Sigitas Baltramaitis
was born Nov. 4, 1956 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Studied at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Department of Architecture.
Member of National Association of Lithuanian Fine Art Photographers since 1982.
Member of Fine Art Board at National Association of Lithuanian Fine Art Photographers, 1987-1989.
Work experience
2008-present Owner of personal business, Tawern, Germany
1989-present Free-lance photographer
1998-1999 “Photo Studio 72”, manager-photographer, Manhattan, NYC, USA
1998 “Fromex”, portrait studio photographer, Manhattan, NYC, USA
1987-1989 Union of Lithuanian Art Photographers, executive secretary of Vilnius
photographers, Vilnius, Lithuania
1982-1987 “Sigma” computer plant , graphic-designer, photographer, Vilnius, Lithuania
One man shows
1993 “Bild Photogalerie”, Aarau, Switzerland
1993 “Stiftung Kunsterhaus”, Boswil, Switzerland
2001 Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
2012 Marija and Jurgis Šlapeliai house-museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 European Parliament, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
2013 European Commission, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
2014 Vilnius photographic gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 Marija and Jurgis Šlapeliai house-museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 “Ramybės” gallery, Palanga, Lithuania
Body of work
1983-1990 “Vilnius old town and its residents”
1989 “Pilgrimage across Lithuania”
1993 “Illusions”
1997 “Realm of dreams”
1998 “Kaleidoscope of New York City”
2000 “Colors of India”
2005 “Landscape of Spain”
2005-2010 “Landscape of Brittany”
2005-2012 “Regions of Italy”
2010 “Landscape of Iceland”
2013-2016 “Beingness of the landscape”
2017 “Step”
Group exhibitions
1982 “Ruzenberok”, International Art Photo Salon, Czechoslovakia
1986 “Photo Debut-86″ Photogallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1986 “Man and his aspirations” 10 th. International Art Photo Salon, Katowice, Poland
1986 “IFO-Scan Baltic” 17 th. International by Baltic Sea Photography, Germany
1986 “Young Baltic Photographers” Kaunas, Lithuania
1987 “Young Lithuanian Photographers” Gallery of USSR Photojournalists, Moscow
1988 “IFO-Scan Baltic” 18 th. International by Baltic Sea Photography, Germany
1988 “Young Baltic Photographers” Tallinn, Estonia
1988 “Young Lithuanian Photographers” Palace of Lithuanian Artists, Vilnius, Lithuania
1989 “Contemporary Baltic Art” New Art Forms Gallery, Chicago, USA
1989 “Young Lithuanian Photographers” Saint-Petersburg, USSR
1991 “Lithuania’s Fine Art Photography” Art Museum, Bornholm, Denmark
1996 “Sommersurium” Photo Forum, Zurich, Switzerland
2014 3 rd. Lithuanian Contemporary Art Quadriennale, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018 “In other places II” Prospekto gallery, Vilnius Lithuania
2019 “In other places” Kaunas’ photography gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania
Organizing exhibitions
1987 “Young Lithuanian Photographers” Gallery of USSR Photojournalists, Moscow, USSR
1988 “Vilnius Photographers” Alumnato kiemas, Vilnius, Lithuania
1988 “Young Baltic Photographers” Tallinn, Estonia
1988 “Young Lithuanian Photographers” Palace of Lithuanian Artists, Vilnius, Lithuania
1989 “Young Lithuanian Photographer” Saint-Petersburg, USSR
Collections
- Foundation of Lithuanian Fine Art Photographers, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Baltic Information Center, Wintertur, Switzerland
- “Bild Photogalerie” Aarau, Switzerland
- “Stiftung Kunstlerhaus”, Boswil, Switzerland
- “Photo Forum”, Zurich, Switzerland
works are also in private collections in Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn, Moscow, Copenhagen, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Paris, Grenoble, Bielefield, Berlin, Aarau, Lucerne, Wetzikon, Geneva, Zurich, San-Diego, Mendosino, Portland, Chicago, Boston, Amherst, New York