Ignas Maldus

Ignas Maldus (Maldžiūnas) is a photography artist, a graduate of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, a member of the Lithuanian Photographers Union and LATGA, and an ambassador for the “Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022”.

Ignas Maldus has been creating captivating photographic art for 26 years, exclusively working with film cameras. He is renowned for his innovative analog middle format film camera techniques, such as long exposures and painting with colored lights, resulting in vibrant and thought-provoking images as seen in his MAGIC Series, which were produced in diverse locations including South Africa, Kazakhstan, USA, Indonesia, UAE, India, Morocco, and Europe. The artist’s ability to combine sensitivity with conceptual thinking makes him one of the most prominent representatives of metamodernism.

Kaunas Art Gymnasium
Vilnius Art Academy
Member of a Lithuanian Photographers Union

2024 "LSD" exhibition at "Azerbaijan State Museum of Art", Baku, Azerbaijan
2023 photo installation for "Les Couleurs" gallery (Art Basel Miami week), Miami, FL, USA
2023 participation in "Overseeing 6 ares" exhibition at "NDG" (National Gallery of Art, Vilnius)
2022 participation in "Sheets and Splashes" exhibition at "NDG" (National Gallery of Art, Vilnius)
2022 exposition at "The SET" gallery, Cannes, France
2022 "MAGIC" solo exhibition at "Lukiškės Prison 2.0"
2022 "WORKnFUN" solo exhibition at Vilnius Town hall
2018 "MAGIC" solo exhibition at "Santara Šviesa" festival
2018 "MAGIC Detroit" solo exhibition at "National Kaunas Drama theatre"
2017 "USA: Untitled Spaces of America" solo exhibition at "Galeria Urbana", Kaunas
2015 'Work'n"Fun' site specific project at 10th Kaunas Biennial 'Networked', curated by Nicolas Bourriaud.
2014 'USA: Untitled Spaces of America' solo exhibition at International Vilnius Airport
2014 'LA MA YU RU' exhibition with father painter Jonas Maldžiūnas at Meno Parkas gallery, Kaunas
2013 Creative retrospective exhibition at Studio Casa, Kaunas
2012 'China 1/5' solo exhibition at Fluxus Minitery, Kaunas
2012 'China 1/5' solo exhibition at Technology Museum, Vilnius
2011 'Neapolis' solo exhibition at Su...