{"id":31,"date":"2021-08-11T00:37:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T00:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dotcommissar.com\/sakalasart\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2022-07-02T00:32:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T00:32:13","slug":"resume","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sakalasart.com\/index.php\/resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Born: 1951, Newark, New Jersey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/sakalasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4527570097.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sakalasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4527570097.jpg 350w, https:\/\/sakalasart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4527570097-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Desert Profile&#8221; photo by Genii Pell, 2006, Anza-Borrego, California<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Education: Attended York College of the City,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of New York<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, 1977<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attended Los Angeles City College<br>Associate of Arts in Cinema, 1974<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>2012, 2013 &#8211; &#8220;16 Paintings&#8221;, Office of the Mayor, City of Tucson, Arizona<br>2012 &#8211; &#8220;In The Atmansphere&#8221;, AI Gallery At Artisan Lofts, Phoenix, Arizona<br>2010 &#8211; &#8220;Doorway to Infinity&#8221;, Contreras Gallery, Tucson, Arizona<br>2008 &#8211; \u201cTogether At Last\u201d, Art Institute of Tucson, Tucson, Arizona<br>2008 &#8211; \u201cDesert Cubism\u201d, Grogan Gallery of Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona<br>2006 &#8211; \u201cEthereal Gravity\u201d, Grogan Gallery of Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona<br>2006 &#8211; \u201cIn Spring\u201d, Art Fare, Tucson, Arizona<br>2000 &#8211; &#8220;Chthonic Djin&#8221;, Imagine Art, Sedona, Arizona<br>1999 &#8211; &#8220;Between Calls&#8221;, RAW Gallery, Tucson, Arizona<br>1998 &#8211; &#8220;Cowbizm and the Legend of Zeke and Clem&#8221;, Temple of Music and Art, Tucson, Arizona<br>1995 &#8211; &#8220;Tranceformations: 25 Years of Work&#8221;, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona<br>1993 &#8211; &#8220;New Paintings&#8221;, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania<br>1993 &#8211; &#8220;Mushroom Peace&#8221;, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania<br>1993 &#8211; &#8220;Prints and Drawings&#8221;, Siauliai Art Gallery, Siauliai, Lithuania<br>1993 &#8211; &#8220;Mushroom Peace&#8221;, Center for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania<br>1993 &#8211; &#8220;Prints and Drawings&#8221;, Kedainiai City Hall Gallery, Kedainiai, Lithuania<br>1993 &#8211; &#8220;Prints and Drawings&#8221;, Zilinskas Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania<br>1991 &#8211; &#8220;Vytas Sakalas: 20 Years Retrospective Exhibition&#8221;, Lithuanian Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania<br>1990 &#8211; &#8220;Tentacle Foam&#8221;, Lannon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois<br>1989 &#8211; &#8220;Lines of Fate&#8221;, Lannon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois<br>1989 &#8211; &#8220;Lines of Fate&#8221;, Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts<br>1988 &#8211; &#8220;An Esthetic Anesthetic&#8221;, Gordon College, Essex, Massachusetts<br>1987 &#8211; &#8220;Tranceformations&#8221;, The Wet Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts<br>1986 &#8211; &#8220;Recent Work: Paintings and Cutouts&#8221;, Gallery on the Green, Lexington, Massachusetts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>2011 &#8211; &#8220;Faculty and Staff Exhibition&#8221;, Art Institute of Tucson, Tuson, Arizona<br>2011 &#8211; &#8220;The Aesthetic Code: Unraveling the Secrets of Art&#8221;, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona<br>2010 &#8211; &#8220;Faculty and Staff Exhibition&#8221;, Art Institute of Tucson, Tuson, Arizona<br>2009 &#8211; \u201cSeventeenth Spring Show\u201d, Jane Hamilton Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona<br>2008 &#8211; \u201cGallery Artists\u201d, Mountain Shadow Gallery, Tucson, Arizona<br>2007 &#8211; \u201cOriginal Face\u201d, MicroCosm Gallery, New York, New York<br>2007 &#8211; \u201cGallery Artists Show\u201d, Jessica Hagen Fine Art and Design, Newport, Rhode Island 2007 &#8211; \u201cenCircle\u201d, Grogan Gallery of Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona<br>2007 &#8211; \u201cImago\u201d, Grogan Gallery of Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona<br>2006 &#8211; \u201cUncommon\u201d, Platform Gallery, Tucson, Arizona<br>2006 &#8211; \u201cSex, Politics, and Religion\u201d, Raices-Taller Gallery, Tucson, Arizona<br>2005 &#8211; \u201cOut of Chaos\u201d, Liz Hernandez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona<br>2005 &#8211; \u201cHoliday Bazaar\u201d, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Arizona<br>2005 &#8211; \u201cPaint on Metal\u201d, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona<br>2004 &#8211; \u201cInvitational\u201d, Raices-Taller Gallery, Tucson, Arizona<br>2003 &#8211; Arizona Biennial Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona<br>2003 &#8211; &#8220;7 Thoughts&#8221;, Lithuanian Museum of Art, Lemont, Illinois<br>2000 &#8211; &#8220;For Pete&#8217;s Sake&#8221;, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona<br>2000 &#8211; Yellow House Gallery, Ft. Worth, Texas<br>1999 &#8211; Yellow House Gallery, Ft. Worth, Texas<br>1998 &#8211; Tucson Artists: 1970-1997, Selections from the Permanent Collection, University of Arizona Museum of Art<br>1993 &#8211; &#8220;Color, Texture, Detail&#8221;, Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts<br>1993 &#8211; Takada Fine Arts, San Francisco, California<br>1993 &#8211; Congress Street Gallery, Tucson, Arizona<br>1993 &#8211; Redstone Gallery, Sedona, Arizona<br>1992 &#8211; Congress Street Gallery, Tucson, Arizona<br>1992 &#8211; Redstone Gallery, Sedona, Arizona<br>1990 &#8211; Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Sedona, Arizona<br>1990 &#8211; Lee\/Lanning Gallery, Sedona, Arizona<br>1989 &#8211; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts<br>1988 &#8211; &#8220;On the Floor and More&#8221;, Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts<br>1988 &#8211; &#8220;Boston Drawing Show&#8221;, Boston, Massachusetts<br>1988 &#8211; &#8220;Micro Phobia Macro Logia&#8221;, Lannon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois<br>1988 &#8211; &#8220;Inaugural Exhibit&#8221;, Lannon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois<br>1988 &#8211; &#8220;Boston Now: Works on Paper&#8221;, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts<br>1987 &#8211; &#8220;Triennial&#8221;, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts<br>1987 &#8211; &#8220;Illusion in Art: Perception\/Description\/Deception&#8221;, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Mass.<br>1987 &#8211; &#8220;Invitational&#8221;, Stux Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts<br>1987 &#8211; &#8220;Abstract Drawing&#8221;, Westby Art Gallery, Glassboro State College, Glassboro, New Jersey<br>1986 &#8211; &#8220;Selections 34&#8221;, The Drawing Center, New York, New York<br>1986 &#8211; Design Studio A, Boston, Massachusetts<br>1977 &#8211; Razor Gallery, New York, New York<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">REVIEWS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Margaret Regan, &#8220;Basics and Beyond,&#8221; Tucson Weekly, Jan. 14-20, 1999<br>Raina Wagner, &#8220;Airport Sculptures are Eye-catching and Functional,&#8221; Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 30, 1996<br>Sarah R. Marino, &#8220;Bilingualism in the Visual Arts,&#8221; The Baltic Observer, Jan. 8-14, 1993<br>Charles Giuliano, &#8220;Lines of Fate by Vytas Sakalas,&#8221; Art New England, April, 1989<br>Christine Temin, &#8220;The Paper Chase at the ICA,&#8221; Boston Globe, July 24, 1988<br>Robin Hardman, &#8220;Paper Chase,&#8221; South End News, July 30, 1988<br>Charles Giuliano, &#8220;Paper Trail,&#8221; The Patriot Ledger, July 26, 1988<br>Mark Caro, &#8220;Seeing is Disbelieving,&#8221; The Boston Phoenix, Nov. 27 &#8211; Dec. 23, 1987<br>Robert Taylor, &#8220;BU Show Offers More Than Meets the Eye,&#8221; Boston Globe, Nov. 22, 1987<br>Carolyn Green, &#8220;Vytas Sakalas: Beyond Post Modernism,&#8221; Art New England, April, 1986<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SELECTED COLLECTIONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts<br>University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona<br>Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts<br>Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts<br>Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts<br>Lithuanian Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania<br>Ciurlionis Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania<br>Center for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania<br>Siauliai Art Gallery, Siauliai, Lithuania<br>United States Embassy, Vilnius, Lithuania<br>Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania<br>Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania<br>Dorchester Courthouse Annex, Dorchester, Massachusetts<br>Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts<br>MetLife Insurance, Corporate Center, Marlborough, Massachusetts<br>Gillette Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts<br>Putnam Companies, Boston, Massachusetts<br>Lochridge and Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts<br>Coopers and Lybrand, Boston, Massachusetts<br>Cabot Company, Boston, Massachusetts<br>World Data Business, Kaunas, Lithuania<br>Nolan &amp; Nolan, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">COMMISSIONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Boston Globe Newspaper Company, Boston, Massachusetts<br>One Mifflin Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts<br>Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts<br>Alcon Surgical, Irvine, California<br>Lithuanian Bank of Commerce, Kaunas, Lithuania<br>Limited Editions, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<br>DMR Group, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts<br>James and Shirley Koster, Tucson, Arizona<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Silver Linings,&#8221; Acrylic on plasma-cut aluminum, 72&#8242; x 6&#8242;, Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Arizona, 1996<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TEACHING EXPERIENCE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>2008-present Art Institute of Tucson, Tucson, Arizona 1992-93 Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania<br>1992-93 Lithuania Academy of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania<br>1992-93 Kaunas Art Institute, Kaunas, Lithuania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">COLLABORATIONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1995-96 with Edwards\/Tanz Collaborative: Tucson International Airport Concourse Divider<br>1993 with Nijole Stunskaite: Banner Series<br>1993 with Algirdas Baranauskas, Ginutis Dudaitis, Rimantas Gailiunas: Distaff Series<br>1993 with Simas Miliunas, Architect: Commissioned Diptych Painting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 CollegeAssociate of Arts in Cinema, 1974 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012, 2013 &#8211; &#8220;16 Paintings&#8221;, Office of the Mayor, City of Tucson, Arizona2012 &#8211; &#8220;In The Atmansphere&#8221;, AI Gallery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakalasart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakalasart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakalasart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakalasart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakalasart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sakalasart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"https:\/\/sakalasart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakalasart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}