Sandra Stanionyte

Sandra Stanionyte is a Lithuanian-born multidisciplinary artist. She graduated from Fine Art Contemporary Art Practice, at Royal College of Art (2016) and Design, Inter-architecture at BA(Hons) at Gerrit Rietveld Academy (2013), studied at Vilnius Academy of Arts (2008-2011). She is a recipient of Individual Artist Grant from Lithuanian Council for Culture, Villiers David Art&Travel Award 2015, Kooshk Artist Residency Award (Kara 2015), Iran, and Royal College of Art Fine Art Bursary. Sandra has presented her work in numerous countries in Europe, The Middle East, and Asia.

Sandra Stanionyte's works range from architecture, installation, performance art, and painting. As Stanionytė works with multiple disciplines, she does not simply separate them more so she fuses them. As it can be seen in her paintings – they pulsate with physical expression, strokes create performance-like energy and a vast array of gestural meanings. In some cases, she implements words into her canvases to create a new layer of meaning, new keys in trying to decipher her works. Her paintings carry explosive energy that can only come from an inner world and deep contemplative nature of utilizing one’s emotions and converting it all into pieces of art. Using he...

2014-2016 Royal College of Art, Fine Art Contemporary Art Practice (MA). UK

2011-2013 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Inter-Architecture (BA), NL

2008-2011 Vilnius Academy of Arts, Interior Design (BA), LT

2020, ]performance s p a c e [ 62 Tontine Street. CT20 1JP Folkestone, United Kingdom

2020.03 SITE, Performance Art made in response to location, environment, and each other. London, United Kingdom

2020. 01 Je suis mon corps, je suis ma mémoire. I Am My Mody, I Am My Memory. 59 Rue de Rivoli – 75001 Paris, France

2020. 01 Venice International Performance Art Week. European Cultural Centre | Palazzo Mora & Palazzo Michiel, Venice, Italy

2019. 09 F U T U R E R I T U A L Festival. Kunstraum, 21 Roscoe Street EC1Y 8PT London, United Kingdom

2019. 09 PAN Asia, Performance Art Network Asia 10th anniversary –A.L.A.R.M. Approaches to Live Art in the Revolution of Media. Asia Culture Center, Kwangju. Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

2016. 8 Sti l l l l ive. Emotion in Motion. DADA 100, Gallery Voltaire. Spiral, 5-6-23 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

2016. 6 ShowRCA 2016. Royal College of Art. Battersea SW114AY London, UK

2016. 6 F a c t F a c t o r F a c t o r y. KruxAmsterdam, 1019 AK Amsterdam, NL

2016. 5 Being-Doing. Asylum CarolineGarden’s Chapel, SE15 2SQ London, UK

2016. 5 I Will Follow You. Lychee One. 38-50 Pritchards Rd, E29BJ London, UK

2016. 5 Bird With No Land. Comeragh Mountains, Waterford, Irela...