Gintarė Valevičiūtė-Brazauskienė

Gintarė Valevičiūtė-Brazauskienė is a creator of interdisciplinary art. She is actively involved in creating, organising, and curating various art projects and exhibitions and teaching creativity master classes. Having completed her postgraduate studies in Art at the Vilnius Academy of the Arts (VAA), she currently teaches in the Academy’s Department of Photography, Animation, and Media Arts. She is an active participant in its promotion of the potential uses of animation in expanded fields, and exhibits her work at art shows and film festivals.

Gintarė’s films and video projects have won awards at international film and media arts festivals. Her film “Maskaradas” (Masquerade) was named the best Lithuanian film at the animation festival, Next Festival. Her documentary film, “Dievas Sukūrė Viską Išskyrus Kilimą” (God Created Everything but the Carpet) was awarded the “Silver Crane” by the Lithuanian Motion Picture Academy for best short documentary films. Furthermore, her curated Art Fair at ArtVilnius’19, “Titanikas”, in the VAA Exhibition Halls, was named one of “ArtVilnius’19 best seven galleries”, “Most Visited Gallery”, and she was awarded the distinction of “Best ArtVilnius’19 Young Artist”.

Filmography:

Washing up / Nusivalymas (2004, short experimental)

Masquerade / Maskaradas (2006, short audiovisual piece)

God Created Everything But A Carpet / Dievas sukūrė viską išskyrus kilimą (2012, short documentary)

Purga / Purga (2023, short animation)