Born: 1951, Newark, New Jersey

Education: Attended York College of the City,

University of New York

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, 1977

Attended Los Angeles City College
Associate of Arts in Cinema, 1974

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012, 2013 – “16 Paintings”, Office of the Mayor, City of Tucson, Arizona
2012 – “In The Atmansphere”, AI Gallery At Artisan Lofts, Phoenix, Arizona
2010 – “Doorway to Infinity”, Contreras Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2008 – “Together At Last”, Art Institute of Tucson, Tucson, Arizona
2008 – “Desert Cubism”, Grogan Gallery of Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona
2006 – “Ethereal Gravity”, Grogan Gallery of Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona
2006 – “In Spring”, Art Fare, Tucson, Arizona
2000 – “Chthonic Djin”, Imagine Art, Sedona, Arizona
1999 – “Between Calls”, RAW Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1998 – “Cowbizm and the Legend of Zeke and Clem”, Temple of Music and Art, Tucson, Arizona
1995 – “Tranceformations: 25 Years of Work”, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1993 – “New Paintings”, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1993 – “Mushroom Peace”, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
1993 – “Prints and Drawings”, Siauliai Art Gallery, Siauliai, Lithuania
1993 – “Mushroom Peace”, Center for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
1993 – “Prints and Drawings”, Kedainiai City Hall Gallery, Kedainiai, Lithuania
1993 – “Prints and Drawings”, Zilinskas Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
1991 – “Vytas Sakalas: 20 Years Retrospective Exhibition”, Lithuanian Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
1990 – “Tentacle Foam”, Lannon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1989 – “Lines of Fate”, Lannon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1989 – “Lines of Fate”, Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1988 – “An Esthetic Anesthetic”, Gordon College, Essex, Massachusetts
1987 – “Tranceformations”, The Wet Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1986 – “Recent Work: Paintings and Cutouts”, Gallery on the Green, Lexington, Massachusetts

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 – “Faculty and Staff Exhibition”, Art Institute of Tucson, Tuson, Arizona
2011 – “The Aesthetic Code: Unraveling the Secrets of Art”, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2010 – “Faculty and Staff Exhibition”, Art Institute of Tucson, Tuson, Arizona
2009 – “Seventeenth Spring Show”, Jane Hamilton Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona
2008 – “Gallery Artists”, Mountain Shadow Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2007 – “Original Face”, MicroCosm Gallery, New York, New York
2007 – “Gallery Artists Show”, Jessica Hagen Fine Art and Design, Newport, Rhode Island 2007 – “enCircle”, Grogan Gallery of Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona
2007 – “Imago”, Grogan Gallery of Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona
2006 – “Uncommon”, Platform Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2006 – “Sex, Politics, and Religion”, Raices-Taller Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2005 – “Out of Chaos”, Liz Hernandez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2005 – “Holiday Bazaar”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Arizona
2005 – “Paint on Metal”, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2004 – “Invitational”, Raices-Taller Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2003 – Arizona Biennial Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2003 – “7 Thoughts”, Lithuanian Museum of Art, Lemont, Illinois
2000 – “For Pete’s Sake”, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2000 – Yellow House Gallery, Ft. Worth, Texas
1999 – Yellow House Gallery, Ft. Worth, Texas
1998 – Tucson Artists: 1970-1997, Selections from the Permanent Collection, University of Arizona Museum of Art
1993 – “Color, Texture, Detail”, Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1993 – Takada Fine Arts, San Francisco, California
1993 – Congress Street Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1993 – Redstone Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1992 – Congress Street Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1992 – Redstone Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1990 – Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1990 – Lee/Lanning Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1989 – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1988 – “On the Floor and More”, Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1988 – “Boston Drawing Show”, Boston, Massachusetts
1988 – “Micro Phobia Macro Logia”, Lannon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1988 – “Inaugural Exhibit”, Lannon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1988 – “Boston Now: Works on Paper”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
1987 – “Triennial”, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts
1987 – “Illusion in Art: Perception/Description/Deception”, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Mass.
1987 – “Invitational”, Stux Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1987 – “Abstract Drawing”, Westby Art Gallery, Glassboro State College, Glassboro, New Jersey
1986 – “Selections 34”, The Drawing Center, New York, New York
1986 – Design Studio A, Boston, Massachusetts
1977 – Razor Gallery, New York, New York

REVIEWS

Margaret Regan, “Basics and Beyond,” Tucson Weekly, Jan. 14-20, 1999
Raina Wagner, “Airport Sculptures are Eye-catching and Functional,” Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 30, 1996
Sarah R. Marino, “Bilingualism in the Visual Arts,” The Baltic Observer, Jan. 8-14, 1993
Charles Giuliano, “Lines of Fate by Vytas Sakalas,” Art New England, April, 1989
Christine Temin, “The Paper Chase at the ICA,” Boston Globe, July 24, 1988
Robin Hardman, “Paper Chase,” South End News, July 30, 1988
Charles Giuliano, “Paper Trail,” The Patriot Ledger, July 26, 1988
Mark Caro, “Seeing is Disbelieving,” The Boston Phoenix, Nov. 27 – Dec. 23, 1987
Robert Taylor, “BU Show Offers More Than Meets the Eye,” Boston Globe, Nov. 22, 1987
Carolyn Green, “Vytas Sakalas: Beyond Post Modernism,” Art New England, April, 1986

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts
Lithuanian Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
Ciurlionis Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
Center for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
Siauliai Art Gallery, Siauliai, Lithuania
United States Embassy, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
Dorchester Courthouse Annex, Dorchester, Massachusetts
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
MetLife Insurance, Corporate Center, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Gillette Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts
Putnam Companies, Boston, Massachusetts
Lochridge and Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Coopers and Lybrand, Boston, Massachusetts
Cabot Company, Boston, Massachusetts
World Data Business, Kaunas, Lithuania
Nolan & Nolan, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts

COMMISSIONS

The Boston Globe Newspaper Company, Boston, Massachusetts
One Mifflin Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts
Alcon Surgical, Irvine, California
Lithuanian Bank of Commerce, Kaunas, Lithuania
Limited Editions, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DMR Group, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
James and Shirley Koster, Tucson, Arizona

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

“Silver Linings,” Acrylic on plasma-cut aluminum, 72′ x 6′, Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Arizona, 1996

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2008-present Art Institute of Tucson, Tucson, Arizona 1992-93 Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
1992-93 Lithuania Academy of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
1992-93 Kaunas Art Institute, Kaunas, Lithuania

COLLABORATIONS

1995-96 with Edwards/Tanz Collaborative: Tucson International Airport Concourse Divider
1993 with Nijole Stunskaite: Banner Series
1993 with Algirdas Baranauskas, Ginutis Dudaitis, Rimantas Gailiunas: Distaff Series
1993 with Simas Miliunas, Architect: Commissioned Diptych Painting