CHESIUX

Art Gallery

CHESIUX gallery space (100 m2) is intended for the exhibition of graphics, paintings, sculptures, object art and small installations. The gallery hosts concerts, performances, practical seminars, lectures, film and book presentations. There is audio-visual equipment, and thematic and entertainment evenings are organized. Next to the gallery there are creative workshops for working with clay, wood, and metal. Participants are provided with tools, and they can use woodworking machines, metal cutting and welding equipment. The gallery operates as a multifunctional cultural center, with the greatest attention paid to contemporary art.

Founder and Artist

Česlovas Lukenskas – vienas ryškiausių Lietuvos šiuolaikinio tarpdisciplininio meno pradininkų ir reformatorių, surengęs kelias dešimtis asmeninių parodų ir projektų šalyje bei užsienyje, pelnęs įvairių apdovanojimų ir stipendijų. Č. Lukenskas yra Lietuvos dailininkų sąjungos narys, menininkų grupės „Post Ars“ įkūrėjas ir narys. Menininko darbai buvo eksponuojami  Diuseldorfe, Berlyne, Abtei Liesborn muziejuje (Vokietija), Londone (UK), Briksene (Italija), Paryžiuje, Nime (Prancūzija), „Espaco IMERGE“ (Porte, Portugalijoje), Kopenhagoje (Danija). Dalyvavo grupinėse parodose Kijeve (Ukraina), Pereslavlyje-Zaleskyje (Rusija), Liublijanoje (Slovėnija), Varšuvoje (Lenkija), „Tampere Hall“ (Suomija), Bekešaboje ir Budapešte (Vengrija), Čikagoje (JAV) ir kitur.

Česlovas Lukenskas – one of the most prominent pioneers of contemporary interdisciplinary art in Lithuania, having held several dozen personal exhibitions and projects in Lithuania and abroad, the winner of various awards and scholarships. Č. Lukenskas is the member of Lithuanian Artists’ Association, the founder and member of the “Post Ars” group. His works have been exhibited in Düsseldorf, Berlin, Abtei Liesborn museum (Germany), London (UK), Brixen (Italy), Paris, Nimes (France), Espaco IMERGE (Porto, Portugal), Copenhagen (Denmark). He has participated in group exhibitions in Kiev (Ukraine), Pereslavl-Zaleski (Russia), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Warsaw (Poland), Tampere Hall (Finland), Bekesaba and Budapest (Hungary), Chicago (USA) and elsewhere.

Works by Č. Lukenskas have been bought by Lithuanian Museum of Art, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, MO Museum, private collectors in Lithuania and abroad.
Together with a group of artists from “Post Ars”, he has been awarded the Grand Prix for Post-Industrial Landscape regeneration project “Score” at Europa Biennale Niederlausitz II (Germany) in 1993. In 2009 he was selected as the most memorable artist in Kaunas

If you would like to support the work of the CHESIUX gallery, you can donate any amount to the account:
VšĮ Lukenskų namai
Ateities g. 1, Kultuvėnų k., Veprių sen., Ukmergės r., LT-20265
Į.k. 305406659, ,,Swedbank’’ AB,
LT 5273 0001 0161 9751 52

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