6 January 2005 Exhibition of ceramics by Eimantas Pažusio and paintings by Marius Strolios, UNESCO Exhibition Hall (Vilnius).
August 2003 exhibition "Debut of Young Artists in Šetenius" at J. Monkutė - Marks Gallery in Kėdainiai.
12 - 28 September 2002 exhibition "Young Vilnius Artists" at the Art and Culture Centre "Stiklo karoliukai" (Vilnius).
2 - 23 February 2001: exhibition "Otherwise" of three artists at Šiauliai gallery "Laiptai".
8 September - 1 October 2000. Exhibition of Šiauliai artists "Other Photography" at Šiauliai Art Gallery.
14 April - 1 May 2000. 39th annual exhibition of Šiauliai artists at the Šiauliai Art Gallery.
April 2000 Exhibition of Contemporary Lithuanian Paintings "Rėzus +/-" Kaunas Picture Gallery.